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Kacey Musgraves Headlines Gruene Hall; ICE-detained Trio Returns

4/29/2026

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Musgraves Headlines Texas

Kacey Musgraves will headline three shows at Gruene Hall in New Braunfels, Texas, on May 3-5 2026, with the Mariachi Brothers opening.
The opening trio—Antonio, Caleb, and Joshua Gámez-Cuéllar, ages 18, 14, and 12—were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in February 2026 after missing a court check-in and released on March 9 2026.
Tickets go on sale April 28 2026 at 10 a.m., following Musgraves’ May 1 2026 release of the album Middle of Nowhere.

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Musgraves Ticket Sale

Tickets for Kacey Musgraves’ Gruene Hall shows go on sale Tuesday via PreKindle at $65 each.
Gruene Hall, Texas’ oldest dance hall built in 1878, hosts hundreds of concerts; Musgraves is an eight-Grammy winner who earned Album of the Year for 2019’s Golden Hour.
In a March NPR interview Musgraves called mariachi “folkloric country,” while the Gámez-Cuéllar brothers’ high-school group performed at Carnegie Hall and won eight Texas state titles.

History

Historical Context

The 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, signed by President Bill Clinton, expanded federal detention and raised annual deportations to an average of over 180,000 by 2005. ICE, formed in 2003, enforces those provisions. In May 2026, Kacey Musgraves’ Gruene Hall show in Texas featured the detained Gámez-Cuéllar brothers, illustrating how the 1996 law still shapes cultural events and immigration debates.

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Musgraves Headlines Texas

Kacey Musgraves will headline three shows at Gruene Hall in New Braunfels, Texas, on May 3-5 2026, with the Mariachi Brothers opening.
The opening trio—Antonio, Caleb, and Joshua Gámez-Cuéllar, ages 18, 14, and 12—were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in February 2026 after missing a court check-in and released on March 9 2026.
Tickets go on sale April 28 2026 at 10 a.m., following Musgraves’ May 1 2026 release of the album Middle of Nowhere.

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