The Kessler Theater opened as an Oak Cliff movie house in the early days of World War II. Once owned by Gene Autry the Singing Cowboy, it was crushed by a tornado in 1957, rebuilt as a revival ...

If you interpret "best live music venue" as "best place to listen to live music," then the only winner in town has to be the Kessler Theater ... what anywhere else in Dallas has to offer.