Utopia Fest Announces New Location and Lineup

Music festival lands in Burnet County

"...must first locate paradise. Last fall, Utopia Fest founder Travis Sutherland bid adieu to his family’s Four Sisters Ranch..."

April 16, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

People, Not the Place, Make This Festival a Utopia

UtopiaFest's triumvirate of land, music, and people takes shape

"...There stands Utopia founder Travis Sutherland – unfazed. He's endured more daunting emergencies over..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Perfecting Utopia

One-hundred and 16 miles southwest of Austin lies music festival Utopia

"...Travis Sutherland registers his annoyances with music festivals: "The claustrophobia,..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Playback: The Indestructible Mr. Lewis

The trials and tribulations of Mr. Lewis & the Funeral 5, plus a UtopiaFest report, and the passing of Seth Gibbs

"...loyal volunteers, and a feeling of perseverance. And founder Travis Sutherland wasn't too proud to beg...."

Nov. 9, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Vanishing

"...Directed by: George Sluizer. Starring: Jeff Bridges, Kiefer Sutherland, Nancy Travis, Sandra Bullock, Park Overall, Maggie Linderman and..."

Feb. 5, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Snapshot: UtopiaFest

The music festival may have bounced around locations, but at last weekend’s tenth-anniversary celebration, it still felt like home

"...of two unwavering figureheads: fest founder/Four Sisters family heir Travis Sutherland and longtime creative collaborator Wayne Dalchau of Township..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Arts Column by David Brendan Hall

Utopia Fest Adds a Sweet Party This Weekend

Intimate gathering evidences a returns to roots

"...Festival founder Travis Sutherland says he began theorizing the Sweet Party long..."

March 27, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Utopia Fest Relocates to Reveille Peak Ranch

Fall music fest moves within Burnet County

"...a lot of the Four Sisters Ranch,” Utopia founder Travis Sutherland says, referring to his family’s land in Uvalde..."

Oct. 3, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Utopia Fest Announces Lineup

Dr. John, Lettuce, and Antibalas headline earthy campout

"...As always, the event, organized by Utopia-raised Austin resident Travis Sutherland, pulls heavily from the capital city’s musical masses...."

March 1, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: City Funding for Music Venues Still MIA

Live Music Capital flagships await aid as costs pile up.

"...week. Rerouting the fest to Oct. 14-16, 2021, founder Travis Sutherland says an email survey found only 30% of..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Unplugged: Lowering the Volume of the Live Music Capital

Ley Line, Aaron Stephens, Team Goodtimes, Uncle Pie Hole, and more grounded sounds

"...Settler's Music Festival, tolerated but unsanctioned. Utopia Fest founder Travis Sutherland first encountered the concept there...."

May 18, 2018 Music Feature by Isabella Castro-Cota

Utopia Fest Sweet Party at Four Sisters Ranch

"...Utopia Fest founder Travis Sutherland..."

April 1, 2019 Photo Gallery

UTOPiAfest 2018

"...UTOPIAfest founder Travis Sutherland..."

Nov. 5, 2018 Photo Gallery

Playback: Start the Presses – Gold Rush Vinyl

Austin’s first major record press opens, and more music news

"...Nelson, Valerie June, and more, the gathering teams founder Travis Sutherland with Down in the Oaks Entertainment, which owns..."

April 20, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: The New Face of Austin Music Festivals

Taking stock of Austin’s festival landscape a week after the conclusion of ACL Fest

"...Travis Sutherland is looking at spaces close to Austin for..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Utopiafest IX

"...Ranch concluded this past weekend as Austin-based, Utopia-bred founder Travis Sutherland plans to move the event to a new..."

Sept. 25, 2017 Photo Gallery

Playback: The Big Three

Remember major labels? Meet three underground locals on them.

"...Brown, whose Onion Creek Productions partnered with festival founder Travis Sutherland in 2009. They pondered a perfect festival and..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Utopia Fest 2014

An incredible vibe, camping, and transformative performances

"...Utopia Fest founder Travis Sutherland tells the Chronicle passes are selling fast and..."

June 6, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Naked City

The Open Door Preschool, which offers its services to low-income, disabled, and non-disabled children alike, gets to stay in its old building -- from which its landlord had planned to evict it -- at a new, more expensive, lease.

"...to, or in spite of, Open Door's landlord, the Austin/Travis County Mental Health Mental Retardation Center, depending on whom..."

May 4, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Gun Control? In Texas?

Lawmakers consider Governor’s modest proposals to tackle gun violence in schools

"..."We've got to do something." So says Travis County Probate Judge Guy Herman, on a subject where..."

July 20, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...it's the density we are concerned about," says Lin Sutherland, vice president of the Bluff Springs Neighborhood Association. Sutherland..."

Aug. 29, 1997 News Feature

Boyhood Nominated for Six Oscars

Academy singles out Linklater, Adair, Arquette, Hawke

"...nominations. They include Best Picture (Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland), Best Director (Richard Linklater), Best Original Screenplay (Richard Linklater),..."

Jan. 15, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Kingdom of Heaven

Psychedelic pioneer Powell St. John, on the Right Track Now

"...the room through a twisting, turning trip, with Stacy Sutherland's lead-guitar lines feeding back far beyond what rock bands..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Texas Book Festival 2020: The Full Line-Up

All 150 authors announced for the 25th anniversary lit celebration

"...Anderson, Dune: The Duke of Caladan • Joe Holley, Sutherland Springs: God, Guns, and Hope in a Texas Town..."

Sept. 16, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Sundance Announces Shorts Program

Texans get the nod

"...SHORTS The Armoire / Canada (Director and screenwriter: Jamie Travis) -- 11-year-old Aaron plays a game of hide-and-seek in..."

Dec. 8, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Since Travis County has the distinction of having had the broad-mindedness..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Column

All Wrapped Up

Holiday Film Previews

"...D: Gregory Hoblit; with Denzel Washington, Donald Sutherland, John Goodman, Embeth Davidtz, Elias Koteas, James Gandolfini, Robert..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten