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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 16-19  
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    Palmer Events Center

  • 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-10pm  
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    Lockhart, Texas
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  • Music

    Dale Watson & His Lone Stars

    Ho ho ho honky-tonk.
    Mondays, 10pm
    Continental Club

  • Music

    Julien Baker, Half Waif, Adam Torres

    Julien Baker’s all about give-and-take these days. Following the unexpected, widespread embrace of the Memphis native’s humble and sparse 2014 debut, Sprained Ankle, her jarringly candid work has blossomed into a communal experience with listeners, her hymnal performances eliciting pin-drop reverence.: “I was drawn to aggressive styles of music, like hardcore and house shows – that kind of very raw, intimate setting – because I felt there was something rewarding and disarming about it,” she says. “Catharsis is one thing, but there’s a lasting impact of choosing to be vulnerable and living your life in that way, or seeing others choose to admit things onstage. That validates your emotion and empowers you to be more forthright with those feelings.”: Baker’s introspective sophomore LP, Turn Out the Lights, released earlier this year via Matador, evokes Sprained Ankle: quiet, devastating sadness traversing addiction, mental illness, recovery, and relationships. This time, though, Baker’s story includes some light.: “Now that there’s an audience in mind, I think I was more deliberate in including a provision of hopefulness, instead of just allowing the record to be completely bleak,” she admits. “That was as much for me, because I needed to learn a lesson of, ‘You cannot be this discouraged all the time. You have to allow for the possibility of healing.’”:
    : Read the complete Q&A.
    Mon., Dec. 18, 7pm  
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    Emo's

  • Community

    Events

    Armadillo Christmas Bazaar

    Nothing says holidays in Austin like scouring aisles and aisles of local art, crafts, and – thank God – beer. All while surrounded by tunes from one of many musical acts performing this year.
    Dec. 14-24, 11am-10pm. $8, free for children 12 and under.
    Palmer Events Center

  • Music

    Armadillo Christmas Bazaar w/ Eliza Gilkyson (Jimmy LaFave tribute), Milkdrive, Warren Hood

    Okie song whisperer John Fullbright followed by Gourds-ian knot Shinyribs on Saturday, Ray Wylie Hubbard’s annual storyteller riot Tuesday, ladies’ night (Choffel, Gimble, Ball) serenading Wednesday: Year 42 for the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar stacks presents high. Star on the tree might belong to regal folk muse Eliza Gilkyson filling the slot of Jimmy LaFave’s divine cry with a songwriter-in-the-round song swap caroled by his copious peers.
    Mon., Dec. 18, noon
    Palmer Events Center

  • Music

    Carolyn Wonderland, Marcia Ball, Guy Forsyth, Shelley King

    Grammy-nominated Lone Star scholar hosts Carolyn Wonderland, Marcia Ball, Guy Forsyth, etc.
    Mon., Dec. 18, 7pm
    Threadgill's World HQ

  • Arts

    Visual Arts

    Guzu Gallery: They’re Coming To Get You

    It's a holiday horror art show here at Guzu in the Center of Austin Fandom, featuring new renditions of the iconic heroes and villains of the grisly genre. By whom, precisely? By some of the best illustrators around: Chet Phillips, Billy Perkins, Katherine Kuehne, the incredible brotherly duo of Half-Human, Tessa Morrison, and more.
    Through Jan. 1
    Guzu Gallery

  • Community

    Events

    Mega Mutt Monday

    Live music from the Blues Posse, an all-day happy hour, and dog-friendly vendors plus the opportunity for your pup to get a free pic with Santa.
    Mon., Dec. 18, 6-9pm. Free.  
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    Banger's Sausage House & Beer Garden

  • Community

    Events

    Trail of Lights

    You'll come for the amazing light displays (2 million lights along the 2.1 mile stroll through Zilker Park), but stay for the food trucks, live entertainment, and interactive activities. A tradition since 1965.
    Every day through Sat., Dec. 23, 7-10pm. Free.  
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    Zilker Park

  • Community

    Sports

    UT Men's Basketball

    Vs. Louisiana Tech: Sat., Dec. 16, 1pm. Vs. Tennessee State:
    Mon., Dec. 18, 8pm. $7-35.  
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    Frank Erwin Center - closed

  • Film

    Special Screenings

    Wind River (2017)

    Underrated and under-seen murder-mystery from Sicario and "Hell or High Water" writer is here to ease viewers into winter.
    Mon., Dec. 18, 6:30pm  
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    North Village Branch Library

  • Community

    Events

    Winter Wonderland

    A new Austin holiday tradition. Millions of lights will illuminate the Circuit of the Americas track with a little bit of something for everyone: a skating rink, petting zoo, human snow globe, movies on the lawn, a tunnel of lights in addition to the Circuit of Lights track walk, a vendor village, and more.
    Every day through Dec. 30, 6-10pm (Fridays and Saturdays, 6-11pm). $16 (children 5 and under free).  
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    Circuit of the Americas
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