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Courthouse Nights in Lockhart, Texas!
Don't miss the return of Courthouse Nights in Lockhart! Centered around the beautiful Caldwell County Courthouse lawn, the FREE and family-friendly live music series features an all-star lineup with Dale Watson, EZ Band, Deadeye, Rattlesnake Milk, and Simons Says. Held every third Friday of the month from April to August!Fri. Apr. 19, 7pm-10pmLockhart, Texas -
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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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HavenCon 4: A Cosmic Journey
Texas' first and only queer, geek, and gaymer convention returns for its final year, and they're going out with a bang! Four days (or one, if you choose) of epic nerdiness, cosplay, drag, and loads more. This year, celebrity guests include Tracee Cocco (Star Trek) and Daniel Newman (The Walking Dead). Fest organizers announced this will be the last year for HavenCon, so get out and get weird while you can!March 29-April 1. $15-200. -
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Jimmy LaFave: Searching for Peace Town
Celebrate the late, great singer-singwriter at the debut exhibit of his photography: This is the first time LaFave's road, travel, and music shots will be shared with the public.Through March 31 -
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Texas Relays
There will be students from across the country running around in circles and jumping long and high and often. At night people come out in droves and fill up Sixth Street enough to make SXSW crowds look like a stroll in the woods. (Not really, but kinda.)Through March 31. $10-40. -
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ASH Dash 5K Bunny Run
14th annual ASH Dash is a race for mental health. Run or walk the double loop course on the Austin State Hospital grounds; an Easter egg hunt will follow. Proceeds benefit ASH patients.Sat., March 31, 8am. $35. -
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Bill Nye: Science Guy (2017)
Science on Screen: Documentary portrait of the bow-tied TV host who's been turning kids onto the wonders of science since the early Nineties.Sat., March 31, 2pm -
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Chris Smither
Folk sage, 73, just released first new original tunes in six years, Call Me Lucky.Sat., March 31, 8pm -
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Community Easter Egg Hunt
The hunt begins with an Easter story time before the kids are unleashed on the campus to find thousands of eggs. There's plenty of fun to be had, but someone will definitely have the most fun, because one of the eggs has a $500 scholarship in it. BYOB (Bring Your Own Basket).Sat., March 31, 10am. Free. -
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con flama
Salvage Vanguard Theater presents Sharon Bridgforth's lyrical drama, set in Los Angeles in the 1940s-1970s, that offers a glimpse of a black gurl's coming-of-age, through ancestral passages and her family history. Directed by Florinda Bryant.Through April 7. Thu.-Sat., 7:30pm. $10. -
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Cradle of Filth, Jinjer, Uncured
Another outsize extremity at Eastside slaughterhouse C&TIL stakes Suffolk vampires Cradle of Filth. Closing in on two decades that span black metal beginnings to the symphonic prog of last year’s 11th studio disc since 1994, Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness of Decay, the UK leather goths stage Phantom of the Opera-style metal theatrics. Ukrainian metalcore act Jinjer, lead by Tatiana Shmaylyuk, and NYC’s Uncured support.Sat., March 31, 6:30pm -
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Fashion X Austin
There's too much to see and do at the largest fashion event in Texas to list here. See website for schedule of events and parties.Various locations -
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Jo's Coffee Easter Pet Parade
Costumed pets parade down SoCo starting at Annie Street with a marching band in tow and finish at Jo's parking lot to get the costume contest started ($20, register online). Proceeds go to Austin Pets Alive!Sat., March 31, noon. Free. -
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LoveBalm: QB's Annual Fundraising Party
Rocky Lane hosts a night of queer love and positivity while raising cash for this year's QB – yes, it's still happening, on June 2. Chulita Vinyl Club, Mom Jeans, Fat Bottom Cabaret, and a whole lot more perform. Plus spanking booths, photo booths, and massage chairs from Spavia Day Spa.Sat., March 31, 9pm-1am. $5 suggested donation. -
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Nikki Hill, Donovan Keith, Redd Volkaert
Nikki Hill reveals her North Carolina roots in sultry blues lamentations and soul-baring gospel that incorporates Fifties rock & roll, Sixties Motown, and Seventies boogie-oogie. On 2013 debut Here’s Nikki Hill and 2015 follow-up Heavy Hearts, Hard Fists, she’s a powerhouse singer booming a country snarl (“Mama Wouldn’t Like It”), woman-scorned grit (“Right on the Brink”), and slinky reggae (“Who Were You Thinking Of?”).Sat., March 31, 3:30pm -
