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Current lineups and, frankly, dance floor representation may belie the fact that when house and techno first got off the ground in America, Black (and queer) communities in Chicago and Detroit were the ones making it happen. Expect Atlanta-based, Detroit-native journalist, DJ, and producer Ash Lauryn to lay down an impossibly smooth deep house set at Club Eternal on Friday at an intimate party with the heads until the wee hours. Lauryn’s Underground & Black blog and NTS Radio show platform Black artists too often unseen on dance floors so white. Underground hero DJ Shani, local Shared Frequencies Radio resident Lupie, and Might Be Magic co-host/bona fide legend Brett Johnson join.

No-nonsense Eastside rhymer Quin NFN performs on a co-headline bill with Galveston’s Peso Peso. Supporting acts include Wacotron, GMSE King Savage, and Ms Gold.

Until the world will bestows Nineties Austin with the same cultural cache as the Seventies outlaw country and Eighties guitar-slinger eras (and not just because it spawned Spoon), don’t expect Wammo to let his birthday pass quietly. The veteran ATX poet/rocker/weirdo blows out candles at Electric Lounge sub ABGB with scene kings Wannabes in their original early Nineties incarnation, modern psychsters the Living Pins (Carrie Clark of Sixteen Deluxe and Pam Peltz), Glass Eye’s Kathy McCarty, former fellow Asylum Street Spanker Guy Forsyth, longtime Wammo pal Bruce Salmon, and, of course, the man himself, with whatever gang of wackjobs and ne’er-do-wells he rounds up as sidekicks.

This exhibit showcases materials from the State Archives documenting the official work and daily business of the state’s chief executive spanning 100 years. Can't visit in person? It's available to explore online.

A night of soulful music from Wendy Colonna under an authentic Bedouin tent on the lush and meditative grounds of ResonateATX.

With the behemoth of a festival just around the corner, residents can expect road closures and verious lot closures around Zilker as the fest (Oct. 7-9 & 14-16) sets up and breaks down. In addition, the park will be closed for other uses beginning Sept. 26. The city has a handy map and schedule of all the details online for those who want to prepare.