Grieves and Mouse Powell bring the "WHY NOT" run to House of Rock

The rapper and his longtime collaborator hit Starr Street on Thursday, Dec. 10 — an all-ages show on a Texas swing built around the records they made together.

Grieves is bringing a December weeknight show to House of Rock on Thursday, December 10, with Mouse Powell along for the ride.

The date was announced last week, on October 22. House of Rock's listing has it as an all-ages show starting at 7pm, and tickets are on sale through Etix. The club, at 511 Starr St., holds about 550.

On Grieves's own events page the Corpus Christi stop is part of what he's calling the WHY NOT Texas run, and that name is the key to the night. In February 2023, Grieves teamed up with his longtime friend Mouse Powell on an EP called Why Not? It worked well enough that they came back for Why Not 2? in 2024, both listed on Grieves's Bandcamp. So this isn't a headliner with an opener picked off a booking sheet. It's two artists who've been making records together for years taking that partnership on the road.

This isn't a headliner and an opener. It's two guys who've been making records together for years.

Mouse Powell, who is based in Phoenix, has kept the collaboration going on his own records too. His latest album, Cherry, features Grieves alongside Shwayze, Tropidelic and Wax, as The Pier reported. Expect some crossover between sets.

As for Grieves himself, 2026 has been a year of singles rather than albums. "Side 2 Side" came out May 1, and his artist profile says he's back in the studio working on his next full-length, with no title or date announced. That means this run is a good chance to hear new material in a room before it's on a record — and to hear the older songs that built his following, the moody, melodic rap that has kept people coming back for well over a decade.

House of Rock is the right fit for that. It's where touring rap, rock and everything in between land when they come through the Coastal Bend, and an all-ages show with an early start means the younger fans who found Grieves on their own get to be in the room too.

Thursday, December 10, doors early, Mouse Powell first. If the Why Not records have been in rotation in your car, this is the night they were made for.

Sources: Texas House of Rock — Concerts (Grieves with Mouse Powell) (texashouseofrock.com); Etix — Grieves with Mouse Powell, Corpus Christi House of Rock (etix.com); Grieves — Events (grievesmusic.com); Grieves on Bandcamp (grieves.bandcamp.com); Mouse Powell on Bandcamp (mousepowell.bandcamp.com); The Pier — Mouse Powell Releases New Album Cherry (thepier.org); Apple Music — Grieves (music.apple.com); Spotify — Grieves (open.spotify.com); Grieves w/ Mouse Powell – October 26, 2026 (app.opendate.io)