Contest & Festival Facts

13th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival

"...us for the 13th annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival, this Sunday, Aug. 24, from 11am-5pm at Waterloo Park..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Food Feature

Austin Blues Festival Announces Set Times for Jimmie Vaughan, Brittany Howard, Robert Glasper

And warns of a ticket price increase this Friday

"...Austin Blues Festival is back to help you plan your April 27-28..."

April 9, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

SXSW Film & TV Festival Announces Jury & Special Awards

Bob Trevino Likes It, Grand Theft Hamlet win top prizes

"...Award winners of the 31st SXSW Film & TV Festival...."

March 14, 2024 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

New films from Jeff Nichols, Alexander Payne on the schedule

"...part of the complete feature lineup at Austin Film Festival 2023...."

Sept. 27, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Austin Food & Wine Festival Returns!

Annual celebration of succulence and slaking will fête you this fall

"...Gourmands, rejoice! The Austin Food & Wine Festival will return for its 12th year, transforming Auditorium Shores..."

Aug. 17, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

ATX Television Festival Says Cheers to James Burrows

TV legend to be honored at next year's fest

"...be on everyone's lips at next year's ATX Television Festival when he receives the Achievement in Television eXcellence award...."

Nov. 11, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival Announces Omar Epps for 2022 Lineup

First author list includes Angie Cruz, Sandra Brown, more

"...The Texas Book Festival has just announced the first 15 authors for its..."

July 13, 2022 Arts Post by Kaushiki Roy

Marc Maron, Nikki Glaser Headlining Inaugural Moontower Just for Laughs Festival

Amped-up comedy fest adds over 100 comics and podcasts

"...list of comics and podcasts for this year's inaugural festival (running across downtown Austin April 13-24), and the headliner..."

Jan. 19, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Czech That Film Festival Returns To Austin

Celebration of Czech cinema includes virtual, drive-in screenings

"...why the mission statement of the Czech That Film Festival, now in their tenth year, is to bring the..."

April 12, 2021 Screens Post by Trace Sauveur

Austin Films For the First Wave of Austin Film Festival

Fugitive Dreams, Horton Foote doc in first wave

"...The team behind Austin Film Festival promised that they'd stick to their mission of bringing..."

Aug. 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival Announces 15 Authors for 2020

Virtual fest hosting Dean Koontz, Julia Alvarez, Kevin Kwan

"...a Hereford-sized horny toad in the 2020 Texas Book Festival's official poster – a hand tinted creation of the..."

Aug. 12, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Hillary Clinton, Anthony Fauci Headline This Year's 100% Virtual Texas Tribune Festival

Programming includes Ted Cruz and Lincoln Project mischiefmakers

"...The Texas Tribune Festival has never had trouble drawing top policymakers and politicos..."

Aug. 11, 2020 News Post by Kimberley Jones

ACL Festival Cancels 2020 Event

Citing safety concerns, organizers look forward to 2021

"...that comes as no surprise to anyone following national festival news – or global health news for that matter..."

July 1, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin Film Festival Announces 25 Film Writers to Watch

Celebrating the voices that start the creative process

"...going is the creation of ideas. As Austin Film Festival consistently reminds us, it all starts with the writers,..."

May 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Successful Fifth Year for Austin International Drag Festival

Inclusivity, respect, and fabulousness are the rules of AIDF

"...The fifth annual Austin International Drag Festival had it all – airborne wigs and dollar bills,..."

Nov. 20, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Saskia Henn

Other Worlds Film Festival Comes Back Home

SF extravaganza gets a new name and an old home

"...expanded horizons as the region's preeminent science fiction film festival. For its sixth outing, it returns with a fresh..."

May 31, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Gets a Vox Lux

New Natalie Portman movie announced for opening night

"...Sing it loud: Austin Film Festival has announced that Vox Lux, the new film from..."

Oct. 3, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gary Hart Biopic The Front Runner to Close Austin Film Festival

New films by Yorgos Lanthimos, Asghar Farhadi added to fest

"...Oscar nominees and winners at this year's Austin Film Festival. The festival dedicated to the work of the screenwriter..."

Sept. 12, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Leading the Charge on Diversity

Film fest awarded Academy grant for second year

"...its future projects, there's a reaffirmation that Austin Film Festival is already leading the way on diversity, as the..."

Sept. 6, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Capital City Black Film Festival Mounts The Last Defense

Viola Davis-produced documentary series added to fest

"...After a year off, the Capital City Black Film Festival is back at the end of the month. And..."

Aug. 21, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: 2018 Austin Chamber Music Festival

How the Attacca Quartet, Emerson Quartet, and invoke played

"...This year’s Austin Chamber Music Festival features three weeks of what Artistic Director Michelle Schumann..."

July 17, 2018 Arts Post by Robi Polgar

Texas Book Festival Announces First Confirmed Authors for October Fest

Acclaimed An American Marriage novelist leads pack of 15

"...We’re six months away from October’s Texas Book Festival, and two months shy of the traditional August lineup..."

June 19, 2018 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

The Austin Ice Cream Festival – Now with Booze?

The 12th annual celebration goes all adult-oriented After Dark

"...a little quality time at the Austin Ice Cream Festival at Fiesta Gardens...."

June 6, 2018 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Top 10 Festival Films of 2017 You Haven't Seen Yet

From zombie musicals to political scandals, a bumper year

"...Every film festival showcases a slate of titles that deserve an audience...."

Jan. 1, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival 2017 Preview

The writers' festival goes big

"...names, but you get the idea. The Austin Film Festival is here, starting Thursday, Oct. 26, and they have..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Texas Teen Book Festival: This Weekend!

More books and authors than you can shake a dystopian future at

"...Here comes the Texas Teen Book Festival, a day-long feast for the relentlessly ink-hungry among us..."

Oct. 4, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Sen. Al Franken to Open Texas Tribune Festival in September

Trib CEO Evan Smith will query "Giant of the Senate" on his new memoir

"...pickup from the distinguished speaker emporium, the Texas Tribune Festival announced today it’s locked down both a statesman and..."

Aug. 15, 2017 News Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin African American Book Festival Comes to Carver Museum

Authors and activists address the state of Black culture

"...The Austin African American Book Festival celebrates its 11th year and, like years past, addresses..."

June 21, 2017 Arts Post by Jennifer MacKenzie Murphy

Austin Film Festival Review: Youth in Oregon

Family dramedy suffers from unnecessary subplots

"...Oregon, the closing night film of the Austin Film Festival, turned out to be a disappointing family dramedy. Yet..."

Oct. 22, 2016 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List

TBF hosts Don DeLillo, Thomas Dolby, Emma Cline, 277 more

"...announced list of authors for the 2016 Texas Book Festival. With 280 authors on board – among them Don..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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