
Austin events this weekend.
Things to do in Austin from Friday night through Sunday.
Austin does most of its going out on the weekend, and this page is built around that.
How the weekend works
The list runs Friday night through Sunday, grouped by day, with the big annual festivals and the small neighborhood plans side by side, from downtown to the suburbs. Use it to compare a Saturday matinee with a Friday show, find a Sunday market, or line up a free afternoon for the kids. Early in the week it previews the coming weekend; once Friday arrives it tracks the current one.
How the weekend is counted
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. On Saturday the list drops Friday, and on Sunday it shows what is left of the weekend, so you are never looking at events that already happened.
Weekend rhythms in Austin
Saturdays tend to stack daytime markets and festivals with evening concerts, and fall game days fill the UT campus and downtown. Sundays lean toward brunch, matinees, and family outings around Zilker Park and Lady Bird Lake. Each card names the venue, so you can plan a whole day in one part of town.
Make a plan that holds
Weekend shows sell out, and outdoor plans move with the heat and the storms. Save the events you are considering, then confirm details through the organizer link before you go.


Little Women

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AACHF & Creative Mornings Presents: "ALTITUDE" A talk with Oen Michale Hammonds

Exploded Drawing 16 Year Anniversary

Year Round Volunteer Opportunities

Art in Cahoots at University Hills Library

COTALAND - Park Open

Monster Mash One Day Art Camp (Oak Hill)

Monster Mash One Day Art Camp (Brentwood)

Talk Time

Little Halloween Party

Morning Mah Jongg!

Preschool Halloween Glow Party

Power for Parkinson’s - Free Tango Classes

The Brunch Bus

Live Music by Bercy

The Toast

Halloween Weekend @ Fortune Teller

Weird Austin City Tour

Rally for Recovery: Free Pickleball Afternoon

Pop Up Library Van Stop

Deep Dives into Popular Films

Stitch in Time Club - Final Fridays

Paper Moon with Frank Marshall

Freaky Deaky 2026 - Friday 18+

The Brew Bus

Hometown Halloween

Lego Lab

Teen Halloween Movie Series: Beetlejuice

Kegs on the Lawn

MALL-O-WEEN

Micah Foster

Raíces y Alas: A Día de los muertos celebration

Trunk or Treat in the Hills

Jacob Alan Jager

Chasing Indigo After Dark: The Witching Hour

RATED Presented by We Insure

All Hallows Swing

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Party

Future Ancestors: Black Creators on Bluebonnet Hill

Pat Green Live

Hallo's Eve at Pan Am

The War And Treaty

Hallow's Eve Eve! Day Friend, Wavy Eye, & Ash and the Endings. Costumes Encouraged.

WAGONEERS, Monte Warden, Matt Mouton

Howloween at Neighbors Dog Park

FIRE FROM THE GODS: Halloween Party

STARFIRE PRESENTS: HALLOWEEN HOEDOWN!

Boos Fest & Car Show – Day of the Dead Celebration!

King Daddy & the Flat Five with Guy Forsyth and Alan Haynes

Johnny McGowan’s Rugged Gents

Halloween Eve Party: Antique Mule After Dark

Live Music w/ Johnny Blue

ClubMet Halloween Eve

Halloween Bat Paddle

Dive-in Movies: Spooky Edition

Halloween Party with La Frenetika plus Cumbia Class

Intro to the Art of Sushi in Austin

Suzanna Choffel

The Nightmare Before Christmas

HAUNTEDWEEN (1991)

Austin's Performance Club

B Scene: Monster Ball

Cheap Trick (or Treat): The Music of Cheap Trick By the Dave Diers Band

Latin Night

Pinwheel, Port of Monks, Burning Low, Girl Dinner + more

Playlunch

Squirrel Flower w/ Sour Widows

The Dark Side of the Moon with DeAnn Rene

The Smithereens

NoDak Palooza

Halloween Weekend w/ Bidi Bidi Banda

Jelly Ellington record release show w / special guests The Mammoths

Cumbia de los Muertos

Sophia Bush: And I Will Tell You Mine

Mimic Night

Nightfall at Lioness: Democracy After Dark Halloween Party

HALLOWEEN HORROR SHOW

Dödsmanande - Paranormal Event

New Orleans Night! A Mardi Gras Party with the Parker House Band & Friends

Full Moon Ritual

The Austin Séance at The Vortex (Early Sitting)

