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The Austin Events Pages

Festivals and Events in and around Austin, Texas


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A little overwhelming in one sitting? For your convenience, the Austin events list has been broken up into some common sense subcategories.

Check out the pages for the following Austin events and festivals:

Cultural and Seasonal

Music

Arts and Artisan

Home, Garden, and Culinary

Athletic

Misc. and Special Interest

And, probably most helpful of all, pages have also been created listing events for each month:
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

There's just an insane number of annual Austin events and festivals. There's not just "something" going on every weekend - there's usually several things going on.

The upside to having so many events and happenings is that, whether you're a visitor or a local, you'll never run out of things to do. But the downside is that it's next to impossible to keep track of them all.

Until now . . .

Below is a comprehensive list of 120+ annual Austin events and festivals in alphabetical order.

Sure, everyone knows about SXSW and the Austin City Limits Music Festival and Zilker Park's Trail of Lights, but what about No Pants Day or the Moonlight Margarita Run?

There are some tremendous, even world class, annual Austin events and festivals, but don't forget to occasionally slip away from the main highways, so it speak, and explore some of Austin's cultural back country.

Enjoy . . . Continued Below . . .


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AAI Austin Homes Homes Tour
October 10-11, 2009
Various Locations in Austin

African-American Community Heritage Festival
February 27, 2010
Huston-Tillotson University

Armadillo Christmas Bazaar
December 11-24, 2009
Austin Convention Center

Art City Austin (formerly Austin Fine Arts Festival)
April 24-25, 2010
Downtown/City Hall/Lady Bird Lake

Art Night Austin
February 27, 2010
Various Austin Galleries & Museums

Art Night Austin: East
November 2010
Various East Austin Galleries

Art Week Austin
April 22-26, 2010
Multiple Austin Locations

Austin Boat Show
January 20-23, 2011
Austin Convention Center

Austin Cactus and Succulent Society Show and Sale
Twice Yearly
April 10-11, 2010
September 2010
Zilker Botanical Gardens

Austin Cool House Tour (Building Green)
June 2010
Various Austin Locations

Austin Celtic Festival
November 2010
Fiesta Gardens (Lady Bird Lake)

Austin City Limits Music Festival (ACL Fest)
October 2-4, 2009
Zilker Park

Austin Dragon Boat Festival and Race
April 24, 2010
Lady Bird Lake

Austin Fair and Music Festival
November 6-15, 2009
Travis County Expo Center

Austin Fall Home and Garden Festival
August 21-23, 2009
Austin Convention Center

Austin Film Festival
October 22-29, 2009
Various Austin Theaters and Venues

Austin Green Living Expo
April 23-25, 2010
Austin Convention Center

Austin Ice Cream Festival
August 2010
Waterloo Park

Austin International Poetry Festival
April 15-18, 2010
Multiple Austin Venues

Austin Italian Festival
August 23, 2009
Laguna Gloria

Austin Marathon (and Half Marathon)
February 14, 2010
Downtown Austin

Austin Museum Day
September 20, 2009
30+ Local Museums - Visit For Free

Austin Music Awards
March 20, 2010
Austin Music Hall

Austin Powwow and American Heritage Festival
November 7, 2009
Sunset Valley

Austin Pride Parade
June 6, 2009
Republic Square Park

Austin Record Convention
Twice Yearly
March 18-20, 2010
October 15-17, 2010
Crockett Event Center

Austin Reggae Festival
April 16-18, 2010
Auditorium Shores

Austin Songwriters Symposium
January 29-31, 2010
Wyndham Garden Hotel

Austin Spring Home and Garden Show
January 29-31, 2010
Austin Convention Center

Austin Symphony July 4th Concert & Fireworks
July 4, 2009
Auditorium Shores at The Long Center

Austin Symphony Hartman Foundation Concerts in the Park
May 31 - August 23, 2009 (Sunday Evenings)
Hartman Concert Park (Long Center)

Austin Wine Festival
May 29-31, 2010
The Domain

Barsana Dham Mela (Indian Fair)
April 25, 2010
Barsana Dham (Southwest Austin)

