Zilker Park
351-acre crown jewel of Austin’s park system, home of the Austin City Limits Music Festival every October — two weekends, 9 stages, 100+ acts, 450,000 attendees across six days in…
Long Center for the Performing Arts
Lady Bird Lake prestige PAC with iconic skyline-view ring façade, built atop the old Palmer Auditorium. Dell Hall ~2,400; full complex ~6,400 across rooms and terrace. Home to Austin Symphony,…
3TEN ACL Live
ACL Live’s intimate sister room, tucked next to the Moody Theater box office in the W Hotel block. 350 capacity, sit-down or GA depending on the act. Runs as the…
ACL Live at the Moody Theater
Home stage of the PBS series Austin City Limits, the longest-running music program in American TV history. Opened 2011 in the W Hotel building downtown. ~100 concerts/year plus ACL TV…
Antone’s Nightclub
‘Austin’s Home of the Blues since 1975.’ Clifford Antone opened the original on 6th Street July 1975, hosted B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Albert Collins, James Brown, and launched Stevie Ray…
Auditorium Shores
Downtown waterfront lawn opposite the Long Center where Austin throws its biggest free events. Stevie Ray Vaughan memorial statue at the lake’s edge. Home of SXSW Outdoor Stage and historic…
Bass Concert Hall
Opened 1981, flagship of Texas Performing Arts at UT Austin and the largest proscenium theater in Austin. Primary stop for Broadway tours (Hadestown, Six), Austin Symphony’s bigger productions, and prestige…
Broken Spoke
‘Last of the True Texas Dancehalls’ and the oldest continuously operating music venue in Austin. James White opened the Spoke in 1964 a mile south of the city limits under…
Cactus Cafe
Opened 1979 inside the Texas Union. Country’s premier listening room for folk and Americana — Townes Van Zandt, Lyle Lovett, Robert Earl Keen, Lucinda Williams, the Dixie Chicks, Nanci Griffith,…
Cheer Up Charlies
Austin’s flagship queer venue and a Red River Cultural District anchor. Opened 2010 by Maggie Lea and Tamara Hoover; relocated to historic 900 Red River building (continuous LGBTQ+ space since…