Things to do in Austin
Explore the best events and things to do in Austin, from parties and live shows to pop-ups, community events, and more.Updated September 3, 2026Location
Hyde Park Storytelling x Austin Unconducted
Sat, Sep 26 at 7pm · Austin
Back by popular demand! Austin Unconducted & Hyde Park Storytelling are joining forces for a 2nd time for unforgettable pairing of live music & live storytelling! Three storytellers share true, personal stories and each story is thematically paired with a musical performance chosen to mirror, deepen, or transform the emotional arc of the story just told.
The Program:
Katia Beaugeais - Like Snowdrops You Will Shine
Jessie Montgomery - Break Away
Stravinsky - Concerto in D for String Orchestra
Ryan Truesdell - Heart of Gold
Pharoah Sanders - Love is Everywhere
Storytellers:
Roxy Castillo
Mohamad “Moe” Hoteit
Jared Polivka
ℹ️ free and open to the public. There is limited space in Batch's backyard. We encourage you to arrive early to claim a place to sit.
✅ If you’re RSVP’d as “going” we are expecting you.
⏳ If you’re on the “waitlist” or “interested” we do not have enough space. Please enjoy one of the other great events our beautiful city has to offer!
7 PM - Doors
8 PM - Stories start
If anyone hoping to attend needs assistance in accommodation please contact us.
👥 All stories are true and some performers are telling for the first time.
👥 Bring your full hearts, warmth, and kindness as folks share their true stories.
🕖 You should get here around 7 and say hi to a new friend.
🪑Space is very limited.
⏱️ The show is 60-70 minutes.
🍷Outside food & drinks are not permitted (other than a water bottle).
🍺 Grab a drink or kolache from Batch or the other food trucks on site.
🚕 We highly recommend ride-sharing.
🚗 There is limited parking spots in the lot. Street parking is available. Plan accordingly! Remember, do not block driveways.
For other questions, please post a comment or send an email to HydeParkStorytelling@Gmail.com.RSVP Here
Silent Book Club Austin
Wed at 6:30pm · Austin
Join us for Silent Book Club!
All our meet-ups are free to attend and there is no assigned book — just bring whatever you’re currently reading
Agenda:
6:30-7:00 arrive, grab food & drink, chat
7:00-8:00 silent reading hour
8:00-8:30 continue socializing or head home
This month we are meeting at Radio South! Keep up with us @sbcatx on instagram to see where we will meet next monthRSVP Here
Cool to Care Clothing Swap
Today at 7pm · Austin
Baddies care about the planet! 🌎🤠 we’re soooooo back!!! Come swap out items you no longer wear and go home with some new ones!
How it works:
1. RSVP (it costs $8 to get in to our swap!) you can pay at the door on Venmo or cash!
2. Bring 10 items you no longer wear. These can be dresses, tops, shoes, accessories, pants, skirts etc! All items should be clean and lightly worn. Don’t bring anything you wouldn’t want others to wear!
3. Take home 10 new to you items!
4. Grab a drink at Lustre Pearl and hang while you shop around!
All items leftover will be donated to local charities in Austin.
Men and women’s clothes welcome!!
See y’all there. 🥺🤠🫶🌎🪩RSVP Here
Saturday Swap!
Sat, Sep 12 at 9am · Austin
Welcome to the First Annual Saturday Swap 🏆
How it works:
Bring your clean gently used clothes, accessories, or products (we’ve all bought shampoo and then two washes in realized we hated it). Leave with new to you items! Whatever is leftover will be donated to the thrift store or if anyone has a rec for a local women’s shelter. This event is FREE. Like actually free and no weird limit of bring 10 items and only leave with 10. Bring shit and take shit. Don’t be weird or rude. Maybe make some new friends over our shared love of scavenging and thrifting! No boys allowed. I’ll have coffee and possibly snacks ☕️🥐
The 9am start time won! Please keep in mind we will most likely be outside as that has the most room to spread out.RSVP Here
Stellar Groove Society: Beyoncé's Bday
Tomorrow at 6:30pm · Austin
Y’all REALLY showed out for the last Stellar Groove Society… so you already know we had to run it back 🪩🎶
Join King Bjornce + monthly special guests at @stargazerbar for Stellar Groove Society, an evening of curated vinyl featuring rare grooves, soulful rhythms, jazz, world sounds, and laid back classics. This edition we are focusing on Beyoncé as Sept 4th is her bday!
