FRIDAY [15]

music • Ghostland Observatory and Thee Emergency at The Mohawk (912 Red River) ®

party • Earthdance at NiaSpace (7:30pm-10pm, $15)

party • Eastside City Limits party with Pink Nasty, Tnlons Fort, I Kill Cars, Missing Tapes, Brothesr and Sisters, Til We're Blue or Destroy, The Black at Red Scoot Inn and Old Austin Daze Compound (9pm-4am, FREE) ®

party • Teleport Door presents the Pop Yo Colla' party with DJs Daniel Merlot (Crash Berlin), Ceeplus & the House of Bad Knives (Houston), and New Berlin at Firehouse Lounge (FREE, "No entry without collar popped") ®

music • Junior Boys, Ensemble at Emo's Lounge

music • The Shins w/ The Black Angels at Stubb's ®

music • Particle with Ohn at The Parish Room

music • Guster, Gomez at La Zona Rosa

music • Punkaroos, Nervous Hospital, The Score at Beerland

music • Shirt, The Panties, Abiku ( Baltimore) at The Parlor

music • Alejandro Escovedo, David Garza at Continental Club ®

music • The Politics, Managers Choice, She Sir at Ruta Maya ($5, 9pm)

music • Manhands, That's Mister To You, TBA, Surrender Avenue at Trophys (10pm)

music • Skullening, Danial Francis Doyle, Genghis Tron (Crucial Blast Records) at Snake Eyes Vinyl ($5, 6pm)

music • Tacks the Boy Disaster, The Glass Family at Club de Ville (9pm) ®

music • Austin City Limits 2006: Ted Leo, Guster, Gnarls Barkley, Nickel Creek, Stars, Cat Power, Okkervil River, Thievery Corp, John Mayer, Van Morrison, Sparklehorse, and more at Zilker Park ®

music • Sufjan Stevens, My Brightest Diamond at The Paramount Theatre (Sold Out) ®

music • MSTRKRFT at FactoryPeople (Invite Only) ®

music • DJ sets by Rockstars with various bands, including TV on the Radio, Deadboy & the Elephantmen, ILYBICD, Black Angels, Voxtrot, IV Thieves, Stars, and more at FactoryPeople (All Weekend, Schedule Varies) ®

art • The Latino Presence at Texas State: Celebrating 100 Years at Wittliff Gallery (5-7pm)

film • Sinus Show: Crossroads at Alamo Drafthouse (7pm & 10pm, $12.50)

theatre • Bars, Bedrooms and Bukowski at Rogue Performance Venue, 211 E Alpine, #300 (7:30pm, $15)

theatre • St Nicholas at Hyde Park Theatre (8pm, $17)

theatre • A Moon for the Misbegotten at Dougherty Arts Center (8pm, $12)

theatre • Bell(e) at Vortex (8pm, $10-$30))

theatre • Keepin' It Weird at Zach Scott Theatre (7:30pm, $28-$37)

dance • Hot September Flurries: Theme Dance (Puppets and Garbage) at Blue Theater (6pm & 8pm, $8-$15)

books • Writers' League of Texas hosts the 2nd Annual Award of Literary Merit honoring Sarah Bird at Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum (7pm, $100) ®

books • Playboy presents Girls of the Big Twelve at BookPeople (1pm) ®

SATURDAY [16]

party • Earthdance at NiaSpace (4pm-9pm, $15)

party • The Presets, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness and The Secret Machines and DJ Franki Chan at Beauty Bar (10pm, $5) ®

music • The Long Winters and Golden Bear at The Mohawk (912 Red River) ®

music • Kings of Leon, The Stills at Emo's (Private Event, Sold Out) ®

music • Sparklehorse, Nada Surf, Elvis Perkins at Emo's ®

music • String Cheese Incident, New Monsoon at Stubb's

music • Okkervil River with Deadboy and the Elephantmen at The Parish Room ®

music • G Love & Special Sauce, Marc Broussard at La Zona Rosa

music • Count Dracula's Smuggling Weed Jam Engine at Hole in the Wall

music • The Ugly Beats, Two Hoots and a Holler, Larry Lange and the Lonely Knights at Beerland

