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  • Beatles Full Moon Concert in the Dark

    On the April Full Moon, come set intentions and indulge in the mesmerizing allure of live acoustic music performed by world-class musicians, surrounded by the warm glow of candlelight. Its a different kind of concert, that begins and ends in darkness, with music and a poem or two surrounding and soothing you. Audience members will be given the choice of bringing their own yoga mats and/or pillows to gaze at the shadows on the ceiling. A circle of chairs will be provided.
    Tues. Apr. 23, 8pm-9pm  
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    ATX Unplugged

  • 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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    Events

    Austin Record Convention

    Dealers, collectors, and aficionados gather to share vinyl, CDs, cassettes, posters, shirts, and other music memorabilia from hundreds of vendors. Early-bird shoppers get a day of early access Friday as well as early admission on Saturday and Sunday.
    Oct. 1-2. Sat., 10am-6pm; Sun., 10am-5pm. See early shop schedule online. $5; $30 for early shop.  
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    Palmer Events Center

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    Comedy

    Austin Sketch Fest

    The Austin Sketch Fest showcases the best scripted comedy from Austin and the wily wilderness beyond. This three-day paroxysm of performative power is produced, booked, and organized by the wacky yet stalwart worthies of ColdTowne Theater. Previous festivals have featured Superego, Reductress Live, Paul F. Tompkins, Master Pancake Theater, Latino Comedy Project, Girls With Brown Hair, My Mans, Skinny Bitch Jesus Meeting, Vanessa Gonzalez, Tiny Muscles, Bellevue, Maggie Maye, Mary Jo Pehl, and many more groups from NYC, Chicago, L.A., Seattle, Portland, Dallas, and (of course) Austin. This year's iteration will be a doozie, for sure, making up for previously lost (read: pandemic) time with a slate of live shows to shatter your funny bone to smithereenies.
    Sept. 29-Oct 2. $69 all-fest pass.  
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    Scottish Rite Theater

  • Arts

    Classical Music

    Beerthoven: The Wild Rover

    Celebrate the legendary composer's wild ways with this first concert of Beerthoven's ninth season, featuring a quartet first performed at a tavern known as The Wild Man: Beethoven's Op. 132 String Quartet in A Minor – performed live by the Risus Quartet. Music from other wild men on the program includes Hugo Wolf's Italian Serenade and Debussy's only string quartet. And you know this classical delight comes with complimentary beer from Lazarus Brewing, right?
    Fri., Sept. 30, 7:30pm; Sun., Oct. 2, 3pm. $10-30.  
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    Saengerrunde Hall

  • Food

    Food Events

    Corktoberfest

    Sure an' this place is up in Round Rock (roll those arrrs, citizen!), but damned if the popular Irish pub isn't compelling enough for a drive under normal circumstances. And Oktoberfest, we'll insist, is at least a skoshie beyond normal – especially at Cork & Barrel, with the Irish gone briefly Germanic, with a steinholding competition and Bavarian costume contest(there's one for your pets, too), and even a root-beer tasting and lebkuchen-decorating station for the kiddos. Also, jah, live music on Saturday – and pretzels and schnitzel and kartoffelsalat and homemade apple strudel more on the menu all weekend long.
    Oct. 1-2. Sat., 2-10pm; Sun., 2-9pm. $38-65.  
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    Cork & Barrel

  • Film

    Special Screenings

    Dementia 13 and Twixt

    A double feature of two of Francis Ford Coppola's more gothic works: 1963's Dementia 13, a whodunit about a scheming widow trying to get her paws on an inheritance, and 2011's Twixt, a dark romance starring Val Kilmer and Elle Fanning.
    Sun., Oct. 2, 11am  
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    Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar

  • Film

    Special Screenings

    Double Indemnity (1944)

    Wilder's breakout noir about an insurance scheme features masterful work by Stanwyck.
    Sun., Oct. 2, 5:45pm  
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    Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar

