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Sangeeta Kaur in Concert
Austin's own Grammy Award-winning singer, producer, and multimedia artist Sangeeta Kaur is partnering with Wonderspaces to bring an interactive music and art experience. The art installation "SWING," created by Brazilian artist Rejane Cantoni, will be featured and transformed into Sangeeta's stage. Details and tickets online.Tues. Sept. 26, 8pm-11pmWonderspaces Austin -
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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. 6-8Fredericksburg
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AIA Austin Homes Tour
The Austin chapter of the American Institute of Architects offers this self-guided, curated tour showcasing both new builds and newly renovated homes designed by local, best-in-field architects.Sat.-Sun., Oct. 28-29, 10am-6pm. $45. -
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Austin Film Festival
AFF's fest and writers conference is a must for anyone wanting to be a screenwriter, TV writer, playwright, or podcaster. A range of tickets are available, from film passes to student badges to all-access badges, for the hundreds of films, TV premieres, parties, and informative panels.Oct. 26-Nov. 2. $70 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 HalloweenBat City Scaregrounds, 14101 South Turnersville Rd., Buda -
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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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Davis Gallery: Darden Smith
Darden Smith is a songwriter, poet, photographer, and visual artist who embraces the abstractions of Texas’ wide-open spaces in all their intimate detail. Through his latest work he takes you into his travelog sketchbook and minimalist creations.Opening reception: Sat., Sept. 23, 4-7pm -
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Free Six Square Programming at AFF
As part of Austin Film Festival’s Uplifting Storytellers Initiative, AFF hosts programming within Six Square, Austin’s Black cultural district, to connect, cultivate, and celebrate BIPOC artists. It includes a live reading of the first three pages of selected scripts and an industry roundtable with panelists Kevin Willmott (BlacKkKlansman), Amy Aniobi (Insecure), Aanch Khaneja (SuperSpecial), Julio Quintana (The Long Game), and Faith McQuinn (Observer Pictures).Sat., Oct. 28, 2:30pm. Free, open to all. -
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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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Levitation
Right before Halloween, Levitation haunts Downtown music venues Antone's, Empire Control Room & Garage, Hotel Vegas, Mohawk, Parish, Elysium, 13th Floor, and Stubb's, expanding this year to two new satellite venues: Southwest Austin electronic music destination Concourse Project and South Austin multistage event center Far Out Lounge, host of April's Psych Fest. The four-day festival includes performances from acts such as Black Angels, High on Fire, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Dandy Warhols, Unwound, Badbadnotgood, Flying Lotus, and dozens more.Oct. 26-29Various locations Downtown -
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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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Lydia Street Gallery: Harmonizing the Rapture of Color
Although Madelon Umlauf's paintings are inspired by nature, she often chooses color palettes that are atypical of what's seen in nature, reflecting a belief that abstract art is the key to a full comprehension of reality.Opening reception: Sat., Sept. 23, 6-9pm -
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Mexic-Arte Museum: 40 years of Dia de los Muertos
This exhibit presents an impressive collection of relevant artworks created by artists with an intimate connection to the Mexic-Arte Museum and the Austin community.Opening reception: Fri., Sept. 22, 6-9pm -
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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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PL in ATX: Polish Posters Show
Here's an exhibition of posters by a Polish designer, Patrycja Longawa. The opening reception with traditional Polish spirits – and Polish film soundtracks in the background – is free and open to the public.Opening reception: Thu., Oct. 26, 7-9pm -
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Halloween and Dia de los Muertos
Pumpkin Nights
Venture along a half-mile walking path, where you’ll discover fantastical installations built using thousands of hand-carved real and artificial pumpkins. The celebration continues with entertainment and games in the Village festival area.Sept. 21-Oct. 30. $14-26; kids 3 and under, free. -
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The Austin Séance
Albert Lucio and Jake Cordero of the Austin Séance demonstrate tools used by working mediums and employ those tools in modern recreations of old-time séances.Oct. 26-29. Thu. & Sun., 6:50pm; Fri.-Sat., 6:50 & 9:50pm. $30. -
