{"id":2453230,"date":"2026-06-10T18:52:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T18:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2453230"},"modified":"2026-06-10T18:52:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T18:52:32","slug":"live-music-and-theater-productions-8-events-to-explore-in-austin-this-june-and-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/live-music-and-theater-productions-8-events-to-explore-in-austin-this-june-and-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Live music and theater productions: 8 events to explore in Austin this June and July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHere are eight events for locals to attend in Austin in late June and July. Activities include a zero-waste event, live performances and fundraising dinners.<\/p>\n<p>This list is not comprehensive, and all events are subject to change.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Annie&#8217; at The Topfer at Zach<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zach Theater will present the musical \u201cAnnie,\u201d about a young orphan who hopes to find her perfect family. The musical is led by associate artistic director Cassie Abate, with musical direction from Spencer Hansen and choreography from Kiira Carper. The production features a youth and adult cast with a run time of two hours and 30 minutes, with a 20-minute intermission.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>June 24-Aug. 2, times vary<\/li>\n<li>Starting at $28 (tickets)<\/li>\n<li>202 S. Lamar Blvd., Austin<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zachtheater.org\">www.zachtheater.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Zilker Theatre Productions &#8216;Singin\u2019 in the Rain&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zilker Theatre Productions will host its 67th annual summer show, \u201cSingin\u2019 in the Rain,\u201d at Zilker Hillside Theatre. The family-friendly production is free and open to the public every Thursday-Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zero Waste Resource Fair <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Austin Resource Recovery will host a sustainability fair at the Montopolis Recreation and Community Center. Austin residents can learn about multi-family housing composting, pick up a free kitchen compost collector if they live in an apartment or condo and grab a snack.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Austin Public Library 100th Birthday Bash<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Austin Public Library will host its centennial celebration at the central library location. The birthday bash will feature crafts, party crowns and party games.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Y\u2019all Dinner <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Future Front Texas will host a five-course dinner, natural wine tastings and a martini bar series with chef Deepa Shridhar. The menu will feature South Indian-Texan dishes and all proceeds will support the event\u2019s talent and Future Front programs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hot Summer Nights <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Red River Cultural District will host its annual free summer music festival with performances at Chess Club, Kingdom, Stubb\u2019s, Swan Dive and more. The festival will also include a Hot Summer Night Market on July 18 at Liberty Lunch by Future Front Texas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rodeo Room Sessions: Comedy Night with Top Flight Comedy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Renaissance Austin Downtown Hotel is hosting a monthly comedy showcase. The live entertainment series will feature a lineup of stand-up comedians and attendees are invited to arrive early to dine at the Swim Club located in the hotel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summer Stock Austin\u2019s &#8216;Newsies&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Impact Arts\u2019 summer program, Summer Stock Austin, will feature a production of Disney\u2019s \u201cNewsies.\u201d The musical is based on the 1899 Newsboys Strike and follows the story of community organizing, resilience and camaraderie. The production will also include special events, including ASL-interpreted and audio-described performances, sensory-friendly performances and Spanish-interpreted performances.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>July 31-Aug. 9<\/li>\n<li>$28.80 (individual tickets)<\/li>\n<li>2375 Robert Dedman Drive, Austin<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.impactarts.org\">www.impactarts.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/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>Here are eight events for locals to attend in Austin in late June and July. Activities include a zero-waste event, live performances and fundraising dinners. This list is not comprehensive, and all events are subject to change. &#8216;Annie&#8217; at The Topfer at Zach Zach Theater will present the musical \u201cAnnie,\u201d about a young orphan who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2453231,"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":[22801,481346,365775,482082,22034,352986,309977,22477,482081,27108,345885,482083,23072],"class_list":["post-2453230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-austin","tag-austin-public-library","tag-comedy-show","tag-east-austin","tag-events","tag-july","tag-june","tag-live-music","tag-local-happenings","tag-music-festival","tag-musicals","tag-red-river-cultural-district","tag-theatre"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Live-music-and-theater-productions-8-events-to-explore-in.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453230","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=2453230"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2453232,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453230\/revisions\/2453232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2453231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2453230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2453230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2453230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}