Nightmare on Braker Street

Vino & Vices: A Seven Deadly Sins Wine Tasting Experience

Enjoy Free Live Music at The Ruby Bar on October 30, 2026

Double or Nothing Two-Step w/ Mayeux & Broussard + More

Haunted Austin

Origins of Fear

2nd annual MISCHEIF NIGHT

Kids Halloween Costume Contest

2nd Annual Mischief Night w/ KLTR, Release the Captive & More

Cumbia Night with Llamativa

James Suter Quintet

Eyerl

Kids Halloween Costume Contest at Pinballz Lake Creek

The Filigree Theatre presents ALL MY SONS by Arthur Miller

Secret Level: Stand-Up Comedy Show

Goodbye June w/ Cole Barnhill

STAMPEDE: Boo Scootin' Boogie (linedance party)

Friday Nights ft. DJ Sleepy

The Dumbest Show on Earth ft. English Teeth, Special Guests, Trivia, Scream Battle, Puppets, Costume Contest & more

Warped Tour Nite w/ Emo Hero, Killer Tango, Killswitch Enraged

Frogmouth Album Release show with Microscopic Telescope and Social Dissonance

West Texas Exiles

Hilary York

The Smiths vs Morrissey Night at Hotel Vegas

"The Witch" Outdoor Movie Screening INSIDE the Goat Pen

Mozworth (Single Release) w/ Jaded Ravins

Courtney Santana

Will Wright, Leo Rondeau, Cactus Lee

HALLOWEEN AT DATE THE CAPITAL

AJ Castillo

Randeen

HALLOWEEN PARTY ft. The English Channels, Bloody Capes + Mars God

Chaotic Singles HALLOWEEN Party

Scaryoke

Suzanne La Follette's Poetry Book Release

Monster (Romance) Bash

Alborosie – Live in Austin!

Emily Gimble at the Continental Gallery

Halloween Costume Contest

MJ Night

Halloween Costume Contest at Pinballz Lake Creek

The Last Jimenez

10,000 Spoons When All You Need is a Cruise

Woody Russell (solo) at Fairmont Austin - Fulton Lounge

Dombresky (21 and Over)

90's Night w/ Rhinosaur

Dombresky (Extended Set) at The Concourse Project

bs / Whyyesss / Georgia Britt

Fright Night: A Mati & Lars Halloween Party

The Stalemate

Nightmare Before Halloween Live Music Show at Hanovers Pflugerville

T- Virus - A Resident Evil Drag Show

Saints & Sinners Halloween Party

DJ JESTER The Filipino Fist with DJ MANILA ICE

Gil Del Bosque Quartet

PERREO CLUB X NOCHE DE BRUJAS

Craig Robinson

Adult Halloween Costume Contest

La Llorona, A Folk Horror Ballet

My Chemical Romance Long Live the Black Parade Drag in Draag Show

Bitchcraft

The Austin Séance at The Vortex (Late Sitting)

Crashing in with King Louie: Halloween Party

The Heavy Heavy @10, Barfield

SOUL IN THE HOLE w/ Special Guest DJ Billie Buck - Last Friday of the Month!

Dom Francis

Fingerpistol

Dennis Ferrer

Sibil, Hot Donna, Sam Clark, Stone

SugaRee & Cold Sweat all night long!

HALLOWEEN @ THE BATHS : POISON GARDEN

BETTER OFF ALONE: A 90s/2000s RAVE DANCE PARTY

The Rocky Horror Picture Show with O’Brien’s Orchestra

Darius Jackson Live At Friends

Friday With Raul Ayala

Late Nights at Monks | Christian Wiggs

Sabados en Familia with Mexamericon: Latine Superheroes Throughout History

2026 UT Football Season: University of Texas vs. Mississippi State

Catherine Sikora Mingus & Eric Mingus WORKSHOP

Howdy Gals & Glaze PresentFreakshow on Fruth St.

