Bojangles Music School

Save your seat at our favorite night of the year!

Tickets to A Night for Guy 2026 are on sale now!

Snag yours:

https://www.anightforguy.com/tickets

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Your 2026 A Night for Guy lineup is here!

✨ THE LINEUP ✨

Verlon Thompson
Shawn Camp
Matt Harlan
Dick DeGuerin
Kam Franklin
Katie Rushing
Christopher Seymore
The Mighty Orq
Sarah Golden
Brad Absher
Chuck Leah
Libby Koch
Hudson Mueller
Hunter Perrin
Lainey Balagia
Nick Gaitan
Gabe Wootton
Chuck Hawthorne
Brant Croucher
Tommy Lewis
Charlie Harrison
Paul Beebe
Kimberly M’Carver
The Verlettes

with W***y T. Golden, Mark Seale, and your host, Shawn Parks

👉Tickets will go on sale within the next week. All announcements will be made here our social channels, so please stay tuned.

A NIGHT FOR GUY
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Rockefeller’s
(3620 Washington Ave, Houston, TX 77007)
8 p.m.

Proceeds will once again benefit the Guy Clark Family Foundation, established in 2024 by Guy’s only grandchildren, Dylan and Ellie, to honor Guy’s memory and sustain his love and support for songwriters.

Our heartfelt thanks to this year’s sponsors, which include BB’s Tex-Orleans (), Rice University’s Houston Folk Music Archive, Schirrmeister Diaz-Arrastia Brem LLP, Pantano BBQ & Catering, Republic Boot Company (), and Bojangles Music School ().

Right around the corner...

Lineup and ticket info coming soon. Can't wait to see everybody.

BIG NEWS: The wonderful Sergio Trevino will step in to lead our next songwriting workshop on Sunday, April 27.

To hear Sergio play his songs is a thrill, but to learn from him? That’s a gift.

As front man for bands including Buxton and Ancient Cat Society, Sergio has taken his Houston-grown indie folk-pop everywhere. Sergio echoes Paul Simon’s literary eloquence and the Everly Brothers’ sweet pining––but his voice is very much his own. Empathetic and sly, he’ll break your heart and make you laugh, sometimes in the same verse. And don’t get us started on his gorgeous, gut-punching melodies.

Our leader Shawn Parks will help lead and facilitate the conversation. As usual, we’re planning to feed everyone something delicious, too.

👉 This feels like an ideal time to explain why we’ve dropped the “intro” designation from our songwriting workshops:

🐦‍⬛ Each workshop will be led by a rotating cast of pro songwriters;

🐦‍⬛ Different teachers mean different perspectives––and that each workshop is a unique opportunity;

🐦‍⬛ Because of the varying approaches we’ll explore, all skill levels are encouraged to attend (not just beginners);

🐦‍⬛ Students ages 16 and older are welcome (we’re planning a special workshop for younger writers).

👉 What will you do at a workshop?

🐦‍⬛ Learn about a pro songwriter’s individual approach to composition;

🐦‍⬛ Pick up tips for writing melodies and lyrics;

🐦‍⬛ Spend time writing, either with other participants or alone (your choice!);

🐦‍⬛ Share your songs (if you want to!).

👉 BOJANGLES SONGWRITING WORKSHOP👈
Sunday, April 27
2-5 p.m.
Bojangles Heights (313 Lilac St., 77009)

Save your spot:
https://www.bojanglesmusicschool.com/store/p/intro-to-songwriting-workshop

Your 2025 A Night for Guy lineup is here! 🌜We’ve got it all: legends, new voices, friends who’ve sung with us since the beginning––and as always, a few surprises.

A Night for Guy 2025
✨ THE LINEUP ✨

Verlon Thompson
Shawn Camp
Matt Harlan
Dick DeGuerin
Katie Rushing
Christopher Seymore*
The Mighty Orq
Sergio Trevino
Sarah Golden*
Brad Absher
Chuck Leah*
Libby Koch
Hudson Mueller*
Hunter Perrin
Nick Gaitan
Gabe Wootton*
Brant Croucher + Lainey Balagia
Trish Cramblet
Shane Doyle + Kayla Doyle*
Tommy Lewis
Charlie Harrison
Paul Beebe

with W***y T. Golden and your host, Shawn Parks

*making A Night for Guy debut

A NIGHT FOR GUY
Thursday, May 15, 2025
Rockefeller’s
(3620 Washington Ave, Houston, TX 77007)
8 p.m.

👉Tickets will go on sale within the next week. All announcements will be made here our social channels, so please stay tuned: .

Proceeds will benefit the Guy Clark Family Foundation, established in 2024 by Guy’s only grandchildren, Dylan and Ellie, to honor Guy’s memory and sustain his love and support for songwriters.

Our heartfelt thanks to this year’s sponsors, which include BB’s Tex-Orleans, Rice University’s Houston Folk Music Archive, Schirrmeister Diaz-Arrastia Brem LLP, 8th Wonder, Texas Marine Agency, and Bojangles Music School.

