Movies in the Park - The Road to El Dorado at Dick Nichols. 07/25 at 8:45 PM. Photo credit: Austin Parks Foundation

Movies in the Park – The Road to El Dorado

Date: 07/25 | Time: 8:45 PM | Location: Dick Nichols Park

Movies in the Park – The Road to El Dorado

Movies in the Park is a series of free films brought to you by Austin Parks Foundation. They’ll be visiting nine different parks this year, so head out to grab some food from our food trucks and enjoy a night under the stars and in front of the screen.

The Road to El Dorado (PG) | 99 minutes

Need to Know:

Blankets, chairs, and on leash dogs are welcome! Styrofoam, glass, and alcohol are not permitted. Smoking is prohibited in the park, per city law.

Please pack out all trash and recyclables!

For more information, click here.

Storybook Dance Making

Storybook Dance Making

Date: 07/23 | Time: 10:30 – 11:30 AM | Location: Westbank Library

Storybook Dance Making at the Westbank Library

Storybook Dance Making is Dance Waterloo’s award-winning dance education program for families with children ages 5-10. Each class is inspired by a storybook.

The class consists of a warm-up, structured dance jam, storybook reading, and dance making activities that are fun for both children and adults!

*Parent/guardian participation required.

Dance Waterloo is a sponsored project of Austin Creative Alliance. The mission of Dance Waterloo is to cultivate, create, and perform interdisciplinary methods of dance for the community. Therefore this is done through public space, education, and collaboration.

We invite the public to act as both a dance observer and participant. The public can do this through free and pay-what-you-can performances and community dance programming. Most importantly, through this mission and vision, Austinites can enhance their appreciation of dance, the city, and of each other.

Click here for more information.

Gilmore Girls Trivia

Gilmore Girls Trivia

Date: 07/23 | Time: 8 PM | Location: Park Domain

Do you like Gilmore Girls trivia? Only with oxygen!

Get it Gals is hosting Gilmore Girls trivia! This is at the Park Domain on Tuesday, July 23 at 8 PM.

-Free to play

-All ages

-1-6 players per team

-30 team cap

-Prizes for top notch groups

Registration opens at 6:30, happy hour till 7, quiz kicks off at 8.

Looking to liven up a slow night at your bar? Host a themed-quiz with the Get it Gals.They have monthly, bi-monthly, and weekly slots available, and an entire menu of themes to choose from.

Click here for more information.

The AFC presents: Thank You Austin

The AFC presents: Thank You Austin

Date: 07/22  | Time: 4 – 9 PM | Location: Long Center

The Army Futures Command or AFC presents: Thank You Austin featuring the a concert by the U.S. Army Field Band.

The City of Austin welcomed Army Futures Command with open arms, and to thank y’all for your Texas-sized hospitality, they would like to invite you to Thank You, Austin!

This will happen on July 22 4-9pm, at the Long Center.

WELCOME BY: General John M. Murray – Commanding General, Army Futures Command

PERFORMANCES BY: US Army Field Band, 312th Army Rock Band, Golden Knights Parachute Team, U.S. Army Drill Team

Here’s what’s happening:

  • U.S. Army Field Band Concert Band and Soldiers’ Chorus Show, beginning at 7 p.m.
  • Parachute drop-in by the U.S. Army’s Golden Knights
  • U.S. Army Drill Team demonstrations
  • Live performance by the 312th Army Rock Band
  • Future Soldier Swear-In Ceremony honoring Austin-area men and women
  • Interactive displays in the Army eSports Gaming and Adventure Trailers
  • Texas Army National Guard Climbing Wall

For more information, click here.

Make a Toy Workshop

Make a Toy Workshop

Date: 07/19 | Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM CDT | Location: Easterseals Central Texas

Make a toy workshop is free! This is a hands on workshop for parents of children ages 0 to 5.

Join this hands-on toy-making workshop! Learn how to make toys out of everyday household materials that are easy and cheap for you and fun and beneficial for your children! Leave with a ready-to-play toy made by you!

Childcare is available. Please select a Childcare ticket if needed.

Please click here for more information.

Shazam! (2019) Outdoor Screening with Koop

Shazam! (2019) Outdoor Screening with Koop

Date: 07/19 | Time: 8:00PM – 11:00PM | Location: Community First! Village

Shazam! (2019) Outdoor Screening with Koop and Mobile Loaves & FIshes.

Mobile Loaves & Fishes and KOOP Radio invite you to a free movie night at their Community First! Village.

Grab chairs and a blanket, bring family and friends, and enjoy this special screening in partnership with KOOP!

Come explore Community First! Village, pick your spot, and enjoy your favorite movie snacks from the Community Grille. Burgers, french fries, snacks, and drinks will be available for purchase (cards only, cash no longer accepted).

