<p>Hi. </p>
<p>Can you name some of the most remarkable festivals that take place in Austin, TX, and also the details?</p>
<p>I've heard of Austin City Limits and SXSWeek.
So, can you tell me
1) When and where it takes place.
2) How much it is.
3) What it is about (music, film, icecream, wine, etc)
4) Popularity and your personal comment about that event.</p>
<p>Thank you!!!
Hook 'em HORNS!!!</p>
<p>p.s. How do people keep track of all the various events???</p>
<p>The Pecan Street Festival is amazingly fun. There are local singers and musicians on three stages, many vendors, and just a lot of fun. I went there in May and I had a blast and I hope to go again. </p>
<p>[Home</a> | Pecan Street Festival](<a href=“http://www.oldpecanstreetfestival.com/home/]Home”>The Pecan Street Festival)</p>
<p>LOL its hard to keep track! I went to the park on a wednesday and was stuck in traffic… blues on the green… </p>
<p>have you looked at austin360.com</p>
<p>SX is in march… with music and movies.
ACL is in a few week in sept.
and theres actually an ice cream fest this weekend … Aug 13</p>
<p>Eeyore’s Birthday (may?)
Reggae Festival (april)
Blues on the Green
ACL
SXSW</p>
<p>There’s lots of other festivals too.
-I think we have a Bat festival type thing sometime in the year.
-Farmers Market (it is what it is lol)
-First Thursdays — every first thursday of the month theres a festival type thing near South CONGRESS</p>
<p>You can’t forget Fun Fun Fun Fest!</p>
<p>The Austin Film Festival is a four-day conference at the Driskill Hotel devoted to screenwriting, along with ten days of film screenings around town. You can buy just a film pass, which allows priority seating, or a weekend pass to the conference as well, or a full conference badge. They also have various volunteer and intern opportunities, which get you in free. This year the conference is October 20-23, and the films run through Oct 27.</p>
<p>[Austin</a> Film Festival |](<a href=“http://www.austinfilmfestival.com/new/]Austin”>http://www.austinfilmfestival.com/new/)</p>
<p>The Texas Book Festival is a free event held at the Capitol Building. This year it is the same weekend as AFF, October 22-23. TBF brings in authors from around the country.</p>
<p>[Texas</a> Book Festival - Home](<a href=“http://www.texasbookfestival.org/]Texas”>http://www.texasbookfestival.org/)</p>
<p>Good thread idea!
SXSW is so expensive, I doubt I’ll be attending any time soon.
I didn’t even know about some of these, and I went to UT last year.
There’s Nocturnal: [Nocturnal</a> Festival Texas 2011 - Friday April 29th & Saturday April 30th 2011](<a href=“http://nocturnalfestival.com/TX/index.php]Nocturnal”>http://nocturnalfestival.com/TX/index.php)</p>
<p>SXSW has loads of free events.</p>
<p>^care to elaborate…?</p>
<p>The ones that occur at Auditorium Shores. Last SXSW, I was out of town for most of it but I got to go see Bright Eyes with some other bands.</p>
<p>There’s lots - just look for it when it gets closer to the festival. </p>
<p>[SXSW</a> 2012 Auditorium Shores Stage Concert Series | sxsw.com](<a href=“http://sxsw.com/music/shows/auditorium_shores]SXSW”>http://sxsw.com/music/shows/auditorium_shores)</p>
<p>Awesome thanks</p>