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Fredericksburg Craft Beer Festival
Break out your lederhosen and get ready for a good time at the 3rd Annual Fredericksburg Craft Beer Festival! Excitement Saturday includes 32 Texas craft breweries, fabulous music, local chefs, corn hole, food concessionaires, Texas wine and more. Come see what’s on tap, you won’t be disappointed.Sat. June 8Fredericksburg Marketplace -
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Texas Performing Arts All-New 2024/25 Season
Texas Performing Arts presents its all-new 2024/25 Season showcasing pioneering performances across multiple genres. Highlights include new work by visionaries in their fields—Twyla Tharp, Branford Marsalis, Huang Yi, Andrew Schneider, Suzanne Bocanegra & Lili Taylor, and more. Save 20% when you buy three or more shows.2024/2025Various Locations
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UT Soccer
Vs. Kansas: Fri., Oct. 19, 7pm. Vs. Kansas State: Sun., Oct. 21, 1pm. $5-8. -
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Alex Skolnick Trio
Blazing legend in California thrashers Testament, guitarist Alex Skolnick relaxes with jazz fusion. Conundrum, his sixth LP with bassist Nathan Peck and drummer Matt Zebroski, falls within the John Scofield/Mike Stern spectrum. Expect new album originals and classic rock/metal covers given a swinging spin.Sun., Oct. 21, 7pm -
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Austin Fermentation Festival
This is a free educational event celebrating all things fermented in Central Texas. Featuring 13 workshops focused on fermented foods and beverages; local chefs and vendors with wine, beer, cider, and other drinks; and – this is Austin, after all – some live music, too. Right there in the big library Downtown and (the music, we reckon) on its nearby lawn.Sun., Oct. 21, 11am-4pm. Free. -
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CraftHER Market Fall ‘18
A biannual pop-up space curated to amplify the talent and artistry of self-identifying women craft artisans and makers.Sun., Oct. 21, 11am-5pm -
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Denzel Curry, City Morgue
Every so-called SoundCloud rap success story boasts great hair, boundless energy, and stupid hooks for days, but Denzel Curry remains the clear-headed one with a distinct and substantial flow. The 23-year-old Raider Klan affiliate, exploding out of South Florida ahead of Smokepurpp and XXXTentacion, is on fire lately. Last year’s EP 13 built upon the aggressive trap of sophomore LP Imperial, while July’s Ta13oo arrived as Curry’s emotional apex.Sun., Oct. 21, 7pm -
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Formula 1 w/ Britney Spears
For the sixth time, COTA hosts Formula 1, featuring Super Bowl-style performances by mega pop stars Bruno Mars and Britney Spears. Fresh off her international Piece of Me Tour, the Las Vegas mother of “the next Bieber” has been nominated for this year’s People’s Choice Concert Tour award.Sun., Oct. 21 -
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Special Screenings
Hausu (House) (1977)
Signature Program: This 1977 Japanese film is a surreal, indefinable piece of horror/comedy, a must-see film for lovers of the inscrutable, the grotesque, the funky, and the eccentric.Sun., Oct. 21, 12:30pm -
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Drinks
Libation Bible School
This here's an occasional Sunday afternoon educational drinking experience, an informative series hosted by cocktail maven (and Drink.Well owner) Jessica Sanders and a captivating roster of guest speakers. Not drunk history, but drink history: Learn about the tipple before you topple! With classes on American whiskey (Sept. 16), and agave-based spirits (Oct. 21). Note: Every class includes two cocktails and a guided spirits flight.$25 per class. -
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Arts & Culture
Lumberjanes: The Infernal Compass Signing
Celebrate the release of Lilah Sturges' latest graphic novel with the lady herself, tricks, treats, and more – oh my!Sun., Oct. 21, 2-3pm -
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Theatre
Merlin Works: Improv at ZACH
The latest graduation showcase from this acclaimed improv school also features those Known Wizards, rocking the stage all extemporaneous, and the doubly dangerous duo (pictured here, beer-moistened, in seeming innocence) of Kevlar: We're Bulletproof.Sun., Oct. 21, 8pm. $10. -
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North by Northwest: Oktoberfest
You know what'd be good right about now, fellow workaday toiler? A weekend full of beer, brats, and bands. That's craft beer and bratwursts and live bands, of course. And, lucky us, it's all happening at this festival of Germanically inflected cuisine and frivolity, during which there's also a stein hoisting contest, a brat eating contest, and – pardon us while we squeeeee – a canine costume contest! With a separate wiener-dog category! October, you're getting better every minute.Oct. 20-21. Sat., noon-9pm; Sun., 11am-7pm. $2 and up. -
