Your guide to the best things to do in the city.
Austin Restaurant Weeks runs August 28 through September 13, 2026, with $25 lunch and brunch menus and $50 or $75 dinners. Here is how the pricing works, how the event supports the Central Texas Food Bank, and which Austin restaurants are participating.
Live country music performance by Fingerpistol at the Little Longhorn Saloon, part of the Tequila Tuesdays series with dance lessons and tequila shots.
A bi-weekly go-kart tournament held at Pinballz Lake Creek.
The Peterson Brothers, an Austin-based blues, soul, funk and R&B duo, bring their high-energy live performance to Saxon Pub.
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Austin's Biggest Pizza Party took over Home Slice Pizza on South Congress yesterday from 2 to 5 p.m., handing out free sodas and slices with every slice raising a dollar for The Trail Conservancy.
Austin's autumn brings two mystical markets: the Practical Witches Market, a free first-Saturday night market with local handcrafted goods and baby goats, and the Austin Witches Market, a larger rotating vendor event with its next edition on August 30.
Free admission day at the Bullock Texas State History Museum with family-friendly water-themed activities and a film screening.
A video art exhibition by Kaan S. Barin featuring vertically shot, story-format videos experienced individually with headphones in a darkened space, with a short live music performance.
A citywide, all-ages, all-abilities community festival with dance performances, classes, live music, and interactive activities.
Soul and R&B night at Antone's Nightclub featuring Soul Man Sam, Bianca on Sax, and The Guardians of Music & Planet Dev.
A dark comedy by Del Shores about a gay couple navigating the end of their marriage, where a chosen family forms on a Louisiana porch.
The 36th Annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival runs Sunday, August 30, 3:00–9:00 pm at Radio/East, benefiting the Central Texas Food Bank. Covers ticket prices, the vendor list, the awards schedule, the music lineup, and essential rules on parking and safety.
The free Texas America250 Exhibit is on view at the Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library Building in downtown Austin through December 31, 2026. It covers Texas icons from cowboys to astronauts, and TSLAC is pairing it with a statewide reading challenge.
The 18th Austin Sketch Fest ran across two weekends in August at ColdTowne Theater, headlined by SNL's Andrew Dismukes and featuring solo shows by Aly Dixon and Mimi Meier. A look at the lineup and the festival's history of booking comedians on the verge of breaking out.
Buda’s recurring music events bring local performers, touring acts, food, and family activities to Hays County near Austin. This guide covers Buda’s Birthday Music Festival and the upcoming 2026 Railcar Revival, with dates, schedules, and ticket details.
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Weekend two of the Austin City Limits Music Festival with performances by Rüfüs Du Sol, Lorde, Kings of Leon and The XX.
ACL Music Festival Weekend One with Charli XCX, Twenty One Pilots, Skrillex, Lorde and more across nine stages.
Kacey Musgraves performs at the Moody Center as part of her Middle of Nowhere Tour.
Formula 1 US Grand Prix at COTA, with Maroon 5 performing at the iA Insurance Super Stage.
Formula 1 US Grand Prix weekend at COTA, with Post Malone headlining the Saturday night show at the Texas Insurance Super Stage.
