Events
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(ages 15-39), including cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, health care providers and advocates. • Aug. 15-18 • $200 • Hyatt Regency, 208 Barton Springs Road, Austin • www.stupidcancer.org/cancercon Lakeway Photography Club Summer Meeting The meeting will include group discussions over upcoming photography festivals and different types of photos, such as macro and iPhone photos. • Aug. 21, 5:30-6:30 p.m. • Free (admission) • Lake Travis Community Library, 1938 Lohmans Crossing Road, Austin • www.lakewayphotographyclub.com/events Austin Train Show The Austin Model Railway Society is presenting over 25,000 square feet of model railroading in this August’s Austin Train Show. Attractions include vendors and raffles, a Kiddie Express train ride, a self-guided area model railroad tour, and concessions. Admission includes both days. • Aug. 24, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Aug. 25, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. • $8 (purchased in advance), $10 (purchased at the door), free (children age 12 and under) • Palmer Events Center, 900 Barton Springs Road, Austin • www.austintrainshow.org Summer Sip & Shop Outdoor Market Iron Wolf Ranch & Distillery will provide vendors, rotating food trucks, drink specials and yard games, with live music from 2-5 p.m. • Aug. 24, noon-6 p.m. • Free (admission) • 101 CR 409, Spicewood • www.ironwolfranch.com/events 6th Annual Abbey Lights Up COTA Gala The gala, hosted by the Abigail E. Keller Foundation, will have auctions and a raffle, a champagne wall, a Ricky Bobby impersonator, and a performance from the band Suede. Emcee Chet Garner will host the evening. • Aug. 24, 5-10 p.m. • $325 (admission per person)
July
‘Footloose: The Musical’ The Hill Country Galleria will host free performances of “Footloose: The Musical” on the Galleria’s Central Plaza Lawn. Visitors are welcome to bring blankets and chairs to place on the lawn during the show, which offers senior and accessibility nights with an American Sign Language interpreter every Wednesday. • Through Aug. 10, Wed.-Sat., 8 p.m. • Free (admission) • Hill Country Galleria, 12700 Hill Country Blvd., Austin • www.hillcountrygalleria.com/events
August
Cool Arts Show & Studio Tour The Lakeway Arts Committee will feature fine/ visual art, jewelry, pottery, face painting and live music at its eighth annual Cool Arts Show & Studio Tour in the Lakeway Activity Center. The show is Aug. 24 only, while the studio tour is Aug. 24 and 25 at various locations. • Show: Aug. 24, 1-5 p.m.; studio tour: Aug. 24 & 25, 1-5 p.m. • Free (admission) • 105 Cross Creek, Lakeway • www.lakeway-tx.gov/934/Special-Events
West Austin Chamber of Commerce 1st Annual Golf Tournament The event will foster team bonding with a scramble- style golf tournament that includes a dinner buffet and swag bags. Each player on a team will receive a round of golf in one of Golfinity’s 18-hole simulation booths. • Aug. 9, 1-6 p.m. • $150 per participant • Golfinity, 12332 N. RM 620, Bldg. B, Austin • www.westaustinchamber.org Austin Pride Parade & Festival Austin Pride will host “Queer Cabaret: Unleashed Glamour + Glitz,” a themed pride festival at Fiesta Gardens, followed by a pride parade starting at the State Capitol and ending in the Warehouse District. IDs are required to enter the festival. • Aug. 10; 11 a.m. (festival), 8-11 p.m. (parade) • Festival: $10 for children ages 7-17, $20 for adults; Parade: free (admission) • Festival: Fiesta Gardens, 2101 Jesse E. Segovia St., Austin; Parade: Texas State Capitol, 1100 Congress Ave., Austin • www.austinpride.org/pride-events CancerCon Live Nonprofit organization Stupid Cancer will host CancerCon Live—a weekend of keynote speakers, workshops, panels, social events, and local excursions for the adolescent and young adult cancer community
• The Circuit of The Americas, 9201 Circuit of the Americas Blvd., Del Valle • www.aekellerfoundation.org
September
Lakeway Garden Club Autumn Member Mixer The Lakeway Garden Club will hold group discussions over fall vegetable planting and discuss opportunities for local gardening volunteer projects. • Sept. 5, 10:30 a.m.-noon • Free (admission) • Lake Travis Community Library, 1938 Lohmans Crossing Road, Austin • www.lakewaygardenclub.com/events
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