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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 5  
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    Navasota Theatre Alliance

  • 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
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    Classic Game Fest

    Free play, tournaments, live music, and a marketplace for all your old faves at one of the largest retro video game conventions in the USA. Ready Player One author Ernie Cline will be there along with tournaments, live music, cosplay, and more pixellated fun.
    Fri.-Sat., July 29-30, 10am-6pm  
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    Palmer Events Center

  • Film

    Special Screenings

    A Life in Waves (2017)

    Doc Nights: Doc on synthesizer pioneer Suzanne Ciani.
    Sat., July 29, 2:30pm, 9:45pm  
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    AFS Cinema

  • Music

    Alex Napping, MeanGirls, Krista Van Liew

    Sat., July 29, 9pm  
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    Mohawk

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    Austin Under the Stars

    Get a good look at the sun, the moon, stars, planets, and more with astronomers from the Austin Astronomical Society who will share their telescopes. Plus planetarium shows, kids' activities, and talks on astronomical topics.
    Sat., July 29, 6pm-12mid. Free.
    St. Stephen's Episcopal School

  • Music

    Babes Fest w/ Femina-X, Sam Lao, Magna Carda, Sailor Poon, Alesia Lani, Mèlat, Francine Thirteen, The Reputations, Chulita Vinyl Club, Polly Anna, Triplets, Signy, Amea, Darja

    “Underrated,” a term fully manifested in women. Austin nonprofit #BossBabesATX promotes a more inclusive arts community, programming events since 2015. Saturday, they occupy Empire for Babes Fest 17, a three-day music, comedy, and film festival, whose final installment includes 17 female-led artists on two stages.: Penultimate headliner outside, San Antonio’s Femina-X meshes tribal and ethnic dance rhythms with electro throbs.: “Every song is its own universe, color palette, and character,” says group co-founder and singer Daniela Riojas. “I wrote our new song ‘Tiny Girl’ on piano and it has a very different emotional feel than all of our other songs. More of a Kate Bush, Bat for Lashes sentiment. We’re debuting it at Babes Fest!”: Local alt-R&B singer Mélat readies a follow-up to her 2016 LP MéVen, cushion-y and atmospheric instrumentals bedding dark, silky vocals.: “Through the process of making MéVen, I defined parts of me that once were ambiguous,” she writes. “It’s still a work in progress but to truly, fully love one’s self is true freedom.”: There’s no shortage of talent, from hip-hop acts Magna Carda, Sam Lao, Amea, and Anastasia, to experimentally soulful songstresses Francine Thirteen, Polly Anna, Darja, and Signy, and powerhouse groups/collectives Chulita Vinyl Club, the Reputations, and Sailor Poon. The fact that female performers make up less than 20% of festival lineups here seems insultingly fictional.: “I love the music scene here in Austin,” enthuses local soul siren Alesia Lani. “It’s so vibrant to me!”: Riojas echoes this sentiment.: “I think people in Austin are careful music listeners, and our conversations with the audience are filled with curiosity and appreciation for the ‘Femina-X sound.’”
    Sat., July 29, 7pm  
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    Empire Control Room & Garage

  • Film

    Special Screenings

    Boy and the World (2014)

    World Animation: A singular masterpiece of mixed-media animation that is as beautiful, chaotic, depressing, and joyous as the world it depicts
    Sat., July 29, 4:30pm  
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    AFS Cinema

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    Kids

    Brick Fest Live LEGO Fan Experience

    The largest fan-created LEGO event in North America! Enjoy others creations. Build your own. Build then race your own LEGO derby car down a 35-foot-long timed track, enjoy a LEGO mini golf course, shop new and vintage LEGO sets, and chill in the video game arena.
    Sat.-Sun., July 29-30, 9am-6pm. $24.50-$49.50.  
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    Austin Convention Center

  • Film

    Special Screenings

    Der Fan (1982)

    Deep End: This tale of teenage obsession is hosted by Jazmyne Moreno and preceded by a live DJ set.
    Sat., July 29, 10pm  
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    AFS Cinema

  • Music

    DIIV, Curtis Roush, Hidden Ritual

    DIIV crafted a fresh brand of dreamy, dulled-out rock on 2012 debut Oshin, its moody shredding continued on last year’s Is the Is Are. Local brewers Oskar Blues launch a new tallboy behind the New Yorkers, adding local psychs Curtis Roush (Bright Light Social Hour) and Hidden Ritual to the free event. Inside, the homegrown Alex Napping matches DIIV’s soft grooves with first full-length Mise en Place on indie presser Father/Daughter. Hometowners MeanGirls and Krista Van Liew open.
    Sat., July 29, 8pm  
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    Mohawk

