22-07-2025
Hot Summer Nights festival returns to Austin
Hot Summer Nights, the three-day music and arts festival, returns to the Red River Cultural District on Thursday.
Why it matters: The free festival, founded in 2017, provides additional revenue to venues and artists during slow summer months.
How it works: Over 150 artists will perform across 18 venues Thursday to Saturday, including Barbarella, Cheer Up Charlies, Empire Control Room, Stubb's, Vaquero Taquero and Waterloo Park.
Plus, attendees can find food and drink specials at each venue, along with a vintage market at Liberty Lunch 6-11pm Saturday.
Find the full schedule online.
What's new: Kingdom, Feels So Good, Marlow, and The Side Bar join the festival's roster of participating venues, and organizers have expanded daytime, family-friendly events at Waterloo Park and Mohawk.
And there are now early evening matinee concerts at The 13th Floor, FSG and Chess Club.
Between the lines: This year's Hot Summer Nights comes after the Austin City Council in November solidified funding for at least four more years.
