Tour of the recently renovated Longhorn Ballroom
Thursday, April 6, 2023 // 5:30PM
216 Corinth Street
Dallas, TX 75207
Preservation Dallas Young Professionals have opened their upcoming tour of the recently renovated Longhorn Ballroom to all ages! Don’t miss out on the opportunity to get a unique look inside the historic ballroom!
The Longhorn Ballroom was built in 1950 for country music legend Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys and was originally named Bob Wills’ Ranch House. It was managed for a time by Jack Ruby before it landed in the capable hands of ‘Dewey’ Groom who renamed it the Longhorn Ballroom. Groom built it into one of the greatest venues of its day. The Ballroom hosted a wide variety of acts from country legends like Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, Charley Pride, Patsy Cline, and George Jones to world-renowned jazz, blues, and R&B artists like B. B. King, Ray Charles, Nat King Cole, James Brown, and Al Green. It has recently been restored by Edwin Cabaniss of the Kessler Theater who is looking forward to bringing the Longhorn Ballroom back to its former glory.
