Halloween in the ATX

FREE HALLOWEEN EVENTS


October 15th, 5:30pm-8:00pm
Community Halloween Carnival at Metz Recreation Center, .... Free.

October 27th, 4:00pm-5:00pm
Halloween Workshop at Turner Roberts Recreation Center, .... Free.

October 28th, 3:00pm-6:00pm
After school Fall Harvest Festival at Gus Garcia Recreation Center, .... Free for Gus Garcia after school participants.

October 29th, 3:30pm-5:30pm
Fall Carnival at Virginia L. Brown Recreation Center, .... Free/ 5 ticket allotment.

October 30th, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Rosewood Haunted House 3-D    at Rosewood Recreation Center, .... Free.


October 30th, 3:00pm-6:00pm
Fall Festival at Givens Recreation Center, .... Free for after school/drop in.

October 30th, 4:30pm-6:30pm
Community Pumpkin Festival at Hancock Recreation Center, .... Free.

October 30th, 10:00am-12:00pm
Ladies of Distinction Halloween Carnival at Conley Guerrero Senior Activity Center Center, .... Free for Conley Guerrero participants.


October 31st, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Haunted House at Dottie Jordan Recreation Center, .... Free.

October 31st, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Halloween Trick or Treat Village at Alamo Recreation Center, .... Free.

October 31st, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Haunted House 3D at Rosewood Recreation Center, .... Free to be part of the Weed and Seed event with Alamo .
 
 
INEXPENSIVE HALLOWEEN
 
 
October 23th, 7:00pm-8:00pm
Halloween Trick or Treat Trail at Northwest Recreation Center, .... $3.00 per chid.

Thanx to www.Austin.com for these cool Halloween options...
We are only 2 weeks away!! Get yer costumes ready and make plans to have some fun!

October 23th, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Dove Springs Halloween Carnival at Dove Springs Recreation Center, 512-458-4107. $3.00 per chid.
 
October 29th, 4:00pm-6:00pm
Montopolis Halloween Carnival at Montopolis Recreation Center, 512-38.... FALL FESTIVAL tickets are $.25 each and there will be games, activities and food! Come out and have a good time at the Montopolis Recreation Center.
 
October 30th, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Harvest Fest at South Austin Recreation Center, 512-44.... It has carnival games for $.25 per ticket.

October 30th, 5:30pm-8:00pm
Costume Ball and Ghoulish Party at McBeth Recreation Center, .... A monstrously fun event at the McBeth Recreation Center for families and adults! Carnival games, Music, Costume Contest and Scary Snacks! $3.00 per person. Volunteers are also needed for this fun event!

October 31st, 12:00pm-2:00pm
Pumpkin Carving Carnival at Parque Zaragoza Recreation Center, 512-478-7695. Carnival games 50 cents, haunted house $1.00 pumpkin carving is free (one pumpking per family).
 

What's so Cool about Austin?

People always ask me why I am always raving about living in Austin, Texas and I always try to describe all the options of cool, fun things to do!  This weekend is a spectacular case of "fun in the sun" because Spring has definitely arrived in the ATX! 

(also keep in mind that if you like sports...the Texas Relays are going on at UT!)

 

So, today here are a few options for Friday April 3rd, 2009:

T-Bird and the Breaks at the City Hall Plaza, free at noon;

Alvin Crow at Broken Spoke; Carrie Rodriguez at the Cactus Cafe;

Robyn Hitchcock at Antones; Los Bad Apples at Jovita's; Lil'Cap'n Travis at Continental Club; 

Guy Forsyth at Nutty Brown; Vallejo at Threadgill's; AJ Castillo, Joe Bravo, The Tortila Factory at H&H Ballroom; Blaze at Lamberts; Yonder Mountain String Band at Stubb's...oh and do not forget the Southern Sirens at Aces Lounge!!

Saturday April 4th, 2009:

WAR at the Louisiana Swamp Thing all day at MLK & Congress; 40 Acres Fest at UT; Boyz II Men, Cameo and more at the Urban Music Fest at Auditorium Shores; Gary Clark Jr. at Antones; Redd Volkaert free at three at the Continental Club, then at night go back for the Derailers; Mama Sweet at Momo's; WC Clark at the Saxon Pub; Slightly Stoopid at Stubb's; and for some sports action...Lightweight Lightning Boxing at the Erwin Center!!

Sunday April 5th, 2009:

THE BOSS...aka Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band at the Erwin Center!!!

The Riverboat Gamblers, The Black & White Years and Red Jumpsuit Apparatus at The Grind at MLK & Congress;  Heybale and Jon Dee Graham at the Continental Club; James Speer at the Elephant Room; Jerry Jeff Walker at the Gruene Hall; Ephraim Owens & Brannene Temple at Lambert's; Mariachi Relampago at Nuevo Leon; The Way It Is Fest at RED7; DJ Kurupt at Red Fez; The Resentments at the Saxon Pub; and of course...my favorite Sunday afternoon free show...Chicken Shit Bingo with Dale Watson at Ginny's Little Longhorn Saloon!!

Some of these events are free, and some might have a cover, so please doublecheck before you leave your house!!

Have Fun!!!

-A.D. in the A-TX!! 

Keep Austin Fun!

So many choices on fun things to do in Austin!  Gotta love it!!

I have some out of town friends that have asked me for some suggestions to some "secrets" that a visitor to our great city might not know about.  So over the next few weeks I will continue to add to the list of cool Austin dives,  hole-in-the-walls and other places off the beaten path.

Since people start arriving in Austin this week, for PubCon www.pubcon.com/austin2009.htm and SXSW www.sxsw.com I thought I would list some cool stuff to check out this weekend!

On Friday, get down to 6th street early.  Nakia & His Southern Cousins will put on a helluva show at Aces Lounge  www.acesaustin.com  and then, Austin's version of the "Pussycat Dolls" will blow you away!  They are called the "Southern Sirens" burlesque troupe and I still think they are Austin's best kept secret.  The girls are hot...but tough and cool!  It's only a matter of time before everyone is rushing down there to check 'em out, so beat the crowds and see for yourself! The girls are on stage at 11pm and 1am and I think they do it on Saturday night too!!

On Saturday - IT'S MY PARK DAY! Get in on this day of park appreciation by joining a cleanup project. Go online for a list of cleanup efforts all over this once filthy city. Volunteers receive a T-shirt and complimentary snacks and drinks. Sat., March 7, 9am-1pm. 477-1566. www.austinparks.org 

Then at night there is a cool benefit happening at the Scoot Inn with the Flametrick Subs, Honky and many more... Check out  www.eastinns.com   for more info!

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!!!

Get thee to the chicken shittery!!  Sounds weird I know, but every Sunday Ginny's Little Longhorn Saloon has Chicken Shit Bingo going down!  It is a packed party as people buy squares and wait for the magic - of a chicken pooping on your lucky square...Bingo!!

Then if that is not cool enough for you... Dale Watson is knockin' the honky tonk rock outta the park!! His band is amazing and I bet you will find yourself trying to find some space to dance.For more info on him, check out his website: www.dalewatson.com

It is so cool there at Ginny's, that it will get packed, but luckily it is a daytime party.  So get there by 3pm or so to get a good spot! Check out www.ginnyslittlelonghorn.com  for more info!  It is the "honkiest, tonkiest beer joint in town!"