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Halloween and Dia de los Muertos
Viva la Vida Fest
Mexic-Arte Museum’s 40th annual festival and parade is Austin’s largest and longest-running Día de los Muertos event, co-presented by the Austin Convention Center and the city of Austin. Festivities begin with a Grand Procession at noon, followed with activities such as hands-on art activities and artist demos, traditional foods, local artists and retail booths, a lowrider exhibition, and live performances throughout the day.Sat., Oct. 28, noon-6pmFourth & Congress -
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Women & Their Work: Eye Moon Cocoon
Virginia L. Montgomery's new solo exhibition is a surrealist thought-experiment about the philosophical praxis of atomic healing, featuring new video art, sound art, performance photographs, and sculptural objects that interweave psychoanalytic, mythological, and scientific textures.Opening reception: Sat., Oct. 7, 7-9 pm
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2023 Legacy Business Month
Preservation Austin's inaugural Legacy Business Month is designed to encourage Austinites to celebrate and support the institutions that define so much of Austin’s culture. Pick up a passport to guide your way through 13 local businesses that have been in operation for 20 years or more, such as Peter Pan Mini-Golf, the Paramount Theatre, and Cisco’s, and show your love to some of Austin's most iconic treasures.Oct. 1-30. Free.Passports available at BookPeople, 603 N. Lamar; Zilker Taproom, 1701 E. Sixth -
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Anytime Austin Market Presented by Personal Vintage
Find vintage, handmade goods, and wares from local artisans at a biweekly market stocked by small and local businesses.Sat., Aug. 5, then second & fourth Saturdays, 10am-5pm. Free.Lively Middle School, 201 E. Mary -
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Austin Central Library: Mother/Land
Yuliya Lanina’s exhibition delves into the Austin-based artist’s complex and personal relationship with the war in Ukraine. Through animation, sculpture, and installation, Lanina continues her introspective exploration of the emotional and physical impact of war and trauma.Through Nov. 5. Free. -
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Austin Front Runners
Join other LGBTQ runners for a 3-10 mile trek around Lady Bird Lake.Tuesdays, 6pm, Thursdays, 6pm and Saturdays, 10am -
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Baby Bloomers
A special program for visitors ages 0-3 and their families, providing caregivers and early learners the chance to experience the children's museum together. Thinkery will host two storytimes and free play that support the social, emotional, and cognitive development of the earliest learners.Saturdays, 8-10am -
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Bat Boy: The Musical
The ACC Drama Department presents this musical comedy/horror show about a half-boy, half-bat creature who is discovered in a cave near Hope Falls, West Virginia – as based on a story, you'll recall, from the Weekly World News. Directed by Jamie Rogers for ACC Highland's Black Box Theater.Oct. 13-29. Fri.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2pm. $8. -
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Nightlife & Parties
Big Gay Cabaret ATX
Hosts Maxine LaQueene and Adrienne Park bring the brunch heat with a stellar cast.Saturdays, 3pm -
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Black Austin History Tours at the Oakwood Chapel
Angela Thornton will lead tours to talk about the Historic Colored Grounds and the burials that were segregated by race and class in the 1800s. There are many individuals buried in this section that represent Black excellence and are inspirations today. Thornton can also offer history about the chapel and online resources to learn more.Through Dec. 16. Saturdays, 12:30pm. Free.Oakwood Chapel, 1601 Navasota -
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Comedy
Cap City Comedy Club
That's right: Cap City Comedy Club, the longtime cornerstone of Austin's comedy scene for nearly four decades is at a new venue in the Domain. And here's Valerie Lopez with a closer look at what's in store for the scene via the venue. Click for details! -
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ColdTowne Theater
ColdTowne's new brick-and-mortar place is totally open, and who knows what they'll shake this city with next? But one truth remains: ColdTowne is a designated den of gold, baby, sweet comedy gold. -
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Dripping Springs Pumpkin Festival
It's the third and final year for this family-friendly fest on the beautifully shaded farmstead, with tons of activities beyond the pumpkin patch: live music, shopping, art, games, a hay maze, armadillo races, camel and pony rides, a petting zoo, and so much more.Sept. 23-Oct. 29. Sat.-Sun., 10am-7pm. $15; free for seniors and kids under 3.Dr. Pound Historical Farmstead, 419 Founders Park Rd., Dripping Springs
