Deep Ellum Blues Alley
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”]The culmination of several years of thought, collaboration and planning, Deep Ellum’s Blues Alley kicked off this Spring! This immersive mural experience highlights the history & influence of Deep Ellum’s musicians through the lens […]
Local Music Spotlight: Rosegarden Funeral Party
Live music is back in Deep Ellum! One of the most memorable parts of a night out in Deep Ellum has been sorely missed since the beginning of the Covid-19 Pandemic last March. But, no need to miss Deep Ellum’s music scene any more as rousing sets can be heard 7 nights a week at […]
10 Murals Inside Deep Ellum Businesses Guide
For the last week of Dallas Arts Months and to cap off our month of mural features, we are bringing you a guide to 10 amazing murals inside Deep Ellum businesses! Deep Ellum’s murals might be best known for their placement along walls in the public right-of-way, but businesses across the district love to bring […]
10 New-ish Deep Ellum Murals Guide
Last week we brought you a guide to 10 of Deep Ellum’s most classic murals and now we hope you’ll keep exploring the neighborhood’s public art by diving into 10 new-ish murals! By new-ish, we mean the mural is less than 2 years old – the most recent one was actually wrapped up 2 weeks […]
10 Classic Deep Ellum Murals Guide
Deep Ellum’s first murals and wall paintings started going up in the late 1980s as live music venues began advertising their upcoming shows by painting an ever-changing calendar on their walls. As muraling evolved, businesses and community stakeholders embraced the artform as a staple of Deep Ellum. In 1992, the contemporaneously formed Deep Ellum Community […]
Dallas Arts Month in Deep Ellum
April is Arts Month in Dallas and Deep Ellum is the place to celebrate! The gorgeous spring weather is perfect for exploring the neighborhood on foot to search out murals, art galleries, live music, and creativity around every corner. We appreciate the innovative spirit that permeates everything in Deep Ellum & hope you do too! […]
A Day in Deep Ellum: Jessica Brodsky
Few people spend more time in Deep Ellum than the committed crews of bartenders, servers, cooks, and more of Deep Ellum’s service industry. Jessica Brodsky is a stalwart of the Deep Ellum service industry and an incredibly engaged and active member of the community. You have likely seen Jessica manning the bar at some of […]
Local Music Spotlight: The Found
One of Deep Ellum’s constant claims to fame since its founding in 1873 has been live music! Legendary bluesmen, such as Leadbelly, T-Bone Walker, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Bessie Smith played the street corners and clubs of the 1920s as did modern legends like Edie Brickell, Reverend Horton Heat, and the Old 97s in the […]
Behind the Brushstroke: Steve Hunter
Every person who visits Deep Ellum is constantly dazzled by the hundreds of beautiful murals that can be found around every corner. On any given day in the neighborhood, dozens upon dozens of Instagram posts can be seen with a Deep Ellum mural gracing the frame. The murals of Deep Ellum are certainly part of […]