Austin Yoga Festival

New yoga festival finds mat space in Austin this spring

Swift Fit Social has hosted lots of yoga events before the festival.

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Austin's festival culture has collided with its love of yoga. (Surely some folks had this on their figurative bingo cards.) The inaugural Austin Yoga Festival will be held Saturday, June 13, at the Long Center.

The new festival is presented by Swift Fit Social, a local group that specializes in wellness and exercised-focused events. Attendees of all experience levels and ages will be able to participate in outdoor yoga classes (yes, in June, so bring a towel), meditation experiences, and a vendor market, moving between the "zones" at their own pace. Other features include a hammock garden, live DJ sets, sound baths, tea ceremonies, and a recovery space.

There's one big add-on event that can be added onto the general admission ticket: a sunrise yoga session. The two-hour session starts at 6 am on the Long Center lawn and includes a guided flow class, breathwork, a sound bath by ATX Yoga Girl, and a closing tea ceremony. The festival starts as the sunrise session ends, offering a seamless entry into the rest of the day.

“Austin has such incredible wellness, yoga, and mindfulness communities, and our idea was to create a large-scale event that truly brings all of those worlds together in one space,” said Swift Fit Social CEO Candace Kief in a press release. “We wanted to create something distinctly Austin — an annual experience this city becomes known for. A celebration of the ways we move, breathe, connect, and ground ourselves through live music, immersive experiences, and community. It’s going to be pure magic.”

Local yogis will likely notice familiar faces and businesses, including studio partners Sukha, Wild Heart Yoga, Alchemy Restorative Yoga Sanctuary, ATX Yoga Girl, and SAMA Yoga House.

A portion of ticket sales will benefit Save Our Springs Alliance, an advocacy group that focuses on Barton Springs, the Edwards Aquifer, and more green spaces across Central Texas.

Tickets to the Austin Yoga Festival are available now at early bird prices ($10 for general admission, $50 for the sunrise session) via Eventbrite. The festival runs from 6 am to 1 pm, with the 6-8 am portion reserved for VIP ticketholders. The Long Center for the Performing Arts is located at 701 W. Riverside Dr.

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Everything is Getting Bigger in Texas

Austin's population crosses 1 million residents mark

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Austin is now home to more than one million residents.

New data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that Austin’s population broke the 1,000,000 mark in 2025, with a total of 1,002,632 residents calling the Texas capital city home.

The population increased by 4,025 residents since July 2024, making Austin the 12th-most populous city in the United States and the fifth-most populous in Texas behind Houston, San Antonio, Dallas and Fort Worth.

Austin was briefly one of the nation's top 10 largest cities, but it has since been surpassed by Jacksonville and Fort Worth.

“This is a historic moment for Austin, and one that my predecessor Edwin Waller probably didn’t even think about when he surveyed the site that would eventually become our beloved city back in 1839,” Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said in a news release Thursday.

Austin and Fort Worth have been flip-flopping as the fourth largest city in Texas for the past few years. And both are catching up to Dallas, which is No. 9 — but Fort Worth seems to be doing it faster.

Fort Worth's population (1,028,117) flew right past Austin's (1,002,632). The North Texas city added more than 19,000 new residents from mid-2024 to mid-2025, the Bureau says. It's also home to one of the fastest-growing new neighborhoods in the country.

Read the full story at our news partner KVUE.com. The Associated Press and Stephanie Merry contributed information about Fort Worth to this report.

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