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$5.55 Movie Ticket Wednesdays!

Musician Mary Blue Anne hosts this weekly chance to sing your ding-dang heart out. Tips go toward the artist’s upcoming EP.

Wednesdays

Flix Brewhouse Round Rock

2200 S. Interstate Hwy 35 Suite B1, Round Rock Beyond Austin

$5.55

Film, Food & Drink, Family

Make Hump Day epic. Every Wednesday, every 2D show at your local Flix Brewhouse is just $5.55*. That’s your excuse to midweek movie harder... whether it’s a new release, a fan favorite, or a spontaneous movie night. Grab your seat, order dinner and drinks right from your chair, and turn an ordinary Wednesday into a big-screen win. About Flix Brewhouse: Flix Brewhouse is America’s only first-run dine-in cinema brewery, where beer and bites are handcrafted for every film. Enjoy full dine-in service from your seat, award-winning house-brewed beer, craft cocktails, and a food and drink menu. 512-244-3549

Witchy Wednesday Social

Wednesdays

Tiny Minotaur Tavern

2701 E. Cesar Chavez, Austin Lower East

Austin’s Queer Coven gathers under the evening sky for a social that also acts as ritual against the midweek slump.

Buddhist Meditation

Wednesdays

Ceremony Spa

1706 S. Lamar, 1706 S. Lamar, Austin South Lamar and Barton Springs

Donations appreciated

Asenath Avinash, who has over a decade of experience practicing both Zen and Tibetan Buddhism, leads an hourlong meditation session. Drop-ins welcome; no registration required. Wednesdays, noon 512/671-0224

Witchy Wednesday Social

Wednesdays

Tiny Minotaur Tavern

2701 E. Cesar Chavez, Austin Lower East

Make your own magic with other queer witchy folks at this weekly social gathering. Check the Austin Queer Coven Insta to see what this week’s theme is.

College Day at the Dock

Wednesdays

Rowing Dock

2418 Stratford Dr., Austin West Austin and Lakeway

Sports

The eyes of Texas are upon college students on Wednesdays. Have your student ID ready, because it'll get you half off a boat rental all day. 512/459-0999

Ballet Austin: Classes

Wednesdays-Saturdays

Ballet Austin

501 W. Third, Austin Downtown

$3-7 per class

Dance

Learn your way to physical grace with a dance class at Ballet Austin. There are so many varieties to choose among – ballet, barre, contemporary dance, hip-hop, tap, cardio dance fitness, Pilates, and more – and all taught by professional instructors. See website for details. 512/476-9151

South Austin Comedy Club

Wednesdays-Saturdays

South Austin Comedy Club

7601 S. Congress, Austin South

Comedy

South Austin’s first dedicated comedy venue brings top-notch acts to South Austin every Wednesday through Saturday. Wed.-Sat., 7:30pm

Flatbed Press: Redux

Wednesdays-Saturdays

Flatbed Press

3701 Drossett #190, Austin South

Butridge Gallery: Connecting Everything Through Color

Flatbed is celebrating its rich history of working with stylistically diverse artists to create fine art prints, the celebration now manifesting as a show of rarely seen prints by Flatbed artists Miguel Aragon, John Cobb, Ann Conner, Jack Craft, Suzi Davidoff, David Everett, Denny McCoy, Sharon Kopriva, Linda Ridgway, Dan Rizzie, Darden Smith, and Julie Speed. 512/477-9328

Wednesdays-Saturdays

Dougherty Arts Center

1110 Barton Springs Rd., Austin South Congress and South First

Martha's Contemporary: Hokey Pokey + What You See Is What You Get

Alicia Philley uses vibrant colors and precisely painted marks to tell stories of our lived environments and their impact on our bodies and minds. Also showing: "Elements of Nature," sculptures, mobiles, and wall art by Mars Woodhill. Through July 22 512/974-4000

Wednesdays-Saturdays

Martha's

4115 Guadalupe, Austin Midtown

Art for the People: Robots in Rowboats

Here's a two-person exhibition that features painting, installation, videography, and sculpture by Moll Brau and Wes Thompson. 512/695-1437

Wednesdays-Fridays, Sundays

Art for the People

1711 S. First, Austin South Congress and South First

Sour Duck Farmer’s Market

The colorful artwork of Lauren Briére escorts the viewer on a visual journey into outer space, the fun of sports, walks in nature, adventures in rowboats, and more – with robots. 512/761-4708

Wednesdays, 4-7 p.m.