Bastille Day Fesitival
July 2009
French Legation

Batfest
August 22, 2009
Congress Avenue Bridge

Blue Genie Art Bazaar
December 3-24, 2009
Monarch Events Center

Blues on the Green
June-August 2009, Every other Wednesday
Waterloo Park (2009 only)

Brew-B-Que
July 3, 2010
Buda City Park

Bridal Extravaganza Austin
January 9-10, 2010
Palmer Events Center

Buda Wiener Dog Races
(and Country Fair)
April 24-25, 2010
Buda, Texas (City Park)

Cap 2K Swim
May 2, 2010
Lady Bird Lake (Town Lake)

Capitol 10K
April 11, 2010
Downtown Austin

Carnaval Brasileiro
February 20, 2010
Palmer Events Center

Carnival ah!
April 20-22, 2010
Austin Community College - Rio Grande Campus

Celebrate Texas (Texas Independence Day)
March 2 and 6-8, 2010
Various Austin Locations

Celebration of Families
May 2010
Palmer Events Center

Cherrywood Art Fair
December 12-13, 2009
Maplewood Elementary

Chinese New Years Festival
February 20-21, 2010
Austin Chinatown Center

Christmas Market - German-Texan Heritage Society
December 5, 2009
German Free School (Downtown Austin)

Chuy's Christmas Parade (Children Giving to Children)
November 28, 2009
Downtown Austin

Cinco de Mayo
May 5, 2010
The Center for Mexican-American Cultural Arts

Cine Las Americas International Film Festival
April 21-29, 2010
Mexican American Cultural Center

Dam 5K
November 7, 2009
Mansfield Dam Park (Lake Travis)

Deep Eddy Mile
August 22, 2009
Deep Eddy Pool

Diez y Seis Celebrations
September 15, 2009
The Plaza at City Hall

East Austin Studio Tour
November 14-22, 2009
70+ East Austin Art Studios

Eeyores Birthday
April 24, 2010
Pease Park

Explore UT
March 6, 2010
University of Texas at Austin

Fantastic Fest
September 24 - October 1, 2009
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema/South Lamar

Fiesta Amistad
May 29-30, 2010
Round Rock, TX

First Night Austin
December 31, 2009
Downtown

FronteraFest
January 12 - February 13, 2010
Hyde Park Theater

Free Day of Yoga
September 7, 2009
Various Austin Studios and Parks

Fun Fun Fun Fest
November 7-8, 2009
Austin

Ghoulwill Ball
October 30, 2009
Driskill Hotel

Green Garden Festival
February 2011
Bi-Annual Event
Zilker Botanical Gardens

The Grind: Action Sports and Music Festival
April 2010 (TBA)
Downtown Austin

Hairy Man Festival
October 3, 2009
Round Rock, Texas

Halloween Downtown
October 31, 2009
Downtown Austin (6th Street)

Harvest Moon Festival
September 12, 2009
Asian American Cultural Center

Heritage Homes Tour
May 2010
Downtown

Hill Country Ride for AIDS
April 24, 2010
Texas Hill Country

Hot Sauce Festival
August 30, 2009
Waterloo Park

Hot to Trot 5K (Chuy's)
May 2010
Chuy's Arbor Trails

House of Torment (Haunted House)
September-October 2009
Highland Mall Blvd

Hyde Park Homes Tour
August 30, 2009
Hyde Park Neighborhood

Jugglefest
February 26-28, 2010
University of Texas Campus

Juneteenth Park Festival
June 19, 2010
Rosewood Park

Keep Austin Bizarre Christmas Bazaar
December 18-21, 2009
Fiesta Gardens

Keep Austin Weird 5K and Festival
September 12, 2009
South Austin

Kerrville Folk Festival
May 21 - June 7, 2009
Kerville, Texas

Lake Travis Relay
October 10, 2009
Lake Travis

Lone Star Rod and Kustom Round Up
April 9-11, 2010
Travis County Expo Center

Lone Star State Jam
April 24, 2010
Waterloo Park

Louisiana Swamp Thing and Crawfish Festival
April 10, 2010
Republic Square Park

Maifest Austin - German-Texan Heritage Society
May 8, 2010
German Free School (Downtown Austin)

