Music scene · Kennedale

Kennedale is a south-metro Dallas suburb with a modest music life. Country, rock, and Tejano fill school auditoriums, church halls, and seasonal events, and acts from the Dallas-Fort Worth area occasionally pass through.

Venues in Kennedale are practical rather than flashy. The local bar, community center, and park pavilion provide the usual stages for school concerts, church events, and local cover acts. The audience is almost entirely local.

Local and regional artists perform in Kennedale, with musicians from the nearby Dallas-Fort Worth scene occasionally passing through.

Getting started means attending school concerts, asking at the community center about open mics, and meeting players in local church groups. Aspiring performers should also look for gigs in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.