Fall is the best season to visit Austin. The summer heat breaks in September, the Hill Country turns gold and amber in October, and the city produces the most packed and most genuinely extraordinary event calendar of the entire year. Austin City Limits Music Festival. Formula 1 at COTA. Halloween on Sixth Street. Freaky Deaky. […]
Archives for July 2026
Things to Do in Austin This Weekend — August 7 to 9, 2026
This is the last big weekend of Austin summer 2026. Summer Stock Austin closes its run with the final performances of both Disney’s Newsies and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella at UT’s McCullough Theatre and Bass Concert Hall. The Cedar Park Pro Rodeo brings two nights of genuine Texas rodeo action to the H-E-B Center. Free […]
Best Things to Do in Lago Vista TX — 2026 Guide
Lago Vista is one of the most genuinely beautiful and most genuinely underrated cities in the entire Austin area. Perched on the north shore of Lake Travis in the Texas Hill Country, Lago Vista combines world-class outdoor recreation on one of the most stunning lakes in Texas with a charming small-town character, a thriving arts […]
Best Things to Do in Austin for Halloween 2026 — The Complete Guide
Austin does Halloween better than almost any other city in the country. The city that brought you Keep Austin Weird turns October into a full month of haunted houses, immersive art experiences, costume bar crawls, ghost tours, pumpkin patches, family-friendly festivals, the biggest Halloween EDM festival in Texas, and one of the most legendary Halloween […]
Things to Do in Austin This Weekend — July 31 to August 2, 2026
August arrives in Austin this weekend and the city is celebrating accordingly. The biggest music story of the weekend is Dogstar at ACL Live, the band featuring Keanu Reeves on bass on the All In Now Tour, performing Saturday at 8 PM. Matroda brings electronic music to Concourse Project on Saturday night. Jo Dee Messina […]
Best Bachelorette Party Ideas in Austin TX — 2026 Guide
Austin is the number one bachelorette party destination in Texas and one of the top five in the entire country. The combination of world-class outdoor adventures on Lake Travis, legendary nightlife on Sixth Street and Rainey Street, drag brunch, Hill Country wine tours, two-stepping at genuine Texas honky-tonks, luxury spas, rooftop bars, and a city […]