Central Library

710 W. Cesar Chavez Austin, TX 78701

Hours: Sun., noon-5pm; Mon.-Thu., 9am-8pm; Fri., 9am-5pm; Sat., 10am-5pm

The city's dazzling Downtown library, opened in October of 2017, fills its 198,000 square feet with an art gallery, event and screening spaces, a cafe, rooftop garden, and – oh yeah – hundreds of thousands of books.

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Past Events

Nischal Ananda

Sun., May 19, 1 p.m. 2024

Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez, Austin Downtown
AANHPI Heritage Month Celebration

Sun., May 19 2024

Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez, Austin Downtown
Zine Night: CATegories PURRsonality

Wed., May 15 2024

Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez, Austin Downtown
Greater Austin Book Festival

Sat., May 11 2024

Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez, Austin Downtown
SoCo Women's Chorus

Sat., May 4, 2 p.m. 2024

Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez, Austin Downtown
Storytelling and Fantasy Worlds: Ehigbor Okosun with Ali Hazelwood

Thu., April 25 2024

Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez, Austin Downtown
Inversion Ensemble

Sat., April 13, 7:30 p.m. 2024

Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez, Austin Downtown
Lounge Movie Night: Moonage Daydream

Wed., March 20 2024

Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez, Austin Downtown
United States Air Force Band of the West Clarinet Quartet

Sat., March 2, 3 p.m. 2024

Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez, Austin Downtown
Diasporic Disco

Fri., March 1 2024

Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez, Austin Downtown
Chorus Austin

Sun., Feb. 25, 3 p.m. 2024

Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez, Austin Downtown
Black History Month celebration w/ Alesia Lani

Sat., Feb. 24, 3:30 p.m. 2024

Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez, Austin Downtown
Fresh Dressed: Lounge Movie Night

Wed., Feb. 21, 4 p.m. 2024

Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez, Austin Downtown
Zine Night

Wed., Feb. 21 2024

Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez, Austin Downtown
Pepe Cornado: Traces

Mondays-Wednesdays, Sundays. Continues through Jan. 28 2024

Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez, Austin Downtown
Time Bubbles: Crossing of Realities

Mondays, Wednesdays, Sundays. Continues through Jan. 14 2024

Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez, Austin Downtown
BRAVE Communities Connections: Dream More In 2024

Sat., Jan. 13, 12-2 p.m. 2024

Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez, Austin Downtown
Sabados en Familia

Sat., Jan. 13, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. 2024

Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez, Austin Downtown
Tech Trends for 2024 (and Beyond)

Tue., Jan. 9, 7:15 p.m. 2024

Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez, Austin Downtown
Community Swap: Boxing Day Edition

Sat., Dec. 30, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. 2023

Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez, Austin Downtown
Sarah Oliver & Jaleen Seshadri

Wed., Dec. 20, 11 a.m. and Sat., Dec. 30, 2 p.m. 2023

Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez, Austin Downtown
Write Club

Tue., Jan. 17, Tue., Feb. 21, Tue., March 21, Tue., April 18, Tue., May 16 and Third Tuesday of every month. Continues through Dec. 19 2023

Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez, Austin Downtown
Conspirare presents Holiday Big Sing

Thu., Dec. 14, 6 p.m. 2023

Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez, Austin Downtown
Austin Brass Band

Mon., Dec. 11, 6:30 p.m. 2023

Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez, Austin Downtown
Austin Brass Band Holiday Concert

Mon., Dec. 11, 6:30 p.m. 2023

Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez, Austin Downtown
Austin Classical Guitar Community Ensemble

Sun., Dec. 10, 3 p.m. 2023

Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez, Austin Downtown
Passport to the World Festival

Sat., Dec. 9, 12-3 p.m. 2023

Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez, Austin Downtown
Andrey Kurkov

Thu., Dec. 7, 6:30 p.m. 2023

Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez, Austin Downtown
HR101: Maximizing and Managing Employee Performance

Tue., Dec. 5, 2-4 p.m. 2023

Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez, Austin Downtown
Tech for Health, Happiness, and Helping

Tue., Dec. 5, 6:15-8 p.m. 2023

Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez, Austin Downtown