Our Intro to Songwriting workshop could not have experienced a better launch. A dozen songwriters joined Matt Harlan, Hudson Mueller, and Shawn Parks at Bojangles Heights on Sunday for an afternoon of imagination-spurring exercises, in-depth instruction, lively discussion, sharing, and writing.

Then, there was the tender pulled pork Shawn spent 8 hours smoking the day before the seminar. 🔥 We believe that savoring lovingly prepared food and drink aids the creative process, readying the body and spirit for communing with the mysteries that always surround making up songs.

It was thought-provoking, empowering, and downright inspiring.

Thank you to all who participated! 🙏 The next workshop dates will be announced in the coming week.

We’ll kick off our new Bojangles Workshop Series early next year with Intro to Songwriting on Sunday, February 16. 🔥

The three-hour seminar is open to everyone, ages 16 and up. Both current Bojangles students and the general public are welcome.

Details regarding workshop leaders will be announced in the next month.

👉 Save your spot:
https://www.bojanglesmusicschool.com/store/p/intro-to-songwriting-workshop

Well, the very first Bojangles Open House is in the books. 🌝 We ate hot jambalaya. We drank cold drinks. We watched, listened, and swelled with pride as students ages 10 to 73 got up to jam with an all-star Bojangles instructor band featuring Hunter Perrin, Nick Zamora, and Ian Barry. ✨

We whooped and hollered when Paul Beebe and The Mighty Orq jumped up to play, too.

Thank you all so much for making the first Bojangles Open House so special––and for helping us launch a new tradition! 💙

👉 SAVE THE DATE: The next Bojangles Open House will be Sunday, March 2, 2025.

Photos by Ray Redding Sr.

🫵 Mark your calendars 🫵

Let’s get to know each other and play some music!

📍Bojangles Heights
((313 Lilac St., 77009))
Sunday, November 17
2 to 5 p.m.

We’ll hang out in Rene’s Warehouse, hop on stage and play, sing songs inside, and sip and snack together.

☝️ Bojangles students of all ages are welcome, along with families.

✌️ Not a Bojangles student yet? You’re invited, too! Come see the space and chat with the owners, instructors, and other music-obsessed Houstonians.

Bring your guitar and a friend or two!

Our Bojangles Creative Writing fall 2024 course book is here! There are options for everyone––all ages and skill levels, group classes and independent study.

Reach out with any questions: [email protected]. Let’s write!

https://www.bojanglesmusicschool.com/creative-writing

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📕 3rd - 5th Grade // Creative Writing: An Introduction
📗 6th - 8th Grade // Creative Writing: The Power of Self-Expression
📘 9th - 12th Grade // Creative Writing: The Art of Thinking
📙 Adults (18+) // Creative Writing: Everyone Has a Story
📓 One-on-One (12th Grade) // College Admissions Essays
📔 One-on-One (All Ages) // Literature + Composition Tutoring and/or Creative Writing Coaching

We’ve been working on something new. 🌞 Introducing…Bojangles Creative Writing!

We are launching creative writing group courses alongside one-on-one private instruction––and we’re pretty excited. Our four 12-week group courses kick off in September at Bojangles Heights.

Each class is designed to be an introduction to creative writing, customized to serve different ages:

📕 3rd - 5th Grade // Creative Writing: An Introduction
📗 6th - 8th Grade // Creative Writing: The Power of Self-Expression
📘 9th - 12th Grade // Creative Writing: The Art of Thinking
📙 Adults (18+) // Creative Writing: Everyone Has a Story

Your instructor will be Elisabeth Carroll Parks, a published writer and editor for more than two decades now––and our founder Shawn’s wife. 💫

You can read Elisabeth’s professional bio on our site, but here are a few highlights: a BA from UT Austin and an MA in English literature from Belmont University in Nashville, plus a stint as director of editorial for BMI. She’s written official bios for a wide range of artists, from blues legend Taj Mahal to comedian Taylor Tomlinson, and contributes to top publications, including Houstonia. She’s also hard at work on a book slated to be published by Texas A&M University Press. Perhaps most importantly, Elisabeth loves mentoring other writers.

Other notes:

📌 For school-aged participants, work outside of class will be minimal. Our kids already have plenty of homework, and these courses are meant to be a creative refuge and break from busy work. We’ll still build valuable skills––we’ll just manage our time well and have fun while we do it.

📌 Class sizes will be capped to ensure every student has a voice. The instructor will read all students’ work and provide detailed written feedback.

📌 Group lessons not your thing? One-on-one sessions, modeled after our award-winning instrument lessons, are available too, during which you can get help with school work, independent creative projects, college admissions essay prep––you name it.

The BCW IG will have key class updates: .

Details and sign-up info here:

https://www.bojanglesmusicschool.com/creative-writing
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Let’s write!