Live music performance by Cactus Lee at the historic Cactus Cafe venue on the University of Texas at Austin campus.
Cactus Lee plays the Cactus Cafe on Wednesday, September 16, with the show running from 7:30 to 9:30 PM. Doors open an hour earlier at 6:30 PM, so you've got plenty of time to get in and find a spot before things get started.
The venue is the Cactus Cafe, located in the Texas Union at 2308 Whitis Ave, right on the University of Texas at Austin campus. It's been an intimate listening room since 1979, and over the decades it's built a national reputation for showcasing local, regional, national, and international acts. Some of the names that have played here include Lyle Lovett, Robert Earl Keen, Lucinda Williams, Nanci Griffith, Alison Krauss, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Townes Van Zandt, Bill Monroe, and the Chicks. Billboard magazine once listed it as one of fifteen 'solidly respected, savvy clubs' nationwide 'from which careers can be cut.'
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Because it's run as part of the university, the Cactus Cafe is an all-ages, family-friendly room, so it's a place you can bring kids along to. The show itself is a straightforward one: Cactus Lee on the bill, playing from 7:30 to 9:30 PM, with doors opening at 6:30 PM. If you're heading over, the address is 2308 Whitis Ave, Austin, TX 78712.
