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Laundry & Bourbon with Lonestar
Laundry and Bourbon with Lonestar, two companion one act plays set in backyards of a small Texas town. Three ladies come together to talk about their life's ups and downs. Lonestar follows the life of three small town boys and the events that have shaped them. Both shows give us highs & lows with humor spread around, for good measure.Apr. 19-May 5Navasota Theatre Alliance -
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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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Dances for Dogs and People Who Walk Them
Join Forklift Danceworks and the Austin Animal Center for an outdoor, family-friendly performance celebrating the stories of the workers who care for our city’s rescue animals.Sat., April 23, 1-4pm. Free. -
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Earth Day Austin
The ultimate Earth Day festival is back and better than ever. Featuring an outdoor movement and wellness zone, an interactive cafe, an eco-discovery zone, activities for kids, a mobility area, workshops, live music, and more. Reduce carbon emissions by getting there via bike, bus, or carpool.Sat., April 23, noon-6pm. Free. -
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I See You, You’re Seen
This solo look at Oktavea LaToi’s personal journey toward communal healing, self love, and healthy relationships is a fusion of art, poetry, music, and movement that explores the interlocking oppressions of Black women and illuminates their lineage. Directed by Simone Alexander, with choreography by Kitty McSparkles.Through April 30. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 6pm. $15-35. -
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Classical Music
La Follia Austin Baroque: Zimmerman's Coffee House
La Follia performs music that would have been heard at Zimmermann's Coffee House, one of several fine establishments in Leipzig, Germany, offering weekly secular music entertainment. (During the residency of the Leipzig Collegium Musicum at Zimmerman’s, Johann Sebastian Bach was its director. It was, effectively, Bach’s secular gig that supplemented his sacred music duties at St. Thomas and St. Nicolai.) Bonus: Anton Nel.April 23-24. Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 3pm. $30 ($25, seniors). -
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Smooth Sounds of the Southwest w/ David Shabani, Clarence James
A nod to his internationally minded 2021 EP Shabani’s Smooth Sounds of the Summer, including the cinematic sheen of “Life’s Not Fair,” David Shabani works midway through a roving concert run integrating locally sourced hip-hop, R&B, and soul. The weekly series, Shabani’s Smooth Sounds of the Southwest, debuts his band the Nu Leopards – promising an hour-and-a-half of upbeat originals toying with samples from Alicia Keys to the Isley Brothers. On Rainey, the maestro invites Clarence James’ evolving universe at the wonky edges of jazz-influenced indie rock, including lava-lamp-y March single “I’m Melting.”Sat., April 23, 6pm -
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Ao5 Gallery: Hugh Syme
And here's a show sure to galvanize Ao5's new venue in the Arboretum: Works by Hugh Syme, the man whose art has graced so many albums of rock and/or roll that'll it'll make your head bang. Aerosmith? Alice Cooper? Iron Maiden? Rush? Yeah, 2112 ain't here yet, but you know what we're talking about.Reception: Sat., April 23, 7-9pm -
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Austin Auto Show
Car enthusiasts can test-drive vehicles and see cutting-edge auto technology as well as iconic cars from film, eight generations of red Corvettes, classic cars, and more. Subaru of America hosts a pet adoption event and kids can play in a monster truck bounce house.Fri.-Sun., April 22-24 -
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Austin Slave Quarters Experience
A moderated discussion about the importance of historic preservation in the pursuit of racial equity (Saturday), then a community welcome and launch highlighting the museum's work preserving and interpreting Austin’s only remaining slave quarters (Sunday).April 23-24. Sat., 2-4pm; Sun., 11am-4pm -
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Big Brothers Big Sisters Bowl for Kids: Beach Bowl
Sand, sun, and surfing come together at this beach-themed bowling fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas. Form a team, join a team, or donate online.Fri.-Sat., April 22-23 -
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Bon Jovi
The prequel week to the Moody Center’s April 29 “grand opening” rages on with Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Bon Jovi. Austin’s supposed first-ever “world-class venue” returns attendees to the Eighties with bad medicine and hopeful prayer.Sat., April 23, 8pm -
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Chamber Music Fan Favorites
Enjoy some of the most virtuosic and dramatic music ever written for strings and piano: Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata and Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio in A Minor, featuring the award-winning Schumann Chamber Players – Sandy Yamamoto, Amy Levine-Tsang, and Michelle Schumann – and ASO's Patrice Calixte.Sat., April 23, 7:30pm. $30-45. -
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Eldritch Voyeurs
Observe as those vivacious vixens of Velvet Nox indulge in delicious cosmic chaos and expose their various ungodly appendages to the night air. The distorted overlords of humanity's most illicit dreams will be summoned, the truth behind the mask will be revealed, and the stage will swarm with wretched infestations of resplendent blasphemy. And, oh my, innocent citizen, whoever shall repair your reputation?Sat., April 23, 7pm. $25-35. -
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Half Price Books: Under My Skin
From a traumatic childhood in NYC, Elise Krentzel overcame tremendous hardships by focusing on music and writing. At 16 she was published in the infamous rock magazine Circus in the 1970s, then toured with Kiss as the youngest journalist on their Japan Tour in 1977. Tonight the author presents her memoir, Under My Skin.Sat., April 23, 1-4pm -
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Isabel and the Runaway Train