Sour Duck Market

1814 E. MLK, Austin East

Food & Drink

You know Sour Duck? You know farmers’ markets? Imagine: the two of them, together. Every Wednesday. Come support your local farmers and get some fresh-picked produce and goods. Bonus: Happy hour runs from 2-6pm. 512/394-5776

Community Workout

Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

OutWellness

211 E. Alpine #100, Austin South Congress and South First

Two-step dance lessons w/ Hill Country Two Step

$20

Sports, Queer, Community

Community Workouts are queer- and trans-affirming group workouts open to all bodies and all experience levels. We’ll move together at a sustainable pace, offering plenty of options so you can choose what feels good for your body that day—no body policing, no pressure to “keep up,” just a supportive space to sweat, laugh, and get stronger in community. 512-387-3908

Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

Little Longhorn Saloon

5434 Burnet Rd., Austin Midtown

Music

512/524-1291

Pub Quiz at Baker Street

Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m.

Baker Street Pub & Grill

3003 S. Lamar, Austin South Lamar and Barton Springs

Karaoke at Ubran Pour Social

Free

Learning

Get a team together to compete for prizes, and be sure to check the FB on Tuesday to get a preview of the categories you'll need to brush up on. 512/691-9140

Wednesdays, 7-10 p.m.

The Urban Pour Social at Hotel Indigo Downtown Austin

810 Red River Street, Austin Downtown

Free

Music

Grab the mic and own the stage — from power ballads to guilty pleasures, DJ King keeps the party going all night. No cover, just your moment to shine. (512) 481-1000

Karaoke Night at Half Full

Wednesdays, 9 p.m.-12 a.m.

Half Full

2039 Airport Blvd., Austin East

Free

Music, Food & Drink

Take the stage at Half Full’s weekly Wednesday karaoke night in East Austin. Fairyoke brings the microphone, the music, and a welcoming crowd from 9 p.m. to midnight. Come early for daily happy hour from 5–7 p.m., grab dinner, and pick a favorite song. Half Full’s kitchen serves made-to-order food until 2 a.m., and the bar stays open until 2 a.m. Find the music and late-night bites at 2039 Airport Blvd. 512/702-5383

Divina: Noche Drag Latinx

Wednesdays, 9-11 p.m.

Oilcan's

211 W. Fourth, Austin Downtown

Ghost Town Manor Flea Market

At the start of her drag career, Divina host Tatiana Cholula told Qmmunity she’d be critiqued for not assimilating enough “American” culture into her acts. “Before I started Divina,” she said, “the scene was rich in amazing Latinx drag performers and artists, but there weren’t any spaces focused on them or they didn’t feel comfortable performing certain songs at certain spaces.” Thankfully, Tatiana did start Divina, and now every other Wednesday you’ll see Oilcan Harry’s stage taken over by the spirits of Latina legends like Gloria Estefan and Paulina Rubio – courtesy of local Latinx drag talent. – James Scott… 512/320-8823

The Spazmatics

Wednesdays, 9:30 p.m.

Speakeasy

412-D Congress, Austin Downtown

Music

512/476-8017

Austin Film Festival

Oct. 29-Nov. 5

Various Locations

Various Locations, Austin Greater Austin

Film

AFF’s quiet nickname has always been “the last stop before award season” and never has that been more true than this year’s lineup. Oscar buzz is already swirling around Andrew Scott for true-life Shakespearian AIDS drama Elsinore, while Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti could be eying nominations for The Debut. That’s just the tip of a cinematic iceberg that includes dozens of premieres, including the first screening of Austin-made thriller Remote. With marquee films relocating to the Hogg Auditorium while the Paramount is being renovated, it’s a new screen but the same emphasis on the screenwriter’s craft at the festival…

Malum Malus: Samhain

Oct. 29-31 and Nov. 5-7

The Vortex

2307 Manor Rd., Austin East

Dance, Theatre

Billing itself as Austin’s “premier Occult burlesque collective,” Malum Malus returns for its annual blast of fall weather witchlesque. Celebrating Samhain, an ancient Gaelic festival marking the end of harvest and the slide into moodier, gloomier winter, the 18+ performance art piece is masterminded by Blaise Ricin and runs six nights only at its regular home base, the Vortex. The veil between worlds is supposedly the thinnest during this Pagan holiday... and you can reasonably expect dancers to drop some veils, too. – Kimberley Jones 512/478-5282

