Hot August Nights Playlist

A hot/cold jukebox to jumpstart your Spotify wormholing

"...Chronicle blogger William Harries Graham’s playlist to this week’s “Hot August Nights” jukebox, it appears yes – finally. Having..."

Aug. 27, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Hot August Nights: Hot

"...chagrin of the rest of the Who. – Richard Whittaker Hot August Night, Neil Diamond..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Hot August Nights: Hot/Cold

"...basically biblical imagery. Carole King on piano. – Jim Caligiuri "Hot N Cold," Katy Perry..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Hot August Nights

Fire and ice for summer commiseration

"...Dark Side of the Moon-seamless REI rock. A long, hot walk home last month summoned it as an aural..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Hot August Nights: Cold

"...Barbershop, Cube's been box office ever since. – Thomas Fawcett Nightswimming..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Faster Than Sound: 10 Fresh Finds at Hot Summer Nights

Ten sunspots on Hot Summer Nights’ triple-digit lineup

"...River Cultural District, the glossary might look something like Hot Summer Nights. This year's huge lineup, some 140 acts,..."

July 26, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

We Asked Writers to Review Bands They'd Never Seen Before at Hot Summer Nights

Fresh looks at Grace Sorensen, Witches Exist, Vermin the Villain, Ariel & the Culture

"...gigs on the Red River Cultural District strip for Hot Summer Nights. Among the freebies last weekend, four writers..."

July 28, 2023 Music Feature by Nayeli Portillo

Hot Summer Nights Returns, Joey Tea Departs, and More Music News

Keep up with the sounds of Austin

"...Hot Summer Nights returns July 18-20. Like its sister festival,..."

June 7, 2024 Music Column by Carys Anderson

Council: Nights of White Linen

As focus shifts to budget prep, agenda goes high-speed

"...Council zipped through a 120-item agenda like the proverbial hot butter-knife, concluding even before music and proclamations. In the..."

Aug. 8, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...several-month period. However, should Titanic choose to dock in August, the trickle-down effect is bound to be enormous. Not..."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Slamming Toward August

"...This August, Austin will host the National Poetry Slam. Not to..."

May 29, 1998 Books Feature

Hot Fun in the Summertime

Citywide Summer Film Series

"...Splash Party Movie Nights 2003 The Aquatics Division of the Austin Parks and..."

May 23, 2003 Screens Feature

Plan Yourself a Hell of a Summer

Holy-moley, this is one smokin’ hot Summer Events Calendar

"...events from musicals to burger competitions, all under our hot ol’ Texas sun, so you can secure a super..."

May 16, 2025 Features Feature by Chronicle Staff

Kars: The Movie

Ron Mann on 'Tales of the Rat Fink'

"...an important artist. And, so, I went to the Hot August Nights car show in Reno, Nevada, met Roth,..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Austin’s Best Free Summer Events

From museums to live music to yoga to bats, Austin has it all

"...Every Thursday through August 11 Doors open at 6:30pm and music starts at..."

July 15, 2022 Events Post by Mazzy Oliver Smallwood

Chapter 1: Before the Beginning

The Austin Chronicle is founded and struggles quite a bit.

"...period between September 1988, when we went weekly, until August 1991, when we moved to our current location. During..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Composing Your Austin Summer Music Calendar

Rock out at any one of these music fests in our summer roundup

"...best bands, musicians, and party people even during our hotter-than-heck months. Throw a dart at your May, June, July,..."

May 23, 2025 Music Feature by James Scott

Foxtales Gets Back on Stage After Bicycle Accident and Spinal Surgery

Cleared to play guitar, the indie-pop act returns at Hot Summer Nights

"...The show slots into the totally-free Downtown music festival Hot Summer Nights...."

July 18, 2023 Music Post by Leo Vernor

Blue Monday

Antone's Blue Mondays continues, 25 years later.

"...Sixth Street became synonymous with frat bars and Jell-O shots. And with a peculiar symmetry, blues seems to be..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...appear in A Bad Idea Gone Wrong, the Ft. Worth-shot relationship feature from Jason Headley. Plus SXSW had already..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place: NICE GUNS

That's it, darlin', show off those AK-40-heavens. It's a gun show!

"...STEAK NIGHT As American as baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, and Chevrolet. Thursdays, 6-8pm. Town N..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

Greasy Kid Stuff

Splash party movie nights at Deep Eddy pool arrive.

"...To quote The Specials, this town is too freaking hot. How hot? It's so hot even the squirrels are..."

June 23, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Summer Specials to Entice You

Free kids' meals, seasonal specials, food and drink bargains galore

"...July and August are notoriously slow months for area eateries: students evacuate,..."

July 1, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Luv Doc Recommends: Top Drawer's 17th Birthday Party

Top Drawer Thrift, Saturday, August 14, 2010

"...other hand, every time you buy some type of hot new designer togs, you're giving some 9-year-old Asian kid..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Column by The Luv Doc

How Austin Drag Icon Brigitte Bandit Became a Political Powerhouse

It’s Brigitte, bitch

"...It was another hot August night at Cheer Up Charlies' outdoor stage, but..."

Sept. 22, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

I Will Be Heard: Mama Duke

Lyricist thriving at the intersection of Black, female, and gay wants Austin to "feel this energy"

"...Marmaduke," cracks Austin rapper Mama Duke during her headlining Hotel Vegas performance for college radio station KVRX...."

July 29, 2022 Music Feature by Kriss Conklin

Lit in the Time of Coronavirus

From emerging writer to potential vector at AWP in San Antonio

"...we don’t know how it ends. It starts in August 1972, my dad sealing the deal on a used..."

March 12, 2020 Arts Post by Mark Gozonsky

Texas Platters

"...Horton Heat testifyin' in a Texas shed on a hot August night and let that stand as Jim Heath's..."

April 17, 1998 Music Review

Faster Than Sound: Historic Approval of City Tax Fund for Local Music

With $3 million in HOT monies, music advocates gear up for vote on Prop B, the Far Out finds its footing in South Austin, and more music news

"...Council members unanimously voted to route a portion of hotel occupancy tax to homegrown industry. As reported here this..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: The First-Ever Lucktoberfest Lands Halloweekend at Willie Nelson’s Luck, Texas

Plus, the Red River Cultural District searches for a new director, and remembering Stewart Wise

"...the team's annual event during South by Southwest. Across nights, she expects a Lucktoberfest audience from 1,000 to 3,400...."

July 29, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

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