Playback: Five Nights on Dirty Sixth

Is Dirty Sixth Street the wasteland the music scene makes it out to be? Five straight nights answer loud and clear.

"...Welcome to Sixth Street on a Wednesday at 5pm. Specifically "Dirty Sixth,"..."

July 17, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Transformation of Dirty Sixth Has Begun

Cars at night and customers during the day

"...For the past several decades, Austin’s historic Sixth Street has offered a consistent nightlife experience – lined..."

March 14, 2025 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Can Dirty Sixth Be Cleaned Up?

City Hall, the bars and clubs, and now a big developer say, “Maybe?”

"...up and transform the Downtown entertainment district along East Sixth Street every decade or so. The above quotes, envisioning..."

June 17, 2022 News Feature by Chad Swiatecki

'Dirty Sixth' No Misnomer

"...is the live music capital of the world, and Sixth Street is where it's happening.” That's the message we..."

June 5, 2013 Postmarks

From Dirty Sixth to the Texas Film Awards

Whether it's Barbie commercials or Booksmart, Kaitlyn Dever is a true rising star

"...Any given night on Sixth Street, you can find an underage kid trying to..."

March 6, 2020 Screens Feature by Shalavé Cawley

New Street Art Along Dirty Sixth on the Eve of Austin's Lockdown

"...of several bars in the 400 block of East Sixth. They were painted over the course of Tuesday, March..."

March 25, 2020 Photo Gallery

The 'Dirty' Word

Has Dirty Sixth cleaned up its act?

"...Austin Alliance, an Austin resident for 23 years, what "Dirty Sixth" means and whether it's cleaning up, but Molly..."

May 24, 2013 Food Feature by Ivy Le

Playback: Welcome to Terrordome: Sixth Street During SXSW

Appraising APD's solution to Sixth Street during SXSW

"...Last Saturday night on Sixth Street, closing time: Local wisdom cautions you to avoid..."

April 8, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Yassine Sixth Street Noir

Legends, rumors, unpaid taxes ... and coke on the side

"...were vague, but this was not a polite operation. Sixth Street workers were saying the FBI was out in..."

May 18, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Sixth Street Shooting: One Dead, Two In Custody, Lots of Statements

UPDATE: Second suspect, aged 17, reportedly arrested Monday

"...gunshot injuries sustained during a mass shooting on E. Sixth St. Saturday morning, which injured 13 others, as police..."

June 14, 2021 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Comedy Walkabout Night on Sixth Comes to the Austin Asian American Film Festival

Into the Downtown rabbit hole with local comedian Mohit Jasawal

"...a love/hate relationship with Austin's most internationally iconic thoroughfare. "Sixth Street is one of the worst streets in America,"..."

June 4, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Street Artists Inspire Austin With East Sixth Murals

Just before the shelter-in-place order went into effect, the HOPE Campaign had local muralists create messages of hope for the city

"...of several bars in the 400 block of East Sixth. They were painted Tuesday, March 24, the final day..."

April 3, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sixth Street Showdown

Downtown is growing, and with that growth come rising tensions between police, partiers, and activists

"...some friends, most visiting from San Antonio, were crossing Sixth Street after a night out enjoying Downtown Austin. Caught..."

Feb. 26, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Dirty Words

Roger Gathman delves into local bookstores' shelves of smut to investigate the collective Gestalt of erotica.

"...columnists flourish. The confessions of women of leisure and dirty dicks of all types are available in chain bookstores...."

Aug. 11, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Dirty Diamonds: An All-Girl Comic Anthology

Upcoming release explores the complex theme of “beauty”

"...fifty of them!) whose work appears in the new Dirty Diamonds: Beauty anthology have diverse and personal perspectives on..."

June 24, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Luv Doc Recommends: Sixth Annual Urban Music Festival

Auditorium Shores, Saturday, April 9, 2011

"...in years past. Can the same be said of Sixth Street and Downtown Austin? Hard to say. It's a..."

April 8, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW Rolls Out Sixth List

Deap Vally, Broncho, Chicano Batman, Peter Lewis and 122 more

"...regions of Jamaica. Meanwhile, Grandpa Death Experience explores the dirty, dark, bizarre corners of Dutch rock, young Alvaro Diaz..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Fantastic Fest: ‘Dirty Mind’

Love and pain and explosive devices

"...But, as is warned in the film’s sixth chapter title, “What Goes Up,” Tony’s giddy joie de..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Dog That Didn’t Bark

A few Sixth Street joints closed doors, but Relay weekend was quiet

"...The largest assembly on Sixth Street Saturday evening wasn’t a drunken group of troublemakers..."

April 2, 2014 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

First Look: The Dead Rabbit and Neighbourhood Cafe Bring Belfast to Austin

Cocktails, coffee, and Irish-inspired eats on Old Sixth

"...in Austin with a Downtown location at 204 E. Sixth. It also brings a new neighbor next door: Neighbourhood..."

Aug. 9, 2024 Food Post by Haris Qureshi

Selling Pre-Packaged Foods Could Qualify Some Austin Bars to Reopen as Restaurants

"Creative things will happen" as Austin remains in Stage 3 phase

"...Sixth Street’s two main strips of bars still look relatively..."

Aug. 29, 2020 Food Post by Kevin Curtin

Easy Tiger's Bread and Butter

David Norman talks about new expansion

"...successful Easy Tiger Bakeshop & Beer Garden (709 E. Sixth) is the need for larger baking facilities. The popularity..."

Nov. 25, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

King's Road ShinDigs for West, TX

The gang at King's Road offer a way to help our neighbors

"...launch of King's Road Vintage at the corner of Sixth and Red River heralds the return of retail to..."

April 26, 2013 Design Post by Kate X Messer

Vaquero Taquero Opens Second Location in Downtown Austin

Saturday grand opening promises music and carne asada

"...to the pandemic, previously occupied the restaurant space off Sixth Street...."

Sept. 16, 2021 Food Post by Rachel Rascoe

Moontower 2019 Review: Nicole Byer

The host of Nailed It – well, you can guess

"...you crossed the threshold of the Palm Door on Sixth last Thursday night...."

April 29, 2019 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

Bach N' Beats

Austin Symphony musicians mix it up with DJs at the Parish

"...called Bach N’ Beats, and it's going down on Dirty Sixth, of all places...."

Sept. 27, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin at Large: Hit Me With Your Worst Shot

Doesn’t this weekend’s carnage illustrate exactly why policing as usual isn’t enough?

"...and learn that 15* people had been shot on Sixth Street a few hours earlier, the Austin Police Association..."

June 18, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Faster Than Sound: Raw Punks Mujeres Podridas on Comfort and Love

Brutal bandmates get nostalgic ahead of free Saturday show at Fairweather Cider

"...Sixth Street could see various new music venues as part..."

July 15, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Council Has Much Business to Attend to Before Its Break

A 125-item agenda stands between Council and a summer break

"...which since 2019 has acquired 30-plus properties on East Sixth Street, to build up to 140 feet in height..."

June 10, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Best of “Best of Austin”

Chronicle readers on the best places to see and be seen in Austin

"...S. Congress, 501 E. 53rd, homeslice.com Cleanest Bathrooms on Dirty Sixth: San Jac Saloon..."

March 14, 2025 Arts Feature

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