City Cast Austin
🧯 Wildfire tips you need
March 21, 2025 · Kelsey Bradshaw
🥲 TGIF! Look at this cutie owl who showed up outside KXAN’s weather camera this week.
What's CITY Talking About?
🎨 Airport Expansion May Favor Non-Local Artists
If approved during an Austin City Council meeting next week, all the new artworks in Austin-Bergstrom International Airport’s planned expansion will be made by non-local artists. The artists, working under contracts totalling $10.6 million, are out of New York, California, and Illinois. [KVUE]
🤔 That Awful I-35 Crash, SXSW Music Changes, and Weekend Picks
It’s been a long week, y’all. We’re still talking about the horrific Interstate 35 crash that killed five people, and what’s going to become of South by Southwest now that the festival has gotten rid of its music-only weekend. [City Cast Austin 🎧]
✏️ What the Texas Senate Wants Banned
Lawmakers in the Texas Senate this week approved two bans: One on all THC products, and another on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in K-12 public schools. [The Texas Tribune]
🌮 Peek Inside the Home of Torchy’s Tacos Founder
Mike Rypka, the founder of Torchy’s Tacos, has apparently put his Austin mansion up for sale and the photos of the property are real cool. It’s also the most expensive home for sale in Austin right now! [Austin American-Statesman]
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A Real Texas Experience in Austin
Rodeo Austin will be held March 14-29, 2025. As a family-friendly event, Rodeo Austin hosts one of America’s top ProRodeos every year with action-packed competitions, a Texas-sized carnival, shopping, food, live music, a beer and wine garden, and other special attractions. Truly a one-of-a-kind experience with something for everyone!
What To Do
Friday, March 21
- 💿 KUTX Vinyl Happy Hour at Lou’s Eastside | 4 p.m. | Free | East Austin
- 🎶 The Driver Era at Stubb’s BBQ | 6:30 p.m. | $70 and up | Downtown Austin
- 🤘 Yacht Rock Tribute Night at The Far Out Lounge & Stage | 7 p.m. | $10 | Dittmar-Slaughter
- 🤠 ProRodeo & Randy Rogers Band at Rodeo Austin | 7 p.m. | $30 and up | Decker Lake
- 🎤 TC Superstar, SEXPOP, Flora and Fawna at Hotel Vegas | 9 p.m. | $15 | East Austin
Saturday, March 22
- 👣 Woodland Walk: Riparian Habitats at Pease Park | 9:30 a.m. | Free | Old Enfield
- 🍹 Bloody Mary Festival at Fair Market | 10:30 a.m. | $54.95 and up | Central East Austin
- 🥂 Mimosa Festival at Republic Square | Noon | $30 | Downtown Austin
- 📖 4th Saturday Genealogy Seminar at the George Washington Carver Museum, Cultural and Genealogy Center | 1 p.m. | Free | Central East Austin
- 📚 Kids Book Club with Austin ALlies at BookPeople | 1 p.m. | Free | West End
- 🤠 BRONCO: PARD'NER Two-Step Workshop & Queer Tea Dance at Sagebrush | 4 p.m. | $10 | South Congress
- 🎤 ProRodeo & Ella Langley at Rodeo Austin | 7 p.m. | $45 and up | Decker Lake
- 🎸 Girl in a Coma at Mohawk | 9 p.m. | $25 | Downtown Austin
Sunday, March 23
- 🧘 Yoga In The Beerhall at Central Machine Works | 10 a.m. | Free | Govalle
- 🛍️ Pop-Up Market: The Austin Flea at Meanwhile Brewing Co. | Noon | Free | McKinney
- 🦕 H-E-B Free Fourth Sunday at Texas Science & Natural History Museum | 1 p.m. | Free | UT Campus
- ⚽ Austin FC Watch Party at Vacancy Brewing | 1 p.m. | Free | South Austin
- 🏀 Salt Lake City Stars vs. Austin Spurs at H-E-B Center | 3 p.m. | $12 and up | Cedar Park
- 🌮 Suerteversary: 7 Years of Buena Suerte! at Suerte | 4 p.m. | $100 | East Austin
- 🐴 ProRodeo & Los Pescadores Del Rio Conchos at Rodeo Austin | 7 p.m. | $30 and up | Decker Lake
- 🤑 How to Drive Yourself Crazy - A Fundraiser Show at Fallout Theater | 7:30 p.m. | $15 | Downtown Austin
👋 Have a great weekend!
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