South by Southwest will not be sponsored by the U.S. Army or any defense contractors in 2025, the festival announced.

Keyboardist, band leader, and educator Dr. James Polk passed away on Friday, June 21, 2024 at the age of 83, The Austin Jazz Society announced via social media.

Giddy Ups, the Menchaca Road honky-tonk that’s hosted blues greats and country pickers for more than 25 years, will close in early August.

Austin’s funkiest duo almost didn’t happen. In its infancy, Rococo Disco comprised only Paul Chu, who, after a taste of high school choir, decided on a whim that he could do this music thing better on his own.

The lineup for this year’s Hot Summer Nights has arrived. More than 125 local acts will perform across 14 venues for the Red River Cultural District’s annual free summer music festival, slated for July 18-20.

In the sultry early evening of a mid-June Thursday, ladies and lads had asses out, glorious bodies on display in various forms of dress (oftentimes, more on the un- side of that) to support the queen of spicy seasonal shenanigans. Hot Girl Summer indeed.

Since the Sixties, it seems the body has been a battlefield. Governing entities have attempted to restrict and police how fully autonomous human beings express themselves within their own vessels.

The takeaway from this year’s Corporate Battle of the Bands: These folks are bold.

With applications for the 2024 Austin Live Music Fund open to the public until June 18, the Music Commission spent this month’s meeting brainstorming other ways to support local musicians.