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Affordable Art Fair Austin
Affordable Art Fair Austin will launch in May 2024, showcasing original contemporary artworks ranging between $100 to $10,000. Welcoming a whole host of local, national and international exhibitors, their spectacular first edition is set to be unmissable!May 16-19Palmer Events Center -
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Laundry & Bourbon with Lonestar
Laundry and Bourbon with Lonestar, two companion one act plays set in backyards of a small Texas town. Three ladies come together to talk about their life's ups and downs. Lonestar follows the life of three small town boys and the events that have shaped them. Both shows give us highs & lows with humor spread around, for good measure.Apr. 19-May 5Navasota Theatre Alliance
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Jennifer Sherburn and Natalie George's yearlong citywide project nears its Carson Creek apotheosis with this penultimate performance that features new works choreographed by 1) that Sherburn and 2) Kelly Hasandras and Olivia O’Hare (whose talented multidisciplinary team may initiate a new definition of "dancer") in a modern co-working space built from a former indoor pool.Aug. 9-12. Wed.-Sat., 8pm. $20-35 (pay what you wish, Wednesday).Impact Hub, 5540 N. Lamar. -
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Blue Oyster Cult
Christening Blue Öyster Cult as hard rock’s the Band – four golden voices and a keyboardist – actually does the original Long Island quintet disservice in that all five members composed, co-composed, and collaborated with the likes of author Michael Moorcock and Patti Smith. Dating back to the late-Sixties meeting of Albert Bouchard and Donald Roeser in college, the brief label mates to the Doors and Stooges rode art-rock into the mainstream 1972-88. Still led by Roeser and frontman Eric Bloom, BÖC’s deep, rich canon of FM lit can’t be reduced to a Saturday Night Live punch line.: “Well, the cowbell has been a curse and a blessing,” chuckles Roeser, aka Buck Dharma, who wrote Top 20 calling card “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper.” “We had nothing to do with the [SNL skit], of course. That was all the mind of Will Ferrell and what’s remarkable to me about it is how funny it is.”: The guitarist, 70 this year, starts laughing just thinking about it.: “[We] came close to getting him to come down once in L.A. and play cowbell with us,” he says. “Certainly, as time has rolled on, we’ve all learned to embrace the cowbell – or at least accept it.”: Bouchard once compared his ex-bandmate to Mozart (revisit “Albert,” Feb. 19, 2007), saying, “Mozart was like Donald: The ideas would just burst out of his head fully formed … Donald wrote ‘Reaper’ in one go.”: “That’s funny,” cracks up the song’s Medusa, also author of BÖC charters “Burnin’ for You” and “Shooting Shark.” “I played him ‘The Reaper’ when I was done, but it actually took me about two months to write. What happened is that after we got multitrack tape recorders, the members of the band brought in songs that were a lot more fully formed in terms of arrangement and conception than previously. Then we’d all hammer them out together in a room. It was a lot more of a collaborative effort, and you could say there was a certain organic elegance about that.: “‘The Reaper’ was the first one I wrote after I got my four-track recorder.”: Read Raoul Hernandez's entire interview with Buck Dharma.Fri., Aug. 11, 8pm -
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Armadillo World HQ Anniversary Weekend
Celebrate what would have been the legendary Armadillo's 47th with the "Armadillo's Greatest Hits" performed by the Armadillo All Stars (Thursday), Two Hoots & a Holler (Friday), and Skyrocket! (Saturday). Eddie Wilson will sign his book Armadillo World Headquarters each day from 4-8pm.Thu.-Sat., Aug. 10-12. Thu., free; Fri., $5; Sat., $12. -
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Blondie, Garbage
Billed as “The Rage and Rapture Tour,” this main act double-header might simply be tagged “Heart of Glass” vs. “Only Happy When It Rains.” Blondie remain punk’s first success story owing to a Shangri-Las-like pop sense and an adventurous bent that made them among the first Caucasians to experiment with hip-hop. The New Yorkers’ new Pollinator LP could be Eat to the Beat II. Garbage updated Blondie for the grunge age, Shirley Manson acting as Debbie Harry’s edgy offspring. 2016’s Strange Little Birds is vintage Garbage.Fri., Aug. 11, 7pm -
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Cabaret (1972)
