The late Gruene Hall owner Pat Molak lives on at the hall through the memories of those who knew him, but now his legacy is ...

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Pat never forgot us, and we never forgot what he did for us. We miss Pat being around, but we know he's in a better place." Related: George Strait, 73, Delights Young Fan During Chance Meeting in ...

Opened in 1878, the hall was purchased by a man named Pat Molak in 1975, and he was very choosy about who he let perform there. One of those people was Strait, ...

Pat Molak, the man most responsible for the success of Gruene Hall, passed away on March 29, 2024. In his honor Gruene Hall will unveil the Pat Molak Legacy Wall on June 13, what would have been ...

It's tough to picture today, but before 1975, an iconic Hill Country dance hall sat silent in what was once a nearly forgotten Texas town. That soon changed when one man's vision sparked a renaissance ...

Cathedral of two-steppin’. The story goes that when Pat Molak first saw the old dance hall in Gruene in 1974 he wasn’t too impressed. Built in 1878, it had been used as a hay barn for several ...