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🪣 Make a list

How much of Austin have you experienced?
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Test yourself with our Austin bucket list. | Photo by ATXtoday
Be honest — how much of Austin have you really experienced?

We asked our readers which local place they thought every Austinite should visit. The most common answers included Barton Springs, Mount Bonnell, the Texas Capitol, and the Ann Richards Congress Avenue Bridge during bat season.

Now, we’re asking you how many of those Austin landmarks, venues, and festivals you’ve checked off your Austin bucket list.

Have you lived all over the city? Have you seen music in all the venues around town? Are you a connoisseur of Austin’s many landmarks? Take this quiz, and we’ll tell you what percentage of Austin you’ve experienced.

Before you start checking boxes away, know that getting a perfect score on this list is very unlikely. We suggest using it as a road map for exploring the Capital City.

Once you’ve checked off the list, use our music venues guide, landmarks guide, and festival guide to fill out the rest of your bubbles. Without further ado, let’s get cracking.

Editor’s note: While we know Austin’s history and culture involves dozens of beloved venues that have since closed, this list only includes venues that were operating at the time of publication.
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Events
Wednesday, Oct. 18
  • Candlelight Yoga and Sound Bath | Wednesday, Oct. 18 | 7-8 p.m. | Colton House Hotel, 2510 S. Congress Ave., Austin | $35 | Enjoy candlelight yoga on a rooftop alongside a soothing sound bath featuring bowls, chimes, and a gong.
  • Moxy Halloween Pop-Up Bar | Now-Tuesday, Oct. 31 | 7:30 p.m. | Moxy Austin, 2552 Guadalupe St., Austin | Free | Unleash your inner witch with free tarot readings, revolving Halloween films, and chilling cocktails.
Thursday, Oct. 19
  • Sue Foley | Thursday, Oct. 19 | 8 p.m. | The Long Center, 701 W. Riverside Dr., Austin | $45 | Enjoy the Concert Club performance with this blues artist.
Friday, Oct. 20
  • Gem Capers: Minerals of India | Friday, Oct. 20-Sunday, Oct. 22 | Times vary | Palmer Events Center, 900 Barton Springs Rd., Austin | Free-$8 | Explore 30+ vendors for gems, minerals, fossils, crystals, and beads.
  • Chris Stapleton | Friday, Oct. 20-Saturday, Oct. 21 | 7-11 p.m. | The Moody Center, 2001 Robert Dedman Dr., Austin | $112-$350 | Special guests Charley Crockett and Nikki Lane will also perform at this show.
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News Notes
Development
  • More than $1 billion — and the landscape of Downtown — is at stake, as the city works through contracts for the Austin Convention Center expansion. City Council will vote on two contracts tomorrow for construction to begin in 2025. (Austin Business Journal)
Real Estate
  • The Austin metro area has four months of housing inventory as of September, its highest in eight years. The Austin Board of Realtors said ATX saw an 18.2% decrease in sales compared to this time last year and an average closing price of $452,080.
Concert
  • Heads up — “Somebody Told Me” The Killers will play a surprise concert tonight at Emo’s Austin tonight at 8 p.m. General admission tickets go on sale this morning at 10 a.m.
Civic
  • Austin City Council will vote tomorrow on whether or not to use search firm Mosaic Public Partners to fill the position of city manager. So far, the city estimates that the offer process will take three to four months. (KXAN)
Announced
  • The Ziegenfelder Company — which manufactures sweet treats like Twin Pops and Monster Pops — broke ground on a factory in Lockhart. The facility is expected to create ~100 jobs. (KXAN)
Weather
  • The burn ban in Travis County has been extended to Tuesday, Oct. 24. The Commissioners Court voted to extend the ban due to forecasted weather conditions. (KXAN)
Wellness
  • You’ve heard of collagen — but have you heard of collagen loading? Here’s how to use NativePath’s Grass-Fed Collagen to do it while it’s over 50% off.*
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Music

🎤 Get to know Grace Sørensen

Getting to know Austin-based R&B singer Grace Sørensen
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The 20-year-old singer-songwriter completed her first ever ACL Fest set on the BMI stage. | Photo courtesy of Grace Sørensen
Hey, “Miss Majesty.” At just 20 years old, R&B singer Grace Sørensen was one of the youngest performers to grace the stages at ACL Fest 2023.

We caught up with Sørensen after her first-ever set at the festival to learn a bit more about the born-and-raised local artist.

"(Performing at ACL) was a really surreal feeling,” Sørensen said. “I can’t lie — it was really, really dope to experience it for myself.”

Listening to Sørensen’s music, you might find yourself relating to her dreamy lyrics.

“It’s mostly me trying to figure myself out and learning about myself,” Sørensen said. “Basically indulging in my emotions and creating beautiful things out of feelings that aren’t all the time so beautiful.”

If you have yet to hear her music, Sørensen recommends starting with her most popular single, “Digits.”

Before you go, Sørensen has another Austin-based artist to recommend: Elijah Delgado, a friend and former classmate of hers.
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The Wrap
 
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Today’s edition by:
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From the editor
City Editor London and I were able to sit down with “The Which Way Tree” author Elizabeth Crook, who will be at the Texas Book Fest next month, for an interview yesterday.

We’re really looking forward to sharing it with y’all, so keep your eyes peeled.
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