Witness one family's journey to healing through the lens of a train ride gone awry, in this jazz/folk musical in which a 16-year-old girl runs away from home and finds herself trapped on a magical train full of people who won't stop running.Through April 30. Thu.-Fri., 7:30pm; Sat., 1:30 & 7:30pm. $15-28. -
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KMFA Day Open House
This is the first open house event for KMFA in their new location, welcoming the public for a day of building tours, family-friendly activities, food and drinks, and performances – both on the garden patio and inside the state-of-the-art Draylen Mason Music Studio.Sat., April 23, 2:30-6pm. Free. -
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MACC: Caminos Fifth Anniversary
This exhibit from the Teens of the Caminos Leadership program includes artwork by all five years of "caminantes", highlighting the ways they've contributed to the arts through the Caminos program. Bonus: Workshops, merch tables, and live music.Sat., April 23, 4-7pm. Free. -
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Special Screenings
Mandy (2018)
Red (Cage) goes on a bloody rampage of revenge in this instant cult classic.Sat., April 23, 9:30pm -
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Comedy
Moontower Comedy Festival
If the proverbial 800-pound gorilla were weaponized, this would be its manifestation as living embodiment of the nation's comedy-industrial complex – now smack in the center of your own Downtown. Reigning supreme in the scene with more laughter than the King in Yellow has lack of masks, this annual conflagration brings the biggest and best names from all over, adds a happy helping of equally wise locals, and sets 'em onstage all over town (with the venerable Paramount as the epicenter) for your giggling diversion from humanity's headlong plummet toward the grave. More than 150 comics in more than ten venues for more than ten days – and who the hell's gonna survive the afterparties with less than a Krakatoa in their morning-after skull? We've got a plethora of solid coverage for you right here, but – do check the festival website for details.April 13-24. $99 and up. -
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Out of Ink: Unusual Embrace
ScriptWorks' 23rd annual ten-minute play showcase features, among its wild diversity of characters, half-coyote/half-human teens, an improv troupe, a boy made of glass, and an invisible boy. This lively show reveals ScriptWorks members' interpretations of three mandatory script ingredients – a moment when a list becomes the only means to communicate; something that cannot be seen by the human eye; an unusual embrace – that provided inspiration during last fall's "Weekend Fling 48-hour Writing Retreat." The short scripts, written by Robin Anderson, Maggie Gallant, Ava Love Hanna, Andra Laine Hunter, Zac Kline, Briandaniel Oglesby, Greg Romero, and Anne Wynter, will be performed by an ensemble of actors under the direction of Lowell Bartholomee, Carl Gonzales, Ellie McBride, Christina J. Moore, and Sharon Sparlin.Through April 30. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. $14-16 (pay what you wish, April 21). -
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Round Rock Express
Vs. Albuquerque. Bring canned goods Tuesday for the Strike Out Hunger food drive; Wednesday is Education Day; Pints & Pups is Thursday, with furry friends welcome; and Friday features fireworks. Get more promo info online.April 19-24. Tue., Thu.-Fri., 7:05pm; Wed., 12:05pm; Sat., 6:05pm; Sun., 1:05pm -
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Out of Town
Sherwood Forest Faire
Come to the country and be prepared to be wowed by the shows, jousting, artisans, and music.Weekends, March 5-April 24McDade -
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Dance
Tapestry: All The Notes Are Already Here
Tapestry Dance co-founder Acia Gray will join interdisciplinary artist Zell Miller III and New York-based Nicholas Van Young to "walk a rhythmic and poetic and perhaps perilous path of questions, memories, perceptions, dreams, and solutions to the human condition, the American democratic illusion, and the fragile foundation of self-awareness through rhythm."April 21-24. Thu.-Fri., 8pm; Sat., 2 & 8pm; Sun., 2pm. $35. -
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Texas Football Orange-White Game
Get a sneak peek of the Texas Longhorns before September's season opener, and get there early for Bevo Blvd., Smokey's Midway, a crawfish boil, player autographs, and tons of other attractions starting at 2pm for an action-packed day. Presented by Living Spaces as part of "Made in Austin" weekend.Sat., April 23, 6pm. Free. -
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Texas Roller Derby
It's "Turmoil at the Crawfish Boil," and TXRD partners with Preytorians Motorcycle Club & Top Notch Riders for a fundraiser with crawfish, a silent auction, badass vendors, free beer, and a bout. Bring the kids for a bounce house and games.Sat., April 23. Doors, 11am; crawfish, 11:30am; bout, 1pm -
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The Maker's Market
Shop till ya drop at a market packed with local artisans, makers, and vintage collectors, and enjoy killer coffee, lovely libations, and tasty bites from High Noon, Long Play, and Freewheelin Coffee. Sponsored by Maker's Mark.Sat., April 23, 11am. Free.High Noon & Long Play Lounge East 1910/2000 E. Cesar Chavez -
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Ukrainian Cultural Event
Join the Austin Ukrainians community for an event to learn about and appreciate Ukrainian culture and raise funds for charity. Featuring braids by a Ukrainian braider, yoga and meditation, a cloth angel workshop, art lessons for kids, swimming, music, souvenirs, and baked goods. Bring a picnic lunch, drinks, and blankets to sit on.Sat., April 23, 4-9pm. $5-15 suggested donation. -
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Edward Albee’s masterwork has been shocking audiences since it premiered on Broadway in 1962. Produced here by City Theatre, with direction by Karen Sneed and featuring Cal Kraines, Chiara McCarty, Meredith O’Brien, and Rick Smith.Through May 1. Thu.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 3pm. $15-25. -
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Out of Town
1836 Chuckwagon Race
You’ve never seen a rodeo or horse races quite like this as the contestants show their equine skills in a variety of categories.Fri.-Sun., April 22-24. $15-20.Palestine -
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