AUSTINMUSICGUIDE

We're known as the Live Music Capital of the World®

with good reason. Austin plays host to nearly 200 live music venues
and more than 1,900 artists. You'll find everything from rock, pop, Tejano,
hip-hop, jazz, gospel, blues and country here. And you'll also meet
audiophiles from around the globe taking it all in.

There’s simply always something playing in Austin. The annual

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SXSW music conference and festival is one of the world’s biggest.
Austin City Limits is television’s longest running music program. The annual
ACL Festival has become a can't-miss event for tens of thousands.

So, how best to navigate our massive music scene? Consider

this guide your entry point. It highlights key entertainment districts,
clubs, restaurants, events — even where to see more than
a million Mexican free-tailed bats take flight nightly (Ann Richards
Congress Ave. Bridge). Take a look, listen up, get out there and enjoy.
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JANUARY APRIL (CoNt.) JUNE oCtoBER
• 1/19 Martin Luther King Jr. March and Festival • 4/5 The Grind Sports and Music Festival • 6/11–6/14 Republic of Texas Biker Rally • 10/2–10/4 Austin City Limits Music Festival
mlkcelebration.com roadwayevents.com rotrally.com aclfestival.com
• 1/31 Carnaval Brasileiro • 4/16–4/19 Texas Wine and Food Festival • 6/19 Central Texas Juneteenth Celebration
NoVEMBER
sambaparty.com texaswineandfood.org geaya.net/juneteenth.htm
• 11/28 Chuy’s Christmas Parade
• 4/16–4/19 Old Settlers Music Festival
chuysparade.com
oldsettlersmusicfest.org
FEBRUARY JULY
• 4/18–4/19 Austin Reggae Festival DECEMBER
• 2/4–2/8 Austin Lyric Opera Presents Rigoletto austinreggaefest.com • 7/4 The Austin Symphonic Band Presents Frontier
austinlyricopera.org Days Celebration asband.com • 12/11–12/24 The Armadillo Christmas Bazaar
• 4/25–4/26 Art City Austin armadillobazaar.com
• 2/15 The Austin Marathon artallianceaustin.org • 7/4 Fourth of July Fireworks and Symphony
youraustinmarathon.com austinsymphony.org • 12/31 First Night Austin
• 4/25 Eeyore’s Birthday Party firstnightaustin.org
eeyores.sexton.com
MARCH AUGUSt For more events and info visit austintexas.org

• 3/13–3/28 Rodeo Austin MAY • 8/8 Austin Ice Cream Festival

rodeoaustin.com roadwayevents.com
• 5/1–5/31 Latino Music Month
• 3/18–3/22 South by Southwest Music Festival austinlatinomusic.com • 8/22 Batfest
sxsw.com roadwayevents.com
• 5/2–5/3 Old Pecan Street Festival
• 3/18–3/21 Texas Rockfest oldpecanstreetfestival.com
texasrockfest.com
• 5/9 Brew-B-Que SEPtEMBER
roadwayevents.com
• 9/4–9/6 Kerrville Wine and Music Festival
APRIL • 5/21–6/7 Kerrville Folk Festival kerrville-music.com
kerrville-music.com
• 4/4 Urban Music Festival • 9/26–9/27 Old Pecan Street Festival
urbanmusicfest.com • 5/30 Pachanga Festival oldpecanstreetfestival.com
pachangafest.com
• 4/4 Swamp Thing and Crawfish Festival
roadwayevents.com
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900 Red River St. 457-0900
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Concert halls, folk and rock all off “The Drag”
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From Texas’ oldest dance hall to favorite local eateries

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Eclectic mix of vintage shops, bars and restaurants Trendy renovated warehouses and historic venues

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208 Nueces St. 263-4146 theluckylounge.com
threadgills.com
austinmusichall.com
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3601 S. Congress Ave., Ste. D-200
510 S. Congress Ave. 474-7091 3. CEDAR StREEt
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1315 S. Congress Ave. 441-2444 11. JoVItA'S copabarandgrill.com

