After selling out three-day passes in under an hour yesterday, PR reps from the Austin City Limits Festival announced this morning that both Friday and Saturday one-day passes are now sold out as well. Tickets for Sunday, which features Red Hot Chili Peppers, Iggy and the Stooges, The Weeknd, and The Avett Brothers go on sale this morning for $90 at aclfestival.com. The 2012 edition of the festival takes place October 12-14 (mild weather!) in Zilker Park. more ›

Last September, Texas Monthly dipped a toe in the food festival waters with their first-ever BBQ Festival. The results were unsurprisingly delicious - 20 of the state's best 'cue spots turned up with mobile smokers and cutters to deliver the goods to the sold-out crowd, who basked in a multi-hour meat coma on the Long Center Terrace. The only problem? The organizers erred so far on the side of caution that the 1,000 tickets available sold out in days (they were trying to prevent long lines) - and pitmasters actually had more food than people to serve it to! For this year's second edition, the magazine has learned that they can accomodate far more BBQ enthusiasts, and is making everything bigger the second time around: more food, more sides, and more guests. more ›

For the first time in 20 years, Liza Minnelli is returning to Austin, gracing the stage of the Long Center on Thursday, March 3, 2011. Forty-five years ago, a 19-year-old Minnelli became the youngest woman to ever win a Tony, and the unforgettable songstress has gone on to conquer the Emmy, Grammy and Oscar awards -- making her one of the few to hold the coveted EGOT title. This highly-anticipated event is sure to sell out, so don't miss the chance to get your tickets (which start at $39) when they go on sale this Monday, December 13th at 10 am. Hint hint: these make perfect Christmas gifts. Check out www.thelongcenter.org to grab yours. more ›

If you're looking for a way to spend that well deserved tax refund, look no further than the Lone Star Ladies Present: Shop Austin event. Back in its second year at Saengerrunde Hall (located in downtown Austin next to Sholz Garten), the event boasts over fifty local vendors, purveying all the handmade goodies your heart could desire. more ›

With a full schedule of music, film, fashion, comedy, workshops, and of course art, this year's Art Outside will be a family friendly festival celebrating all things creative. Art Outside is being held this year at Apache Pass, a fully equipped camping and event space just north-east of town. Attendees are being encouraged to experience the weekend long festival by tossing a tent in the car and bringing along family and friends - gates open at noon on Friday, and at 10am on Saturday and Sunday. Advance tickets are available online and cost $50 for three day passes, $29 for single day passes with children twelve and under free. We're giving away weekend passes to two lucky winners; just fill out the form after the jump. more ›

Wilco will be at Cedar Park Center on October 8, supported by Liam Finn. They're supporting this year's Wilco (The Album). The Cedar Park Center is a new venue in (yes) Cedar Park, and you can buy tickets at their web site. Tickets are $35 with a $7.60 convenience charge through Ticketmaster. more ›

Dirty Projectors sold out their last show in Austin at Red 7, but they're coming back in October. They'll be at Antone's on October 26 and tickets go on sale this Saturday TODAY at Frontgate. Or, you could try your luck winning a pair right here: more ›

Although DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium now holds more than 100,000 people, it still can be tough to get a ticket for a Longhorn home football game. The secret to snagging great seats lies in knowing the ways of the stock market. Here's what you need to know to be the Buffett of the box seats, rather than the Madoff of the mezzanine. more ›

Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti's side project is one of those ventures that doesn't benefit at all from constantly being referred to as a peripheral occurrence. Moretti's Little Joy, with Los Hermanos singer/guitarist Rodrigo Amarante, is the love child of the pair's fast friendship, which came to pass at a Portuguese festival in Lisbon a year ago. more ›

Canada's Broken Social Scene music collective is making a stop in Austin at the Bass Concert Hall on January 31, 2009. more ›

Austin's own Fun Fun Fun Fest is where it's at, and all the cool kids know it. This year, we're trying to one-up the awesomeness that was last year's debauched hootenanny, which will be difficult but doable. more ›

On Thursday, October 16, Weezer/Workforce ticket sale! Starting at 10:15 a.m., tickets are on sale for Weezer's upcoming show at the Erwin Center on Oct. 20. Special price: $10.15 (convenience charges may apply) at Texas Box Office or by calling (512)-477-6060. This is a one day sale and subject to availability. more ›

Stephin Merritt's Magnetic Fields don't get out much tour-wise, but they will be supporting their latest, Distortion, this fall with a short tour. The Paramount will hose NYC's favorite gloomy lovers on October 14, and tickets ($33-36) go on sale July 23. Buy them through gettix.net. more ›

Following tonight's performance of Troades, the Vortex is hosting a reception in honor of Sean T.C. O’Malley, composer of the show's original score. // Every Wednesday night in March, all seats for Speeding Motorcycle at Zach are $15! // The Heroes of Comedy's Improvised Shakespeare, Saturdays at 8pm at the Hideout, is so popular that they had to extend the run through the end of March. // Mortified is back! more ›

He’s a master of sampling and an early proponent of turntablism, but you won’t find Carl Stone working with Kanye any time soon. Instead, throughout his musical career, minimalist pioneer Stone has taken experimented with electronics and sound in a way that recalls his hero John Cage and other irrepressible avant-garde musicians of his ilk. more ›

