Tanner Usrey returns to Floore's Country Store on Saturday, Nov 14

The Atlantic Records singer brings These Days to the Helotes dance hall where Willie Nelson cut his teeth, for $20 on a Saturday night.

Out on Bandera Road in Helotes, there is still a sign at Floore's that reads "Willie Nelson Every Sat." On Saturday, Nov 14, the Saturday-night slot belongs to someone else: Tanner Usrey plays John T. Floore Country Store at 8:30pm, and tickets are $20 through Prekindle.

Usrey is no stranger here. In our records he plays the San Antonio area more than any other market, which makes this as close to a hometown-crowd night as a touring Texas songwriter gets. The Floore's date lands in the middle of a busy month that also takes him to Lubbock on Nov 6 and Grand Junction on Nov 19, with Austin on Dec 17.

He is touring on These Days, his second album, released July 11, 2025, on Atlantic Records. It followed his 2023 debut, Crossing Lines. When KETR's Notably Texan program featured the record, it described it as a place where country and rock sounds merge, and that is a fair way to set expectations for the show: songs with Texas country bones and enough guitar to fill a dance hall. Usrey has not announced a follow-up album, so expect this set to lean on These Days and the songs from Crossing Lines that brought people to him in the first place.

The room is the other reason to go. Floore's started as a cafe, store and dance hall in the 1940s (sources give 1942 or 1946), built by John T. Floore, a former manager of San Antonio's Majestic Theatre, as a stop for country fans traveling between San Antonio and Bandera. A young Willie Nelson played there with several bands before striking out on his own, and Floore was a financial partner in the original Willie Nelson Music Company; Nelson later name-checked him in the 1973 song "Shotgun Willie." The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006, and the Academy of Country Music named it Nightclub of the Year in 2006 and again in 2013.

None of that makes the place feel like a museum. Floore's holds 800, and on a good night it plays like a big backyard party with a stage at one end. For a songwriter whose records sit between country and rock, it is a room that rewards both: people who want to dance and people who want to stand up front and listen.

An 8:30pm start gives you time for the drive out from town and dinner before the band goes on. At $20, it is one of the better-value Saturday nights in the San Antonio area this month, so it is worth buying ahead rather than chancing the door.

Usrey keeps coming back to this part of Texas, and the crowds keep showing up. On Nov 14, the oldest honky-tonk sign in Helotes will be watching over another one.

Sources: Sacks & Co.: Tanner Usrey press release (These Days) (sacksco.com); Country Central: Tanner Usrey to release new album These Days this Friday (countrycentral.com); KETR Notably Texan: Country and rock sounds merge on Texan's new record (ketr.org); Country Swag: Tanner Usrey ‘Crossing Lines’ album review (countryswag.com); Lone Star Music Magazine: Venue spotlight — Floore's Country Store (lonestarmusicmagazine.com); Texas Highways: There's no place like John T. Floore's Country Store (texashighways.com); Good Grit: Before Willie was Willie (goodgritmag.com); TXGenWeb: John T. Floore Country Store (txgenwebcounties.com); Prekindle: Tanner Usrey tickets (prekindle.com)