PSRAustinVisitorsGuide

Things to See and Do in Austin

So you're coming to visit! Here's a list of interesting goings-on about town.

Theatre & Film

• Saturday nights, I'm usually doing Micetro at The Hideout
• No Shame Theatre -- Cool DIY-performance-art show that happens every other Friday at the Hideout.
• Mister Sinus -- Mystery Science Theatre 3000, only done live, with three talented comedians and delightfully bad movies like The Karate Kid.
• It's always good to see what's going on at the Alamo Drafthouse when you're in town.
• People who want a more traditional GigantoPlex should check out the Gateway Cinemas.

Museums & Historical Sites

• The State Capitol -- tours daily.
• The Blanton Art Musum -- UT's art museum.
• The Austin Art Museum -- the art museum downtown.
• The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum

The Outdoors

• You really owe it to yourself to see the nightly bat emergence -- every night, 1.5 million bats fly out from the Congress Avenue Bridge.
• The Umlauf Sculpture Garden -- a nice little park with works from the late UT art professor.
• Mount Bonnell -- a beautiful overlook in the center of town.

Music

• The main attraction (and where the largest throngs of college students are milling around) is Sixth Street
• The Cactus Café is a great folk venue.
• The Eggmen are a fun local Beatles cover band.

Miscellaneous

• The Arboretum

• Swing-dancing enthusiasts should check out The Austin Swing Syndicate, which has lots of information about what's going on around Austin, lindy-wise.

  • Here's a useful BBS thread about things to do in the city.

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