Hot Summer Nights’ 2024 Lineup Has Arrived

Over 125 local acts play for free July 18-20

"...The lineup for this year’s Hot Summer Nights has arrived. More than 125 local acts..."

June 18, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

The Austin Chronicle Heats Up Opening Night of Hot Summer Nights

R&B and hip-hop take the Empire Garage stage

"...Hot summer nights is not an exaggeration. At a sultry..."

July 17, 2024 Music Post by Cy White

Hot Summer Nights Bands List Drop

100 acts join Red River Cultural District free week in July

"...Just as collective midsummer doldrums begin to settle in, local clubs have planned..."

June 22, 2017 Music Post by Victoria Mycue

JaRon Marshall + the Collective, Felt Out, and Jane Leo to Play the Chronicle Party at Hot Summer Nights

This paper pops up, July 22, at the totally-free Red River festival

"...Week in the winter, the no-cost, high-temp musical festival Hot Summer Nights returns to Downtown Austin, Thursday, July 20..."

July 12, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

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

Hot Summer Nights Reviews

Free music fest cools out record hot summer

"...one of the coolest havens during Thursday's kickoff of Hot Summer Nights. As Billy Glitter (led by William Grover)..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Snapshot: Hot Summer Nights Band Portraits

Favorites from the summer season’s Free Week

"...Cultural District. But whatchu know about its midyear sibling, Hot Summer Nights? It's essentially the same concept, a vehicle..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Arts Column by David Brendan Hall

Last Week in Live Music: Hot Summer Nights 2023

"...Grace Sorensen at Stubb's during Hot Summer Nights, July 21, 2023..."

July 28, 2023 Photo Gallery

Hot Summer Nights 2024

"...Alexalone at Cheer Up Charlies during Hot Summer Nights on July 18, 2024..."

July 22, 2024 Photo Gallery

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

Faster Than Sound: 10 New Things to See at Hot Summer Nights

New bands, new names, and new releases among the hundred-plus free-entry acts

"...A summer of record-breaking temperatures certainly qualifies for the incoming title..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Crucial Concerts at Hot Summer Nights 2023

Highlights from the no-cost, high-temp annual music festival

"...pretty much a constant scorcher. Laredo always seemed way hotter than anywhere else in Texas. Once as a kid,..."

July 21, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Infinity Song, Softcult, and Hot Summer Nights Standouts in This Week’s Crucial Concerts

Get out and get free

"...Hot Summer Nights: The Austin Chronicle Party..."

July 19, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Faster Than Sound: You Might Find Your New Favorite Artist at Hot Summer Nights – Here Are 10 Contenders

Picks to reset quarantine listening habits, free today through Sunday

"...on easy, comforting sounds, I've made an effort this summer to open my brain back up to the new..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Austin Chronicle Party Sizzled at the 13th Floor During Hot Summer Nights

Fiery set snapshots of JaRon Marshall, Felt Out, and Jane Leo

"...up and down the Red River Cultural District’s annual Hot Summer Nights. This paper’s first-ever participation looped in JaRon..."

July 24, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

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

Hot Summer Nights at Cheer Up Charlies

"...Cheer Up Charlies on Aug. 4 as part of Hot Summer Nights' slate of free shows in and around..."

Aug. 9, 2022 Photo Gallery

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

Going into the unknown with TV's Daniel, xBValentine, Holy Death Trio, Frederico7, and Los Kurados

"...attendees "You all have to go home and Google photos of me." – Kevin Curtin xBValentine..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Hot Summer Nights: Parquet Courts’ A. Savage

Texas native roosts locally on Saturday for free weekend

"...in November. His Saturday set at Barracuda slots into Hot Summer Nights’ free weekend...."

July 14, 2017 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Last Week in Live Music: Hot Summer Nights

"...Staff photographer David Brendan Hall picks his favorite photos from last..."

July 28, 2018 Photo Gallery

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 Summer Questions for JaRon Marshall + the Collective, Felt Out, and Jane Leo

The free, Chron-curated lineup pops up Saturday at the 13th Floor

"...Week in the winter, the no-cost, high-temp musical festival Hot Summer Nights returns to Downtown Austin Thursday, July 20,..."

July 21, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

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: 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: Cold

"...Your favorite summertime treat also serves as a muse far and wide...."

Aug. 28, 2015 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Plan Yourself a Hell of a Summer

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

"...Maybe this’ll sound sacrilegious, but this year’s Summer Events Calendar is a devilishly good one. That’s right,..."

May 16, 2025 Features Feature by Chronicle Staff

Composing Your Austin Summer Music Calendar

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

"...out and live music’s in the air: Must be summer festival season! Austin’s known for collecting all the best..."

May 23, 2025 Music Feature by James Scott

Austin’s Best Free Summer Events

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

"...a budget or a local looking for some free summer fun, Austin has tons of unique options. From decades-long..."

July 15, 2022 Events Post by Mazzy Oliver Smallwood

Six Ways to Have a Nostalgic Austin Summer

Travel back to a simpler time

"...an America that you might remember from the warm summer nights of your youth...."

May 23, 2017 Chronolog Post by Will McCarthy

Playback: Hot Shivers

New Whiskey Shivers, Butthole Surfers, Casualties, murals, and takes on American literary classics

"...holidays, and just last week, the Shivers spent several nights tracking with rapper Trinidad James, famous for co-conspiring megahit..."

July 21, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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