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Concerts in the Park
’Tis the season when Austin’s two biggest attractions – beautiful nature and live music – are often found at the same event. One such blissful union is found in the 23rd annual return of Austin Symphony Orchestra Hartman Foundation concerts on the lawn of the Long Center. All ages, species, pets, and children are welcome at this truly communitywide event, where locals can be found on Sunday evenings bringing a picnic and friends to lay out and listen to a world-class orchestra as they watch another day come to a close. The 2025 concert schedule includes brass, wind, and string ensembles playing a range of tunes from jazz to pop to film scores to classical. This is one of the magical things about Austin – and completely free. Locals and visitors alike should not miss, as it will continue every Sunday through June 29. – Lina FisherThrough June 29
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Austin Opera Presents Madame Butterfly
An eerily everlasting warning about U.S. imperialism, Madame Butterfly shares the story of naval Lieutenant Pinkerton brokering a Japanese bride before leaving her pregnant and alone. It can easily stand for global politics as a whole, while still hitting as a romantic tragedy. It’s exactly the kind of haunting art that inspires a million homages. Puccini’s own music rises and falls like leaves on the wind, from soft chorals to aerobatic arias. Join Austin Opera and prepare to fall in love all over again while listening to the titular Cio-Cio-San. It’ll be a knife right to your heart. – Cat McCarreyApril 25-27 -
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The Beerthoven Concert Series Presents: Rags to Riches
Beerthoven returns not just with their signature warm pastries/cold beer refreshments via Easy Tiger and Lazarus Brewing, but with a new show spotlighitng the works of German Texan immigrants as well as Scott Joplin and Johannes Brahms. What do they have in common? "They all went from Rags to Riches!" says Beerthoven, who'll feature performances by executive director Daniel Swayze, pianist Austin Haller, and vocalists Trevor Shaw, Shari Wilson, Laura Mercado-Wright, and Gregory Hilliard.April 25-27
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Classical Music for the World’s “East in the West: Sounds, Minds, and Dharma”
Classical Music for the World’s spring festival commences with CMFW artistic adviser and cellist Francesco Mastromatteo performing a Bach-heavy program under the theme “Under the Cross” – a good fit for Good Friday. Other opening weekend entertainments (all entirely free, by the way) include classical guitarist Noemi Passiatore on Saturday and then a pairing of Mastromatteo and Passiatore on Sunday for a bill that spans Enrique Granados’ Goyescas to Ennio Morricone’s film scores. In total, the festival boasts seven nights of (again, entirely free!) music across three weeks, culminating in a May 4’s Love Concert: “Celebrating Oneness” at Fo Guang Shan Xiang Yun Temple, presenting sponsor. – Kimberley JonesApril 18 - May 4Multiple locations