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1321 S. Congress Ave. 916-1315
botticellissouthcongress.com
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1703 S. First St. 445-9197 mariamariarestaurants.com
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freddiesplaceaustin.com

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Old blues joints meet hip lounges on Austin's east side Laid-back pubs with a true Austin vibe

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Probably our most well-known district, Sixth Street offers live music, shot bars and clubs
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1. B.D. RILEY'S 8. MAGGIE MAE'S
204 E. Sixth St. 494-1335 323 E. Sixth St. 478-8541
bdrileys.com maggiemaesaustin.com

2. FRIEND'S BAR 9. AGAVE RANCH 616

208 E. Sixth St. 320-8193 415 E. Sixth St. 469-7892 616 Nueces St. 479-7616 theranch616.com
friendsbar.com myspace.com/agavebar Music every Tuesday and Thursday at 8 p.m.

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214 E. Sixth St. 479-0474 1624 Barton Springs Rd. 474-9991 theshadygrove.com
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theparishroom.com “Unplugged at the Grove” series, Thursday nights, April 10 – September 25
421 E. Sixth St. 472-7383
petesduelingpianobar.com tREE HoUSE ItALIAN GRILL
4. ACES LoUNGE
2201 College Ave. 443-4200 treehousegrill.com
222 E. Sixth St. 477-2237 11. NUNo'S oN 6tH Music Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 – 10 p.m.
acesaustin.com 422 E. Sixth St. 833-5133

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5. DARwIN'S 4001 Parmer Ln. 835-0010 coolrivercafe.com
223 E.Redrum
Sixth St. 474-7399 12. FLAMINGo CANtINA Music Thursday, Friday and Saturday
myspace.com/darwins_pub 515 E. Sixth St. 494-9336
flamingocantina.com SULLIVAN'S StEAkHoUSE RINGSIDE
6. 311 CLUB 300 Colorado St., 495-6504 sullivansteakhouse.com
311 E. Sixth St. 477-1630 13. EL SoL Y LA LUNA Jazz Monday through Saturday
600 E. Sixth St. 444-7770
7. BLIND PIG elsolylalunaaustin.com EDDIE V'S EDGEwAtER GRILL
317 E. Sixth St. 472-0809 301 E. Fifth St. 472-1860 eddiev.com
myspace.com/theblindpig Music every night
LAMBERt'S DowNtowN BARBECUE
401 W. Second St. 494-1500 lambertsaustin.com
Music upstairs every night
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5001 E. Ben White Blvd. 444-2020 patsyscowgirlcafe.com
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QUALItY SEAFooD 1110 E. 52nd St. 6550 Comanche Trail
5621 Airport Blvd. 454-5827 qualityseafoodmarket.com (5 miles from downtown) (17 miles from downtown)
Music Mondays and Wednesdays 6 – 8 p.m. 452-6790 carousellounge.net 266-2442 oasis-austin.com
MANUEL'S DowNtowN GINNY'S LIttLE LoNGHoRN HANoVER'S DRAFt HAUS
310 Congress Ave. 472-7555 manuels.com 5434 Burnet Rd. 108 E. Main St., Pflugerville, TX 78660
Jazz Brunch Sundays 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. (7 miles from downtown) (18 miles from downtown)
458-1813 ginnyslittlelonghorn.com 670-9617 hanoversaustin.com
MExICAN FooD & MARIACHIS
EVANGELINE CAFE IGUANA GRILL
8106 Brodie Ln. #115 2900 RR 620 North
AzUL tEQUILA (10 miles from downtown) (24 miles from downtown)
4211 S. Lamar Blvd. 416-9667 azultequila.com 282-2586 evangelinecafe.com 266-8439 iguanagrillaustin.com

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Mariachis, Thursday 7 – 9 p.m. and Friday 9 –11 p.m.