Mediterranean Festival
October 16-17, 2009
Saint Elias Orthodox Church

MLK Celebration (March and Festival)
January 18, 2010
Downtown (UT, State Capitol, and Huston-Tillotson College)

Moonlight Margarita Run
August 2010
Lady Bird Lake (Town Lake)

Music Under the Star
July 2010 - Friday nights
Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum

No Idea Festival
January 16, 2010
Austin Art & Music Partnership

No Pants Day
First Friday of May
All Austin, All Day

Oktoberfest - Fredricksburg
October 2-4, 2009
Fredricksburg, TX

Oktoberfest - German-Texan Heritage Society
October 2009 (TBD)
German Free School (Downtown Austin)

O. Henry Pun Off
May 22, 2010
O. Henry Museum

Old Pecan Street Festival
Spring: May 1-2, 2010
Fall: September 2010
Old Pecan Street (6th Street)

Old Settler's Music Festival
April 15-18, 2010
Driftwood, Texas

Out of Bounds Comedy Festival
September 1-7, 2009
Various Austin Theaters and Venues

Pachanga Latin Music Festival
May 2010
Fiesta Gardens

Paramount 5K
February 14, 2010
Paramount Theatre & Downtown Austin

Pond Tour
July 2010
Various Austin and Surrounding Areas

Renegade Craft Fair
May 15-16, 2010
Palmer Events Center

Republic of Texas Biker Rally (ROT Rally)
June 10-13, 2010
Travis County Expo Center

Rodeo Austin
(Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo)
March 12-27, 2010
Travis County Expo Center

SafePlace Field Day and Festival
April 10, 2010
Fiesta Gardens

Sapling Days
October 2009 (TBA)
Various Austin Locations and Dates

Schlotzsky's Bun Run (5K)
May 2010
Downtown (W. Cesar Chavez Street)

South Asian New Year Festival
April 10, 2010
Zilker Hillside Theater (Zilker Park)

South by Southwest (SXSW)
March 12-21, 2010
Austin (Everywhere)

Star of Texas Tattoo Art Revival
January 14-17, 2010
Palmer Events Center

St. Patrick's Day Austin (Festival)
March 17, 2010
Cover3

Taste of Austin
January 27, 2010
Palmer Events Center

Texas Book Festival
October 31 - November 1, 2009
Texas State Capitol

Texas Community Music Festival
April 23 - May 6, 2010
Scholz Garten &
Central Market North

Texas Greek Festival
May 2010
Laguna Gloria

Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival
April 15-18, 2010
Multiple Austin and Hill Country Locations

Texas Home and Garden Show
January 2010
Austin Convention Center

Texas Relays
March 31 - April 3, 2010
Mike A. Myers Stadium (UT-Austin)

Texas RockFest
(Heart of Texas Quadruple Bypass Music Festival)
March 17-21, 2010
Downtown (4 locations)

Turkey Trot
November 26, 2009
Waterloo Park

Umlauf Garden Party
April 22, 2010
Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum

Urban Assault Race - Austin
June 2010 (TBD)
Fiesta Gardens

Urban Music Festival
April 3, 2010
Auditorium Shores

Vegetarian Chili Cook-Off
November 15, 2009
Austin Farmer's Market

Viva la Vida Fest (Dia de Los Muertos)
October 24, 2009
Mexic-Arte Museum

Wildflower Gala
May 2010
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Woofstock at Waterloo
May 2010 (TBD)
Waterloo Park

Wurstfest
October 30 - November 8, 2009
New Braunfels, Texas

Zilker Garden Festival
March 27-28, 2010
Zilker Botanical Gardens

Zilker Park Kite Festival
March 7, 2010
Zilker Park

Zilker Pops Concerts
June 2010
Zilker Park Hillside Theater

Zilker Summer Musical
July-August 2010
Zilker Park Hillside Theater

Zilker Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony
December 6, 2009
Zilker Park

Zilker Tree Holiday Festival (formerly Trail of Lights)
December 13-21, 2009
Zilker Park

Zilker Tree Holiday Festival Fun Run (formerly Trail of Lights 5K)
December 12, 2009
Zilker Park



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