July 15, 2026
(NEW YORK – July 15, 2026) – For the first time ever, MS NOW will bring its annual all-day live community event on the road and to the Lone Star State on Saturday, Sept. 26, at the College Park Center at the University of Texas at Arlington with MS NOW Live: Together in Texas.
Tickets are on sale now at ms.now/together.
With the 2026 midterm elections fast approaching, Texas has become one of the country's defining battlegrounds and where many of the nation's biggest debates around democracy, voting rights, immigration, education, and the economy intersect. As the national conversation increasingly runs through the Lone Star State, and is home to one of the most hotly contested Senate races of this election season, MS NOW Live: Together in Texas will bring audiences to the center of those conversations with the journalists, newsmakers, special guests, and the communities shaping this pivotal moment.
MS NOW Live: Together in Texas will provide attendees a unique front-row seat to their favorite MS NOW anchors and reporters live from one of the country's biggest political stages, including: Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O’Donnell, Jen Psaki, Stephanie Ruhle, Ali Velshi, Ari Melber, Chris Hayes, Symone Sanders Townsend, Alicia Menendez, Jacob Soboroff, Eugene Daniels, Michael Steele, Luke Russert, and Rev. Al Sharpton.
The gathering will bring members of the MS NOW community together with each other for the full day of programming and big conversations deep in the heart of Texas. Plus, attendees will have the opportunity to purchase tickets to the limited-seating We The People Community Dinner, featuring up-close-and-personal conversations between Maddow and Psaki answering audience questions, a live taping of the podcast “Clock It with Symone & Eugene,” and an interactive audience segment with Soboroff.
In addition to access to the live event on Sept. 26, each ticket purchased includes an offer for a one-year subscription to MS NOW’s first-of-its-kind membership launching later this summer.
“After several incredible years in New York, we’re thrilled to take MS NOW Live on the road, this time to Texas, where everything is bigger, including the conversations shaping our collective futures,” said Lauren Peikoff, Executive Producer of MS NOW Live. “With a consequential midterm election only a few months away, we’re bringing our trusted anchors and reporters together to directly engage with our audience for a day filled with lively discussions, meaningful connections, and unforgettable moments that will highlight the power of democracy and community during such a critical point in our country’s history.”
MS NOW Live was first announced in December 2023, featuring a first-of-its-kind, community-focused ticketed event series. MS NOW Live: Together in Texas follows previous marquee day-long community events in Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York, which brought together thousands of loyal audience members from Maryland, Hawaii, Minnesota, Sweden, and beyond for in-depth analysis and poignant conversations on the state of American democracy.
MS NOW Live furthers the network’s rapid expansion and community building across digital, social, and audio platforms. MS NOW continues to lead the pack as one of the most influential news organizations on non-linear platforms, recording over 2.9 billion combined views across YouTube and TikTok so far this year, with more views on YouTube than every other news organization, including Fox News and CNN, and more views than ABC News, CBS News and NBC News combined. MS NOW users continue to spend more time on MS NOW Digital than on The Washington Post, NPR, and The Wall Street Journal, and reaches more unique visitors than Politico, Axios, and The Atlantic. MS NOW also recorded over 140 million audio downloads in 2025, now with over 20 original podcasts and 22 showcasts.
On television, MS NOW reaches more than 31 million Americans every week and continues to have one of the most engaged audiences in all of television, with the average viewer watching more than nine hours each week, more than any broadcast network. MS NOW has quadrupled its weekday primetime audience over the last 20 years, averaging 1.3 million viewers year-to-date.
MS NOW Live: Together in Texas is part of VERSANT’s continued investment in the network’s original programming, premium content, and non-linear offerings.
Marcus Mabry is MS NOW’s Senior Vice President of Content Strategy. Lauren Peikoff is the Executive Producer of Live Events.
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