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Enjoy a wine-oriented night at The Driskill Hotel (Credit: Charles Quinn Photography)
Cheers! Austin’s most anticipated and absolutely fabulous wine event, Big Reds & Bubbles, is right around the corner. This annual celebration of red and sparkling wine, put on by Wine and Food Foundation of Texas, goes down on Nov. 17, 2017, at The Driskill Hotel. Local chefs will be making food on site; live music will set the rhythm for the evening; and the wine will be flowing like a river.
The mornings are brisk, football is rolling, and there’s a line outside Lucy in Disguise With Diamonds. All signs that Halloween is upon us! This weekend, we recommend world music in the park, a birthday celebration in benefit of an amazing charity, and a spooktacular assemblage of local soul, country, and Americana greats. Break out your Matthew McConaughey in “Dazed and Confused” costume, head out on the town and–as always–listen local! [Read more…]
Cherry tomatoes, eggplant, and peppers from Gray Gardens add vibrancy to Mueller Farmers’ Market
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Texas Farmers’ Market at Mueller, known by locals as Mueller Farmers’ Market, is a slice of farm-fresh heaven in east Austin. The setting alone is dreamy, as the market sits in and around Austin’s first airplane hangar in a charming waterfront park. Though harvest season is upon us now, the market overflows with freshly-reaped goodness year-round. [Read more…]
Welcome to the weekend, Austinites. The weather’s finally turned beautiful and ACL Music Fest is behind us. Time to return our gaze to the local music scene. This weekend, we recommend a critically-adored indie band, classic blues, and harmony-driven dream-pop. Hurrah for Austin, music, and our vibrant scene. Listen local! [Read more…]
Embrace it or avoid it, the 2017 edition of Austin City Limits Music Festival was a resounding success. Good weather and great music made for a quality experience all-around, especially if you kept an eye on our local bands. To celebrate two weekends of quality showings from Austin artists, here’s our annual ACL Music Fest Superlative Awards. [Read more…]
As the city braces for Weekend Two of ACL Music Fest, many locals prefer to avoid the festival altogether. Luckily for those on the outside looking in, there’s plenty of fine music to experience this weekend. To satiate your hunger, we present smooth jazz in a classic setting, an Austin legend playing a post-ACL show, and an evening of eclectic, head-bobbing music. Whatever you do, enjoy the weekend and listen local! [Read more…]
Raise a glass for Austin City Limits Music Festival 2017 (Credit: Flipintex Fotos)
They say a picture’s worth a thousand words. In the case of the Austin City Limits Music Festival, it’s more like a novel. The size, scope, scale, and energy of ACL Music Fest 2017 can’t be captured in words alone. You need to see it to believe it. [Read more…]
Austin City Limits Music Festival is more than a collection of bands invading Zilker Park. It’s an expression of everything fun and vibrant in our great city. While some may dismiss it as an overblown intrusion into Austin’s fall fun, I see it as a celebration. Summer’s over; fall is here; let’s listen to a ton of good music.
As always, the festival’s early hours are chock-full of local bands. To guide and direct you through two weekends of musical madness, we give you this Ultimate Guide to Local Artists at Austin City Limits Music Festival 2017. [Read more…]
Time to give September one last hurrah as we officially slip into October and Austin fall. With major festivals like ACL and Sound on Sound on the horizon, now is a good time to whet your appetite with awesome local music. This week we feature a pysch rock LP release party, an evening of Americana, and a masked duo that specializes in pounding, pulsing electronic music. Listen local, my friends! [Read more…]
With another week approaching its conclusion, we turn our gaze to the weekend’s horizon. It’s almost here, party people, so start making plans! This week, Austin serves up a ’60s-era girl group, a two-day festival designed to excite the hippie in all of us, and a Hurricane Harvey benefit packed with quality music. Listen local, my friends! [Read more…]