We will be playing her biggest influences, and the artists shes gone on to inspire. Think Tina Turner, Diana Ross, Chaka Khan, Michael Jackson, Kehlani, H.E.R., Victoria Monét + and SO MUCH more!!
Friday, September 4th
6:30–10:30 PM
📍 @stargazerbar
Free!
If you were at the last one, you already know. If you missed it… don’t make that mistake twice 👀
See y’all September 4th!RSVP Here
The Front Market
Nov 21 to Nov 22 · Austin
The Front Market will return for its Fall 2026 Season on November 21 and 22 at Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park in downtown Austin's Red River Cultural District.
★ one of the largest- and longest-running craft markets in Austin over the last ten years
★ 150+ artists, makers, craftspeople and creative small business owners
★ Waterloo Park (1401 E Trinity St 78701)
★ November 21 and 22, 2026
★ 11 AM to 5 PM each day
★ Amplifying women & LGBTQ+ creatives since 2016
★ Rain or shine
As always, we’ll be open from 11 AM to 5 PM, with a warehouse exhibition and fair. 100% family-friendly. Dog-friendly. Human-friendly. Open-air. Nonprofit-run. Free to the public.
SHOP SMALL. SUSTAIN LOCAL. SHOW UP.
Scroll for more details.
—— BEHIND THE FRONT MARKET ——
THE FRONT MARKET IS AN INDEPENDENT MARKETPLACE AND CRAFT FAIR, CURATED BY FUTURE FRONT.
Welcoming 400+ vendors & 10,000+ guests across two seasons in Austin, we highlight artists, creatives, designers, makers, craftspeople, and small business owners from Texas. Learn more at thefrontmarket.com.
—— FALL SEASON LINEUP ——
thefrontmarket.com
—— HOW TO ATTEND ——
The Front Market is open to the public—free or by donation. When you RSVP, you have the option to donate to our work: thefrontmarket.com.
—— PLAN YOUR VISIT + PARKING ——
thefrontmarket.com/faq
—— BEHIND FUTURE FRONT ——
Homegrown in Austin, Future Front is an award-winning cultural space and public exhibition series—with women and LGBTQ+ creatives at the front.
As a 501c3 arts and culture nonprofit, we produce two annual community-led exhibitions, The Front Market and The Front Festival, platforming independent artists and creatives across disciplines in Texas. Beyond our flagship exhibitions, we host seasonal shows and workshops at our creative space in East Austin, welcoming 25,000+ visitors per year.
Through these programs and a diverse network of partnerships, we invite the public (including you) to dream of a future where local art and creativity thrive in Texas—where we see ourselves and our cultures reflected in our communities.
FUTURE FRONT IS SUPPORTED IN PART BY an Elevate Grant of Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment, Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Texas Commission on the Arts, The LINE Hotel Austin, Waterloo Conservancy, Pease Park Conservancy, Preservation Austin, Movability, ART FOR ALL, Partiful, Moontower Rentals, Distribution Hall, Miscellaneous Rentals, Thirstday Tequila, the Red River Cultural District, Topo Chico, as well as Future Front’s donors and members.RSVP Here
90’s Music Party
Fri, Sep 18 at 7pm · Austin
I hope at least one person dresses up like Neo from the Matrix •
It's 90's night and we're taking it back with 90's jams and glam! Free entry and all ages!
Grab a photo strip from @theblurprintstudio and shop local vendors too! @anisdayandnight has delicious drinks from IPA to matcha as always and there's new food trucks to check out on site!
We're ready to throwback with our high waisted jeans
What are you wearing?RSVP Here
Queer Two-Step Night
Next Mon at 7pm · Austin
🌈QUEER TWO-STEP NIGHT🌈
MONDAY SEPT 14TH
TWO-STEP LESSONS + LIVE BAND
Learn how to Two-Step with Beginner & Intermediate Lessons from Cowpoke Movement 🐄
🚨No experience necessary 🚨 No partner necessary either! Bring friends or come solo.
