Concert News

Live Nation launches concert week with $25 tickets to shows across U.S.

You could see Janet Jackson for $25.

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Live Nation has brought back Concert Week, in which the entertainment conglomerate offers a flat-rate discount on concert tickets: namely, $25 all-in tickets to more than 3,800 shows across North America in 2023.

The week-long ticket offer includes more than 300 acts across a wide variety of genres, including Hip-Hop, Country, Latin, R&B, Metal, Pop, Rock, K-POP, Electronic, and Comedy.

Concert Week is relevant for venues of all sizes: from clubs and theaters, to amphitheaters and arenas.

Artists range from 5 Seconds of Summer to Beck & Phoenix, Bebe Rexha, Big Time Rush, Don Toliver, Fall Out Boy, Janet Jackson, Kountry Wayne, Larry June, Maroon 5, Marca MP, Shania Twain, and Snoop Dogg. The full lineup of acts is listed below.

Concert Week all-in tickets include all fees upfront in the $25 cost. Taxes will be added at checkout as applicable to each city, state, and venue.

How concert week works: From May 10-16, visit LiveNation.com/ConcertWeek to see the full list of participating events. Once you've selected a show, look for the ticket type labeled “Concert Week Promotion,” add the ticket to your cart, and proceed to checkout.

How to find participating shows: Filter your search on LiveNation.com/ConcertWeek by participating events, venues, or artists. Set the location to the closest city and the site will refresh to only include participating shows nearby.

How to buy tickets: Tickets will be available starting with Verizon and Rakuten presales beginning Tuesday, May 9. The general onsale for Concert Week will begin on Wednesday, May 10 at 9 am through Thursday, May 16 at 11 pm, or while supplies last.

Verizon Presale: Verizon will offer customers an exclusive presale for select shows beginning on Tuesday, May 9 at 9 am-11 pm. Verizon customers can unlock access by linking their Ticketmaster and Verizon accounts (linking can be completed anytime in advance, or during the presale window). For more details visit Verizon Up.

Rakuten Presale: Rakuten members can purchase presale tickets starting Tuesday, May 9 at 9 am through 11 pm, while supplies last.

Participating shows include:

$NOT, 3 Doors Down, 5 Seconds of Summer, Alejandro Fernández, The All-American Rejects and New Found Glory, The Get Up Kids & More, Angela Aguilar, Anita Baker, Arcangel, Avatar, Avenged Sevenfold, BABYMETAL & DETHKLOK, Bacilos, Bad Friends with Andrew Santino & Bobby Lee, Barenaked Ladies, Beartooth & Trivium, Bebe Rexha, Beck & Phoenix, Becky Robinson, Ben Schwartz, Big Time Rush, Bill Maher, Boy George & Culture Club with Howard Jones and Berlin, Breaking Benjamin, Bret Michaels Parti-Gras, Brooks & Dunn, Bryan Adams, Charlie Puth, Chelsea Handler, The Chicks, Colin Jost, Counting Crows, Darius Rucker, David Spade, Def Leppard & Mötley Crüe, Dermot Kennedy, Dierks Bentley, Disturbed, The Doobie Brothers, Don Toliver, Dream Theater, Edén Muñoz, Eladio Carrion, Electric Callboy, Elvis Costello & the Imposters, Fall Out Boy, Foreigner, Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls and The Interrupters, Fuerza Regida, Garbage & Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Ghost, Godsmack and Staind, Goo Goo Dolls, Gov't Mule's Dark Side of the Mule, Hank Williams Jr., Hayley Kiyoko, Hunter Hayes, Incubus, The Interrupters, It’s Time Feat: Naomi Raine, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Natalie Grant, Taya, Tamela Mann, Katie Torwalt, Janet Jackson, Jason Aldean, Jason Leong, Jelly Roll, Jesse & Joy, Jimmy Carr, Jimmy Eat World & Manchester Orchestra, Jon Pardi, Keith Urban, Kevin Hart, KIDZ BOP Kids, Kountry Wayne, Larry June, Leon Larregui, Lewis Black, Lionel Richie and Earth, Wind & Fire, LL Cool J, Logic, Louis Tomlinson, Lovett or Leave It, Luke Bryan, Lynyrd Skynyrd & ZZ Top, Macklemore, Maisie Peters, Måneskin, Man With A Mission, Marca MP, Marco Antonio Solís, Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, Maroon 5, Matchbox Twenty, Miranda Lambert, Mudvayne, Nickelback, NMIXX, The Offspring, The Original Misfits, Outlaw Music Festival feat. Willie Nelson & Family, Pantera, Parker McCollum, Pentatonix, Pepe Aguilar, Pepe Aguilar Presenta Jaripeo Sin Fronteras, P!NK, Quinn XCII, Ray LaMontagne, Rob Zombie & Alice Cooper, Rod Stewart, RuPaul's Drag Race, Sad Summer Fest: Taking Back Sunday, The Maine, PVRIS, Sam Hunt, Sam Morril, Santana, Seal, Seven Lions, Shania Twain, Shinedown, Slightly Stoopid, The Smashing Pumpkins, Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Too $hort & More, Stassi Schroeder, Stavros Halkias, Subtronics, Summer Block Party Presents Jodeci, TARJA, TLC & Shaggy with En Vogue and Sean Kingston, Tony Baker & KevOnStage, Trey Kennedy, VALLEY, Villano Antillano, Volbeat, W.A.S.P., Walker Hayes, The Warning, Waterparks, Weezer, Whiskey Myers, Wizkid, Wu-Tang Clan & Nas, Yellowcard, Young the Giant with Milky Chance, Yungblud, Zac Brown Band, and more.

