We're Having a Party ...
Fri., Oct. 29, 1999
... A city-sanctioned New Year's Eve party -- A2K -- with headliners Lyle Lovett, Robert Earl Keen, Kelly Willis, and Shawn Colvin. For more info, see http://www.austin2K.org
Street Closures ---- ---- ----
Streets will be blocked off to traffic between Lavaca and I-35, from Second to 11th Streets; barricades go up at 5pm Friday, Dec. 31.
Live Music Stages
There will be two stages, facing each other on opposite ends of Congress Ave. The entertainment is free, although about 1,600 reserved-seating tickets will be sold for $100-150.
"Countdown to the New Millennium"
A high tech multimedia light show takes place at midnight near the intersection of Sixth and Congress, in direct competition with ...
The ESCA "Star-Raise"
The East Sixth Street Community Association has been holding its own New Year's event for the past six years: a midnight "star-raise" at Sixth and Trinity, in the heart of the Sixth Street Entertainment District.
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