TO DO LIST
June & July events
COMPILED BY BRITTANY ANDERSON
JUNE 08
ENJOY MARGS IN THE MOONLIGHT DOWNTOWN AUSTIN
JULY 04
CELEBRATE WITH WILLIE Q2 STADIUM
Maudie’s Moonlight Margarita 5K Fun Run is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a 5K course that will travel along Lady Bird Lake before ending back at the park for a Tex-Mex party and margarita celebration. Registration includes race entry and entry to the nish line celebration, a T-shirt, two margaritas and Tex-Mex appetizer-size bites. 8 p.m. $60. 111 Sandra Muraida Way, Austin. www.thetrailconservancy.org
Willie Nelson’s 50th annual 4th of July Picnic will take place for a second year at Q2 stadium. The concert will feature Willie Nelson & Family, Tyler Childers, Dwight Yoakam, Shakey Graves, Shane Smith & the Saints, Asleep at the Wheel and others plus food, drinks and postshow reworks. 1 p.m. (doors), 2 p.m. (show). $49-$304. 10414 McKalla Place, Austin. 512-953-2872. www.q2stadium.com
The Texas Team will kick o its 2023 season at Q2 stadium.
COURTESY PREMIER RUGBY SEVENS
FEATURED EVENT CATCH A RUGBY GAME Premier Rugby Sevens’ Texas Team will host the 2023 Eastern Conference Kicko tournament at Q2 Stadium on June 17, marking the start of the 2023 PR7s season. The festival-style event will rotate between the men’s and women’s competitions for a series of eight 14-minute games, each crowning a winner, plus featuring bands, DJs, games, contests and more. PR7s debuted in 2021 and is the rst sports organization of its kind with men’s and women’s teams competing with equal pay, according to the organization. 4 p.m. $20-$113. 10414 McKalla Place, Austin www.prsevens.com
JUNE 15 THROUGH 17 CATCH A SOFTBALL GAME The Texas Smoke, Austin’s newest professional women’s sports team, will kick o its inaugural softball season with a home game at the Concordia University Texas eld June 15 featuring a pregame tailgate with barbecue, pitmaster competitions, music and surprise entertainment. Two other home games will follow June 16 and 17. 7 p.m. (June 15), 6:30 p.m. (June 16-17). $10 (bleachers), $15 (general admission). 11400 Concordia Kids music entertainer “Mr. Will” Dupuy will hold a kids country concert at Wells Branch Community Library. Dupuy is an Austin-based singer-songwriter who provides concerts and country music sets for kids of all ages. Noon. Free (registration required). 15001 Wells Port Drive, Austin. 512-989-3188. www.wblibrary.org 17 CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH Central Texas Juneteenth’s 25th University Drive, Austin. www.thetexassmoke.com 16 SING ALONG TO COUNTRY MUSIC
annual Historical Juneteenth Parade and Festival in partnership with the Greater East Austin Youth Association will kick o at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Comal Street, and end at Chestnut Avenue. The celebration will continue at Rosewood Park with food, local vendors and live musical entertainment. 10 a.m.-noon (parade), noon-9 p.m. (festival). Free. 2300 Rosewood Ave., Austin. www.juneteenthcentraltexas.com 24 CELEBRATE PRIDE The Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce will host its fourth annual Pride in Local Music block party, a full- scale outdoor live music and creative festival event. Local LGBTQ musicians and performers will take the stage along with artists, makers and creators and participating venues on Fourth Street. A portion of proceeds will go to the Austin LGBT Chamber Education Fund. 4-10 p.m. Free (general admission with donations encouraged), $75 (early bird VIP), $100 (VIP). 4th Street, Austin. 512-761-5428. www.prideinlocalmusic.com 24 GRAB SOME GEAR Uptown Tennis will celebrate its second anniversary with refreshments and giveaways at its 1,600-square-foot store
in Austin. Uptown Tennis carries women’s and men’s tennis apparel, rackets, shoes, accessories and more. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 13359 US 183, Ste. 414, Austin. 512-906-0165. www.uptowntennisaustin.com 24 THROUGH 25 GEEK OUT The Greater Austin Comic-Con is back for its fourth year. The two-day event is set to feature celebrity guests, artists and cosplayers from all things comic books, anime and more. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (June 24), 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (June 25). $40 (June 24), $35 (June 25), $60 (June 24-25); VIP packages are also available. 2100 Ave. of the Stars, Cedar Park. 512-600-5000. www.greateraustincomiccon.com JULY 04 WATCH FIREWORKS Austin’s largest Independence Day celebration will take place at Auditorium Shores and the Long Center with patriotic music by the Austin Symphony and a reworks display over Ladybird Lake. 8 p.m. (opening ceremony), 8:30 p.m. (concert begins). Free. 701 W. Riverside Drive, Austin. 512- 474-5664. www.austinsymphony.org
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