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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 16-19
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Kadampa Meditation Center Austin

This evening talk offers a special visit with renowned Buddhist teacher and NKT-IKBU Deputy Spiritual Director Gen-la Kelsang Jampa. Gen-la will share Buddhist advice on developing our love as a way to protect our self from suffering and learn to become truly happy. Our life then becomes immensely meaningful in benefiting others with our mind of unconditional love.

Fri. May 3, 7pm-8:30pm
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Rodeo Austin

Two weeks of family-friendly fun, including ProRodeo action, live music, carnival games and attractions, a beer & wine garden, food trucks, a livestock show, and more.

March 12-26. $10, adults; $5, children 12 and under.
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Rodeo Austin
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The Austin Chronicle Hair of the 3-Legged Dog day party w/ Chief Cleopatra, Surfbort, TC Superstar, Yard Act

As you’re already using the Chronicle for South By intel, may we politely direct you to our own annual party? On the Music team-picked lineup: Funny, verbose Leeds quartet Yard Act continues the UK’s reliable exportation of post-punk poetry. Joining the out-of-town punk side, L.A.-via-Brooklyn fivepiece Surfbort rose to staple status at Hotel Vegas for singer Dani Miller’s ferocious live performances, alongside drummer Sean Powell of Austin Nineties act Fuckemos. Continuing local connections: Our Austin-sourced stars include engaging soul-rock artist Chief Cleopatra, toting new EP Luna on Park the Van Records, and exuberant synthwave group TC Superstar, who consistently stuns with precisely choreographed contemporary dancers.

Fri., March 18, 1pm
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Hotel Vegas
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Carnival at Pinballz

The carnival is back with tons of fun, rides, and attractions.

March 11-20
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Pinballz Kingdom
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Chili Dog Fest day one benefiting the Austin Humane Society w/ Crack Pipes, Yep!, Moist Flesh, Lovelorn, Black Mercy [parking lot]; Narrow Haunts, Mr. Opposite, Mikey Erg, Melissa Bryan [side]

The annual Sunday SXSW comedown (and back up) returns and expands this year in both duration and geography, growing from its original Side Bar/Empire confines to kick off Friday and Saturday at Eastside restaurant Saddle Up. Chili Dog Fest organizer Doug Niemczura has programmed the three-day bash with a mix of reliable local faves (Crack Pipes, Loteria, TV’s Daniel, Gospel Truth) and visitors such as punk hero Mike Watt’s new project mssv, Cleveland sound sculptors Factual Brains, and southern rockers Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires (playing at Side Bar five consecutive days … pray for their livers). As always, door admission for Chili Dog Fest benefits local charities: Austin Humane Society (Fri./Sat.) and Central Texas Food Bank (Sun.). It’d be simplistic (but accurate) to think of the Sunday lineup as the closest we’ll ever get to a Beerland class reunion, lest we forget the beloved punk bunker around the corner closed in 2019 without a proper send-off. With two years of pandemic creating unexpected distance from that unfortunate turn, CDF’s lineup exists as a much-needed callback to Beerland’s loud/dirty/fuck-around-and-find-out guiding ethos.

Fri., March 18
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Saddle Up
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Donate Blood, Get Free Pancakes

Donate blood or platelets with We Are Blood and get a voucher for a free short stack from IHOP. Schedule an appointment online or by phone at 512/206-1266.

Through March 25
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We Are Blood donor centers and mobile drives
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Hopdoddy Burger Bar: Shepherd's Pie Poutine

This local chain of elevated burger joints (with their delicious patties of grass-fed beef and sustainably raised bison and all) is celebrating St. Paddy's Day all week long, offering Shepherd's Pie Poutine – hand-cut fries loaded with Jameson-braised pot roast vegetables and white cheddar cheese curds, all topped with an egg and fried rosemary – each day while supplies last. Aye, Hopdoddy, could you possibly be any more awesome?

March 16-20
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Local & Live: Austin Music & Makers Showcase

Drop in to enjoy free live music from Austin musicians and shop goods from local artisans. A portion of proceeds will benefit the Visit Austin Foundation.

Through Fri., March 19, noon-3pm. Free.
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Austin Visitor Center
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MACCnífico

For the inaugural celebration of Tejano and Latino music and culture, ESB-MACC pulls out all the stops, with live music and artist performances, food trucks, on-site activations, and special guests.

Thu.-Sat., March 17-19. Free.
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Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center
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Poetry Jam at Victory Grill

Spoken word poets hit the stage for a night of thought-provoking vibes at this popular local showcase. Note: Text to 512-645-6810 to sign up for the open mic portion of this lingua-tastic evening.

Fri., March 18, 8pm-12mid. $20.
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Victory Grill
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South by Southwest

After the pandemic led to its cancellation in 2020 and online-only edition in 2021, SXSW is back, baby! It's impossible to be bored during the fest that brings in musicians, films, tech experts, innovators, and much more from around the globe, but it can be intimidating because so much is going on. Check out our handy guides in the print issue and ongoing coverage online at austinchronicle.com/sxsw.

March 11-20
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SXSW Free Benefit Concerts

SXSW puts on a series of outdoor concerts by the lake with headliners Golden Dawn Arkestra, Sammy Hagar & the Circle, and Mt. Joy, benefiting nonprofits Spaceflight Records, Give a Note Foundation, and JoyRx Music.

Thu.-Sat., March 17-19, 4-10pm
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SXSW Outdoor Stage, 800 W. Riverside
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The Lifespan of a Fact

Jarrott Productions returns to live, in-person performances with a limited engagement of the hit Broadway show by Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell, and Gordon Farrell. It's "brilliantly funny yet deadly serious," this play about journalistic integrity and facts versus truth. (Oh, yes – journalistic integrity! One of our favorite tropes!) Directed by David R. Jarrott and starring Janelle Buchanan, Will Douglas, and Carlo Lorenzo Garcia.

Through March 19. Thu.-Sat., 7:30pm. $25.
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Ground Floor Theatre