Field Guide Festival Returns With Huge Portions and Huge Passion

Food fest celebrates local chefs and farmers

"...Austin’s love of both food and festivals is well-established and well-documented, so..."

April 30, 2025 Food Post by Taylor Tobin

Art Prom, Pup Crawl, Eeyore’s Birthday, and More Recommended Events

A smattering of ways to fill your weekend

"...Girls be grilling, as the saying I just made up goes. Few places will..."

April 25, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Psych, Blues, and Conjunto Festivals Headline Our Crucial Concerts

This week's recommended live offerings

"...Silverada and the Tender Things..."

April 25, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

No Badge Necessary at These Live Music Recommendations

Crucial concerts for the week ahead

"...singer/guitarist Max Vandever and Cliff White, plotted such a soft opening of Chess Club during South by Southwest 2022..."

March 7, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Dua Lipa, Reneé Rapp, and More From Saturday at ACL

Hump day brought more heat and fiery kiss-offs

"...After Caamp dropped out of ACL last month, a schedule shuffle pushed Saturday’s American..."

Oct. 6, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Hiromi Uehara, Caroline Rose, and Fests Galore in Our Crucial Concerts

Choose your fest: Psych, Death, or Blues

"...Friday 26, Paramount Theatre..."

April 26, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Mini Music Fests Abound in This Week's Crucial Concerts

Country, hip-hop, pop, and more shows worth the cover

"...Friday 12 - Sunday 14, The Boot, Gonzales..."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Top 10 Festival Films of 2023 You Haven’t Seen Yet

From the Toxic Avenger to school shootings, the best of the fests

"...award winners and blockbusters. So let's look at some of the movies that have played Austin's wide array of..."

Dec. 19, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gobble Gobble Yada Yada

In this week’s issue: Evil MoPac speaks, holiday shopping begins

"...The holiday runway from November to the end of the..."

Nov. 24, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

Qmmunity: Sporty Spice

Wherever you fall on the sporty spectrum, Austin's queer scene has a place for you

"...Huddle up team: We're talking outdoor queer activities, specifically the kind that get your blood pumping. While that might..."

July 21, 2023 Column by James Scott

SXSW Film Review: Evil Dead Rise

The possessed cabin franchise takes a gruesome trip to the city

"...an open sewer and die." When people talk about the Evil Dead franchise being horror-comedy, what they mean is..."

March 17, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Rancho Alegre Fundraises to Save Their Conjunto Festival During AmplifyATX

Cut from city arts funding, Alegre aims to raise 35k this week

"...Musicians in Austin’s conjunto community are among the groups feeling the effects of a change in how..."

Feb. 28, 2023 Music Post by Chad Swiatecki

The Best Things That Happened in Austin Beer This Year

Pregaming Austin FC at Hopsquad, Austin Beer Guide's Lager Jam, Live Oak Rauchfest, and seven more hoppy highlights from 2022

"...Jester King has made ambition their own personal brand, so why not devise a food..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

This week's recommended shows include mini-fests celebrating rockin' girls, Latinx talent, and Christmas shopping

"...Twelve months ago, the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar faced the same reality as planet..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

A few fests, Nineties Brits, AfroTech, and more shows worth seeing

"...Local screenprinting/record label conglomerate Feels So Good (formerly Fine Southern Gentlemen) celebrates its rebrand, huge new storefront, and 15..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Music Column by Kriss Conklin

Dispatches From a New Decade of SXSW

Our favorite musical moments from the fest

"...The first South by Southwest to transpire this decade felt..."

March 25, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Long Walk

Enigmatic supernatural mystery from the heart of Laos' forests

"...Beneath the canopy of a dense Laotian jungle, a young boy..."

March 4, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Faster Than Sound: The Austin Music Awards Rise Again

Tickets on sale now for the 40-year tradition, March 8 at Emo's

"...If you're unfamiliar with Greek mythology or Harry Potter, the fiery red bird on the poster means to indicate..."

March 4, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Sound Unseen is Blowing Up Your Stream

The hybrid music and movie fest unifies the ATX and the Twin Cities

"...Why the mileage? Oxford, because that’s where he’s currently working as..."

Nov. 10, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Out There in the Fresh Air With Utopia, Old Settler's, and Kerrville Folk Festival

Fall fests coax us from the metropolis

"...What does October make you think of? Halloween, pumpkin spice, trees transitioning from green to autumnal..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Qmmunity: Pride Month Is Here and Queer

Celebrate with Austin Black Pride, aGLIFF’s mini film-a-thon, and more

"...is sashaying into our lives with a quickening sense of possibility: Our much-loved LGBTQmmunity celebrations are returning to their..."

June 4, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

Qmmunity: The Best Big Qmmunity in Texas

On discrimination, Dolly, and more queer happenings

"...The Tr*mp administration's Department of Health & Human Services –..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

Be Filled With Dredd For Other Worlds

Judge Dredd retrospective plus new hits for SF fest

"...The law is coming to Other Worlds Film Festival: yes,..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

18 is for Life at the Austin Jewish Film Festival

Fest returns online and at the drive-in

"...Life. In Hebrew, chai, and under the numerology of Gemetria, forever associated with the number 18...."

Nov. 7, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: City Funding for Music Venues Still MIA

Live Music Capital flagships await aid as costs pile up.

"...shuttering, no local relief dollars have arrived for flagships of what the city of Austin bills as the "Live..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Fantastic Fest Canceled For 2020

Alamo's genre festival hopes to be back in 2021

"...Another, seemingly inevitable hit to Austin's film festival scene has..."

July 7, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Musicians on How Best to Employ City Funds Earmarked for the Local Scene

$3 million in HOT funds are coming. Now what?

"...After a lot of thought and consulting with musicians and people in the..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Music Feature

Qmmunity: The Queer Stories That Made 2019

Looking back, enjoying gelato, and the return of Middle School Dance Party

"...decade. At midnight, I didn't realize this year marked the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, and I certainly..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Faster Than Sound: Falling Into Levitation

With a new autumn time slot, Levitation finds footing as a Downtown “gaggle of bands,” Angel Olsen chimes in on new album All Mirrors, and more music events

"...Speaking on next week's lineup of some 35 separate shows, Levitation organizer Johnny Sarkis makes..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Texas Book Festival Announces First 15 Authors

Fall lineup includes Susan Choi, Attica Locke, Hafsah Faizal

"...As of last week, it’s officially the summer season, which means..."

June 26, 2019 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

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