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    Festival De Cumbia En La Capital 2017

    Running a fourth year, FDC showcases myriad Afro-Latin flavors of cumbia. Grupo Fantasma counterparts and organizers El Tule headline a dozen-band bill from Central Texas and Mexico. Highlights include Superfónicos’ swirling psychedelics and sinewy percussion, while more traditional sounds emanate from south of the border in Plan Sonidero and Los Parranderos de la Kumbia. Self-ordained as Austin’s Cumbia Masters, Cinco Doce steer clubward with Tejano.
    Sat., July 29, 9pm  
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    Barracuda

  • Arts

    Books

    fields magazine: Big Fun

    You can reckon the people behind fields magazine know what they're doing in general when they stage their annual fundraising party at this excellent Eastside gallery and feature readings by Deb Olin Unferth, Chad Bennett, Marilyse Figueroa, and Tatiana Ryckman. And because they're got live music from Thor Harris and Tara Bhattacharya Reed. And a bodacious art raffle. And the noms included with admission are catered by Hops and Grain, Patrizi's, and Trader Joe's. (Note: Yes, that's Patrizi's, FFS!) Bonus: DJ Nat Zingg bringing the beats.
    Sat., July 29, 7-11pm
    grayDUCK Gallery

  • Music

    Idina Menzel

    Debuting on Broadway in 1995 for Rent, NYC siren Idina Menzel released her debut rock album, Still I Can’t Be Still, three years later. Since then, she’s alternated between theatre and film, Wicked and Frozen going mega. Last year’s pop album, Idina, detailed the complexities of womanhood and love’s fickle nature.
    Sat., July 29, 8pm  
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    Bass Concert Hall

  • Arts

    Books

    Jim Rugg: The Street Angel Gang

    That mighty Meathaus man (also the creator of Afrodisiac and a filler-of-notebooks-with-ballpoint-brilliance) returns to Austin with his new graphic novel, the latest chronicle of adventures in the life of one Jesse Sanchez (female, 12 years old, homeless) who is no stranger to the concept, when necessary, of "clobberin' time." Booksigning and general celebration here this day, citizen!
    Sat., July 29, 4pm
    Austin Books & Comics

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    Community

    Middle School Dance Party! Summer Edition

    Do you really wanna zigazig ah? GirlFriend and special guest DJ Mahealani bring you the best (and worst) of the Nineties and Aughts. Dress as yer fave style icon of the time – best-dressed wins two passes to Sound on Sound Fest!
    Sat., July 29, 10pm  
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    Cheer Up Charlies

  • Music

    Randy Rogers Band, Flatland Cavalry, Koe Wetzel

    On the day Randy Rogers began recording last year’s Nothing Shines Like Neon, his friend and Cheatham Street Warehouse mentor Kent Finlay died. That news set the tone for the San Marcos quintet’s seventh and best LP. Rogers has since taken over Finlay’s famed venue, bringing in Alison Krauss and Dan Tyminski for a tribute on the album’s “Look Out Yonder,” charting an evolutionary leap for one of Texas country’s best performers.
    Sat., July 29, 6pm  
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    Nutty Brown Cafe

  • Music

    Ray Wylie Hubbard

    Wimberley bard previews new LP.
    Sat., July 29, 8:30pm  
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    Antone's Nightclub

  • Community

    Sports

    Round Rock Express

    Your home squad faces El Paso for four games. It's Harry Potter Night on Monday with pregame Quidditch on the field and more.
    Sat.-Mon., July 29-Aug. 1, 7:05pm (Sunday, 6:05pm). $7-16.  
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    Dell Diamond

  • Music

    The Alarm, Good Field

    Mike Peters’ Welsh rockers.
    Sat., July 29, 8:30pm  
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    3ten Austin City Limits Live

  • Music

    The BlueBonnets, Tiarra Girls

    Native grrrl rock doubleheader.
    Sat., July 29, 9pm  
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    Threadgill's World HQ

  • Film

    Special Screenings

    The Mirror (1975)

    Cinema Seance: A dying man reflects on his life in this fractured and dram-like film that also depicts recent Russian history.
    Sat., July 29, 7pm  
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    AFS Cinema

  • Music

    Wayne Hancock, Jesse Dayton

    Trad country bad boy twofer.
    Sat., July 29, 9pm  
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    Gruene Hall
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