It’s the last stretch before summer, folks. Make sure to enjoy the blooming flowers, crisp weather, and magical outdoors while you can. Read on to discover the top 19 things to do in Austin this month!
1-7. Experience Magical Candlelight Concerts
You can still experience an absolutely magical spring here in Austin, and part of that is thanks to the amazing spaces the city has to offer. Luckily, Fever Originals is bringing its wildly popular Candlelight concert series to beautiful open-air venues for the season.
- Candlelight: A Tribute to Taylor Swift
- Candlelight: A Tribute to Radiohead
- Candlelight: The Best of Frank Sinatra
- Candlelight: A Tribute to Coldplay
- Candlelight: A Tribute to Metallica and Schubert
- Candlelight: The Best of Hans Zimmer
8. Get Your Tickets to this Spooky Edgar Allen Poe Speakeasy
Calling all literature lovers and cocktail enthusiasts in Austin! This one-of-a-kind Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy is coming to Austin’s Charles Johnson House next month, bringing four of Poe’s most infamous works off of the page and onto the stage through an immersive cocktail experience. The speakeasy will only be in Austin for a limited time from May 25 to May 27 at the Charles Johnson House, so secure your tickets here before it moves on to its next destination!
9. Check Out This Far Out Vintage Market Pop Up
Now more than ever is the time to support small businesses. Thankfully, with live music, good eats, and a crop of awesome local shops at The Far Out Lounge, it’s never been so much fun.
10. Go Chasing Waterfalls
There’s no understating the natural beauty of the Lone Star State. This season, head the call to adventure and venture out to the state’s most gorgeous waterfalls and the hiking trails that take you there.
11. Play A Round Of Pickleball
When the name of your entertainment complex is called “Dreamland”, you’re already setting the bar pretty high. But when your entertainment complex, outdoor recreational center, and arts venue offers everything from Pickleball to live concerts, well, maybe the name is more fitting, after all.
12. Enter A Portal Into Parallel Universes
Light displays and exhibitions are still out there in January if you know where to find the portal. Enter the multi-verse at the Mesmerize exhibition at the Native Hostel at 807 E 4th St.
13. See the Best Texas has to Offer
Anyone that has ever road tripped out of state understands the sheer size of Texas. And with its enormousness, there’s plenty to see and do in the Lonestar State. From state parks and small towns, to luscious vineyards, to some strange little oddities along the way, here’s some exploration inspiration for my fellow Texan wanderlusts.
14. Withdraw Cupcakes From This Sweet ATM
For many, a trip to the ATM, particularly after a long weekend, is a somewhat trepidatious process. One mind trick is to simply make the withdrawal without peaking at your balance – if money comes out, it means you still have some in the account. When making a withdrawal from Sprinkles Cupcake ATM, it’s kind of like that, except much more exciting.
15. Glamp In The Stars
Spend a few nights at Basecamp Terlingua, an other-worldly glamping experience that integrates the future with the past, giving its visitors the impression of luxury camping in the cosmos.
16. Sweeten Up At This Precious Bakery
Hyde Park may possibly well be the most charming neighborhood in Austin. And it’s due to its quaint collection of local coffee houses, restaurants, and grocers. On 43rd street, across the way from Fresh Plus, you have Quacks Bakery, home to buzzworthy coffee concoctions, precious pastries, and the most enticing danishes in the capital.
17. Hang Out At The Armadillo Den
The two-story Armadillo Den is hooked up with Google Fiber Wifi. With both indoor and outdoor seating options, this makes the Den ideal for mixing work and play. Its spacious patio is spruced up with oak trees, plenty of tables, yard games, a swing, and a running creek. In the near future, the Den plans to open an off-leash dog park as well as construct a kid-friendly awning area.
18. Get Lost In This Magical Multi-Sensory Wonderspace
We could all use a psychological escape right now. Plunge into the infinite space that is imagination in the multiplicity of multi-sensory experience exhibited in Austin’s Wonderspace. Stimulate your mind at Wonderspace in Austin, where 12 surreal expositions are currently on display.
19. Visit the Museum of Ice Cream
Let your imagination run wild this fall in the state capital as Museum of Ice Cream has brought their stunning and whimsical experiums to Austin. MOIC, based in New York City, crafts surreal and saturated landscapes splashed with dazzling installations through which visitors are invited to connect with themselves and the environment around them.