{"id":2208402,"date":"2025-12-22T12:06:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T12:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2208402"},"modified":"2025-12-22T12:06:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T12:06:17","slug":"free-live-music-and-murder-mysteries-8-southwest-austin-events-to-add-to-your-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/free-live-music-and-murder-mysteries-8-southwest-austin-events-to-add-to-your-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"Free live music and murder mysteries: 8 Southwest Austin events to add to your calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSouthwest Austin residents can check out a mix of events expected to happen in January and February. Community members can find free live music performances and yoga experiences. This list is not comprehensive. Event details are subject to change.<\/p>\n<p><u>January<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>Red River Cultural District Free Week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The annual Red River Cultural District live music series will return at downtown venues such as Stubb\u2019s Bar-B-Q, Mohawk and Flamingo Cantina.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dripping Springs Gun Show<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Big Tex Gun Show Productions will host an event at Dripping Springs Ranch Park, highlighting a range of vendors selling gear, handbags, blades and more.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jan. 10, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Jan. 11, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>$10 (general admission); free (children 12 and under and uniformed officers)<\/li>\n<li>Dripping Springs Ranch Park; 1042 Event Center Drive, Dripping Springs<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bigtexgunshow.com\/show-schedule\">www.bigtexgunshow.com\/show-schedule<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>GZA \u2013 Liquid Swords 30th Anniversary Tour (Live Band Set ft. Phunky Nomads)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Wu-Tang Clan founding member is celebrating the anniversary of his album, &#8220;Liquid Swords.&#8221; GZA will perform alongside Phunky Nomads in this event featuring a fusion of hip-hop and live performance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who Killed The Love Interest?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hosted by detective Lin Cognito, the small group singles event will bring participants 55 years old and older together to complete puzzles, look for clues and discuss literary tropes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MLK Community March and Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Community members can gather in downtown Austin for the annual event to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s legacy. The festival portion of the event will feature local vendors and musical artists at Huston-Tillotson University.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\">\n<figure class=\"image\" style=\"display:inline-block\"><figcaption>Texas Brewery Running Series is hosting a 5K beer run in collaboration with St. Elmo Brewery. (Courtesy Texas Brewery Running Series)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Texas Brewery Running Series 5k Beer Run<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Runners and walkers of all experience levels are invited to enjoy a 5K at the brewery, where they will receive a craft brew, a collector\u2019s pint glass or a seasonal swag item and a chance to win door prizes. The event will also feature live music, games, gifts and giveaways.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jan. 24, 11 a.m.<\/li>\n<li>$45.28 (beer run\/walk); $65.74 (beer run\/walk and T-shirt); free (volunteer)<\/li>\n<li>St. Elmo Brewing; 440 E. St. Elmo Road, Austin<\/li>\n<li>Eventbrite: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/5k-beer-run-x-st-elmo-brewing-25-26-tx-brewery-running-series-tickets-1712417339359\">5k Beer Run x St. Elmo Brewing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Discovery Day: Into the Wood<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Community members can check out tree planting demonstrations with tips on native species and care, career chats with professional tree climbers and arborists, hands-on explorations of tree rings and more. Admission to the event is included in the Wildflower Center admission price.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jan. 24, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Free (UT faculty, staff and students and children under 2 years old); $12-$15 (military); $13-$16 (college student); $9-$12(ages 3-17); $15-$18 (adult); $12-$15 (seniors ages 65 and up)<\/li>\n<li>Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center; 4801 La Crosse Ave., Austin<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wildflower.org\/event\/discovery-day-into-the-wood\">www.wildflower.org\/event\/discovery-day-into-the-wood<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>February<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>Give &amp; Take: A Partner Yoga Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Duos will learn guided forms and practices of Thai yoga, acupressure and additional Chinese Medicine practices as well as partner stretches.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source communityimpact.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southwest Austin residents can check out a mix of events expected to happen in January and February. Community members can find free live music performances and yoga experiences. This list is not comprehensive. Event details are subject to change. January Red River Cultural District Free Week The annual Red River Cultural District live music series [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2208403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[426362,398708,426359,383840,383837,426364,383838,383839,22034,426366,426365,426363,398707,426361,426360],"class_list":["post-2208402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-5k-in-austin","tag-austin-business-news","tag-austin-event-news","tag-austin-events","tag-austin-local-news","tag-austin-singles-events","tag-community-impact","tag-community-impact-austin","tag-events","tag-january-free-live-music-austin","tag-live-music-in-austin","tag-murder-mystery-events-in-austin","tag-what-to-do-in-austin","tag-what-to-do-in-austin-in-february","tag-what-to-do-in-austin-in-january"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Free-live-music-and-murder-mysteries-8-Southwest-Austin-events.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2208402"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2208404,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208402\/revisions\/2208404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2208403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2208402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2208402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2208402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}