Once you’ve run, paraded, shopped, eaten, and danced your way through Austin’s long-running Central Texas Juneteenth celebrations, mosey on over to Hotel Vegas for some of the best hip-hop and R&B our city has to offer. Truly chameleonic vocalist Mars Wright’s guitar gently weeps first – he kicks off the proceedings as Honey Son before MC Nubia Emmon follows with soul-bearing verses and sing-along hooks. Deezie Brown and Jake Lloyd’s infectious old-school team-up Geto Gala wraps, whetting our appetite for the follow-up to 2024’s instant-classic Major League. – Carys Anderson
