JANUARY
| 1ST - BARTON
SPRINGS POLAR BEAR CLUB Start off the new year right with a splash into the cold waters of Barton Springs. Free admission, refreshments provided. |
FEBRUARY
TOO COLD!
MARCH
| 1st Sunday - AUSTIN
KITE FESTIVAL 80th Annual Zilker Park Kite Festival ! Hundreds of kites and colors will fill the sky as thousands gather to welcome the spring in Zilker Park on “Kite Day”. The festival, sponsored by The Exchange Club and the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department, is FREE of charge to attend or participate in. Registration for competition starts at 12 noon, events start at 1pm. Everyone is welcome to come enjoy this grand celebration of the spring, even the family pets. www.zilkerkitefestival.com/ |
| Week of Spring
break-
SXSW One of the biggest and best of it's kind anywhere in the world. More music film and interactive people, shows and panels than you can shake a stick at! http://.2006.sxsw.com
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| March 30th- CAPITOL
10,000 Austin's most famous race. Whether you are a serious runner or just like to jog in an Armadillo costume, this is the race for you! www.statesman.com/sports/content/cap10k/ |
APRIL
| STARTING IN SPRING - CONGRESS
AVE. BRIDGE BATS Visitors and residents alike flock to the river each night to see the largest urban bat colony in North America! Over 45,000 bats emerge at sunset to go in search of dinner (usually this means mosquitos!). Stand on the bridge, get in a boat, or watch from the grounds of the Austin American Statesman on the south side of the river. You will be amazed! www.batcon.org |
| April - SPAMARAMA This annual festival in Austin TX celebrates an American icon. A 3 Ring Circus of Music, Food and Fun. The first and still the Greatest Pandemonious Potted Pork Party! www.spamarama.com |
| Last Saturday -EEYORE'S
BIRTHDAY PARTY It doesn't get more Austin than this folks! http://eeyores.sexton.com/06/ |
MAY
| May-O' HENRY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PUN-OFF Help the Friends of the O. Henry and Dickinson Museums celebrate the lowest form of humor at the Annual O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships. The competition will be held at the O. Henry Museum in Brush Square, downtown Austin, TX (5th Street at Neches). This annual irreverent assault on the English language annually lures both veteran verbivores and naive neophytes for verbal jousting. More info at www.punpunpun.com |
JUNE
| ALL SUMMER LONG - CONGRESS
AVE. BRIDGE BATS Visitors and residents alike flock to the river each night to see the largest urban bat colony in North America! Over 45,000 bats emerge at sunset to go in search of dinner (usually this means mosquitos!). Stand on the bridge, get in a boat, or watch from the grounds of the Austin American Statesman on the south side of the river. You will be amazed! www.batcon.org |
JULY
| 4th- FIREWORKS
at ZILKER PARK with THE AUSTIN SYMPHONY On July 4th, well over 100,000 people will gather at Zilker Park for the largest Independence Day celebration in Austin ever. Featuring patriotic music and Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture-- punctuated by 75-millimeter Howitzer cannons (firing blanks we presume) and spectacular fireworks over Town Lake. www.austinsymphony.org |
AUGUST
| ALL SUMMER LONG - CONGRESS
AVE. BRIDGE BATS Visitors and residents alike flock to the river each night to see the largest urban bat colony in North America! Over 45,000 bats emerge at sunset to go in search of dinner (usually this means mosquitos!). Stand on the bridge, get in a boat, or watch from the grounds of the Austin American Statesman on the south side of the river. You will be amazed! www.batcon.org |
SEPTEMBER
| ALL SUMMER LONG (yes,
September IS still summer)- CONGRESS AVE.
BRIDGE BATS Visitors and residents alike flock to the river each night to see the largest urban bat colony in North America! Over 45,000 bats emerge at sunset to go in search of dinner (usually this means mosquitos!). Stand on the bridge, get in a boat, or watch from the grounds of the Austin American Statesman on the south side of the river. You will be amazed! www.batcon.org |
OCTOBER
| UNTIL IT GETS COLD - CONGRESS
AVE. BRIDGE BATS Visitors and residents alike flock to the river each night to see the largest urban bat colony in North America! Over 45,000 bats emerge at sunset to go in search of dinner (usually this means mosquitos!). Stand on the bridge, get in a boat, or watch from the grounds of the Austin American Statesman on the south side of the river. You will be amazed! Each fall the bats migrate to warmer weather (Mexico) October is usually your last chance to see them until Spring.www.batcon.org |
| 31st- HALLOWEEN If you thought 6th Street was wild and fun, you aint' seen nothin' yet! All the crazies, partiers, goblins, witches, freaks and wannabe weirdos make their way downtown to Austin's 'Party Central'- 6th Street. |
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
| Christmastime-
TRAIL OF LIGHTS FESTIVAL This is one of the coolest Christmas traditions around. Featuring a walking tour of Christmas displays on one side of the park and the magnificent Zilker Tree- a 150 foot high tree consisting of 3,309 bulbs on the other. www.ci.austin.tx.us/tol/ |