DMX fans who were looking forward to him performing at a Texas bar next month will still get to enjoy his music … because the venue’s turning the rapper’s scheduled concert into a tribute show.

Justin — the owner of the Wildcatter Saloon in Katy — tells TMZ … he and his team took DMX’s death really hard because they grew up loving his music, and booking him was a long time in the making.

X was set to play at the venue on May 29, but Justin says the Wildcatter’s now going to make the event a memorial concert to honor him.