Editor's note: Festival season blends into festive season in Austin. This week, readers jumped at a chance to see a free show by Gary Clark Jr., figured out their Thanksgiving plans, and watched a Texas-Kentucky football rivalry bleed into bourbon. Here are our most-read stories over the past week. Looking for things to do this weekend? Our top picks (also featuring Gary Clark Jr.) are here.

1. Austin icon Gary Clark Jr. to play free show launching wife's maternity pop-up. Austin icon Gary Clark Jr. is playing a free hometown show on Friday, December 13, to celebrate the opening of his wife, Nicole Trunfio's trendy maternity store, Bumpsuit.

2. 13 Austin restaurants serving Thanksgiving feasts in 2024.Whether Austinites want to pre-order a delicious spread to take home, don’t want to worry about baking a pie, or just want to dine out on Thanksgiving Day, these restaurants have them covered.

Have you ever fallen in love with a picture of turkey? (Pictured: Turkey special by Walton's Fancy & Staple) Photo courtesy of Mylk Collective

3. Michelin goofs on a few restaurants honored in first Texas guide.The November 11 ceremony honored more than 100 restaurants, but at least two were in error. In Dallas the guide confused two restaurants, and in Houston one of them had closed.

4. Austin distiller refills Kentucky Bourbon bottles for $1 in UT game day stunt.Still Austin Whiskey Co. is offering $1 refills of its own Cask Strength Bourbon in empty Kentucky Bourbon bottles on November 23, to prove Texas can beat Kentucky.

Still Austin is filling up empty Kentucky Bourbon bottles in a display of Texas dominance.Photo courtesy of Still Austin Whiskey Co.

5. 19 Austin elementary and middle schools rank among Texas' best for 2025.Several Austin schools are at the top of the class, according to U.S. News & World Report. One such school – Basis Austin – is the No. 1 best middle school in Texas for 2025.