Keepin' It Weird

Keep Austin Weird 5k and Festival
Saturday, June 29
Auditorium Shores (Riverside & South 1st)
3-10pm; Prices vary
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If you’re looking to celebrate all things “weird” this Saturday afternoon, head over to Auditorium Shores for the Keep Austin Weird 5k. Hosted by RunTex and sponsored by H.E.B. and AT&T, the 6th annual event includes excellent people watching, a 5k fun run, a kiddie play area and great music courtesy of What Made Milwaukee Famous, Black Joe Lewis, Alejandro Escodevo and more. This family friendly event kicks off at 3pm with the race starting at 6pm.

Be sure to stop by the Kids Zone, where the little ones can binge on Amy’s Ice Cream, make their own “weird” costumes and jump themselves silly on the moonwalk. Kids 12 and under get in to the festival for free ($10 if Junior wants to participate in the 5k.)

Not up for a run? No sweat. You can still participate in the festival by purchasing tickets online or at any RunTex location. Proceeds go to the RunTex-Carozza Foundation whose mission is to improve the health of the community through running events, support and training programs.

Schedule after the jump.

Schedule of Festivities:

3:00 pm - Gates open for Keep Austin Weird Festival, Kids Zone and Vendors open

3:00-3:45 PM - Super Pal Universe

3:00 – 5:00 PM - Kids Costume Making by Theater Action Project

4:00 – 4:45 PM - Feeding 5000

5:00 – 6:00 PM - Army of Freshman

6:00 pm - 5K Fun Run

6:15 – 7:00 - Black Joe Lewis

7:00 – 8:00 - What Made Milwaukee Famous

8:00 – 8:30 - Costume Awards

8:30 - 10:00 - Alejandro Escovedo

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By austinist_keb in Other on June 27, 2008 5:25 PM 0 Comments

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LoudMouth

Screw the naysayers, ducknutz. As my girls say, "The haters are just jealous of your fabulousness".

cram

Yeah, a real native Texan has never ever shopped at Walmart or Bestbuy or anywhere else. Those stores only came to Austin because of people from California!

We need a "Keep Ducknutz Bitter" festival.

leggyblonde

local businesses like at&t and 24 hour fitness?

Waterlewd

What's so weird about this festival? A 5K run, a costume contest, balloon animals, not allowing coolers, charging too much for crappy food and beer -- these are not weird. Keep Austin Delusional.

ducknutz

Hog wash. It was about being odd and different and unlike any other Texas city until local businesses were threatened by the influx of people from out of state and the national chains and commercial developers that followed them. Then it became about all that junk. Now it's just a hollow slogan. Kinda like Live Music Capital of the World. Nevermind the noise ordinances and steadily declining live music venues in town.

Grape Ape

"Keep Austin Weird" isn't about being odd or different, its about shopping local business and making sure that local businesses that are part of the fabric of Austin remain in business.