For daytime downtown today, Saturday, August 22, I’m not finding a verified live-music set at a downtown restaurant or bar before the evening shows. The solid downtown music listing I found is Josh Strickland Trio at Five Sisters Blues Cafe at 6 p.m.—so that misses your daytime window.

If you want to be downtown now, the best bet is to do Palafox Market / Palafox Street for daytime wandering and grab a drink or lunch nearby, then decide whether you want to stay through 6 for Five Sisters. I’d rather be straight with you than send you across downtown for an unconfirmed afternoon set.

👉 Are you looking for brunch-and-a-drink this morning, or an afternoon patio with any kind of entertainment—not necessarily a band?