713 Music Hall sits inside POST Houston, which makes it the one downtown venue where arriving early is genuinely worth doing. Most groups turn up ten minutes before doors and miss the point of the building they are standing in.
This page covers where a bus drops at 713, why the venue’s location changes how you plan the evening, what downtown parking does on a show night, and how long to book. Rates match our Houston party bus price guide.
713 Music Hall is at 401 Franklin Street, in the POST Houston complex on the north western edge of downtown. Rideshare drop off and pick up is at the corner of Franklin Street and Bagby Street, and there is reserved premier parking at the Franklin and Congress entrance which sits closest to the ticket gates.
For a bus, the practical answer is a street drop close to the Franklin entrance, which puts your group at the doors without anyone walking through a garage. We confirm the exact point for your date, because downtown street use shifts depending on what else is happening that night.
Two things to sort before you go in:
This is the thing that separates 713 from every other venue on this site. The music hall is one part of POST Houston, a converted former mail sorting facility that also holds a large food hall, bars, retail and a rooftop.
What that means for a group: you do not need to find somewhere to eat beforehand and then travel to the venue. You can arrive two hours before doors, eat in the building, have a drink, go up to the roof, and walk downstairs to the show. For a group of twenty that removes the hardest part of planning a night out, which is getting everyone from a restaurant to a venue on time.
Practical notes:
If your group does this, book the extra hours. Two hours in the building before doors is two hours on the booking, and it is the difference between a show and an evening.
There is premier parking at the venue and plenty of downtown garages and surface lots nearby, so parking is available. It is not free, prices move with what else is on downtown, and the closest options fill first.
For one or two people, drive and park. The maths only turns for a group: four cars means four fees, four separate arrivals into four different garages, and four drivers who all have to stay sober and leave at the same moment to keep the group together. That last part is the one that reliably falls apart.
There is also METRORail through downtown, which works well for a couple of people arriving from along a line and much less well for a group of twenty who want to stay together and carry on afterwards.
Downtown after a sold out show empties onto streets that are already carrying normal city traffic, and the rideshare apps surge the moment a show ends. Expect 20 to 40 minutes before you are genuinely moving.
With a bus you are meeting a vehicle at an agreed point rather than competing for one, which is most of the value. Build that wait into your booked hours rather than treating it as overtime, and agree in advance whether the group is staying to the end or leaving during the encore.
713 Music Hall is a mid to large indoor venue, which puts it between a club and an arena. In practice that means touring acts on their way up, established artists doing a smaller room, comedy, and one off events.
The crowd behaves differently from an arena crowd. Everyone arrives closer to doors, the room fills quickly, and the exit is sharper because there are fewer people leaving through fewer doors. For a group that means arriving earlier is worth more here than at a stadium.
Minimums are three hours mid week, four Friday and Sunday, five Saturday. Most shows here are evenings and weekends, so the four and five hour minimums usually apply.
| Group | Vehicle | Rate | 5 hour show | 7 hour evening |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 to 13 | Sprinter Lounge | $90 per hour | $450 | $630 |
| 14 to 20 | LoungeS | $100 per hour | $500 | $700 |
| 21 to 23 | LoungeX | $110 per hour | $550 | $770 |
| 24 to 28 | Lounge Plus+ | $120 per hour | $600 | $840 |
| 29 to 32 | Lounge XL | $130 per hour | $650 | $910 |
| 33 to 50 | Mega Lounge | $140 per hour | $700 | $980 |
Bus only, before 15 to 20 percent gratuity. A five hour show for twenty people is about $25 each. Fuel, ice and cups included, no surcharge added later. Every vehicle is on our fleet page.
Friend groups at a specific tour. The most common, and the ones who benefit most from building POST into the evening rather than treating it as a drop off.
Birthday and celebration groups. A show as the centrepiece with food beforehand and drinks after, all on one booking and one vehicle.
Corporate and client groups. Less common than at a sports venue, but a show plus the food hall is an easy evening to host clients at, and we can invoice a company directly rather than taking a card.
These are Houston’s two main indoor music venues and groups often have a choice between them across a touring season. They are not the same booking.
713 Music Hall is the smaller room, which means a tighter arrival window, a sharper exit and a crowd that mostly turns up close to doors. It is inside POST, so the building itself gives you somewhere to be beforehand. For a party bus rental that usually means a longer booking with time built in at the front.
Toyota Center is the arena, with bigger crowds, a longer exit and no equivalent of the food hall attached to it. Our Toyota Center page covers that one, including the garage restriction on Rockets game days that catches groups out.
Practically: if the same artist plays both across a tour, 713 is the better night for a group that wants an evening rather than a show, and the arena is the better night if the production is the point.
Two things push Houston groups toward the wrong vehicle at a venue like this.
First, concert groups grow. Somebody’s friend buys a ticket late, a couple becomes four. Book one size up from the confirmed headcount and you will usually use it.
Second, bigger vehicles are cheaper per head. A twenty passenger LoungeS at $100 an hour is $25 each across five hours if it is full. The same five hours in an eight passenger Sprinter Lounge is $56 each. Groups that split across two small vehicles pay more and lose the point of travelling together.
If you are organising, collect from everyone before you book rather than after. Work out the per person figure, add gratuity, round up, and gather it while people are still excited about the show.
Concert demand in Houston is not even across the year, and it interacts with everything else we do.
The rule that follows: book the transport when you buy the tickets, not the week before. Announced tours sell out and then everyone books buses in the same fortnight.
At a street point close to the Franklin Street entrance, which puts your group at the doors without walking through a garage. The venue is at 401 Franklin Street inside POST Houston, and its rideshare zone is the corner of Franklin and Bagby. Downtown street use shifts with what else is on, so we confirm the point for your date.
More than at any other venue we cover. 713 sits inside POST Houston, which holds a large food hall, bars and a rooftop, so you can arrive two hours before doors, eat and drink in the building, and walk downstairs to the show. For a group that removes the hardest part of a night out, which is getting everyone from a restaurant to a venue on time.
Not for the food hall, which is exactly why it suits a group that could not agree on a restaurant. It does get busy before a big show, so arrive earlier than you think if you want a table for twenty. Check the complex’s hours for your date, since it and the venue keep separate schedules.
Four to five for the show alone. Six to seven if you want time at POST beforehand, which is what we would recommend. Seven to eight if you are carrying on to Midtown or Washington Avenue afterwards.
Expect 20 to 40 minutes before you are genuinely moving. Downtown empties onto streets already carrying city traffic and the rideshare apps surge the moment a show ends. On a bus you are meeting a vehicle at an agreed point rather than competing for one.
For two or three people, no, park and drive. For a group the problem is not one parking fee, it is four cars into four garages and four drivers who all have to stay sober and leave together. That is what falls apart, and it falls apart after the show rather than before it.
713 is the smaller room with a tighter arrival window and a sharper exit, and it sits inside POST Houston so the building gives you somewhere to be beforehand. Toyota Center is the arena with bigger crowds and a longer exit. For a group that wants an evening rather than just a show, 713 is usually the better night.
One size up from your confirmed headcount, because concert groups grow. Bigger vehicles are also cheaper per head, so a full twenty passenger LoungeS works out around $25 each over five hours against $56 each in an eight passenger party bus. Splitting across two small vehicles costs more and loses the point.
When you buy the tickets. Announced tours sell out and then everyone books buses in the same fortnight. Spring and autumn are the heaviest touring blocks in Houston and they collide with prom, wedding and football season, so those need the most notice. January and February are the easiest months.
Tell us the show, the date and your group size, and whether you want time at POST beforehand. We will quote the hours with the exit built in.
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