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If you’re out on the road, feeling lonely and so cold, then why not stop into this craft and trivia celebration of all things Stars Hollow. Austin Creative Reuse’s resident evangelist will help attendees make book-themed necklaces, hair clips, and more while you and a few friends rack your brains for the name of the character Jon Hamm played in his one-episode cameo. Seating is very limited and the 21+ event is BYOB, but don’t drink too much because there will be themed photo ops, too. Here’s to hoping they leave the Netflix reboot out of the trivia. We’re all trying to forget that. – James Renovitch

The universe must have laughed itself silly that it gave one of the most racist governors ever and one of the most brilliantly, aggressively, caustically astute comics of the last 50 years the same name. But guess who got the last laugh? Now in his 70s, the great comedian is still out speaking truth to power and calling out idiocy. He’s on tour again, and he’s bringing another all-timer with him: After years of retirement, Marsha Warfield is back onscreen in the revamped Night Court, and on the stage speaking her own mighty truth again. – Richard Whittaker

Invited recently to the Austin Music Commission, yours truly testified about journalism and all-ages music ops. Burned into my soul remains the image of my preschooler sneaking a surreptitious blow on a Honk!TX tuba pre-pandemic. Year 12 now, the marching band summit crescendos the capital’s best free music festival, a four-day brass fantasy of honking, whistling, thumping mania. Thursday: “pre-clipse” takeover of the Ballroom, 8pm. Friday: 6-10pm at Central Machine Works, as well as East Cesar Chavez diner Sawyer & Co. and French brasserie Justine’s. Saturday: all day, for the main event at Mueller Lake Park. Then Sunday’s Pan Am Park parade, 1-6pm. HONK. – Raoul Hernandez

Who’s ready for a bedtime story? Because there’s nothing like Stephen Sondheim’s grand unification theory of the Brothers Grimm’s collection of German fairy tales. All your childhood folklore favorites become tangled up in the search for the cow as white as milk, the cape as red as blood, the hair as yellow as corn, and the slipper as pure as gold. Underneath the toe-tappers and cunning one-liners, there’s a fable about the perils of getting what you wished for and not paying attention to what you have, a moral reiterated by a witch who’s not good, not nice; just right. – Richard Whittaker

On the site of the upcoming Kerrville Folk Festival, absolute hallowed ground for Texas singer-songwriters, arrives a special eclipse weekend. As at the main fest, folks can camp out and enjoy a range of Texas-emphasis sounds. Austin reps include Good Looks, THEBROSFRESH, Jomo & the Possum Posse, Phoebe Hunt, and the Flyin’ A’s, as well as a Sunday presentation by solar scientists from the University of Hawaii. On Monday, local psychedelic cult sun worshippers Golden Dawn Arkestra appropriately take the total eclipse set. Passes are available for Monday, two days, and the full weekend, starting at $100. – Rachel Rascoe

Onetime club-of-choice for meathead king Joe Rogan, the Creek and the Cave also features good comedy. Take stand-up competition show Perverts: Comics pit freaky nasty fetish, kink, sex, and dating jokes against each other to find who’s the biggest perv in ATX. Under the watchful eye of host Ava Smartt, these comedians must delve deep into their horny psyche to win a mystery sex toy via audience applause. But don’t think you’ll miss out just because you’re a voyeur to this joke orgy – the comics get to crown the most perv-atious audience member, too. – James Scott

Put on your hooves and get steppin’ because this Friday’s all about Midwestern princess Chappell Roan. With hosts Brigitte Bandit and Moxie leading the way, you’ll be witness to a “Femininomenon” fever dream featuring drag by Honey Baby, Mars, Osha Violation, Miss Steelya Girl, Damiana Divine, Tiny Taurus, and Cassie Opeia. As all seasoned drag enjoyers know, the show don’t start ’til late, but DJ Ruby Knight will be spinning sweet pop beats at 9pm Central so you can show up and show out early. Make sure to dress up: There promises to be a costume contest with prizes for outfits that exemplify “Pink Pony Club,” “Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl,” and “My Kink Is Karma.” – James Scott

The world’s best DJs, producers, multi-instrumentalists, bands, singers, speakers, artists, and more will coalesce under the Texas skies for four days and nights of exploration, culminating during the total solar eclipse, offering an exceedingly rare chance to experience over four minutes of totality in the picturesque landscape of Reveille Peak Ranch, free from light pollution.