Boo! Big Bad Bat Bash

Thu., Oct. 29

Alienated Majesty Books

613 W. 29th, Austin Campus

Books

Bookish costumes, ravishing readings, and a bat-erifically fun time for all: Bat City Review brings all their literary glory to a Halloween mixer to bring the house down. Face fears by sharing at the open mic; experience chills and thrills with readings from Lisa Olstein, August Smith, and Taisia Kitaiskaia; creepily commiserate about the true terror that is submitting a piece for publication; or just howl at the moon with fellow readers, reveling in every bookworm’s ideal party location – late nights at the bookstore. Such is the stuff dreams are made of. – Cat McCarrey 512/243-6679

Blood Feast

Thu., Oct. 29

We Luv Video

100 E. North Loop, Austin Midtown

Film

“Gore-nography.” That’s the term Austin’s nonprofit video rental store has coined for that sicky-sweet melding of sex and violence the great Herschell Gordon Lewis created. To celebrate this new classification, Blood Shed Theater presents the original gore movie, Lewis' 1963 story of cannibalism and ancient Egyptian occultism. Unabashedly sleazy and shamelessly grisly, it’s one of the greatest made-in-Miami movies ever, and a real treat for fans of midcentury modern architecture – especially when it’s splattered with rich red blood. Cow tongues not included. – Richard Whittaker

Trick ‘R Treat

Thu., Oct. 29

Flix Brewhouse

2200 S. I-35, 2200 S. I-35, Round Rock, Round Rock Beyond Austin

Film

If you ever want proof that studios know nothing, then just remember that Michael Dougherty’s horror anthology masterpiece got sent straight to DVD in 2009, even after screaming success at showings like its legendary Fantastic Fest outing. Nearly two decades later, it’s hard to imagine the spooky season without little Sam wordlessly explaining the rules for making it out of Halloween with all your candy and body parts in the right place. – Richard Whittaker 512/244-3549

Scare for a Cure

Oct. 2-30

14219 Littig Rd., Manor East

Via Boley: “shapeshifting”

Think that haunted houses are just about giving you a good fright? This Halloween tradition puts the “care” into “scare,” raising over $500,000 for cancer charities, education causes, and food banks since it first cracked open the crypt in 2007.

Through Nov. 7

Unchained.Art

311 W. Seventh St. #307, Austin Downtown

And what if one existed in more than one state simultaneously? I don’t mean our lovely multi-city dwellers who call Austin and NYC/L.A. home – although love and light to you people! – but rather bodily states. This is what compels artist Via Boley in her first solo exhibition: a series of Cubist-inspired objects colliding with their own fragmented pieces over wood panel surfaces. These flawed reflective pieces echo Boley’s own experiences with shifting physical limitations. “When I look past my body, I contain multitudes,” she says. Find your own multitudes within this metallurgical show, and discuss with Boley at… 7372973154

Bat City Scaregrounds

Sept. 26 - Oct. 31

Bat City Scaregrounds

14101 S. Turnersville Rd., Buda South

Follow the bats to Buda for classic chills and vampiric terrors of Castle Orlock. Scream your way through Slaughter Mall 3D, embrace the darkness of the witchy Ritual, and, if you’ve still got your wits about you, enjoy dark cabaret performances.

NowY2K

Thursdays

Barbarella

611 Red River, Austin Downtown

6-Week Wheel & Handbuilding Class at Feats of Clay Pottery

Current aesthetic trends skew a bit too close to 10 years ago – you know, the big-brim hats, stomp-clap music, and general horror at what the U.S. just elected to its highest office – so why not kick things even further back to, say, the turn of the century? Aughts and Nineties pop, rap, hip-hop, and more spin out from behind DJs Napster and Netscape’s decks and onto the Barbs dance floor. Return every Thursday for a follow-up nostalgia hit until all the evil of the 2010s & 20s fades from your frontal lobe. – James Scott 512/476-7766