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Nils Lofgren
A half-century later, Nils Lofgren remains best known as a guitar slinger to the stars (Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young). Yet his catalog oozes sly, pop-wise rock, from teen kicks in Grin to mid-period gems “No Mercy” and “Keith Don’t Go.” Given such a sustaining history, plus his guitar virtuosity and well-preserved reedy voice, expect a show that defines longevity.Sat., March 31, 7pm -
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Original Pinettes Brass Band, Betty Harris
Even closing in on 80, Betty Harris retains a booming, emotive voice.: The Florida-born singer issued stellar soul sides throughout the Sixties, her molasses-slow cover of Solomon Burke’s “Cry to Me” cracking the Top 10 of the R&B charts in 1963. A prolific four-year run with producer Allen Toussaint and subsequent departure from music earned her the title “Lost Queen of New Orleans Soul” despite never living in the Big Easy. In fact, she didn’t like it there.: After a contentious 1965 session where she beefed with Irma Thomas (“I didn’t know who Irma was at that time, but she had a lot of mouth”), Harris worked one-on-one with Toussaint, flying in to lay vocals over tracks the late hitmaker pre-recorded with a rhythm section that became the Meters.: “Your first experience is going into Bell Sound Studios in New York and everything is tip-top, first class,” she recalled last Sunday from her home in Connecticut. “Then you get to New Orleans and here’s a barn with nothing in it. I understand what they were doing now, but back then I didn’t. It was kind of dreary.”: The sound proved different as well, particularly the blistering funk of 1969’s “There’s a Break in the Road,” complete with screeching guitar feedback and fatback drums.: “I couldn’t figure out if Allen had lost: his mind or what! I was totally shocked when I heard it the first time. I couldn’t: figure the drums out. I thought, ‘What are they smoking?!’: “But the song carries itself and still does today.: If you slow it way down, that’s the most funkiest song you’d ever want to hear.”Sat., March 31, 10pm -
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Texas Rollergirls
Flat-track Roller Derby featuring the Honky Tonk Heartbreakers vs. the Hustlers.Sat., March 31, 6pm. $13, advance; $15, day of; $5, kids.Austin Sports Center, 425 Woodward -
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Urban Music Fest w/ Johnny Gill, Dave Hollister, ZAPP
For the second day of Urban Fest’s 13th iteration there will be bedroom lamentations from D.C. Casanova Johnny Gill, Blackstreet soloist Dave Hollister, and 40-year-old G-funk precursors Zapp.Sat., March 31 -
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White Rabbit Red Rabbit
Ground Floor Theatre presents this unusual theatrical experience devised by Iranian playwright Nassim Solimanpour. It's different every night, for you and the show's solo performers, with Rebecca Havermeyer, Zell Miller III, kt shorb, Michael Ferstenfeld, Alexandra Bassett, Marc Pouhé, Shannon Sedwick, Rudy Ramirez, Owen Egerton, and Karen Jambon among those vigorously puppeted by the script.Through March 31. Thu.-Sun; times vary; see website for details. $25.
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17th Annual Cesar E. Chavez March
Honor the life and legacy of Cesar Chavez while marching for workers rights, DREAMERS, the right to say and the right to return. Meet at the library and march to Pan American Center, 2100 E. 3rd Street. There will be speakers, music, and dance to celebrate.Sat., March 31, 10am-1pm -
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Special Screenings
20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
Wonder-Rama: The first spaceship to land on Venus finds a planets filled with Ray Harryhausen special effects.Sat., March 31, 1:15pm -
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AARC: Beyond Bollywood
"Indian-Americans Shape the Nation," a traveling exhibition created by the Smithsonian Institution, makes an artifact-rich stop at the Asian American Resource Center – with a vibrant collection of photographs, art, and interactive learning stations.Through April 8 -
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Adult Easter Egg Hunt
Bring your flashlights and baskets for this after-dark adult Easter egg hunt, after a quick meal from Lucy's Fried Chicken. Prizes up for grabs. Proceeds benefit historical programs at Pioneer Farms. Must be 21+ to attend.Sat., March 31, 8-10:30pm. $25. -
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Out of Town
Antique Weeks
It happens twice a year that vintage-goods dealers descend on the bluebonnet-covered fields around Round Top for one of the largest antique fairs in the country.Fri.-Sun., March 23-Apr. 8Round Top -
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Atelier 1205: Japonisme À Trois
David Lamplugh, Jeffrey Primeaux, and Valérie Chaussonnet show their drawings, paintings, and sculpture inspired by Japonism, the historical French art movement itself inspired by the aesthetics of Ukiyo-e. Hell, we'd recommend solo shows from each of these artists; this three-in-one deal is unmissable!Through April 29