MURDER MYSTERY WEEKEND

USA BMX Texas Nationals

University of Texas Football vs Mississippi State - presented by State Farm

Little Banger’s on Rainey

Roots & Wings Festival

Halloween Family Fun Fest

Chris Jones Trio

Halloween Costume Event

Weird Austin City Tour

Artisan Mercado

Texas Pumpkin Fest

Arboretum Food and Artisan Market

Casa de la Cultura: Caminata con Dulces

Creekfest with South Austin Creek Alliance

Walk Through Austin's Music History: An Austin Music Culture & History Walking Tour

Round Rock Farmers Market

Tree ID Walk for Seed Savers at the Twin Oaks Library

Naked Yoga for Men (Saturdays)

Judy Moody & Stink: The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Treasure Hunt

Howl-O-Ween at Codependent

Mexamericon Comic Con

Pinthouse Pizza 14th Anniversary & Halloween Extravaganza

Upstairs at Scaroline: Halloween Party

Hallowen Spooky Brunch

College Football

Haunted Halloween 5k at Hi Sign Brewing

Halloween Hootenanny

The Brunch Bus

Big Bowls Workshop at Feats of Clay Pottery

The Reaper Challenge at Tumble 22

Spooky Shrinky Dinks

Halloween Crafternoon

The Long Haul

UT Football Watch Parties

Pumpkin Carver

Austin Witches Market @ Barrett's Too!

Over The Garden Wall Halloween Book Faire

Halloween Carnival

SoCo Jazz Collective

History Surrounds

Creepy Crawlies @ DAC

Escape the Box: A Time Travel-themed Downtown Escape Game

“Writing Humor in Memoir” with Greg Marshall

Board Game Fun

Chess Club for Kids & Teens

Barking Book Buddies

Fiber Arts with the Untangled Yarners

Halloween Party with music by Mariachi Amor

Howdy Gals and Glaze Present: Freakshow on Fruth Street

BookPeople's Trick-Or-Read

Hocus Pocus Drag Brunch

Spookydale & St. HELLmo - Kids & Adults Halloween Party!

Halloween Special: Clay Pumpkins

Haunted Estate Sale

Market Macabre at Tweedy's x 29th St. Ballroom

The Crafty Adult

All Skate

Traditional Sounds of the 1920s: Son Jalisciense

Austin Official Halloween Bar Crawl 2026

Azúcar Tequila Halloween Game Day

Freaky Deaky 2026 - Saturday 18+

Longhorn City Limits w/ Uncle Kracker & Julianna Rankin

Halloweird

Trick-Or-Treat Trail

Austin Film Festival's FREE Roundtable

Kathy McCarty, Shoulders release party

The Brew Bus

Los Verdes Watch Party | Austin FC vs Los Angeles Galaxy

Lost Austin Band at the Saxon Pub, Austin

Neon Rainbows' YEEHAWLOWEEN

Austin Witches Market @ Oasis Texas Brewing Co!

Austin Witches Market @ St. Elmo Springdale!

Boo Dates Pottery Night (Oak Hill)

Boo Dates Pottery Night (South Austin)

Boo Dates Pottery Night (Brentwood)

Sophie Gault

HALLOWEEN (1987)

OVER 30's HALLOWEEN DAY PARTY

Spooky Sober Saturday

Brian Wolff: Live at Guero's

Halloween at Edge

St. HELLmo (South)

Howl-O-Scream at Givens Recreation Center

Halloween w/ The Jesus and Mary Chain, Protomartyr, Holy Wave, DAIISTAR

Halloween Show

Howl-O-Scream at Turner-Roberts Recreation Center

Ray Gunn Presented by JP’s Peace, Love & Happiness Foundation

A White Horse Halloween w/ The Darryl's (Album Release)

SoCo Partner Dance Practica

17th Annual Austin Tequila Fest

Ancient Forward and Mafaro Marimba

Blood Rave 5.0: Vampir

Femme Rock Halloween House Party

SoCo Fall Festival

OSEES ft. Brigid Dawson with Traps PS - NIGHT 1 - SOLD OUT

Henry Invisible

Twilight on Halloween

Palestine Banner Team

STATELINE BAND, Silverheels Band

Midnight, Night of the Vampire, Paraciticide, Governor

Monster Mash Halloween Party

Masquerade Murder Mystery Dinner at Hotel Viata

Tails from the Crypt

Texas Longhorns Football vs. Mississippi State Bulldogs Football

Texas Longhorns vs Mississippi State Bulldogs Football Watch Party at Hanovers Pflugerville

Amir Neubach & Avery Stewart will be performing live in our Texas Vine & Brew Garden!

