Austin Symphony Concerts in the Park
From May through August the Hartman Foundation along with the Austin Symphony put on the seventh year of Concerts in the Park. The Long Center gave just enough protection from the setting sun to make the sometimes unbearable Texas heat not much of a factor. Some came with nothing but a blanket to sit on [...]
Free Press Summer Fest Sunday 2010
Day two of Free Press Summer Fest 2010 picked up right up where day one left off. It was hot, 105 on the feels like index, and then around 3 PM mother nature threw us a change up, a mid-summer down pour. If you had fancy pants tickets the fancy pants tent was the place [...]
Austin Wine & Music Festival 2010
Three days of good wine, good music and good food. That’s what The Austin Wine & Music Festival provided this year. Even with the temperature creeping towards 100 degrees thousands came out to The Domain to get a taste of great Texas wine. I did have a grilled cheese sandwich from Chedds and it was [...]
Austin TXRD
Hell on wheels. That is what comes to mind as I watch some of the toughest women in Austin strap on roller skates and fly around a banked track in a controlled chaos. This ain’t no Disney on Ice. Here you might might draw blood, will likely get an elbow to the ribs and can [...]
Shinedown
Shinedown performed at the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo in Austin on 03-25. Even in the middle of an arena full of horse crap they were the shit. During the show Brent Smith, the lead vocalist, mentioned that they have not been here in about five years and were blown away by the people [...]
SXSW 2010 Pictures
Most people either love or hate SXSW. Like a tsunami of technology, film and music South By Southwest 2010 came and went engulfing Austin in a whirlwind of events and parties that challenged even the most experienced and tireless party goers. Between the Interactive, Film and Music thousands of people descended upon the city pumping [...]
Pure Volume Austin SWSX
Like most events during South By, South By Southwest is not cool anymore, get in line. This was my first interaction with Pure Volume in Austin. Maybe it’s my fault, but I am still unclear who they are. Future club? Promoter? I Dunno… This week they are hosting many parties at the space formerly known [...]
Do512 Shiner 101 Party
There are two words guaranteed to bring people together in Austin: Free Beer. To promote their new beer, Shiner 101, Shiner and Do512 teamed up and threw a party at The Scholz Beer Garden dance hall with free Shiner, food and live music. I’m not even certain what to call that place which used to [...]
Guy Forsyth at Gruene Hall
About 50 miles south of Austin and just west of IH-35 you will find a town that has been gently resisting change since 1872. It is a popular day trip from Austin and when you get into the heart of Gruene Texas you see why. The main attraction and social center in town is Gruene [...]
Yam Jam 2009
The Austin Yam Jam is a music benefit in it’s third year put on to fund Operation Turkey which was founded to help feed the homeless on Thanksgiving. In typical fashion Austin came through big this year raising enough to money to feed 4,000 people! This year the Austin Yam Jam paid tribute to the [...]