Let's not mince words: when Cat Power comes to town, it's pretty much mandated by law that you attend. This is because not only will you be able to witness one of the most shockingly talented vocalists in the world, but you also may learn a thing or two. For those who don't remember, let's do a brief recap of what we learned last time the timeless (and timelessly eccentric) soulstress was in town: that Chan Marshall, the woman behind the voice, is on steroids, that she was born deaf, that she wants to shoot her monitors, that she likes to apologize to the crowd, that she was born deaf, that steroids make you angry (and that's why they make you stronger), and on and on she went with her pearls of wisdom. Pretty much, she's a spectacularly unpredictable bounty of non-sequiturs and stunning musicianship. more ›

Hyde Park Theatre brings us Martin McDonagh's The Lonesome West. Think of the brilliance of True West, but without the monotonous fuckin' crickets. Th-Sa @8pm through March 29. Tickets online. // Based on Euripides' Trojan Women, Troades at The Vortex explores life for the women of Troy following its decimation at the hands of the Greeks. Th-Su @8pm through March 29. Reservations: 478-LAVA. more ›

After Van Halen, Bruce Springsteen, Radiohead, and Jay-Z all elected to skip Austin on their spring US tours, it's not unreasonable to feel that our music-loving town seems to be off the radar of the arena pop and rock circuit. This despite a perfectly functional (if rather dated) basketball arena smack in the center in town. Thankfully, the Louis Vuitton Don Kanye West agrees with you, and has elected to show Austin some big-production love with a date here at The Frank Erwin Center in late April. more ›

A season ticket for the Longhorns' seven home football games this year will cost you $385, according to the Statesman's Bevo Beat blog. more ›

The first segment of Radiohead's North American tour has been announced, and Austin gets the shaft: Houston's Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion will get a show on May 17, and Dallas' Superpages.com Center (!) will host the Brits on May 18. Tickets go on sale Thursday (Valentine's day) via W.A.S.T.E. with general on-sales following on February 16. more ›

Looks like ACL Fest organizers have chosen Groundhog Day to release their mildly discounted multi-passes. 3-day passes priced at $150 including service charges are on sale now at ACLFest.com. more ›

Tonight’s art party marks the opening of the new exhibit, The Virgin, Saints, and Angels, which is probably not your regular crowd to hang out with on a Friday evening. more ›

Zach Scott is getting national attention for its run of Porgy and Bess at the newly remodeled Austin Music Hall. The show runs two weekends only, and wraps up this Sunday. // Jaston Williams had great success with his autobiographical, one-man show, I'm Not Lying—and now he's back with more. This weekend only, Cowboy Noises further explores Williams' fascinating life with humor and, we expect, unflinching honesty. // We're mighty fond of local playwright Max Langert, and his current play, You're Happier Than You Think: Recalibrating Your Emotional Scale, at Frontera Short Fringe sounds like a charmer. Saturday @6:15pm, and Sunday @noon. more ›

Transformations is a multi-media work that blends film, dance, and theatre. Inspired by the work of Anne Sexton, we expect it will be an intense, powerful show. more ›

The third annual see.hear.speak fest opens on Thursday and closes on Saturday, with shows nightly at 8 & 10 at Coldtowne Theater. Bringing a few big-name comedy groups to town, this year's fest has quite the lineup. more ›

Playwright and filmmaker David Mamet will appear at UT's Hogg Auditorium on Monday, February 4th for a discussion of his work with the Austin Chronicle's Robert Faires. The event is the first of several appearances by Mamet at UT in conjunction with the acquisition of his archives by the Harry Ransom Center. more ›

Starting tonight and going through February 3, The Long Fringe portion of FronteraFest will showcase pieces up to 90 minutes at the Blue Theater. Max Langert's You're Happier Than You Think: Recalibrating Your Emotional Scale and Spank Dance Company's Dance Carousel 2008 kick off the shows with stories of downtrodden ocean liner passengers and innovative choreography. more ›

The Vortex has remounted one of its first big hits, Alan Bowne's Beirut. The original production put Vortex on the map as the place to go for cutting-edge, indeed bleeding-edge, work. With a script that's a tad dated but still meaty, the show explores the political, social, and emotional fallout of the AIDS crisis. It includes full nudity and sexually explicit material, all done to serve a story that's weighty and intense. Thu-Sun, 8pm, through 1/26. [Reservations: 478-5282] more ›

The inimitably awesome Crispin Glover will be coming to the Alamo Downtown February 9 through 11, to screen two films he directed and to give an introductory slide show called "The Big Slide Show". After the films, he will answer questions. ("How did you get that way?" is probably off limits as a question.) more ›

The first big non-SXSW show announcement of 2008 is here, and guess what: it's a massive dance party. Straight out of Paris, the electronic duo known as Justice will kick off their US tour at Stubb's on Monday, March 3rd. This is actually a small venue for the band - just a week after the Austin date, they'll headline Madison Square Garden. If you've not already heard Justice, start with Daft Punk or MSTRKRFT as sonic reference points, then add some scruffy beards and leather jackets. Justice also revel in the rock 'n' roll imagery, so their live show features a huge backlit cross (pictured at right) and stacks upon stacks of Marshall guitar amps to blow everyone right out of the venue. The band are touring in support of 2007 album †, which spawned the hit single "D.A.N.C.E." and was quite the critical darling as well. Their set at Coachella '07 was widely praised as a festival highlight, so this March gig should be something special. more ›