Austin Heightens COVID Guidelines for Special Event Permits

Attendee screening, distancing provisions take effect Monday

"...Beginning Monday, Aug. 30, event organizers will need to do more to show how..."

Aug. 29, 2021 News Post by Beth Sullivan

Is the Special Events Permit Parking Program a Scalper's Delight?

Say goodbye to non-resident parking near the city's big events

"...Downtown or near-Downtown parking spaces reaches a crescendo during "special events" – ACL Music Festival, SXSW, Zilker Kite Fest­iv­al,..."

June 2, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Event Horizon

As festivals, crowds, and expenses proliferate – is Austin approaching major event overload?

"...offers its South by Southwest guests. Like all major event attendees, Richards brings with him the prospect of patronizing..."

July 12, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

New COVID Safety Rules for Special Events

Negative COVID tests, other measures now required for city-permitted events

"...As more events return in person amidst Austin's current surge of COVID-19,..."

Sept. 3, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

F1 Event, Vendor Permit Deadlines Close, City Warns

With race four weeks away, city updates on road closures

"...Austin has sent out the list of deadlines for permit applications, and they're closer than you think...."

Oct. 19, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Permit Woes

South Austin art and music venue trying to reopen

"...the Austin Enchanted Forest may face permanent closure over permit problems, there's been a remarkable outpouring of public support..."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

'Statesman' Demagoguery on SXSW and Special Events

"...interest of furthering an educated discussion on SXSW and Special Events in general – as the city is valiantly..."

May 30, 2014 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Permit Unsustained: A Bad Day at Red Bluff

Sustainable Waves pulls the plug on Austin

"...25 decision to rescind Turley's one-year outdoor music venue permit, granted back in October. The appeal against the permit..."

March 12, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Event Street Closures: Compromise Ordinance Doesn't Solve Barricades

Stakeholders agree on a proposal for closing streets for special events

"...30, codifies a well-hammered compromise between organizers of outdoor special events and the people and neighborhoods they inconvenience. A..."

June 5, 2009 News Feature by Laurel Chesky

Public Notice: The Calendar Turns

Happy anniversary, and here's a card ...

"...number of features in different departments – resource guides, event previews, and a lot of quintessential Austin culture throughout..."

Aug. 31, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Far Out Is Having a Moment

Scrappy South Austin venue is building a major presence in the city’s live music ecosystem

"...the bar to discuss concerns and make plans to prevent parking or other potential pain points that could come..."

May 13, 2022 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Playback: Cherubs Flit Back

The unlikely return of Nineties noisemakers Cherubs.

"...annual minifest was shut down for operating without a special event permit. Here's the comeback. The evil pizza parlor..."

July 25, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Permitting Nightmare Precedes SXSW

SXSW events permitting induces promoter panic, the Austin Music Hall receives a stay of execution, and there are two last Austin Music Poll categories to vote in

"...Music still looms a month away, but a recent permitting quagmire elicited early panic attacks for Austin's business owners..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

West Campus: No Right to Party?

Outcry over plan to restrict events leads to Council action

"...officials had announced a plan to limit West Campus events – by enforcing existing regulations covering "special events." But..."

Oct. 3, 2014 News Feature by Mac McCann

Off the Record

Sifting through the Austin sound ordinance, paying final respects to Pinetop Perkins, and catching up with Explosions in the Sky

"..."a comedy of errors." Despite years of successful unofficial events during the music portion of the Festival, the South..."

April 1, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Public Notice: Iced Out

ZAP postponement tightens CodeNEXT timeline

"...local businesses in a lot of different venues. The event includes two panel discussions, two workshops, a luncheon keynote,..."

Jan. 19, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

In a Global Crisis, Luck Presents Writes a New Concert Promotions Standard

With a little luck, Ellee Fletcher Durniak and Matt Bizer thrive at improvising impossible situations

"...Ellee Fletcher Durniak still anticipated moving forward with the event. City Hall shut down South by Southwest six days..."

April 16, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Council Makes Time to Address Protest Fallout

The right to listen

"...52-item agenda for their regular session, followed by a special called meeting to address this week's protests and the..."

June 5, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Then and Nau

Of Kash-Karry, Casiraghi's, and Jeffrey's: Clarksville's culinary history

"...Old West Austin as a UT grad in the mid-Seventies, certain things instantly made it feel like home. There..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

How to Get to Q2 Stadium by Car, Bus, Rail, Bicycle, and Rideshare

"Can I park at Q2?" and other burning questions answered

"...pre-purchased parking at home matches, then you and other permit holders will be parking on-site in the Southwest, East,..."

June 18, 2021 Features Feature by Kimberley Jones

Urban Farms: Mediation Bears No Fruit

Compromise seems unlikely in debate

"...its consideration of the proposed revisions – which would permit but regulate such farms – and sent the dispute..."

Nov. 22, 2013 News Feature by Anna Toon

Day Trips

The Holy City of the Wichitas has hosted the 'Prince of Peace Passion Play' every Easter season since 1926

"...to stage an Easter play for his congregation. The event steadily grew during the Thirties. At its peak, the..."

April 7, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Live Shots

"...day in arriving here because U.S. Customs would not permit his entry into the country, and he was forced..."

June 20, 1997 Music Feature

What Now for SXSW?

A year after tragedy, the city and the Festival look to a sustainable future

"...Special Events Commander Wes Hopkins says EMS retains a "very..."

March 13, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Naked City

"...Monday, 6pm, and Tuesday at 8:30am and noon. Palmer Events Center, 900 Barton Springs Rd. See "How Not to..."

June 8, 2007 News Feature

True Love and Lawsuits in the Wedding Capital of Texas

'Til death do us party

"...into what is now the Garden Grove Wedding and Event Venue. [inset-1-right]..."

April 27, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

Where's the Party?

"...the night. Both of those experiences has its own special glow, an ego-fulfilling sense of achievement, of doing something,..."

May 21, 1999 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Postmarks

Cars the Issue, Not Parking

"...Walter Cole's "Tight Squeeze at UT" [Vol. 17, No...."

Sept. 11, 1998 Column

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...held their collective nose and passed a basic development permit on the Wilder tract this week. That gives Waste..."

June 9, 2006 News Feature

Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup

Fall events and news from all over Texas

"...In 1956, Jeff McKissack was issued a building permit for a beauty parlor on the lot next to..."

Nov. 2, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

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