Dark Musicals of Bob Fosse: Minnelli and Grey sparkle, and the Fosse flash is everywhere in evidence in this winner of eight Academy Awards.Fri., Aug. 11, 7:30pm -
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Daedelus
Empire’s new monthly series, Beat Juice, opens with Dublab and Brainfeeder affiliate Daedelus. For nearly 15 years, SoCal originator Alfred Darlington has built a masterful patchwork of beats, so expect playful sampling, stuttering drum machines, and surprisingly melodic grooves. Don’t miss opening sets from the residents: Exploded Drawing honcho Soundfounder and Eliot Lipp, fresh off the release of his Skywave LP.Fri., Aug. 11, 8pm -
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Deap Vally, Ringo Deathstarr
L.A. garage rock Femejism gals meet homegrown psych detonators.Fri., Aug. 11, 10:30pm -
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Fun Home
Yes, it's the musical version of the acclaimed graphic novel by the creator of longtime comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For. Cartoonist Alison Bechdel is legendary not just for her oft-mentioned "test," but for the insight and depth of her creations. Now see it here: the multiple-Tony-winning, song-filled version of her memoir, as adapted for stage by Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesor, about the private world of a family and seeing your parents through grown-up eyes.Aug. 11-13. Fri., 8pm; Sat., 3 & 8pm; Sun., 2 & 7pm. $29 and up. -
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Iron Dragon TV ActionFest
If the title doesn't tip you off, this is two days of wall-to-wall action shorts, webseries, and special guests, including a panel discussion with Wonder Woman stunt double Caitlin Dechelle. Rooster Teeth will also be doing a special animation panel. For the full lineup and to purchase tickets, see www.idtvactionfest.com.Fri., Aug. 11 -
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Jacques Greene
French-Canadian techno and house DJ Philippe Aubin-Dionne debuted Feel Infinite in March.Fri., Aug. 11, 10pm -
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Sexton Brothers B’day Bash w/ Mystic Knights of the Sea
On August 10, 1979, the day before Charlie’s birthday and the day of his younger brother Will’s, the elder Sexton played the Continental Club at the tender age of 10. Since then, the pair – irrevocably tied to Austin music – have celebrated their birthdays jointly at the South Congress speakeasy. This year, they embed in big bro’s Mystic Knights of the Sea, featuring bassist Speedy Sparks, who played with Charlie that first fateful night.Fri., Aug. 11, 11:45pm -
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SOS Presents: Butch Queen
It's queer, it's absurd, and it's (sur)real AF. Mouthfeel joins forces with Sound on Sound Fest to present a new level of drag competition. Peeps from Austin's (not just queer) entertainment scene are going drag for the first time, paired with a seasoned queen for an epic win.Fri., Aug. 11, 8pm-12mid. $8-10. -
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UT Soccer
The new season kicks off with an exhibition match vs. Incarnate Word:Fri., Aug. 11, 7pm. Free.
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50 Over 50: An Oral History of Austin's Live Music History
Fifty artists over the age of 50 provide an oral history of their role in and the evolution of Austin's vibrant music scene. Bring your smartphone and earbuds to hear their stories. Live music by Harvey Thomas Young at 8:30.Thu.-Sun., 1-6pm, through Sept. 30. $5 suggested donation. -
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ATM Gallery: It is Never Too Late To Turn Around
Austin native Ben Harral's performances, paintings, and drawings "aim to return to the concept of trance states of consciousness as a way to reconnect with the land."Through Aug. 25 -
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August: Osage County
Tracy Lett’s dark comedy centers around the Weston family, who come home to Oklahoma after their patriarch and world-class poet father disappears. Directed by Andy Berkovsky for City Theatre.Through Aug. 13. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 3pm. $15-25 ($10, Thursdays). -
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Auto Racing
Exciting stock car racing continues to roar around the oval track every Friday night through Sept. 1.Fridays, 8pm. Through Sept. 1. $12 adults.Heart o’ Texas Speedway, Waco -
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Big Bend Ranch Rodeo
Working cowboys from area ranches show off their skills while celebrating the traditions of working with livestock.Fri.-Sat., Aug. 11-12. $10.Alpine -
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