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A New Light

Wildflower Center's Luminations light show debuts new features in 2024

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Luminations

Photo by Theresa DiMenno

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is bringing back Luminations with some new elements.

A South Austin holiday tradition is sprouting a little differently this year at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Luminations, an immersive light installation, is bringing new art and adding access to a separate installation to keep things growing fresh year after year.

The 2024 show runs from November 22, 2024, to January 5, 2025. The family-friendly exhibition will show off work by local designers alongside food truck vendors and three full-service bars.

Austinites who haven't been to Luminations may still recognize it from social media photos. The glowing O-shaped swings are hands-down the most popular exhibit to photograph since they are interactive, but other popular ones include an array of color-changing discs to step on and a herd of rainbow, origami-like deer.

A few elements are new this year.

A new location
No sane event organizer would leave the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center; actually, the installation is now even closer, taking place in the main gardens. According to a release, this was to make the path more walkable, which in turn allows guests to feel more immersed. It already was a walking exhibit last year, but it was spread out across nearly two miles. Neither the website nor the release offer an updated distance estimate, but the website does show a map.

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Luminations map Here's where Luminations is held now.wildflower.org

New art
The release promises "interactive opportunities and never-before-seen light installations." Of course, it doesn't give it all away before people get to see it. But potential visitors can get an idea by of what's in store by checking out other work by the six designers who contributed this year: APM Designs, ASA Designs, Cicada Designs, Dada Labs, Holiday Lighting Designs and Ion Art Designs.

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Luminations These swings are always a big hit, and they appear to be on the map again this year.Photo by Ann Alva Wieding

“We work closely with local Austin designers to make our light show special, and there’s something surprising and different every year,” said the Wildflower Center's director of hospitality, Erika Tucker, in the release.

A trip to Fortlandia
Another one of the Wildflower Center's interactive projects, Fortlandia, is now right next to Luminations. For Fortlandia, local designers — including one that crosses over with Luminations, Ion Art — designed children's playscapes that push traditional playground boundaries. These modern forts aren't just beautiful to look at, but extra fun to play in thanks to the novelty.

This fun fort is part of Fortlandia.Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center/Instagram

Since it will be dark out during the light show, Fortlandia will also have its own lighting. Additionally, keeping kids entertained at Fortlandia might give parents a bit more time to appreciate the art in Luminations.

The goal is the same
Although some aspects of Luminations are new this year, it fills the darker days of winter, gets people to visit the Wildflower Center in the off-season, and it benefits the center's conservation work.

Throughout the year, the center conducts research on protecting native ecosystems, cultivates rare plants, maintains a seed bank, educates Texans on how to foster native plant life, and even helps plan eco-friendly projects for outside clients using its own findings.

Last month, the center announced planned updates to its 284 acres of gardens.

Tickets to Luminations ( $28 for adults, $18 for youth) are required for entry. Reserved parking is available at an additional cost. The entrance to the exhibit is located at 4801 LaCrosse Ave.

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