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  • 43rd Annual Oktoberfest in Fredericksburg

    Enjoy 5 stages of live music- Oompah at its Best, All Weekend, kids area, artisans, food concessionaires, cold beverages, stein hoisting, family lederhosen and dirndl, waltz and polka contests! Family festive fun, all weekend!
    Oct. 6-8  
    Fredericksburg
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    Austin City Limits Music Festival

    Three days of live music on several stages, all of Austin's fave foods, and lots of fun activities around the park make for an exhausting but exhilarating and unforgettable experience. Single-day and full-weekend passes are available, now with a layaway option. Read more as the fest approaches at austinchronicle.com/music.
    Fri.-Sun., Oct. 6-8 & 13-15. $170 and up.  
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    Theatre

    Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery

    Step into the world of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as the iconic duo solves the case of the Baskerville family curse.
    Sept. 29-Oct. 15. Fri.-Sat., 7pm; Sun., 2pm. $45 and up.  
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    Halloween and Dia de los Muertos

    Bat City Scaregrounds

    A fully immersive, multi-acre entertainment complex dedicated to all things Halloween, with three highly detailed haunted houses, live music, Vegas-style performances, seasonal food, and a dark market with 10 vendors.
    Sept. 29-Oct. 31. Open select Thu.-Sun. evenings and Halloween  
    Bat City Scaregrounds, 14101 South Turnersville Rd., Buda
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    Visual Arts

    Butridge Gallery: Access

    Witness, for your delight, Neal Flynn’s exhibition of mostly new assemblage, collage, and site-specific intervention exploring ideas relating to nostalgia, loss, violence, ownership, and modern Western culture.
    Sept. 30.-Nov. 25  
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    Butridge Gallery: Boxed In

    Jacob Guzman depicts people of color and aspects of daily inner-city working class struggles, inspired by his personal experiences and resistance to stereotypes and comparisons,
    Oct. 6-Nov. 4  
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    ICOSA: Darkages

    Leon Alesi and John Mulvany aim to unearth, uncover, and breathe new life into images and artifacts that may have seemed invisible, hidden and unknowable. Alesi’s photographs, collages, assemblages and found objects embody a sophisticated folk-art sensibility suggestive of an imagined past that echoes into the present. Mulvany’s paintings originate in extensive photographic research from Victorian-era natural history museums and West Texas taxidermy shops.
    Opening reception: Fri., Sept. 29, 7-10pm
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    Visual Arts

    Link & Pin Gallery: Chroma + Lux

    The name of this show derives from chroma, from the Greek khrōma meaning color, and lux, from Latin, meaning light. Now artists Larry Akers and Janet Brooks bring the two together in an exciting intersection of styles, methods, and materials.
    Opening reception: Thu., Oct. 5, 6-8pm
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    Food Events

    Locktoberfest

    Here comes the first annual Locktoberfest, overflowing shops, bars, and restaurants in downtown Lockhart, Texas, bringing you the essence of world-famous Oktoberfest celebrations, combining traditional Bavarian culture with a local Texas twist. Savor the flavors of Germany with mouth-watering fest foods, from homemade bratwurst by the Sausage Kings of Lockhart, pretzels and beer cheese, to German-themed pizza, schnitzel, and sauerkraut. Test the strength of your powerful thews at Masskrugstemmen, the traditional steinholding competition.
    Fri.-Sun., Oct. 6-8. Free to attend.
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    Visual Arts

    Mystic Mirrors: Transcending the Veil

    Here's a surreal exhibit that bends the rules of perception, a show of work by more than 40 artists, presenting a "poetic dance of the subconscious, where reality and fantasy waltz together, leaving you both entranced and questioning the boundaries of your own imagination."
    Opening reception: Fri., Sept. 29, 6-10pm
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    Out of Town

    Oktoberfest

    Just a short jaunt from the city, find the ultimate celebration of German heritage in the polka capital of Texas: live music on five stages, waltz and yodel contests, a Kinderpark for the kiddos, dozens of food and drink vendors, and lots more, including a chance to shake your tailfeather at the Chicken Dance.
    Fri.-Sun., Oct. 6-8  
    Fredericksburg
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    Theatre

    Six: The Musical

    From Tudor queens to pop icons, the six wives of Henry VIII take the microphone to remix 500 years of historical heartbreak into a euphoric celebration of 21st-century girl power.
    Oct. 3-8. Tue.-Fri., 7:30pm; Sat., 2 & 8pm; Sun., 1 & 6:30pm. $40 and up.  
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    Dance

    SoFly Social: Grand Opening Party

    The "largest pole dance studio in Texas," now in their new space at Springdale Station, has expanded their classes to include aerial silks, lyra, and aerial pole. Tonight's celebration includes performances by instructors and special guest stars, with an afterparty that'll have DJ Crescdendoll spinning Eighties and New Wave music upstairs.
    Fri., Oct. 6, 7pm-12mid. Free.
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    Theatre

    Sordid Lives

    Austin Rainbow Theatre presents their inaugural production: Del Shores’ raucous Texas comedy about "about accepting our loved ones for who they are," starring nationally acclaimed drag entertainer and local celebrity Nadine Hughes as Brother Boy. Directed by Christopher Preslar.
    Oct. 6-14. Thu.-Fri., 8pm; Sat., 2 & 8pm; Sun., 2pm. $20.  
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    Out of Town

    State Fair of Texas

    There’s nothing like the excitement of one of the largest fairs in the country with inventive fried foods, great music, a thrilling midway, and interesting displays.
    Fri., Sept. 29-Sun., Oct. 22
    Dallas
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    Theatre

    The Norwegians

    Oh, uff da, this one's a real hoot! Do yourself a favor and head on out to see C. Denby Swanson's delightfully dark comedy about women scorned in Minnesota and the really, really nice gangsters – Norwegian hit men – they hire to whack their ex-boyfriends. Directed by Lara Toner Haddock for Austin Playhouse, and starring Sarah Zeringue, Ben Wolfe, Sarah Fleming Walker, and Lowell Bartholomee.
    Sept. 22-Oct. 15. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., Sept. 24 & Oct. 15, 2pm; Oct. 1 & 8, 5pm. $18-36.  
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    Theatre

    Twelfth Night

    The Baron’s Men present Shakespeare’s romantic comedy about grief, mistaken identity, and finding love, directed by Shannon Gibson.
    Sept. 29-Oct. 12. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. $17-25.
  • Food

    Food Events

    Uchibā is Opening!

    Hai Hospitality – the restaurant group that includes Uchi, Uchiko, and Loro – opens the doors to their new Uchibā concept today. Of course, all the reservations have been taken by the time you read this, but here's more news on what the place is all about.
    Fri., Oct. 6
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