Monks is a listening room, minus the room. The roving pop-up jazz venue launched in 2016 in an East Sixth warehouse gallery and has inhabited several locales since, including Fast Folks Cyclery and Radio Milk Recording Company. Whatever space it occupies, Monks showcases world-class jazz from local, national, and international provenance. Founder Collin Shook begs audiences for full attention and zipped lips during performances. That fine-arts code of conduct combined with a laid-back environment has been a hit with fans as well as musicians in Austin’s burgeoning jazz scene.
