Weekend Event Guide

Here are the top 5 things to do in Austin this weekend

Austin City Limits Music Festival kicks off its second weekend, but that's not the only must-attend event. Experience mesmerizing Brazilian dance company Grupo Corpo or head south for a music and wine extravaganza. For a full list of Austin happenings, visit our calendar.

Gruene Music and Wine Festival
Head to Gruene for a weekend of vino and music. Each day of the festival, running Thursday through Sunday, features a unique pairing of top wines, tasty bites, and great music. Act fast, because some events are already sold out.

Texas Performing Arts presents Grupo Corpo
The famous Brazilian dance company returns to Bass Concert Hall this Thursday. With a blend of ballet and contemporary Afro-Brazilian dance, Grupo Corpo is guaranteed to deliver a stunning show.

2016 Austin City Limits Music Festival
ACL is back in full force Friday through Sunday. Sunday passes are still available, and the lineup features big names like LCD Soundsystem, Mumford & Sons, Willie Nelson, and Young the Giant.

The Austin Flea presents Dogtoberfest
Four-legged Austinites and their humans are invited to a free shindig at Independence Brewing Co. this Saturday. Dogtoberfest will include dog-friendly products, vintage wares, and more from top-notch vendors specializing in canine care.

Project Transitions presents Franklin Barbecue, Bourbon, and Brews
Feast on Franklin Barbecue at a delicious fundraiser benefiting Project Transitions this Sunday. Beer from local breweries will be flowing throughout the evening, and the indulgence continues with bites from Lick Honest Ice Creams and Texas Pie Company.

Join the fun at Gruene Music and Wine Festival this weekend.

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Join the fun at Gruene Music and Wine Festival this weekend.

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This week's hot headlines

Wurstfest waltzes into this week's 5 hottest Austin headlines

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Editor's note: A lot happened this week, so here's your chance to get caught up. Read on for the week's most popular headlines. Looking for the best things to do this weekend? Find that list here.

1. New Braunfels sausage and beer extravaganza Wurstfest returns for 2024. German culture is on display in many subtle ways throughout Texas' historic towns; Wurstfest is not one of those ways. This oompah-driven, battered-and-fried, lederhosen-clad beer and sausage festival is coming back to New Braunfels for its annual festivities November 1-10.

2. Sixth Street icehouse branches out with posh, old-school sports club. There’s no shortage of spots to grab a drink in East Austin. But despite the area’s wide range of bar offerings — from cocktail lounges to dives — it comes up surprisingly short on sports bars. Enter Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (WTF) Sporting Club, which is taking over the giant East 7th space vacated earlier this year by Easy Tiger.

3. Austin's famous Katz's makes a comeback in the same location. There is good news this week for all Austinites pining for a simpler — and if you ask them, better — Austin of the past. The beloved West 6th Street eatery Katz's is making a comeback more than 10 years after it famously closed. Someone in the Katz family has re-purchased the original location and is hoping to bring back the good old days.

4. Popular Austin hospitality group stirs up sunny new daytime cafe. Since debuting in 2009, Jack Allen’s Kitchen’s weekend brunch has been a staple of Austin’s many best-of lists. Now, owners Jack Gilmore and Tom Kamm are upping the ante. The restaurateurs have founded a new concept, Day Maker Half Day Café, to bring that AM magic seven days a week.

5. Spectacular Austin Trail of Lights gets even more festive with weddings. Locals who feel sentimental about the 60-year-old Austin Trail of Lights now have a shimmering new way to make it part of their personal stories. Surely many have proposed to partners at the Christmas installation, but now they can get married there, too.