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GRAHAM CENtRAL PooDIES HILLtoP BAR
LAS PALoMAS StAtIoN 22308 Hwy. 71 West, Spicewood, TX 78669
3201 Bee Caves Road #122 327-9889 laspalomasrestaurant.com 1719 E. Grand Ave. Pkwy., Pflugerville, TX 78660 (26 miles from downtown)
Jazz Wednesdays 7 – 9 p.m., Mexican Trio Fridays 7–10 p.m. (15 miles from downtown) 264-0318 poodies.com
252-0664 grahamcentralstationaustin.com
LA FERIA CHEAtHAM StREEt
2010 S. Lamar Blvd. 326-8301 laferiaaustin.com Mariachis, Thursdays 7 – 9 p.m. MERkABA LoUNGE wAREHoUSE
& GRILL 119 Cheatham St., San Marcos, TX 78666
NUEVo LEoN 14106 N. I-35 Suite A (31 miles from downtown)
1501 E. Sixth St. 479-0097 nuevoleoninaustin.com Mariachis, Fridays 7–10 p.m. (15 miles from downtown) 353-3777 cheathamstreet.com
670-0404 merkabaloungeandgrill.com
GoSPEL BRUNCH GRUENE HALL
tHE NUttY BRowN CAFE 1281 Gruene Rd., New Braunfels, TX 78130
12225 W. Highway 290 (46 miles from downtown)
tHREADGILL'S (16 miles from downtown) 830-606-1281 gruenehall.com
Music nightly as scheduled (see South Austin listing) 301-4648 nuttybrown.com
Sunday Gospel Brunch 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. wHItEwAtER oN tHE
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StUBB'S BARBEQUE 10206 FM 973 North, Manor, TX 78653 11860 FM 306, New Braunfels, TX
Music nightly as scheduled (see Red River listing) (17 miles from downtown) (55 miles from downtown)
Gospel brunch Sunday 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. (reservations recommended) 278-8788 theoakslive.com 830-964-3800 whitewaterrocks.com
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Don't miss our music landmarks, museums,
tours, memorials and iconic businesses
AUStIN CItY LIMItS StUDIo toUR
Public tours of Studio 6A, the home of the award-winning
public television program Austin City Limits, Fridays at 10:30 a.m. KLRU-TV klru.org
CoLLINGS GUItAR FACtoRY
Public tours on Fridays at 3:30 p.m. 11210 W. Hwy. 290 collingsguitars.com
StEVIE RAY VAUGHAN MEMoRIAL
Memorial statue erected in 1994 honors one of the greatest guitarists of all time.
South bank of Austin’s Lady Bird Lake between Lamar and First Street Bridge.
ME tELEVISIoN
Austin’s own music television station. Tune in on cable channel 15. metelevision.com
wAtERLoo RECoRDS
Voted best independent record store in the country. Live in-store
shows weekly. 600A N. Lamar Blvd. 474-2500 waterloorecords.com
AUStIN MUSIC MEMoRIAL
Memorial at the Joe and Teresa Long Center honors individuals who contributed
to the development of the Austin music community.
tExAS MUSIC MUSEUM
A collection of artifacts concerning the diverse traditions of Texas music.
1009 E. 11th St. 472-8891 texasmusicmuseum.org
CItY HALL
City Council: Honors a local musician at every
Thursday council meeting, 5:30 p.m.
Live from the Plaza: Free concerts from April – December
(every Friday at noon) ci.austin.tx.us/music/live.htm
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Music in the Air: Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
features live music 11 times a week at four locations Mon. – Fri.
ci.austin.tx.us/austinairport/musicartstours.htm
GRoCERY StoRES
Central Market: Both Austin locations feature live music
three times a week centralmarket.com
Whole Foods Market: “Music at the Market” spring music series,
Thursday evenings from 6 — 7:30 p.m., seasonal wholefoodsmarket.com
RoAD RACES
Austin Marathon: (February 15) Features more than 30 bands along the race
youraustinmarathon.com
Capitol 10K: (March 29) Features a band at every mile marker
statesman.com/sports/content/cap10k
LADY BIRD LAkE
Woode Wood: Austin’s Lady Bird Lake troubadour
performs for runners most mornings on the south bank
at Lou Neff Point woodewood.com