Things to Do
Things to Do across Austin, TX.
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Trinity Street Playhouse
Austin
Trinity Street Playhouse sits on the southern edge of downtown Austin, a small black-box-style stage tucked into the Trinity Street corridor near the convention center. Its compressed evening schedule—shows running Tuesday and Wednesday nights only—signals an intimate venue where performances are events to plan around rather than drop in on.
Mary Moody Northen Theatre
Austin
Tucked into the St. Edward's University campus just off South Congress, the Mary Moody Northen Theatre is the university's main stage, where theater students share the boards with professional guest artists across a season of plays and musicals. If you're catching a show, plan to arrive a little early — parking on the hilly campus takes a minute to sort out, and the productions tend to draw a mix of students, families, and South Austin regulars.
Neverland Design Fine Art Studio and Casa Neverlandia Art House
Austin
Casa Neverlandia sits in South Austin's Bouldin Creek neighborhood as a handmade, fantastical home-turned-art-environment, where artist-builder James Talbot has spent decades layering mosaics, hand-shaped woodwork, a rooftop perch, and playful features like a suspension bridge and fire pole into the structure itself. The first thing you'll notice is that nothing here is off-the-shelf — it's best experienced during one of its occasional open tours or arts events rather than as a drop-in stop, so it's worth checking ahead for access.
Stage Austin
Austin
Set just off Highway 290 on Austin's east side, Stage Austin is a combined performance hall and event space where live music and theater share the calendar with food and drink. Expect a flexible room built for everything from a seated show to a standing crowd, with the easy parking and elbow room that comes with being a little outside the downtown crush.
ColdTowne Conservatory
Austin
ColdTowne Conservatory is an East Austin comedy club specializing in improv and sketch, with a small theater feel and a reputation as a training ground where local performers cut their teeth in classes and weekly shows. Tucked into the East 2nd Street stretch, it's the kind of intimate room where you're close enough to the stage to catch every aside, so come ready to be part of the show.
Round Rock ISD Performing Arts Center
Austin
Run by the Round Rock Independent School District, this performing arts center is the kind of venue where you're as likely to catch a student orchestra concert or a high school musical as a touring act or community event. If you're attending, note that the McNeil Drive address sits on the Austin side of the district's sprawling footprint, so give yourself a little extra time to find parking before a show.
The Gloria Delgado Performing Arts Theatre
Austin
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Bolm Arts
Austin
Bolm Arts sits in one of East Austin's converted warehouse bays off Bolm Road, the kind of unmarked industrial stretch where you'll likely notice the roll-up doors and gravel lots before you spot the gallery itself. It functions as both an exhibition space and an event venue, so what's on the walls depends on when you visit—worth checking ahead to see what's currently showing.
Joseph And Susanna Dickinson Hannig Museum
Austin
This modest limestone cottage was the Austin home of Susanna Dickinson, one of the few survivors of the Battle of the Alamo, and her husband Joseph Hannig, a German-born cabinetmaker. Inside you'll find a small but pointed look at her life beyond that single famous day, set in one of the oldest surviving houses in the area — just know the hours are slim, so plan around that midweek window.
Link & Pin
Austin
Link & Pin is an East Austin art gallery tucked into a small storefront on East 6th Street, showing contemporary and emerging artists in an intimate, low-key space. Hours are limited and the gallery keeps an appointment-friendly rhythm, so it's worth checking ahead or planning around an opening or event before you stop by.
Rollins Theatre
Austin
Rollins Theatre sits inside the ZACH Theatre complex along Lady Bird Lake in South Austin, an intimate, modern space where the company stages much of its contemporary and smaller-cast work. Arrive a little early to enjoy the riverside setting, and expect close sightlines that put you near the action no matter where you sit.
Skyline Theater at the Long Center
Austin
Set on the south shore of Lady Bird Lake, this open-air stage at the Long Center frames the downtown Austin skyline as its backdrop, so an evening performance comes paired with the city lights and the water just beyond. It's an easy walk from the Auditorium Shores trails, and arriving before sunset is worth it to catch the view shift over the river.
