SAN ANTONIO, Texas. Ruben V, the San Antonio guitarist, singer and songwriter, plays a solo acoustic show at Midtown Meetup Neighborhood Hangout on Friday, November 13, 2026, from 8 to 10 PM, and there is no cover. Midtown has titled the evening Ruben V: A Night Of Acoustic Storytelling: stories from the road, from his concerts and from a life spent with the guitar, paired with a solo acoustic set in the neighborhood room at 801 W Russell Pl, just north of San Pedro Park.
Ruben V describes his music in his own bio as a fresh, smooth blend of blues, Latin, soul and rock. Listeners who know him at full volume with the Ruben V Band will hear the same songs with nothing between them and the room: one voice, one guitar and the stories behind the music. Midtown's invitation is plain and generous: get a little more up close and personal with Ruben V, and take it back to the roots.
The roots run deep. His bio says he taught himself the old school way, slowing down 45s on the family record player and learning by ear, and that he was on the road at 15. A Stevie Ray Vaughan concert turned him toward the blues, and toward bending a guitar string the way he felt it. Richard Mullen, whose credits include Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Johnson and Joe Ely, produced his first three CDs, In His Hands, Home and Let Me In; Jim Gaines produced I AM, Labor Of Shame and Come To Me.
By his own account, Ruben V has released eight solo CDs and 14 group albums and plays more than 120 shows a year. His bio lists stages shared with Gatemouth Brown, B.B. King, Los Lonely Boys, Robert Cray, George Thorogood, Delbert McClinton, Buddy Guy and The Fabulous Thunderbirds, and four Best Guitar Player honors in San Antonio, along with Best Songwriter and Best Blues Band. In his words: "My guitar might change shape and size; but, those six strings will always be a part of who I am and who I have grown up to be."
Midtown Meetup Neighborhood Hangout is a neighborhood bar, bodega and live music home in Midtown San Antonio, open every day from 3 PM to 1 AM, where local music is meant to be heard up close. The same Friday, Midtown's Happy Hour runs from 3 to 7 PM, and the solo set follows at 8.
Event details: https://www.facebook.com/events/2135658470373445/ . Ruben V: https://rubenv.com/ . Midtown Meetup: https://midtownmeetupneighborhoodhangout.com/ , (210) 886 8066, midtownmeetup@gmail.com. Booking for Ruben V: 210.884.9872, rubenv@rubenv.com. Media contact: Julie Good, MATC, Good Creative Media, (210) 385 8658, juliegood@goodcreativemedia.com.
