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🗳️ It’s nearly voting time
October 18, 2024 · Kelsey Bradshaw
☕ Happy, happy Friday! It’s the final weekend to enjoy a cup of coffee from the South Lamar Boulevard Patika. The shop will have its last day on Sunday.
Thank you to Tecovas, our exclusive launch sponsor and Western wear favs, for their support!
What's CITY Talking About?
🏈 Longhorns Take On Georgia This Weekend
The University of Texas at Austin plays the University of Georgia on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. and sports reporter Cedric Golden calls the match up the Longhorns’ “stiffest test to date.” Georgia is ranked No. 4 in football. [Austin American-Statesman]
🎙️The Best ACL Fest Moments, the Plan for Congress Avenue, and Early Voting Is Here
MOVE Texas’ executive director Claudia Yoli Ferla is on the City Cast Austin podcast today talking about early voting, which starts Monday! We also convinced her to round up the week’s news with us, including the best Austin City Limits Music Festival moments, and a plan for a pedestrian plaza on Congress Avenue. [City Cast Austin]
👰 A Very Austin Wedding
I’m practically drooling over country star Charley Crockett’s wedding at Willie Nelson’s Luck Ranch in Spicewood. Crockett and his wife met in Austin, and they wore cowboy boots purchased on South Congress Avenue. [Texas Monthly]
🧗 Austin’s Climbing Gyms Are Fighting
Crux Climbing Center has claimed that The Bouldering Project - Austin secretly negotiated with their landlord to take over the Crux South Austin gym. The Bouldering Project says that’s not true. [KVUE]
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Don't Go Gently, Go In Tecovas
Our Don’t Go Gently tip for this weekend comes just in time for Halloween. On Sunday, head over to Coco Coquette in East Austin for the wig shop’s best event of the year: the 9th annual multi-vendor vintage costume yard sale, from noon to 5 p.m. The parking lot will be full of vendors with costumes, accessories, and all kinds of spooky goodies to inspire you and help get that costume complete. Plus, the store will be fully stocked with more costumes and accessories, as well as my very favorite wigs and makeup in this city. It’s a great way to support Austin businesses, buy sustainable costumes, and get into the holiday spirit! And remember, don't go gently, go in Tecovas!
What To Do
Friday, Oct. 18
- 🎵 “Young Greg Abbott: A FuQusical” at Paramount Theatre | 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. | $30 and up | Downtown Austin
- 🍭 CANDYCON All Ages: A Cosplay Student Showcase at Sky Candy | 7 p.m. | $10 and up | East Austin
- 🥇 Gold Over America Tour at the Moody Center | 7:30 p.m. | $35 and up | UT Campus
- 🎤 Suki Waterhouse at ACL Live at The Moody Theater | 8 p.m. | $27 and up | Downtown Austin
Saturday, Oct. 19
- 💿 Austin Record Convention at Palmer Events Center | 10 a.m. | $5 | Bouldin Creek
- 🐩 5th Annual Doggy Drag Show at Paws on Chicon | 11:15 a.m. | Free | South Austin
- 🎃 Brentwood Halloween Carnival at Brentwood Elementary School | 3 p.m. | Free | Brentwood
- 🏈 Texas Football Watch Parties at 3TEN | 7 p.m. | Free | Downtown Austin
Sunday, Oct. 20
- 💿 Austin Record Convention at Palmer Events Center | 10 a.m. | $5 | Bouldin Creek
- 🧛 Coco Coquette's 9th Annual Multi-Vendor Vintage Costume Yard Sale at Coco Coquette | Noon | Free | East Cesar Chavez
- 🎃 Halloween Children’s Concert at The Long Center | 3 p.m. | $19 and up | Auditorium Shores
- 🐾 Barktoberfest: A Costume Contest for Dogs at Radio East | 3 p.m. | $10 and up | Southeast Austin
- 🎶 Lyle Lovett & His Large Band at ACL Live at The Moody Theater | 8 p.m. | $59.50 and up | Downtown Austin
🔥 Bye! I’m off to Colorado for a wedding! Don’t set any fires while I’m gone – the city’s Parks and Recreation Department enacted a burn ban due to dangerous fire conditions in Central Texas.
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