A crackling bonfire and the sweet smells of candied apples, popping kettle corn, and comforting hot cocoa tease your senses at one of the greatest Austin holiday traditions of all time. Oh, yes. Trail of Lights is back.
Tiptoe Into Whimsical Woodland Faerie Trail at Zilker Botanical Garden This Summer
Whether you’re dipping your toes into Barton Springs Pool, jamming out at a Blues on the Green concert, or cycling around Lady Bird Lake, Zilker Park will keep you busy every second of the summer. There’s another adventure to add to this year’s list of things to do around our beloved park: Woodland Faerie Trail at Zilker Botanical Garden.
Kite-flying, Music, Food, Philanthropy to Soar at 90th ABC Kite Fest
Let’s go fly a kite at the 90th ABC Kite Fest on March 31, 2019! Whimsical freedom whooshes through the air as tangled colors dance in the wind. Heads are cocked up at the splendiferous Austin skyline, while live music pumps throughout the friendly ambiance.
All of Austin’s a Stage: Free Shakespeare in Zilker Park Runs Through May
Free Shakespeare in Zilker Park is an experience I look forward to every year. It combines three of my favorite things: Shakespeare, being outside under the stars on an early summer evening, and free stuff. That’s right! Shakespeare in the Park is completely free theater, although they gladly accept donations. This is a great place to take […]
Everything’s Free When Zilker Park Celebrates 100 Years This Sunday
It’s an unfortunate irony. We tend to put off doing and seeing the things that are in close proximity to us. We know the view from Mount Bonnell is arguably the best in Austin, but we haven’t been there in ten years. We’ve thought about taking a boat tour during bat season, but we’ve never […]
Guide to Austin’s Zilker Park for Every Season of the Year
There is never a day that Zilker Park lays dormant. If there isn’t a festival forming a patchwork over the grassy expanses, then the acres are still alive with visitors exploring its many attractions and arteries. Zilker Park isn’t a place you can fully experience in a day or even a week. It takes a full year to take […]
Zilker Kite Festival 2015 Returns to Zilker Park March 1st
One of the best ways to forget yourself and all the baggage that comes with you is to buy or make your own personal aircraft. You can use string, paper, sticks or whatever’s handy. Just make sure you’re finished by March 1, 2015, when Zilker Kite Festival returns for another year.
Top 4 Outdoor Summer Events in Austin on the Austinot Podcast, Ep. 17
Click Play on the podcast player above to listen to this week’s episode of the Austinot Podcast! There’s nothing like summertime in our city. For today’s podcast episode, we’ve put together a list of our top 4 outdoor summer events in Austin. You don’t want to miss these events. Many of them have been around […]
Guest Blog: My Top 5 Favorite Parks in Austin
This guest blog post is by Ashly Howard. As a mother of three, I want to make sure my children have just as much fun at the park as I do at the casino. I want to make sure their hair blows in the wind and their minds race deciding what they want to do […]
Austinot Podcast Ep. 9: World’s Biggest Disc Golf Weekend
Click the Play button on the podcast player above to listen to this week’s episode of the Austinot Podcast! Austin is a huge city for the sport of disc golf, and getting started is easier than you might think. In fact, this weekend is the perfect time to get involved because Austin’s Waterloo Disc Golf […]