Intro to Wheel Throwing

A Murder Most Improvised

A Night of a Thousand Screams: A Burlesque Variety Show

HALLOWEEN HORRORS! LIVE AT KICK BUTT COFFEE!

Hamell’s Halloweird Party

In the Red, Halloween closing celebration featuring the artwork of Sean Muldrow

Surely Tempo

Mr. Fantasy - Sexy Saturday Nights Tour

Craig Robinson

Surely Tempo w/ Vintage Pictures

HeartByrne: A Talking Heads Dance Party - Psycho Thriller

Drag Me to the Tavern: Halloween Edition

ROCKY HORROR LIVE!

Dave & Boo-ster's Moonlight Mixer

Halloween Séance at The Vortex (Early Sitting)

Behind the Mask Art Exhibition Closing Party

The Ruby Bar Hosts Live Music Saturday Featuring Matt Bowles

Halloween with DJ Lovecats

Halloween Party

2026 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game

The Austin Halloween Parade: The Gravest Show on Earth

Miles Davis Trio

Kat Hasty with Travis Roberts

The Nightmare Before Halloween | Brian Donohoe & Co Play the Music of Danny Elfman

Matthew Robinson

2nd Annual "All Grown Up" Halloween Party

Halloween w/ BUKU | Meduso | DJ Scary Weekend

La Noche de Los Muertos Halloween Experience

Resound & Mohawk Present: Blade Rave at Mohawk

Spirits Among Us: A Night of Witchcraft & Whiskey

The Peterson Brothers

Madeon

Ghostland Observatory (Under 17 with guardian)

Twin Peaks Hole'O'Ween ft. Soundtrack covers, DJ Dance Party & Costume Contest

Out & Abt Austin: Halloween!

The Highball '80s Halloween Dance Party

Aurora Bleu

The Fretliners: Halloween Night at Meridian

Secret Stash

gumBasso proFundo!

Daft Disko: A French House & Disco Halloween

Pickpockets

Emocean Avenue presents: A Halloween You Can't Sweat Out II at The Ballroom

Flamingo's 35th Birthday with the Mau Mau Chaplains and more

SPOOKY PERREO

WHIPLASH: 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

Four Tet (Extended Set) at The Concourse Project

Saturday Nights feat. DJ Wyld Kyle

ValHalloween & Farewell Show w/ Transit Method, Bat Lips, Destroyer of Light, Ne’er Do Well, Naga Brujo

Brigitte Bandit's Haunted Hoedown

The Brew

Sing Along Saturdays with The Lonestar Souvenirs

NightBears on 6th Street

Halloween at the COCO Complex

MBM Halloween on the Neon Grotto Rooftop feat. Hot Donna + Brett Johnson

SMELLS LIKE SCREAM SPIRIT (90s Rock)

Halloween “House” Party but it’s at a local brewery

Haunted Rooftop | Austin Halloween Party

Disco Inferno

Halloween Séance (Late Sitting)

The Lonestar Souvenirs at Speakeasy

Dance Floor Is Dead; But Not Here Halloween Party

Bossed Up Baddies w/ Diamond Dior Davenport

A Very Remedy Scaryoke

ATX BOLLYWEEN | Halloween Party at Twins Rooftop

Four Tet (21 and Over)

Halloween Dance Party with Orión García

OSEES After Party ft. Floating Cube, Haight Ashbury Medical Clinic, DJ Gera

Jody Wisternoff

666 Halloween Party

The Jungle Rockers, Rubinoos

Spooky Silent Disco Halloween Costume Party @The Triangle

Scary Stories to tell at the Tunnels

The Rocky Horror Picture Show with O’Brien’s Orchestra

Josh Perdue

Coffee, Donuts & Dogs

The Coffee Tour Run Club

Land Con U.S.

Austin Community Ruck

Triangle Food and Artisan Market

Family Drum and Dance Workshop with Aboubacar Sylla

Texas Farmers' Market - Mueller

Bee Cave Farmers Market

Lone Star Farmers' Market

H-E-B Free First Sunday

Pedernales Farmers Market

Bobby Noble-Smith

Chris Gebhard Trio

The Brunch Bus

Hyde Park Fall Market

Gospel Brunch: The Levites

November Public Art Tour - Study the Sculpture

Study the Sculpture

Poetry Club with the East Austin Writing Project

Campfire

PEAS 15th Anniversary Community Market

KAITLIN BUTTS In-Store Performance & Record Signing

Jazz Brunch ft. Sammy Epstein

Austin Artist of the Month: Meet Megan Jaster

Texas Longhorns Womens Volleyball vs. Texas A&M Aggies Womens Volleyball

University of Texas Soccer vs Auburn

University of Texas Volleyball vs Texas A&M - Cotton Holdings Lone Star Showdown

Little Miss Sunshine with Michael Arndt

Give Blood & Get a Free Pint of Amy’s Ice Creams!