Thu., Oct. 29, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

Feats of Clay

806 McPhaul St., Austin North

380

Break the Bird Sporting Clays Tournament presented by Navcon Group

This 6-week course will teach the fundamentals of the pottery wheel! You will use these skills to create your own beautiful pieces of pottery. This class is beginner-friendly and great for returning students! Class fee includes all materials, firing fees, independent study time, and tool usage. No class 11/26. Thursdays 9AM-12PM 10/29/26 - 12/10/26 (no class 11/26) with Bella https://featsofclaypottery.com/classes $380 5124532111

Thu., Oct. 29, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Fri., Oct. 30, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

2521 University Blvd.

2521 University Blvd., Austin Greater Austin

$50-$1,000

Austin Founder Lions Club Annual Rose Day 2026

Break the Bird is a two-day sporting event hosted by the YMCA of Central Texas, bringing participants together for friendly competition, marksmanship and networking. The event benefits the YMCA’s Strong Kids Campaign, funding programs and scholarships that make YMCA services accessible to families across Central Texas. (512) 246-9622

Thu., Oct. 29, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.

Virtual Event

(missing address), Austin Greater Austin

Bats, Bubbly, & Bellevue - an Austin Woman's Club Luncheon

$27 - $30

Civics, Community

Austin Founder Lions Club’s annual Rose Day fundraiser gives the community an easy way to show appreciation and make someone’s day while supporting local service. Long-stemmed red roses with a personalized message will be hand-delivered throughout the greater Austin area on October 29th. AFLC supports community initiatives including childhood vision screenings and access to eyeglasses, Texas Lions Camp, Leader Dogs for the Blind, environmental stewardship, and hands-on civic service projects. Orders must be placed by Friday, October 23rd. Send roses to create a brighter Austin.

Thu., Oct. 29, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Chateau Bellevue

708 San Antonio St., Austin Downtown

Meet Lisa Loudermilk · Austin Artist of the Month

$30

Food & Drink, Learning

You are invited to join the ladies of the Austin Woman’s Club at Chateau Bellevue for a very batty luncheon and speaker: Dianne Odegard with Austin Bat Refuge Thursday, October 29, 2026, starting at 11:00 a.m. with Bat Bites and Bubbly in the Bat Bar, followed by a wonderfully spooky luncheon! $30 per person Menu: Witch’s Brew — Creamy roasted pumpkin and butternut squash soup Headless Horseman Pot Roast — Slow-braised beef with carrots, onions & rich red-wine gravy Graveyard Brownies —Fudgy brownies with cookie tombstone 5124721336

Thu., Oct. 29, 1-7 p.m., Fri., Oct. 30, 12-7 p.m. and Sat., Oct. 31, 12-7 p.m.

Unchained.Art

311 W. Seventh St. #307, Austin Downtown

Top Drawer Thrift Rainbow Ribbon Cutting

Austin-based painter Lisa Loudermilk is the Austin Artist of the Month for October at Unchained.Art Contemporary Gallery. She pushes minimalism past its own limits. She calls it Baroque Modernism: paint rolled and cut with plastic tools, metallic films sealed under resin, every previous layer staying visible in the final work. The result shifts depending on where you stand and how the light hits it. On October 4, Loudermilk joins us from 12 to 4PM to introduce her work in person, as part of the gallery's ongoing Austin Artist of the Month program. Free, on view through October 31. 7372973154

Thu., Oct. 29

Top Drawer Thrift

5312 Airport Blvd, Austin Midtown

The gayest little thrift store benefiting Project Transitions brings out the big scissors for their induction into the Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce. 512/454-5161

Fiasco Halloween Party

Thu., Oct. 29

Chess Club

617 Red River, Austin Downtown

A horror hurrah featuring haunting drag by Louisanna Purchase, Tatiana Cholula, Jenna Talia, and specially resurrected guest Bubu also offers scream-worthy spins by MK Ultra and Fenner. Plus go-go dancin’.

Spooky Sip & Stroll

Thu., Oct. 29, 4-7 p.m.

Music Lane Plaza

Music Ln. & Academy Dr., Austin South Congress and South First

free

Oyster Omakase at Skipjack Oyster

Stop by Music Lane for tenant stops, seasonal sips from favorite vendors, kid-friendly fun, dog tarot readings, and a signature Halloween photo moment. Costumes are encouraged!

Thu., Oct. 29, 5-10 p.m.

Skipjack Oyster

310 E. 5th St., Austin Downtown