music • Los Lobos at Antone's

music • Attic Ted, The Amoeba Men, Hallelujah!, The Damned Human Race (Richmond) at The Parlor

music • The John Jorgenson Quintet at Cactus Café ($18, 9pm)

music • Austin City Limits 2006: Ghostland Observatory, Centro-matic, Ben Kweller, The Shins, The Raconteurs, String Cheese Incident, Willie Nelson, Iron & Wine, Kings of Leon, Explosions in the Sky, The Long Winters, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness, Secret Machines, Nada Surf, and more at Zilker Park ®

music • Sufjan Stevens, My Brightest Diamond at The Paramount Theatre (Sold Out) ®

music • DJ sets by Rockstars with various bands, including TV on the Radio, Deadboy & the Elephantmen, ILYBICD, Black Angels, Voxtrot, IV Thieves, Stars, and more at FactoryPeople (All Weekend, Schedule Varies) ®

food • Austin Farmers Market at Republic Square Park, 4th and Guadalupe (9am-1pm)

food • Market Day at Boggy Creek Farm at 3414 Lyons Road (9am-2pm, USDA-Certified-Organic Market Farm) ®

food • Wine 101 at the Whole Foods Wine Kiosk at 525 N Lamar (10:30am-11am)

film • Sinus Show: Crossroads at Alamo Drafthouse (7pm & 10pm, $12.50)

film • Rat Fink at Alamo Drafthouse (4:30pm)

theatre • St Nicholas at Hyde Park Theatre (8pm, $17)

theatre • Bars, Bedrooms and Bukowski at Rogue Performance Venue, 211 E Alpine, #300 (7:30pm, $15)

theatre • A Moon for the Misbegotten at Dougherty Arts Center (8pm, $12)

theatre • Bell(e) at Vortex (8pm, $10-$30))

theatre • Keepin' It Weird at Zach Scott Theatre (7:30pm, $28-$37)

dance • Hot September Flurries: Mixed Showcase at Blue Theater (6pm & 8pm, $8-$15)

books, dance • Joe Scruggs and Ballet Austin II present Not Afraid of the Dark: A Show That Glows at BookPeople (11:30am) ®

film/GLBT/volunteer • aGLIFF call for volunteers at Rainbow Cattle Company (11am-1pm) ®

SUNDAY [17]

music • TV On the Radio, What Made Milwaukee Famous at Emo's ®

music • Cat Power & The Memphis Rhythm Band, Kevin Devine at Stubb's ®

music • Funkfest with Stanton Moore Trio/Robert Walter, Will Bernard, Greyhounds at The Parish Room

music • Austin City Limits 2006: The Stills, KT Tunstall, The Flaming Lips, Matisyahu, Ween, Ben Harper, Son Volt, Muse, The Black Angels, White Ghost Shivers, Tom Petty and more at Zilker Park ®

food • Beer 101 at the Whole Foods Beer Kiosk at 525 N Lamar (Noon-1pm)

film • Special Sneak Preview: Hoboken Hollow at Alamo Drafthouse (4pm, $7)

film • Quentin Tarantino presents Kansas City Bomber at Alamo Drafthouse (7pm, SOLD OUT) ®

film • Quentin Tarantino presents Unholy Rollers at Alamo Drafthouse (9:45pm, $15) ®

theatre • A Moon for the Misbegotten at Dougherty Arts Center (6pm, $6))

theatre • Bell(e) at Vortex (8pm, $10-$30))

theatre • Keepin' It Weird at Zach Scott Theatre (7pm, $28-$37)

books • Kathleen McGowan presents The Expected One at BookPeople (3pm) ®

film/GLBT/volunteer • aGLIFF call for volunteers at Rainbow Cattle Company (1pm-3pm) ®

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