The Sept. 12 festival at the Mueller-area Austin ISD Performing Arts Center pairs free lessons with a citywide flash mob.

Movie Magic hits KMFA's Draylen Mason Studio and a Central Austin church in November, blending Godfather themes with Studio Ghibli.

Nearly 200 human creators will fill the Palmer Events Center this December, with fashion, glass, and pottery joining the anti-AI lineup.

Art Spark Texas marks 30 years with its 9th Artist of the Year Awards, honoring a wheelchair-tire painter and a Vietnam veteran turned suicide-prevention advocate.

Invoke returns to Beerthoven with a violist from the Austin Symphony and a world premiere tied to Texas's 1878 total eclipse.

EstudioSix's first fall cohort moves into a 19th-century limestone building on East Sixth, with only one artist returning from the summer test run.

Hot Jazz Summer fills Austin's oldest theater with a live orchestra, vintage clothes, and a poetry reading tied to early jazz history.

The Contemporary Austin's family fest returns October 18 with wearable design and a community-made quilt on Lake Austin's shore.

Free lottery passes open up for shows at ACL Live, with jazz legend Arturo Sandoval joining the festival-season lineup.

Meanwhile Brewing's fifth annual Lagers and Literature adds author signings and a bilingual storytime to raise money for Inside Books Project.

Nakia's “Stay Out ATX” returns to South Congress on Saturday, pairing rock and cumbia acts with a push to fund musicians' health care.

Central Texas's largest Diwali celebration returns to Round Rock with over 60 dance acts, 100 vendors, and a Bollywood DJ dance party.

Twenty years of free hip-hop, hula and ballet classes return to downtown Austin on August 30, no experience required.