Kleberg Stage
Austin
Part of Austin's ZACH Theatre complex along the south shore of Lady Bird Lake, the Kleberg Stage is an intimate, thrust-style space where the audience wraps close around the action. Expect a more up-close theatergoing experience here than in a traditional proscenium house, with productions ranging from contemporary plays to musicals.
Helm Fine Arts Center
Austin
Tucked into the wooded hills of West Lake Hills on the St. Stephen's Episcopal School campus, the Helm Fine Arts Center is a performing arts venue that hosts theater productions, recitals, and concerts. Visitors will notice its quiet, set-back-from-the-road setting, a contrast to the busier venues closer to downtown Austin.
Oscar G. Brockett Theatre
Austin
Tucked into the University of Texas at Austin's Winship Drama Building, the Oscar G. Brockett Theatre is the main stage for the university's Department of Theatre and Dance, named for the influential theatre historian who taught here. Expect student and faculty productions ranging from classic plays to new work, in an intimate setting where you're rarely far from the action.
Flower Hill Center
Austin
Flower Hill Center sits in a quiet stretch of Austin's Clarksville neighborhood, just west of downtown off West 6th Street, where it serves as a small gathering and exhibition space rather than a large institutional museum. Note the limited hours—mornings only, Monday through Wednesday—so it's worth confirming access before you make the trip.
Texas Spirit Theater
Austin
Tucked inside the Bullock Texas State History Museum on Congress Avenue, the Texas Spirit Theater is a special-effects theater where films about the state's history come with rumbling seats, mist, and other sensory surprises. It's an easy add-on to a museum visit, and the short run time makes it a good fit for families or anyone wanting a break between the galleries.
Comedy in the Capital
Austin
Comedy in the Capital is a small comedy club tucked into a storefront space just off Congress Avenue, putting you within a short walk of the Texas Capitol and the bars of downtown Austin. Expect an intimate room where local stand-ups and touring comics share the lineup, so it's worth checking the schedule before you go.
McLennon Pen Co. Gallery
Austin
Tucked into a second-floor space just west of downtown, McLennon Pen Co. is a working studio and showroom for handcrafted fountain pens, where the writing instruments on display are made on-site rather than ordered in. Note the narrow window for visiting—it's open only midweek and keeps short afternoon hours, so it rewards a planned stop over a spontaneous one.
Stephen L. Clark Gallery
Austin
Tucked into a quiet stretch of Baylor Street in Austin's Clarksville area, the Stephen L. Clark Gallery is a small, independent art space a short hop from the West Sixth corridor. Its limited weekly hours mean it's worth confirming the schedule or calling ahead before you stop by.
Passion Theater
Austin
Whitespace. Passion Theater is a small performance and gallery space tucked into a South Austin office suite off South Congress, the kind of intimate, multi-use room where a live music set or art opening feels close enough to touch. If you're planning a visit, call ahead or check their schedule first—the listed weekday daytime hours suggest the space opens around events rather than keeping consistent walk-in gallery hours.
G.A Bailey Performing Arts Center
Austin
Tucked into Austin's east side, the G.A Bailey Performing Arts Center is the kind of neighborhood venue where you're as likely to catch a student recital or community theater production as a touring act, and the intimate scale means there's rarely a bad seat in the house. Check the schedule before you go, since programming here tends to rotate with the seasons rather than run year-round.
Department of Theatre and Dance - University of Texas at Austin
Austin
The Department of Theatre and Dance anchors UT Austin's performing arts scene on the east side of campus, staging student and faculty productions across spaces like the B. Iden Payne and Oscar G. Brockett theatres. Visitors will find a full season of plays, dance concerts, and new works open to the public, often at lower ticket prices than you'd pay downtown.
Teatro Vivo
Austin
Teatro Vivo is one of Austin's Latino theater companies, staging bilingual work that moves between English and Spanish and centers stories rooted in the city's Mexican American and broader Latino communities. Expect intimate productions where the language itself is part of the texture, so even a little Spanish goes a long way toward catching the wordplay and warmth of a given night.