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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 16-19Palmer Events Center
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Cathedral Open House
Here's a night of music, drinks, and art that highlights Austin's top women artists, featuring abstract painter and designer Molly Knobloch. Bonus: Live music from Tearjerk (8-9pm).Fri., Aug. 26, 7-10pm. $15-25. -
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aGLIFF: PRISM 35
The 35th annual marquee LGBTQ+ film festival opens with All Man: The International Male Story, a doc about the catalog that redefined masculine imagery and started the "metrosexual" movement. After the four-day in-person fest, most of the films will be available virtually.Aug. 24-28; virtual option Aug. 29-Sept. 5 -
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Austin FC
It's a busy week at Q2 as the Verde face LAFC Friday, 7pm, then the Portland Timbers Wednesday, 8pm.Aug. 26 & 31 -
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Alex Moffat
A breakout performer on Saturday Night Live, Alex Moffat most recently succeeded Jim Carrey as Joe Biden on the show. He's funnier than any president, though. Much, much funnier.Fri.-Sat., Aug. 26-27, 7 & 9pm. $25. -
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Anna In the Tropics
Ground Floor Theatre presents Nilo Cruz's compelling play, winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, about a family of cigar makers in Ybor City, Florida, whose loves and lives are played out against the backdrop of Depression-era America. Starring Ben Bazán, David Segura, Tonie Knight, Cherry Mendoza, Briana Garcia, Michael Galvan, and Victor Santos – directed by Carl Gonzales. Bonus: Paintings by Victoria Marquez in the lobby gallery. And – look! – here's our review of the show.Through Aug. 27. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. $25. -
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Austin's Birthday Bash
The Downtown Austin Alliance Foundation celebrates the city's 183rd birthday with five family-friendly events including live music, creative arts, food, and the people who capture the true spirit and authenticity of Austin. Get all the details online.Aug. 13, 19-20, 26 & 28 -
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Black Food Week
Austin Justice Coalition presents the sixth annual Black Food Week – a celebration of culture, heritage, and history (and of course the tastiest noms), featuring more than 70 restaurants and bars.Through Sept. 18Various locations -
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Desert Door: Margarita Competition
Desert Door's Margarita Madness continues, with champions vying for top honors with their best margarita recipe featuring that delicate yet powerful spirit called sotol. Note: These bracketed battles continue throughout August, and the two final winners will be added to the permanent DD drinks menu.Thu.-Sun., Aug. 25-28, 3-9pm. $18-65. -
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Classical Music
LOLA: Lardo Weeping
This is an original opera from award-winning composer Peter Stopschinski, based on an adaptation of Terry Galloway and Donna Nudd's one-woman play of the same name, centered on "reclusive genius Dinah LeFarge, a clever, agoraphobic, quite sexual woman of independent means who refuses to answer her door unarmed." Dinah is played by Liz Cass, with supporting performances by Nicole Taylor, Page Stevens, Holt Skinner, Alexa Capareda, and Daniela Bennetti; pianist Stopschinski is abetted by Phil Davidson (violin) and Barbara George (cello).Through Sept. 2. Thu.-Sat., 7pm; Sun., 3pm. $25. -
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Merlin Tuttle Day
Mayor Steve Adler proclaimed Aug. 26 as Merlin Tuttle Day to honor his success in saving the city's world-famous bats. Celebrate with a boat party with food, drinks, storytelling, bat-watching, a Q&A, and a chance to win a signed and matted print and more prizes. Join virtually at 7:30pm for the storytelling portion for only $10. Sales and donations support nonprofit Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation.Fri., Aug. 26, 6:30-9:30pm. $100. -
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Naked At My Age
Charla Hathaway – Austin’s own erotic muse, whore, and PhD sex educator – takes it off for you in her one-woman show about sex work. Imagine "a grandma’s surprising sexual renaissance, fraught with difficult and isolating choices, that leads to risk, lust, and healing in the Oldest Profession." And here Hathaway, at 70, continues to expand the definition of sex, seducing you with stories from her 20-year pioneering career.Fri.-Sat., Aug. 26-27, 8pm. $15-37. -
