Northwest Austin Edition | July 2022

TODO LIST

July & August events

COMPILED BY DARCY SPRAGUE & SUMAIYA MALIK

JULY 24 SEE DWIGHT YOAKAM AT ROUND ROCK AMP Dwight Yoakam will perform at Round Rock Amp, an open-air music venue that opened in Round Rock in April. Country and western artist Yoakam has recorded more than 20 albums and compilations and sold more than 30 million records in his multidecade career. His hits include “Little Sister,” “I Sang Dixie” and “Guitars, Cadillacs.” 6-11 p.m. $45-$200. Round Rock Amp, 3701 N. I-35, Round Rock. http://roundrockamp.com 26 VISIT A PFARMER’S MARKET A weekly farmer’s market will be held in Pugerville at Heritage Park on Tuesdays through the end of October. 3-7 p.m. Free admission. Heritage Park, 901 Old Austin-Hutto Road, Pugerville. 512- 990-6360. www.pugervilletx.gov AUGUST 02 THROUGH 7 SEE ‘MEAN GIRLS’ LIVE “Mean Girls the Musical” will come to Broadway in Austin at the Texas Performing Arts center for ve days. The show is crafted by director Casey Nicholaw, from “Aladdin” and “The Book of Mormon,” “30 Rock” composer Je Richmond, lyricist Nell Benjamin and comedian Tina Fey and follows a similar plot to the 2004 Lindsay Lohan movie. Times vary. $35 and up. Bass Concert Hall, 2350 Robert Dedman Drive, Austin. 512-471-1444. www.austin.broadway.com 07 SEE A BAND Three decades after their rst album was released, Canadian rock band Crash Test Dummies is celebrating that milestone with a North American and European tour that will stop in Austin at 3Ten ACL Live. Founding members Brad Roberts, Ellen Reid, Dan Roberts and Mitch Dorge will be joined by Stuart Cameron and Marc Arnould. Their most popular songs include “Superman’s Song” and “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm.” 7:30 p.m. (doors). 8:30 p.m. (show). $42 (advance), $45 (at the door). 3TEN ACL Live, 310

Austin Parks Foundation and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema will host a screening of “Selena” at the Waterloo Greenway. The event will include audience contests, live music and family- friendly activities. The 1997 movie tells the story of Tejano music star Selena Quintanilla Pérez, following her rise to fame and death at age 23. Free. 7:30 p.m. Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park, 500 E. 12th St., Austin. www.waterloogreenway.org/ summer-programs-2022

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Willie Nelson Blvd, Ste. 1A, Austin. 877- 435-9849. www.3tenaustin.com 11 THROUGH 27 SEE A PLAY Pulitzer-winning play “Anna in the Tropics” will come to Ground Floor Theatre. The play tells the story of a Cuban-American family in the cigar business set in Florida in 1929 and a man who sets change in motion at the factory by reading Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina.” The play is written by Nilo Cruz, and the cast includes David Segura as Santiago, Ranferi Salguero as Cheché and Toni Knight as Ofelia. Times vary. $25 (general admission) or Pay What You Can tickets available. Ground Floor Theatre, 979 Springdale Road, Ste. 122, Austin. www.groundoortheatre.org/anna 12 THROUGH 13 HEB CENTER IN CEDAR PARK The rodeo brings two days of fun with bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, bull riding, calf roping, steer wrestling, girls barrel racing, girls breakaway roping, team roping and mutton busting. Contestants must sign up at the venue the night of the event when doors open at the designated table on the main concourse. 6:30 p.m. (doors open), 7:30 p.m. (Sat.-Sun.). $14-$24 (children), $19-$29 (adults), mutton busting is an additional $30. 2100 Avenue of the Stars, Cedar Park. www.hebcenter.com/events/ ATTEND CEDAR PARK RODEO AT

detail/cedar-park-rodeo-2022 1517 HEAD BACK TO SCHOOL Austin ISD students will head back to class on Aug. 15 after summer break with Pugerville ISD returning Aug. 16 and Round Rock ISD on Aug. 17. The full academic calendar for the 2022-23 school year is available on the districts’ websites. www.austinisd.org, www.psd.net, www.roundrockisd.org 20 ATTEND A TEA CEREMONY Celebrate the culture of Japan with Japanese food, drinks, and children’s activities and cultural education at the Asian American Resource Center. Highlights include a tea ceremony at 12:30 p.m. with Central Texas Chado. Learn and experience calligraphy, origami and paper lantern making. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free (age 4 and younger), $5 (up to age 12), $10 (age 13 and older). 8401 Cameron Road, Austin. www.austinoita.org/2022- oita-japan-festival 27 CELEBRATE BATS Austin will hold its 17th annual Bat Fest on the South Congress Avenue bridge featuring live music from the Toadies and several other bands, food, and a bat costume contest plus a chance to see the world’s largest urban bat colony—1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats—take over the sky. 4 p.m.-midnight. Free (kids under 8), $25. 100 S. Congress Ave., Austin. www.roadwayevents.com/ event/bat-fest

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FEATURED EVENT Hot Summer Nights Aug. 04-06 The Red River Cultural District will host Hot Summer Nights, a four-day event featuring free live music at venues including Stubb’s, Mohawk, Cheer Up Charlies and Empire. Musicians will represent a range of genres. Proceeds will benet the Red River Cultural District’s charitable programs that support Austin’s live music community of creative, service, hospitality and production workers. The event will also feature local vendors. Free. Locations and times vary. www.redriverculturaldistrict.org

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