I'm not at my own computer currently - feel free to give a call @ 713 529-3711.
I usually try to make the artcar parade but this year I will probably still be on crutches as I am recovering from a broken ankle and I may not have the energy to get about. Or I may be back under for some follow-up surgery. Or I may be out-of-town that weekend, can't remember right now.
"McGonigal's Mucky Duck" is a nice small-performance pub and open Irish mic/jam night I think on Wednesdays but your friends will probably have plenty of suggestions and information of that nature.
Anyways call if you like, and the grad-student bar on campus where I usually work always has $0.60 cups of beer + Guinness canned + hard cider, and numerous other varieties canned/bottled for $1.50 - $3.00.
So hope the road rises to meet ya and the artcar pulls through, if it's an over-the-road car. Michael