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May 6, 2026 · Kelsey Bradshaw
🎶 Hi! The SIMS Foundation is throwing a new festival next week for Mental Health Awareness Month! Feel Good Fest is on May 16 at Radio/East and funds go to providing mental healthcare to the local music community.
What's CITY Talking About
Charli XCX, Lorde on 2026 ACL Fest Lineup
The lineup for Austin City Limits Music Festival is finally out and it includes Charli XCX, Lorde, Rüfüs Du Sol, Twenty One Pilots, Skrillex, Kings of Leon, The xx, and more. Three-day tickets are now on sale. [Austin City Limits Music Festival]
SAFE Alliance Sexual Assault Victim Services To End
After losing roughly $5.6 million in funding, SAFE Alliance will end its forensic exam services June 8. The organization conducts most of the Austin area’s forensic exams for sexual assault victims. [CBS Austin]
6 Books by Local Authors To Try
We’re inching closer to real summer and I bet you’re looking for your next read to bring to Barton Springs Pool. This list of six books by Austin authors is a great place to start! [Austin Monthly]
Paxton Beating Cornyn in Latest Poll
In a new University of Houston poll, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is up three percentage points over U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in the May 26 runoff election. Paxton is hoping to unseat Cornyn, who has been one of Texas’ two senators since 2002. [The Texas Tribune]
What To Do
Wednesday, May 6
- 🐶 Barking Book Buddies: Read to Gustavo at Austin Public Library Yarborough Branch
- 🖼️ Friends Fair Launch Party at The Moody Rooftop at the Jones Center
- 🏓 Fitness in the Park: Beginner Pickleball at Gus Garcia District Park
- 🏅 The Heller Awards for Young Artists at Bass Concert Hall
- 🎥 “Uptown Girls” at Hyperreal Film Club
Thursday, May 7
- 🎭 Much Ado About Nothing at Zilker Hillside Theatre
- 🎶 Eric Hutchinson at ACL Live at 3TEN
- ❓ WNBA Trivia at 1972 ATX Women’s Sports Pub
- 🥳 Austin Psych Fest Kickoff Show at Mohawk Austin
- 🎥 “Heightened Scrutiny” (Trans Texas Tour) at Hyperreal Film Club
Friday, May 8
- 🎭 Much Ado About Nothing at Zilker Hillside Theatre
- 🐦 Birding at Pease Park
- 📕 Jamie Lynn Sigler: “And So It Is…” at BookPeople
- 😆 Ali Siddiq at ACL Live at The Moody Theater
- 🎭 The Jigglewatts Burlesque: Surreal Masquerade at 29th Street Ballroom
- 🎸 Austin Psych Fest at The Far Out Lounge & Stage
- 🎶 Leon Bridges Benefiting The Andy Roddick Foundation at Stubb’s Bar-B-Q
📍 I’m loving this map of Willie Nelson’s life in Texas.
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