Drag Becomes Her: A Murder Mystery Brunch

Community Paint & Sketch

Berimbau Workshop & Capoeira Angola Open House

Dia de los Muertos

Día de los Huesos (Day of the Bones)

Escape the Box: A Time Travel-themed Outdoor Escape Game

Making Face with Sherry Bomb

Matt MacDonald

Artist Talk: Payton McGowen, Britt Moseley, Matt Rebholz

PULGA COQUITO

Austin Bats vs. Red Wolves

Public Curator-Led Tour at The Contemporary

2026 Austin Yam Jam: Live Music for a Great Cause!

Día de los Muertos

Roots & Wings Festival at Dottie Jordan Park

Destination by George Ayres

Spanish-English Music & Movement

Dia de la Muertos - St. Elmo South

Dia de la Muertos - St. Elmo Springdale

Texas Land Conservancy's Art for Conservation

Primos on the Patio with ulovei & Primo Jesse + FREE TACOS! DIA DE LOS MUERTOS Party

Robert Parker Jr

A Man of Vision: The Story of Bill Wittliff

Ginny’s Chicken $#!+ Bingo! w/ Christopher Seymore & The Slow Hands

Chateau Bellevue Presents: Gay Gaddis - Passion for Painting

Dia de los Muertos

Concert Chorale

Tribute to Keith Moon / Benefit Concert for MMMF

Chicken Shit Bingo!

Sunday Best with Johnny Mcgowen

ATX SciRead Book Club: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Dr. Jenny Wang & Angela Pan Wong - Too Much Tony

Austin Pickle Ranch Monopoly Launch Party

Contemporary Brazilian Social Dance Form and Technique

Advanced Two-Step Lesson at Sagebrush

Under The Oaks

Día de Muertos en Austin

Poet's Lounge Fall Quarterly

Songs that Spook & Slay

Free Matinee Show

Dinner with the Ancestors - A Día de los Muertos Sensory Ceremony

Double or Nothing Two-Step w/ Matt Tedder

Staged reading of "The American Revolution" by Kirk Wood Bromley

Queer Film 101: Rope (1948)

6-Week Pottery Bootcamp at Feats of Clay Pottery

Solidarity

Literary Critique I with the East Austin Writing Project

2026 Swan Songs Serenade

Kiz Summit Exchange - Kage Edition

Un Dia - Musical Charity Event & Art Exhibit

Wizemen, Sam Bottner, Salamander Collective

OSEES ft. Brigid Dawson with Traps PS - NIGHT 2 - SOLD OUT

KUTX Riley Reely Put You On Happy Hour Show + Interviews ft. Hallo, Parker Woodland, Sweet Limb

All My(eux) Groovy Friends

Halloween Movie Nights: Coco (en Español)

Mug Making

Karaoke Sundays at Augustine

Paint & Sip Night

Bailarte Latin Night

Maqam Gathering: The Universe of Maqam

City of the Sun

Dear Life Visual Album Screening

Goth Dylan, Hunter walkup, Sanjuro at Sahara Lounge

La Llorona, A Folk Horror Ballet

Sunset Sundays

The Linda Lindas w/ The Rat Utopia Experiment

Craig Robinson

Mookey Baby

Dear Life by Mad Whit

Juliana Silveira Trio

Nether Hour Sunday Services

Seance Benefitting KOOP Radio and Graveside Service

Cocktails & Comedy

Jim Henson's Labyrinth: In Concert

Hottieween with Aira Juliet, DJs XOY & Lidia Beatz

Golden Hour Quartet

Silo Road, Armadillo Road

Bree Romeo Quartet

SHORTS PROGRAM 3: BEST LIL’ SHORTS IN AUSTIN

Carly Wascom

Live at Sunset Strip Comedy Show

Willie Pipkin & Friends

Tha' Spot
