ACL Fest Sunday Reviews

"...White DenimExposion (Transmission Entertainment)..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Greezy Wheels shift their gears for a midnight ramble, Black Joe Lewis preps for the Chronicle's annual Hot Sauce Festival, American Analog Set's Andrew Kenny rewinds back to Austin, and the lineup for the 2008 Fun Fun Fun Fest is in

"...annual event, produced by local booking and promotion company Transmission Entertainment, is expanding once more with the addition of..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Fun Times Three

More Fun Fun Fun in the sun

"...annual event, produced by local booking and promotion company Transmission Entertainment, is expanding once more with the addition of..."

Aug. 21, 2008 Music Post by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Soaring gas prices put local bands in a pinch at the pump and a homecoming of sorts for Janis Joplin and the Butthole Surfers

"...to get more in terms of guarantees now," says Transmission Entertainment booker Graham Williams. "At the same time, bands..."

June 13, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Messin' With Texas and Wisconsin Boys

SXSW highlights from Shut Up

"...the sponsored, high-dollar parties reign supreme, and this year, Transmission Entertainment's Mess With Texas took the cake. Sure, NPR's..."

March 21, 2008 Music Post by Darcie Stevens

Off the Record

A walk on the wild side of SXSW 2008

"...unofficial day parties were impressively organized and professional, especially Transmission Entertainment's three-stage blowout, Mess With Texas 2, or as..."

March 21, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Off the Record goes the distance at the Virgin Festival in Baltimore; Snake Eyes Vinyl relocates; Belaire and Tacks, the Boy Disaster ship overseas; and more

"...Limits Music Festival has mastered in recent years, while Transmission Entertainment's Fun Fun Fun Fest -- which is expanding..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Playback: Biggest Austin Music Stories of 2016

Looking back on the biggest Music news headlines of the year

"...by real estate billionaires ... Welcome to Austin 2016! Transmission Events, Austin's most trusted independent concert promoters, fractured when..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Jon Pettis Rising

One man's life touches so many others

"..."We're interested in facilitating entertainment Downtown, especially live music, but it has to be..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Austin Musicians of Color Talk About the Pandemic's Outsized Impact on Their Communities

COVID-19 extends into all realities of Austin's pervasive inequality

"...this contribute to an already imbalanced representation in our entertainment industry? We know the answer: It worsens our livelihoods..."

June 19, 2020 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Playback – Omnibus: Destination Unknown

Vetting City Hall's recommendations to Mayor Adler's arts Omnibus and unveiling Sound on Sound Fest's Renaissance location and debut lineup

"...• Entertainment License: Instead of requiring up to 16 permits from..."

July 1, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Red River Optimist John Wickham

Red River poker king John Wickham remains optimistic, Nazis stab concertgoers at Trailer Space, and Fun Fun Fun Fest gets its acre at Auditorium Shores

"...buddy Randall Goodwin in 2001, Red River wasn't the entertainment district it is today...."

Aug. 14, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Fun Fun Fun Fest's New Look

New location and grass, same Fun Fun Fun

"...Riverside Drive. The dry condition of those grounds, where Transmission Events has held FFF Fest since 2011, first necessitated..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Sound on Sound Gets Medieval

Sound on Sound’s über headliner: 23 acres of Sherwood Forest

"...concert promotions. Last spring, Fun Fun Fun Fest organizers Transmission Events split with business partners Stratus Properties, losing their..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Meals That Matter

Nubian Queen Lola rewarded for years of service

"...queen was honored this morning at the Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex in East Austin. Tyson Food, the Capital Area..."

Jan. 15, 2016 News Post by Nina Hernandez

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...Feder­al Communi-cations Commission for the "willful and repeated" illegal transmission of a radio signal from his West Lake Hills..."

Nov. 20, 2009 News Feature

Council Watch

"...to help pay for the $9.6 mil-lion Central City Entertainment Center (CCEC), offering its most firm commitment yet to..."

June 30, 1995 News Column by Alex de Marban

Playback: Patio Smoking Ban in Flames

The Central Health Equity Policy Council's efforts to ban smoking on smoking patios meets with community resistance

"...Controversy sparked, Central Health met with ATX Music & Entertainment Division head Don Pitts, who related the experience in..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Hole Lotta Rent

The historic Hole in the Wall is in danger of closing. So who's to blame?

"...about the real estate. Red 7, located in an entertainment district and armed with superior bookers Transmission Events, shuttered..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Ready, Aim, Tacos!

Area restaurant dynasties provide festival food ... and artillery

"...with Torchy's Tacos has produced memorable moments of festival entertainment the past couple of years. The Torchy's folks had..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Played Out

After 14 Years, Capitol City Playhouse Is Evicted

"...is located -- what's being called the West End entertainment district -- has become so successful commercially that it's..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Council Watch

"...an $8.8 million federal loan for the Central City Entertainment Center (CCEC), aka Rosewood...."

June 23, 1995 News Column

Faster Than Sound: Headlines From a Year in Limbo

A year-in-review of Austin music news

"...of the concert promotions team behind Margin Walker and Transmission Events debuted new events company Resound Presents under Graham..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Bands Are Practicing Again, but Does Austin Have Enough Rehearsal Space for Them?

A love letter and state-of-affairs on the practice space scene

"...all the way to the roof to reduce frequency transmission. It's serious construction, but Mosaic owner Dan Redman, who..."

June 18, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Collateral Events During SXSW Scale Back

SXSW Music's festival sideshow contracts

"...or plentiful as they were five years ago. Remember Transmission's Mess With Texas fest on the Eastside? The grassy..."

March 3, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Mosaic Sound Collective Comes Into Focus

Mosaic Sound Collective's music hub and ancient atmospheric Adam Torres point to the future

"...Mosaic. Concert equipment provider Capital Radio Backline, run by Transmission Events gear guy Erick Sanger, has set up shop...."

Feb. 24, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: If the Gloves Fit

Gloves INTL ices funk, Allegro Media Group ices local label, and the ATX6 plan to ice international festivals

"...Local attorney John Absher, versed in music and entertainment law, says he can envision legal paths for small..."

June 24, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Anthem of the Sun

Non-commercial frequency Sun Radio broadens its solar-powered Americana throughout Central Texas

"...in AM, the medium was used mostly for military transmissions and matters of official, closed-circuit communications, first going on-air..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Hole in the Wall in Danger of Closing

Tenant and landlord offer different accounts on negotiations

"...that Red 7, which was in a bona fide entertainment district, closed over a similar, $5,000 rent increase –..."

Sept. 11, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Red 7 Will Close/Sidewinder Will Open

Red 7 and Red Eyed Fly partners join forces in a new venue

"...solidarity in the Red River Cultural District, a vibrant entertainment strip recently challenged by rent increases and encroaching development..."

Aug. 5, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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