The Shazam! (2019) outdoor screening is free, however a $5 donation would be highly appreciated. Donations can be made electronically when RSVPing to this event or via donation bucket at the venue.

We encourage you to support their Community Grille rather than bringing outside food and drinks.

Dress in weather-appropriate clothing and don’t forget your flashlights and bug spray. They also recommend wearing closed-toe shoes.

For more information, please click here.

Unplugged at the Grove 2019

Unplugged at the Grove 2019

Date: Every Thursday | Time: 8PM | Location: Shady Grove on Barton Springs Road

Join Austin City Limits Radio in celebrating 26 years of ACL Radio’s Unplugged at the Grove with free live music every Thursday evening at the iconic Shady Grove on Barton Springs Road!

It’s 23 consecutive weeks of the best live music, food, and fun you’ll experience under the clear, warm skies of Austin, Texas, with absolutely no cover charge! All ages are welcome to attend, and folks 21+ can enjoy $4 Ziegenbocks.

ACL Radio thanks everyone for making Unplugged at the Grove one of Austin’s longest running free concert series.

For more information, click here.

Blues on the Green at Zilker Park

Blues on the Green at Zilker Park

Date: 07/17 & 08/07 | Time: 8PM | Location: Zilker Park

Free Blues on the Green concert series returns to Zilker Park.

Austin’s favorite summer tradition is back for it’s 29th season! ACL Radio’s Blues on the Green invites music lovers out to Zilker Park to enjoy a family and pet friendly night of homegrown music in a relaxed atmosphere. Grab your family, friends, dogs, and blankets, and join us for Austin’s largest FREE concert series! 

Last remaining dates are July 17 and August 7.

The music starts at 8:00pm. Get there early to get a good spot and enjoy Zilker Park.​

Click here for directions.

Hartman Foundation Concerts in the Park

Hartman Foundation Concerts in the Park

Date: June 2-August 25, 2019 | Time: 7:30 PM- 9:30 PM | Location: Long Center for the Performing Arts

Austin Symphony Hartman Foundation “Concerts in the Park”

Free for everyone!

Kids frolicking, couples lounging on blankets, old friends in their trusty folding chairs, lone bicyclists and pedestrians who have been distracted from their destinations—all united by the sound of music. The Hartman Foundation “Concerts in the Park,” presented by the Austin Symphony Orchestra, brings together ardent enthusiasts and unwitting attendees alike just as similar events did in town centers years ago.

These free ensemble concerts take place in the Hartman Concert Park in front of the Long Center City Terrace. And is now in its 17th summer season.

The series is run on Sunday evenings from June 2nd through August 25th (except July 7th) 7:30 p.m. It’s important to note that the concerts are presented to the Austin community in thanks for its continued, generous support, as a gift from the Hartman Family Foundation.

Each Sunday a different ensemble of the Austin Symphony will be featured at the new Hartman Park. Located on the grounds of the Long Center for the Performing Arts, they will be performing music from jazz and light classical to pops selections and film scores. Concertgoers are encouraged to bring a picnic dinner and blanket and make it a group outing.

2019 Schedule

July 7 – No Concert
July 14 – Brass
July 21 – Big Band
July 28 – Woodwinds

August 4 – Strings
August 11 – Brass
August 18 – Woodwinds
August 25 – Big Band

For more information, click here.

McDade Watermelon Festival

71st Annual McDade Watermelon Festival

Date: 07/12 – 07/13 | Time: 8:00PM | Location: McDade Watermelon Festival Grounds

The McDade Watermelon Festival is in its 71st year! 

Always the 2nd Saturday in July. Street dance kicks off Friday night from 8pm to Midnight, $5 entry $2 beers. Saturday morning kicks off at 7am Uptown in the Historical area for the watermelon weigh-in. Locals compete form prize melon status.

Car show starts at 8am till 2pm when awards are handed out. Parade starts Uptown at 10:30am. By 11am the festival ground are hopping with people returning from the parade a block away. Concessions open, vendors, live music under the pavilion, home cooked brisket, sausage & burgers. Horseshoe & washer pitching tournaments under the large oak shade trees, bingo in the festival building with swamp coolers & ceiling fans. Watermelon eating contest, seed spitting contest, Riding mower rodeo (this is a timed obstacle course, lots of fun to watch. Participation requires your own mower).

Prize melon action happens at 5pm with a free melon feast for all, large slices too! We will have an sandy activity area for anyone to enjoy and water misting stations to help visitors cool off and picnic tables sitting under big oak trees.

The festival is run completely by dedicated volunteers that believe the tradition must continue. The money raised from the festival each year continues to help local school and offer grants to teachers to help their class rooms and a variety of youth programs.

For more information, visit McDade Texas.