Don't miss composer and bandleader Graham Reynolds as he burns down the house with his raucous, minor key versions of your holiday favorites along with several special guests! Tickets on sale now.
Great seats available for the 2024 Austin Cares Concert featuring The Doobie Brothers. Help C4AC support 3 Austin charities: HAAM, Superhero Kids, and Step Onward Foundation. Buy your tickets today or buy them for someone else as a great Christmas gift!
Experience the spirit of Greece with delectable Greek food and drink, dancing, live entertainment from Greece, shopping, and more at this fun, family-friendly event. Opa!
May 26-28. Fri.-Sat., 11am-10pm; Sun., noon-10pm. $5; kids under 10, free.
Local celebrity chef and James Beard award winner Aaron Franklin's Hot Luck Festival is back, with four days of food and music over Memorial Day weekend benefiting the Southern Smoke Foundation, which supports hospitality industry workers. Dozens of chefs from Texas and beyond will offer their culinary delights, and live music will be offered at Mohawk each night.
Thu.-Sun., May 25-28. Individual tickets and "Whole Enchilada" passes available.
30th Anniversary: Austin's fave coming-of-age movie turns 30, so 101X is throwing it a party. Join The CJ Morgan Show to celebrate with photo ops, a Seventies costume contest, fabulous prizes, grub from Top Notch (of course), and tons of retro fun along with a free screening.
AFS Cinema brings back its annual festival of nonfiction cinema spotlighting exceptional documentary work from around the globe, with a program screening 10 feature-length documentary veterans including Werner Herzog, Maite Alberdi, and Michèle Stephenson. Get the full lineup at austinfilm.org/doc-days-2023.
Get your feel-good movement on in a beautiful outdoor space with Castle Hill Fitness and various other community studios. Mondays feature yoga and live music, Tuesdays will offer energetic fitness or dance-based workouts, and Sundays are for self-care with an eclectic mix of mindful movement.
Through June 6. Mon. & Tue., 6pm; Sun., 9am. Free.
Press Start: Screening as part of a series celebrating gaming in film, this was the landmark 007 outing that revived the James Bond franchise and inspired a hit Nintendo 64 video game.
Ground Floor Theatre presents Pulitzer Prize winner Martyna Majok's powerful story of two young DREAMers who fight to stay in America, the only country they know as home. Directed by Andrea Nuñez, with performances by Arielle Levin, Michael Galvan, and Kristian Bexar.
Through June 3. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 5pm. $25-45.
Doc Days: A selection of five AFS-supported short films by women documentary filmmakers, followed by a post-film Q&A. Films shown are "Kinderland" (D: Amy Grappell), about two rival Jewish summer camps in upstate NY; "For the Record" (D: Heather Courtney), about a small-town Texas newspaper struggling to survive; "The Paint Wizzard" (D: Jessie Auritt & Jessica Wolfson), about a larger-than-life trans woman who paints houses in Austin; "Disrupted Borders (D: Alejandra Aragon), a coming-of-age story about two creative best friends on the Texas-Mexico border; and "Men Who Talk" (D: Cristin Stephens), an intimate portrait of Black men in Brasília, Brazil, who strive to find their place in a hostile society.
Last seen thrashing out at ACL Fest 2022, L.A.’s Aquadolls return with a sound they dub “mermaid rock and roll” – a signature mesh of punk angst, surf harmonies, and garage-rock distortion – on a headlining tour ahead of their upcoming album Charmed. The trio’s unapologetically riotous energy erupts through pre-release anthem “Burn Baby Burn,” as lead singer Melissa Brooks insists: “Your lesson must be learned or I’m gonna make you burn.”
Doc Days: Master documentarian Herzog explores the true final frontier, the human brain, via human consciousness researchers, artists, and people working at the forefront of technology.
Doc Days: This riveting and powerful doc centers on the remote island of Saint Helena, a British territory where Napoleon was famously captured, where significant historical evidence of the Atlantic slave trade is found. Screening followed by a virtual Q&A with the film’s producer and cultural projects consultant Peggy King Jorde.
The movers and shakers of AFTP have transformed this lively gallery with at least 90 new pieces created by more than 33 Austin artists – including 13 who are showing their work here for the first time – to bring a bright flood of spring into our city.
Habitat is looking for folks ages 18 and up to assist in building six new homes in Northeast Austin. You'll learn new skills, do something great for the community, and maybe get a free T-shirt.
A great selection of local farmers bringing fabulous pastured meats, eggs, dairy, vegetables, and fruits, plus prepared-food vendors, artisans, bakers, and of course, live music.
Join in for the launch event and tourney for the new Stern Foo Fighters pinball machine, open to women and nonbinary pinball players of all ages and skill levels.
Memorial Day weekend kicks off event org Bliss Austin's Pride events with two big ol' gay parties: the Pride Launch party with DJs Aaron Aanenson and Arno Diem; and the Splash Austin closing party with DJs Alex Lo and Allison Nunes.
We always shop Blue Genie Art Bazaar during the winter holiday season, but we don't have to wait seven more months! At this spring market, see the work of more than 100 regional artisans and craftspeople and pick up gifts for Mother's or Father's Day, graduation, weddings, or any other spring/summer occasion. Raffles, samples, and demos will be offered throughout the show.
Through May 29. Fri.-Sun. (and Memorial Day), 10am-8pm. Free.
Spice up your Sunday with a little sip of bone apple tea, hosted this week by Andie Flores with special guests Tatiana Cholula, Coach, Sinful Purchase, and guest DJ Lavender Thug.