Shazam! (2019) Outdoor Screening with Koop

Shazam! (2019) Outdoor Screening with Koop

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

Little Mermaid - Zilker Hillside Theater

Little Mermaid

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Date: 07/12 – 08/17 | Time: 8:15 PM | Location: Zilker Hillside Theatre

Zilker Summer Musical 2019: The Little Mermaid

For their 61st Season, Zilker Theatre Productions (ZTP) is taking Summer Musical Fans “under the sea” with Disney’s The Little Mermaid.

This splashy musical adventure is sure to have audiences singing along with their favorite Disney songs! Based on the animated 1989 film of the same name, and the classic by Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, our show is about a mermaid who dreams of living in the the world above the sea and gives up her voice to find love.

Bring the kiddos (and doggies, too!) to Zilker Hillside Theater to watch Disney’s The Little Mermaid and spread out on a blanket on the Zilker lawn. Shows are performed Thursdays through Sundays at sundown, from July 12–August 17.

Price is FREE!

Click here for more information.

Movies in the Park: Space Jam

Movies in the Park: Space Jam

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Date: 07/11 | Time: 8:45PM | Location: Martin Middle School Fields

Movies in the Park: Space Jam

Details:

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 their food trucks and enjoy a night under the stars and in front of the screen.

Space Jam (PG) | 100 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!

In case of bad weather:

If there’s inclement weather, the event will be moved to Thursday, July 18th @ 8:45 PM.

Click here for more information.

Sola Summer Series - Community Workout

Sola Summer Series – Community Workout

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Date: Saturdays starting 07/06 | Time: 10AM  | Location: Little Zilker

Sola loves the community and they are proud to be THE gym in the ’04 since 2013. Join the coaches of SOLA for a weekly FREE, FUN COMMUNITY workout Saturdays at 10am starting July 6th.

WHEN: Saturdays – 10am  – Starting July 6th

WHERE: 2016 Bluebonnet Lane – Little Zilker Park

WHAT: A fun, free, community workout in the park

Meet your neighbors. Grow your community. Change your life.

For details, please visit Sola Series.

Jedi lightsaber training session (ages 6+)

Jedi Lightsaber Training Session (ages 6+)

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​Date: 07/10  | Time: 7 PM – 8:30 PM CDT​
| Location: Round Rock Public Library

Round Rock Public Library welcomes the Lone Star Saber Academy for an evening of Jedi Lightsaber Training.

This come-and-go activity is perfect for Jedi and padawans ages 6 years and older.

Participants will have a chance to train in small groups throughout the evening.

Enjoy some time watching the other groups while you await your group’s turn to train.

Costumes are welcome.

For more information, click on this link.