The space has been open since October 2024 and affords fans of the Meow Wolf brand a unique, Texas-flavored adventure where one might see anything, including the aforementioned card player with a conflagration atop her shoulders. Last night\u2019s sold-out show was eye candy meets candy cars. As far as we\u2019re concerned, it was a perfect union.<\/p>\n
The concert space in Radio Tave is very intimate, a cap space of about 300 for big shows, and last night\u2019s was the biggest it\u2019s hosted of close to a dozen since launching. Every Meow Wolf permanent exhibit has a theme and Houston\u2019s is centered around a radio station \u2013 ETNL (more on those call letters in a minute) \u2013 so melding music into the experience is natural, perhaps the only natural thing about the funky, kooky space.<\/p>\n
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The Houston rap legends\u2019 songs hit different in the quirky show space: Credit: Jesse Sendejas<\/p>\n
When Paul Wall hit the stage around 11 p.m., we\u2019d already explored a lot of the immersive art space, rooms with turntables, microphones, beat machines and colorful oddities that defy definition and spark imagination. If you attend a live show at Radio Tave in the future, make sure you take time to traverse the entirety of the exhibit. Maybe even take time to fully engage with the interactive storyline. It\u2019s definitely going to enhance your concert experience.<\/p>\n
In other words, we were already feeling some kind of way when \u201cThe People\u2019s Champ\u201d opened with \u201cCelebrate,\u201d his recent collaboration with Don Louis. The smartphone cameras went up and the audience captured the quirky, close-knit space and a Houston rap icon for those TikTok and IG posts. Wall had been a featured guest of Lizzo at RodeoHouston one night earlier, so he\u2019d gone from one of the city\u2019s oldest, biggest stages to one of its youngest and smallest. (Sorry to report, Lizzo did not appear at Wall\u2019s show, though we kept looking for her).<\/p>\n
Watching a live show in Houston\u2019s Meow Wolf building isn\u2019t just incredibly fun, it invites music fans to hear songs they know and love in a different way. Paul Wall and Lil\u2019 Keke delivered the hits, their contributions to the H-town canon like \u201cChunk Up the Deuce,\u201d \u201cI\u2019m on Patron,\u201d \u201cI\u2019m a G,\u201d and \u201cBreak Em Off.\u201d But, they also showed love to Houston\u2019s fallen rap stars and that\u2019s where our concert experience got the full Radio Tave business.<\/p>\n
Throughout the night, both rappers interpolated songs and\/or shouted out the names of Houston\u2019s dearly departed rap soldiers, like Pimp C, Big Hawk, Big Pokey and hip-hop pioneer, Michael \u201c5000\u201d Watts. Because our imaginations had been properly piqued, portals to other places were opened hearing those names and those songs. We swear we weren\u2019t on that \u201cloud,\u201d but we felt those Houston rap legends might walk onto stage alongside Wall and Keke, like they surely did in days past. Having been challenged by Meow Wolf to expand our minds before the show, we fully gave in to the notion of alternate universes, ones where our favorite musicians never die and the music sounds perfect. And the radio station bringing them to life? The one with the \u201ceternal\u201d call letters \u2013 ETNL.<\/p>\n
Personal Bias:<\/strong> I am a big fan of all things Meow Wolf, having been to a few of the exhibits now. I really love the Vegas installment and spent too many hours crawling through it with family; but, of course, I now have a new favorite. I\u2019ll surely be returning to allow myself more time to be in awe of the creativity which poured from the hundred Texas artists who built Radio Tave and highly encourage you to visit if you have or haven\u2019t.<\/p>\n One of my favorite places in the building is its bar and restaurant, Cowboix Hevvven. Last night, they poured a special drink for the night\u2019s events, a \u201cPurple Drank,\u201d cocktail, served with a grape Jolly Rancher. That is about as Houston as it gets, y\u2019all.<\/p>\n The Crowd:<\/strong> Diverse. I mean, the show was in Houston. Shout out to my new friend, Alex, who was attending his first (but not last!) Paul Wall show. Alex, don\u2019t forget to do your homework and delve next into the discography of Z-Ro, my personal H-town favorite. I know you were feeling that \u201cMo City Don\u201d bumping last night.<\/p>\n Good time here also to mention that the concert space has proper lights and brilliant acoustics. The space reminded me of a much smaller version of the performance hall at Paisley Park, Prince\u2019s music lair.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/paulwall13203.jpg\")
Straight from Cowboix Hevvven Credit: Jesse Sendejas<\/p>\n