San Antonio fans are counting the days until Rush returns to town after a 14-year absence. Here’s what you need to know about the band, the concert and the venue.
What is Rush’s Fifty Something Tour
Rush has played more than a dozne times in San Antonio, including this November 2012 date at the AT&T Center. (Gary Miller/FilmMagic)
Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Rush are working men once again. Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, with drummer Anika Nilles sitting in for the late Neil Peart, are touring in celebration of the band’s 50th anniversary. Reviews from early tour stops were ecstatic, with fans praising 73-year-old Lee’s vocals, Nilles’ drum fills and a set list that changes nightly.
When do the concerts start?
The concerts start at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Friday at Frost Bank Center, 1 Frost Bank Center Drive. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and parking lots open at 4:30 p.m.
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Are tickets still available?
Plenty of tickets are still available for Wednesday’s concert, with costs ranging from $100.50 to $523.40. A relative handful of tickets are left for Friday’s concert, many with views of the side of the stage. The costs for those range from $322.55 to $486.80.
How much does it cost to park at Frost Bank Center?
The arena’s eight parking lots are accessible via multiple gates along Houston Street and Frost Bank Center Drive. Parking costs $35 and is cashless. (Advance parking passes for lots close to the venue are sold out on Ticketmaster.)
Ride share drivers can drop passengers off at an gate. There is a designated ride-share pickup area in Lot 5.
The classic lineup of Rush performs in 1976 on the band’s All The World’s A Stage tour. (Fin Costello/Redferns)
Five facts about Rush
• When Rush came together in August 1968 in Toronto, the only member of the trio as fans know it who was in the band was guitarist Alex Lifeson. His friend Geddy Lee replaced the original bass player in September of that year, and Neil Peart took over the drums after the band released its self-titled debut album in 1974.
• Rush’s unlikely journey from a Canadian hard-rock trio to cerebral, synth-driven prog-rock institution landed the band in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2013. The band was inducted by Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters. “We’ve been saying for a long time – years – that this wasn’t a big deal,” Neil Peart said in his acceptance speech. “Turns out, it kind of is.”
• Rush has played San Antonio more than a dozen times, starting with a show on Oct. 28, 1975, at Randy’s Rodeo. This is how Geddy Lee described that show in his memoir: It was “a complete madhouse, with tickets oversold leading to people fighting to get in – a first for us!” The band’s most recent concert here was in 2012 on the “Clockwork Angels” tour.
• A new documentary about Neil Peart, “Neil Peart: No One’s Disciple,” just premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. It features Lee, Lifeson and a roster of drummers including Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Stewart Copeland of the Police.
Drummer Anika Nilles attends the premiere of “Neil Peart: No One’s Disciple” during the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival. (Jeremy Chan/Getty Images)
• Before she landed the touring gig with Rush, German drummer Anika Nilles released a series of progressive jazz-funk albums as a band leader and toured with Jeff Beck. She should feel right at home on instrumentals like “La Villa Strangiato” and “YYZ.”
Is there an opening act?
The Fifty Something concerts are “evenings with Rush.” There is no opening act.
What’s next at Frost Bank Center?
Frost Bank Center will be busy this weekend, with concerts by country singer Zach Top on Saturday and Puerto Rican pop singer Chayanne on Friday.
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