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Visual Review: Free Week 2022
One of our favorite weeks of the year is in January when the Red River Cultural District hosts Free Week. This week celebrates local musicians and is a great way to discover to you new bands. Review the week with...
Read More⟶Stay Warm and Dine Outdoors
While it may not be patio season temperatures for the average Texan, we still need safer ways to get out of the house. Dining outdoors is much more pleasant on a heated patio! So without further ado, here is where...
Read More⟶Free Week in Red River 2022
The week we have all been waiting for is almost here! It’s Free Week in the Red River Cultural District. Enjoy free performances by your favorite local musicians in venues throughout Red River from January 6th-8th, 2022 at these participating...
Read More⟶NYE in the ATX
Goodbye 2021, hello 2022! Hopefully 2022 will be brightest year of the 2020s so far. Either way, we can celebrate surviving 2021 on December 31. If you are still looking for a fun way to ring in the New Year,...
Read More⟶Black Friday and Small Business Saturday Downtown
Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Small Business Saturday are the trifecta of holidays happening hitting us next. Your support of our local businesses helps us Keep Austin Weird. Here is how to support local this week. Thanksgiving Foxy’s Proper Pub: Thanksgiving dinner...
Read More⟶Homelessness Initiatives Downtown
Community First! Update Our contributions to Community First! Village have now reached the $1 million mark. In 2017, our board approved a pledge to donate $2 million over ten years to support the nearly $120 million capital campaign to develop phases...
Read More⟶Getting I-35 Right is Vital for Austin’s Community and Economy
By Dewitt Peart For over 25 years, the Downtown Austin Alliance has collaborated with community partners to champion solutions to the complex challenges our city faces. Great places don’t just happen—they are built by people and organizations that care deeply...
Read More⟶Finest Festivals of Austin
Even the most average days in Austin always have something fun going. If you want to ramp up the excitement in your life about twenty notches, come to Austin during a festival. Here are some of the fun festivals that...
Read More⟶Make the Best of ACL Downtown
Austin City Limits Music Festival is known around the world, bringing in visitors from all over. Passes sold out in record times this year, but even if you don’t have tickets to the festival, there are other fun ways to...
Read More⟶Live Music Venues
Austin is known as The Live Music Capital of the World. Our city has more live music venues per capita than anywhere else. Let’s recognize the wonderful places that helped Austin get that name, the live music venues. Here is...
Read More⟶Vegan and Vegetarian Places Downtown
Dietary restrictions can make going out to eat challenging, especially when you’re meeting with someone who does not eat a similar diet. If you are a vegetarian or vegan, here are some places that have great plant-based options that are...
Read More⟶The Dog Blog: Pet Friendly Places
We want to spend as much time with our furry best friends as possible, but it isn’t always easy when you want to venture somewhere other than a dog park. Downtown is full of great places to spend time with...
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