› Banger’s Smoke Out Saturday Live music all day, crab boil at 8pm. Sat., April 19, 11am-11pm. Banger’s Sausage House & Beer Garden, 79 Rainey, 512/386-1656. $15. www.bangersaustin.com.

› Hopfields Prairie Explosion and Bottle Share Event Tapping and tasting of four rare and exclusive Prairie Artisan Ales. Sat., April 19, 3pm. Hopfields, 3110 Guadalupe, 512/537-0467. Free.

› Counter Culture Turns 2 Sat., April 19, 4-7pm. Counter Culture, 2337 E. Cesar Chavez, 512/524-1540. Free. www.countercultureaustin.com.

› Bloody Mary Fest Local establishments compete for Best in Show. Sun., April 20, 1-5pm. Shangri-La, 1016 E. Sixth, 512/524-4291. $10. bloodymaryfest@gmail.com.

› Inside Chef’s Table Chef Jason Vincent of Nightwood in Chicago will prepare a special Indie Chef’s night dinner at F&D. Reservations required. Mon., April 21, 6:30pm. Foreign & Domestic, 306 E. 53rd, 512/459-1010. Counter seats $125; table seats $100. www.indiechefsweek.com/jason-vincent.

› Umlauf Sculpture Garden’s 16th Annual Garden Party Thu., April 24, 6:30-9:30pm. Umlauf Sculpture Garden, 605 Robert E. Lee, 512/445-5582. $150. www.umlaufsculpture.org/gardenparty.

› The Kitchen Diva Farm Feast Kitchen Diva Angela Shelf Medearis welcomes Kinky Friedman and Boggy Creek Farm’s Larry Butler and Carol Ann Sayle to a farm feast benefit. Reserve online. Thu., April 24, 6:30pm. George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center, 1165 Angelina, 512/974-4926. $100. www.medearis.com.

This article appears in April 18 • 2014.

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