  • Music

    Joyner Lucas, Symba [garage]

    Hailing from Oakland, Symba gained buzz in recent months thanks to performances like Jimmy Kimmel Live! and monster freestyles on the national radio circuit, and now opens for Joyner Lucas (“I’m Not Racist”). September release, Results Take Time, offered a Gangsta Grillz tape “hosted” by DJ Drama.
    Sun., Oct. 2, 8pm  
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    Empire Control Room & Garage

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    Margaret Slovak Trio (CD release)

    Ballad for Brad – Margaret Slovak’s new album – includes compositions written in support of her husband, the journalist Brad Buchholz. Penned during his battle with cancer, a prior Chronicle review noted the record “pulls beauty out of tragedy.” The Austin-based jazz guitarist finally brings those tunes to life onstage at classical station KMFA’s Eastside Draylen Mason Music Studio. Accompanied by Fort Worth’s Paul Unger on bass and Austin’s own Masumi Jones on drums, Slovak will weave a potent spell with shimmering melodies and impressive technique. The trio follows Ballad for Brad’s live debut with a Waterloo Records in-store, Monday at 5pm.
    Sun., Oct. 2, 7pm
    Draylen Mason Studio

  • Arts

    Visual Arts

    Northern-Southern: Mail Art Postcard Exhibit

    Yes, this is also where the current Brad Tucker x Transmountain show, "Outer Middle," is on display. But this day's pop-up special is a whole 'nother separate thing: An exhibition of hundreds of art postcards sent to indefatigable mail artist and musician Josh Ronsen over the pandemic – from 26 countries, and with many from Texas artists.
    Sun., Oct. 2, 2-6pm. Free.
    Northern-Southern

  • Food

    Food Events

    Oastoberfest

    The Hajimaleki Brothers and their acclaimed culinary crew host a family-friendly Oktoberfest that features German food, beer, live music, face painting, costume contests, and more. Enjoy some freshly grilled brats on a pretzel bun with sauerkraut, pork shank with pickled red cabbage and beer mustard on slider rolls, giant-sized gingersnap cookies, and more – abetted by fine draughts from Independence Brewing Co., Friends and Allies, and Whitestone Brewery. Oh, and the Jagermeister folks'll be there to build you a few potent cocktails as well. Bonus: A pet adoption pop-up from Austin Dog Rescue.
    Oct. 1-2
    5701 W. Slaughter

  • Food

    Food Events

    Oktoberfest in Fredericksburg

    This is the big one, yes, the 42nd annual celebration of Oktoberfest out in the most deeply Germanic heart of the Texas Hill Country – and the Polka Capital of this state, no less! – featuring a weekend of oompah music at its best, the finest of German food and drink, local artisan markets, and a children’s area for all manner of family fun. Jah, that’s three days, five stages, and more festivity than you can shake a giant pretzel at, liebschen!
    Sept. 30-Oct. 2. Fri., 6pm-12mid; Sat., 10am-12mid; Sun., 11am-6pm
    Fredericksburg Marketplace

  • Community

    Kids

    Rosita y Conchita

    A charming bilingual play based on the award-winning children's book by Erich Haeger and Eric González about two sisters trying to reunite on the Day of the Dead.
    Sun., Oct. 30, 11am & 1pm. $15-20.  
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    Scottish Rite Theater

  • Community

    Out of Town

    Sacred Springs Pow-wow

    Indigenous people return to Spring Lake for a day of dancing, craft vendors, food, and music.
    Sat.-Sun., Oct. 1-2. $5-8.
    San Marcos

  • Arts

    Theatre

    The Miser

    Social commentary meets boisterous comic antics in this Wild West version of one of Molière’s most famous plays, here adapted and directed by Robert Tolaro.
    Through Oct. 2. Thu.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2pm. $25 ($10, students).  
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    Mary Moody Northen Theatre at St. Edward's University
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