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Special Screenings
Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers, Part I
Newly Restored: Four silent-era shorts selected by and discussed with UT's Dr. Donna Kornhaber.Sun., Oct. 21, 6:30pm -
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Visual Arts
SouthPop Membership Drive
Years past, they've been all about the fancy dinners and so on, but here, in 2018, the South Austin Popular Culture Center has decided to call in the faithful with "a big ole party and concert at Antone’s." It's a rockin' night of live music, raffles, silent auction, armadillo races, frito pies, and homemade SouthPop Tarts. With those Uranium Savages, Extreme Heat, and the SouthPop All-Stars. And how about Bill Kirchen, Joe King Carrasco, Rosie Flores, and Jesse Sublett bringing the music, too? Gotcha covered, citizen, see ya there!Sun., Oct. 21, 4-8pm. $20. -
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Sunday Bloody Sunday Halloween Party
Grab a free BM and a tamale, peruse the costumes for sale, and get ready to do the Time Warp – there will be a screening of Rocky Horror Picture Show and spooky tunes from DJ Dead or Alive.Sun., Oct. 21, 3-7pm. Free.VINYL Beauty Bar, 2823 E. MLK -
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Dance
Theorist Festival
Dance, dance, and dance. And live music and films and more dance. And of course that's live music for dancing to, and films about dancing. And dance workshops and master classes, as well, because this is the latest edition of the annual Theorist Festival from that Amy Morrow and her restless cadre of kinetic savants – this time, 44 artists from across the U.S., México, Canada, India, and the Middle East – galvanizing the Zilker Hillside Theatre and other venues for four days and nights in the wake of ACL. See website for details, yes – and be prepared to move yourself around.Thu.-Sun., Oct. 18-21. Prices vary ($250 for an all-festival pass).
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Special Screenings
"Flight of the Butterflies" (2012)
The life cycle of a monarch butterfly and its long-distance migration from Canada to Central Mexico is captured in this 3-D nature documentary that also focuses on the decades of fieldwork conducted by Canadian scientist Fred Urquhart.Sun., Oct. 21, 12:20pm -
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5-Week Singing Camp for Adults
The theme is "Flash Mob Shenanigans." No experience or auditions required.Sundays (except Sat., Nov. 3), through Nov. 11. $250. -
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Books
A Trio of Mystery Writers
Join crime-exploring authors A.R. Ashworth, K.P. Gresham, and Helen Currie Foster for an afternoon of readings.Sun., Oct. 21, 3pm -
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An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn (2018)
Fantastic Fest 2018 Encore: A special three-night run of this FF darling – a tale of love, theft, and mystery featuring an all-star cast.Sun., Oct. 21, 9:30pm -
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Food Events
Asahi Imports: Onigiri Social
Holy little balls of perfectly cooked rice, Batman! This third-annual celebration at Asahi Imports features free samples and giveaways, a chance to meet the onigiri chefs, an origami crafting table for the kiddos, and live music by the Asahi Five – the store's own "happy-time jazz band." Yes, this Sunday it's time to rice and shine, citizen, riiiiiiiiiiiice and shine!Sun., Oct. 21, 6-8pm. Free. -
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Austin Naked Yoga for Gay Men
A hatha meeting flow yoga class for all levels. Despite the name, all are welcome. For a longer reader see our coverage.Sundays, 4:30-5:30pm. Through Nov. 21. $10 and up.ToddPilates & Barre, 4032 S. Lamar #700 -
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Out of Town
Ayomi Yoshida Exhibition
The Japanese artist makes her Texas debut with a large-scale multimedia exhibition that evokes a pool with flowers falling into it that complements the center’s water garden.Tue.-Sun., through Jan. 13. Free.Asia Society Texas Center, Houston -
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Out of Town
“Titanic: The Artifact Exhibit”
Seventy years after the luxury liner sank in the Atlantic more than 150 items from the wreck were brought up from the ocean floor and brought together for this fascinating show. Timed tickets are required.June 2-Jan. 5Mayborn Museum, Waco -
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Civic Events
Backyard Composting Class
Think green with this free composting workshop presented as part of the Fermentation Festival.Sun., Oct. 21, 11:15am-noon. Free.Seaholm EcoDistrict Lawn, 710 W. Cesar Chavez -
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Classical Music
Balcones Community Orchestra
The percussive anchor of this one-hour concert is Artina McCain performing Grieg's Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16, and the whole of the afternoon's delights conducted by Robert Radmer.Sun., Oct. 21, 4pm. Donations accepted.
