Ella Langley Corpus Christi Set Time: When She Goes On at Hilliard Center (August 14)

Night two of the Texas run lands Friday, August 14, 2026 at Hilliard Center Arena in Corpus Christi — the building a lot of locals still call the American Bank Center, right on the bayfront at 1901 N Shoreline Blvd. At around 8,000 seats it's the smallest room of the three Texas nights, which makes it the closest you'll get to Ella on this leg. Here's the timing and the plan.

Who plays when

The venue has posted one number for this night, and it's the one that matters:

• 7:00 PM CT — show starts (the time on Hilliard Center's own event page and your ticket)
• Doors generally open about an hour ahead of the posted start

The special guests, per the venue, are Kaitlin Butts and Gabriella Rose — the same bill as Austin the night before, where Gabriella Rose opens the evening and Kaitlin Butts takes the direct-support slot right before Ella.

We're not going to invent a minute for when Ella walks out. Hilliard Center has published the show time, not a per-act running order, so 7:00 PM is the honest, sourced answer — that's when the first act goes on. On recent three-act Dandelion nights Ella has closed after both openers, which puts her well into the back half of the evening, but a guessed stage-time minute isn't worth anything to you. If the venue posts a full schedule closer to the date, this page and the set-times page get the real times.

Show up early anyway. Kaitlin Butts has a set that earns the room on its own, and Gabriella Rose is the kind of opener you'll want to say you caught first.

What she's been playing

No predicted setlist here. Recent Dandelion Tour nights have leaned on the songs everybody came for — "Choosin' Texas," which was practically written for this week, plus "you look like you love me," "weren't for the wind," "Be Her," and "Nicotine" — alongside the deeper Dandelion cuts.

The actual Corpus Christi setlist goes up on the setlist page within a couple of hours of the encore.

Hilliard Center notes

Indoor arena, air conditioning, zero weather planning — in Corpus Christi in August, that matters. The building sits right on the water downtown, so the pre-show move is easy: get there early, walk the bayfront, then head in. A few house rules worth knowing before you're in line: clear bag policy, the building is fully cashless, and once you exit there's no re-entry.

For where to sit — floor versus lower bowl and which sections actually get the sound in this room — see the Corpus Christi set-times and where-to-sit page.

Still need tickets?

This one is sold out at face value. Ticketmaster is showing no standard tickets for August 14 — only verified resale, currently starting around $511 all-in. The Corpus Christi show page carries the current listings and sources; check there for live availability rather than trusting a number in an article, because sold-out arena pricing moves in both directions, sometimes sharply, in the final week.

Can't make it that night?

The Texas run has a night on either side: Austin at Moody Center on August 13 and Fort Worth at Dickies Arena on August 15 — Austin is resale-only too, and each show page carries current availability, so it comes down to which drive and which price works. Every date is on the tour hub.

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