Free
7:00 – 8:00 pm
Blu Cafe
360 Nueces St
Austin Tx
Happy hour starts at 4:00 with free appetizers will be served from 7-8 while you are jamming to the stylings of DJ Jason Curtis from Seattle.
01/15 House Music Happy Hour w/Free Appetizers @ Blu Cafe January 15, 2010
9/30 Bock, Barbeque and the Blues September 30, 2009
Free
6:30 – 9 p.m.
Central Market Westgate
4477 S Lamar
Austin, Tx
Music courtesey of The Jimi Lee Band. The Cafe will provide specials on BBQ and $2 Shiner Bocks.
9/26 1st Saturday Brewing Tour and Beer Tasting at Independence September 25, 2009
Free
1 – 3 p.m.
Independence Brewery
The first tour is at 1:15 and the second at 2 p.m., and the brewery is open for your curiosity. You must have a valid ID to taste their deliciousness.
9/26 – 9/27 Old Pecan Street Festival September 25, 2009
Free
All day and into the night
6th St
Austin, Tx
This is one of those Austin staples. There are lots of great bands on the line-up this year, most notably Vallejo and Black and White Years. Check out the website for all the goings on:
Oldpecanstreetfestival.com
9/26 DIY with The Wonder Craft September 25, 2009
Free
12 – 3 p.m.
Jerry’s Artarama
6010 N IH 35
Austin, Tx
Learn how to make recycled creatures art, enjoy watercolor demos, live music and plenty of projects for the kids. Refreshments provided by NadaMoo.
9/25 Longhorn Slim at Waterloo September 24, 2009
Free
5 p.m.
Waterloo Records
600A N Lamar
Austin, Tx
In-store performance. There may even be some foamy libations provided.
9/23 CenAus Commute Solutions Month Celebration Ceremony September 22, 2009
Free
11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Austin City Hall Plaza
301 W 2nd St
Austin, TX 78701
Come celebrate the end of Commute Solutions Month, listen to music, eat, get in on raffles, and have fun. Most of you may be familiar with CAMPO (Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization) as the entity in charge of building most our highways, but they also have staff and programs dedicated to getting people out of their cars and onto bikes, buses, and eventually, some day Metrorail. Part of this program is the annual Commuter Challenge where you sign up and log your alternative commuting miles for a chance to win prizes like iPods, solar panel backpacks and mini-laptops. The Challenge is running September 7-19 and you can sign up anytime to be part of the challenge.
9/23 Turtle Races at Little Woodrow’s September 22, 2009
Free — to watch
7:30 – 12 a.m.
Little Woodrow’s
2610 Guadalupe
Austin, Tx
Chicken Shit Bingo and Turtle Races, I love this town! It’s $1 to enter the races, and it’s Ladies’ Night featuring $3 mimosas and margaritas, $4 all wines and happy hour extended until 9 p.m. I have been there, and, even if you don’t win the pot, you can win burgers from Rogue Burgers (delish!!) and beer from the lovely Dos XX girls.
9/23 Bock, Barbecue & the Blues at Central Market Westgate September 22, 2009
Free
6:30 – 9 p.m.
Central Market Westgate
4477 S Lamar
Austin, Tx
Music courtesey of the Texas Eastside Kings. The Cafe will provide specials on BBQ and $2 Shiner Bocks.
9/22 Bob Schneider at Waterloo September 21, 2009
Free
5 p.m.
Waterloo Records
600A N Lamar
Austin, Tx
In-store performance. There may even be some foamy libations provided.
9/21 Pearl Jam Listening and Pizza Party September 21, 2009
Free
5 p.m.
Waterloo Records
600A N Lamar
Austin, Tx
Free pizza from Austin’s Pizza!!
9/14 Wine Tasting at Music Cafe September 14, 2009
Free
5 – 6 p.m.
Music Cafe
2050 S Lamar
Austin, Tx
Also 20% off the bottle of wine of the month, along with happy hour from 4 – 7. Check them out on Facebook, too.
9/12 Austin Farmer’s Market September 11, 2009
Free
8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Republic Square Park
4th and Guadalupe
Austin, TX
There is no better way to spend a Saturday than strolling through the aisles of fresh produce while grubbing on a homemade empanada and listening to a local artist play the fiddle or the recorder or the sax. This weekend, they will feature Julia and Julia inspired chef demos, giveaways to include 100 movie passes and more, and free tastings. See you there at 8 before you go volunteer at Zilker.
9/12 Boy Toy Presents… at Coldtowne Theater September 11, 2009
Pocket Pick
Free, including beer!
7 p.m.
Coldtowne Theater
4803 Airport Blvd
Austin, Tx,
Coldtowne is beginning a new show featuring the Boy Toy troup,. Not only is the show free, but the theater will provide free beer during every Saturday show in September.
Cortnie Jones of Coldtowne has provided us with some additional info on the troup and the events:
One goal of improvisational comedy besides getting laughs is creating a unified, thematic “work” (of art if you like) based on an audience suggestion. No improv format does that better than “The Harold” –a classic format akin to the 12-bar blues in music. Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City all champion the Harold. Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Bill Murray, Robin Williams, Jonathan Winters and Eddie Izzard all know the Harold. While Austin’s improv comedy scene is growing by leaps-and-bounds, the Harold hasn’t seen much action. Enter Boy Toy, Austin’s premiere Harold troupe. Made-up of instructors and graduates of ColdTowne Theater, Boy Toy strives for the work-of-comedy for which the Harold was built: a self-contained, long-form, hilarious improvised comedy play in every performance. Catch Boy Toy every single Saturday of the year at ColdTowne Theater (7pm). No two shows alike, guaranteed. For the month of September, ColdTowne Theater is providing FREE BEER for all of Boy Toy’s shows. Yes.
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Formed in late-2008 when a stray bolt of sex-lightning struck Austin’s ColdTowne Theater, improv comedy troupe Boy Toy includes some of the funniest and most-innovative improvisers in the country. Among this dazzling troupe of funnykins are ColdTowne Conservatory teachers and graduates, an Air Sex World Champion, a World of Warcraft guru, a zip-line tour guide, the manager of a Starbucks, and “Dirty Baby,” leader of Austin’s only ukulele rock-and-roll band. Boy Toy performs “The Harold,” the grandpappy of improv formats that intertwines organic games, scenes, and relationships into one big ball of sexy you’ll want to take home with you … but not to your mother. Boy Toy performs every Saturday in September at ColdTowne Theater (4803 Airport Blvd, next to I Luv Video), at 7:00pm. For the month of September, Coldtowne Theater is providing FREE BEER for all of Boy Toy’s shows. Yes.