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National Dog Day Parking Lot Party
Bring the whole family for music, face painting, cornhole, and local dog-focused businesses such as Kim Ortiz Portrait Art, Camp Bow Wow, and Lucky Lab Rescue and Adoption.Fri., Aug. 26, 4pmBee Cave Orthodontics, -
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National Dog Day Yappy Hour
Celebrate National Dog Day with some tail-waggin' fun!: Have your pup's picture taken at the Doggie Vacation photo booth with each photo including entry in a raffle to win a doggone good prize.Fri., Aug. 26, 5-7pm -
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PBR Team Series: Austin Gambler Days 2022
The Austin Gamblers open their debut season hosting an action-packed team bull-riding competition with the most exciting eight seconds in sports along with great food, music, and nonstop entertainment. Country star Kane Brown kicks it all off with a preshow concert Friday, and Saturday, head over to Stubb's beforehand for Fan Fest (11am-6pm) with a mechanical bull, meet & greets, and more before the games. A Stubb's afterparty keeps the fun going after the competition. Find more info about the 2023 event here.Aug. 26-28 -
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Sage Studio: Body Work
Here's an exploration of all things anatomical and automotive, with two-dimensional art reflecting on human bodies and three-dimensional sculptures created around the theme of auto bodies. The show features pieces from 12 artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities – artists from Austin, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and California.Through Sept. 17 -
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Secret Walls: Support Your Local Artist Tour
L.A.-based Secret Walls brings its inaugural Support Your Local Artist tour to Austin, where you'll watch artists go head-to-head in seeing who can transform white walls into the best murals in just 90 minutes. Featured locals include Villarrte, Fish, Cody Schibi, Andrew "APSE" Horner, and more.Fri., Aug. 26, 7pm. $25. -
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Suicideboys, Ski Mask the Slump God, Maxo Kream, $not
COTA’s amphitheatre plays host to a stacked touring hip-hop lineup headlined by New Orleans punk rap duo $uicideboy$. Florida’s Ski Mask the Slump God is among the openers.Fri., Aug. 26, 7:30pm -
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The Kid Laroi, ericdoa
A frozen February postponed the Australian emo rapper’s (“Stay”) show by six months.Fri., Aug. 26, 8pm -
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The People's Market
Las Ofrendas, Frida Friday ATX, and Downtown Austin Alliance Foundation host a market amplifying BIPOC, queer, and emerging creatives and entrepreneurs. This special edition is part of DAA's Austin Birthday Bash and in honor of Women's Equality Day, Las Ofrendas curated an all-woman lineup including an interactive art wall welcoming pieces from the community. Speakers including Council Member Natasha Harper-Madison, mayoral candidate Celia Israel, and City Council candidate Daniela Silva will share thoughts as well. Children's activities, dance performances, music, and more fun round out the evening.Fri., Aug. 26, 6-10pm. Free. -
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Two-Step Night
Learn how to two-step for the first time or brush up on your skills with a lesson from Dancin' Austin (7pm), then show off your moves at the dance with live music (7:30-9:30pm).Fri., Aug. 26 -
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Special Screenings
Wigstock: The Movie (1995)
Queer Cinema: Lost & Found: A doc capturing New York’s iconic celebration of peace, love, and big hair, featuring performances by icons like the “Lady” Bunny, RuPaul, Leigh Bowery, Lypsinka, and more. Queer film historian and programmer Elizabeth Purchell moderates a virtual director Q&A after the Friday screening.Fri., Aug. 26, 7pm -
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A Trip to Mars day one w/ Sick, Sudden Deaf, Sodomy Cop, Hollow Skulls
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ACC Art Galleries: Quotations from Daily Life
This exhibition brings together the work of seven ACC Studio Art faculty members – Jill Bedgood, Jonas Criscoe, Melanie Hickerson, Brian Johnson, Haydeé Victoria Suescum, David Thornberry, and Gary Webernick – who work in a range of media including painting, drawing, printmaking, assemblage art, and sculpture.Through Oct. 27 -
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