Build up your confidence while having fun with community. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Social dancing after the lessons while live band plays 🎸🥁🎻 Twang & Twirl round the dancefloor!
with LIVE BAND : BLAKE WHITMIRE 🎶
Monday Sept 14th
Sagebrush
7-11pm
21+
$10 at the door (cash only plz)RSVP Here
Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5: Labor Gay Monday
Mon at 7pm · Austin
🌈LABOR GAY MONDAY AT NEON RAINBOWS 🌈
DOLLY PARTON’s 9 to 5 🦋
QUEER LINEDANCE NIGHT + DRAG SHOW🤠🏳️🌈
HOSTED BY BRIGITTE BANDIT
LEARN LINEDANCES TO DOLLY CLASSICS with @countryfrieddance
BUY RAFFLE TIX ~ benefitting local non-profit PROJECT TRANSITIONS 🏳️🌈 ~ you could WIN 2 WRISTBANDS TO ACL FEST WKND 1🏆
***no reserved seating - standing room only - first come, first serve!
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Bronco 1 🐴 is an emphasis on Beginner/Intermediate linedance levels. ❕
✨All experience levels welcome✨
Learn how to Linedance with fellow country queers at the famous Sagebrush Honky-Tonk 🤠 Lessons by @countryfrieddance & tunes by Ed West 🌈 Bring friends or ride solo! 🐴
Social dancing in between lessons.
7-11pm.
21+
Cash or Venmo accepted at door.
Queer space 🏳️⚧️ Ally-friendly 🏳️🌈RSVP Here
Audiobook Walk with YLBC + JuiceLand
Wed at 6pm · Austin
We’re taking book club outside.
Join Your Local Book Club ATX + JuiceLand for an evening audiobook walk around Lady Bird Lake. Bring your current audiobook, put on your headphones, and walk with us from JuiceLand to the Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge and back.
No assigned book, just your current listen + a community book lovers!
📍 JuiceLand @ Lake Austin Blvd
🗓 September 9, 2026
⏰ 6PM meet-up | 6:30PM walk
🎧 Bring your headphones + audiobook
🥤 JuiceLand fanny pack + wellness shot included
We’ll finish back at JuiceLand around 7:15–7:30PM.RSVP Here
Craft & cultivate w/ Lex 🌿✨🍄
Sat, Sep 12 at 7:15pm · Austin
Join me for my very first terrarium work shop🌵✨
DATE CHANGED TO SEPTEMBER 12TH!!!!!!!!!
Bring your creativity and leave with a custom, self-sustaining mini glass garden! Whether you're a seasoned plant lover or a total beginner, come spend a relaxed afternoon/evening learning, building, and styling your very own terrarium along with some snacks & drinks but ofc BYOB and BYOSif you want 🩷
PLEASE CONFIRM BY SEPTEMBER 28TH IF YOU WILL BE COMING SO I CAN HAVE ALL MATERIALS AHEAD OF TIME
Venmo : @alexisiguess
Cash App: alexisiguesss
Please validate your car @ R2park.com
Gate code 2297 building 5 in the back 3rd floorRSVP Here
S'mores Social: First Night of Fall Celebration
Tue, Sep 22 at 7pm · Austin
🔥 S’mores Social Under the Stars 🌙
Our third edition of this fun night + it's extra special because this is the first night of fall 🍂
Join us at Stargazer for a laid-back campfire-style hang with unlimited s’mores supplies, drink specials, and plenty of time to meet someone new (or catch up with someone you already know).
Whether you come with friends or show up solo, pull up a chair, build your s'more , and stay as long as you’d like.
Your ticket includes:
🔥 Unlimited s’mores buffet
🍻 Exclusive Stargazer drink deals
🃏 whole bunch of games
✨ A cozy evening under the stars
🎟️ ticket info
$8 when you book at least three days ahead
$10 after that
^pay with card here or venmo us
be sure to have your Venmo sent by Sept 19 for the earlybird price

No icebreakers. No awkward networking. Just a really good excuse to get outside and hang out. ❤️🔥 iRSVP Here