A 10-mile race with teams of four runners each taking a 2.5-mile loop to and from the central festival/transition area, with an afterparty including goodies from Tacodeli and Real Ale.

Zilker Relays

An Unexpected Encounter with Val Mayerik

The Taco Mafia is the featured food partner for Austin Parks Foundation's annual fundraiser, Party for the Parks, and they'll be dishing up the best of their tasty noms for dinner, amid an evening of live music (Portugal. The Man), delicious drinks, and general festival fun.

Party for the Parks: Taco Mafia

Three days of live music on several stages, all of Austin's fave foods, and lots of fun activities around the park make for an exhausting but exhilarating and unforgettable experience. Single-day and full-weekend passes are available, now with a layaway option. Read more as the fest approaches at austinchronicle.com/music.

Austin City Limits Music Festival

Usher in the season by witnessing the beauty of the 155-foot-tall tree coming to life with over 3,000 bulbs.

Zilker Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony

Kick off the holiday season in style at an exclusive VIP experience with gourmet bites, festive drinks, carousel and Ferris wheel rides, and a sneak peek of the Trail of Lights before the grand opening.

2023 Austin Trail of Lights Preview Party

Run, jog, or stroll through an untimed 2-mile course starting at the enormous Zilker Holiday Tree and weaving through the Trail of Lights, ending with a party featuring music, food and drinks, Santa photo ops, a vendor expo, and more.

Austin Trail of Lights Fun Run

The beloved and long-running tradition continues, offering a jubilant display with millions of lights and dozens of lit trees and displays. Plus free photos with Santa, food truck options, and more.

59th Annual Austin Trail of Lights Grand Opening

Austin's beloved tradition returns for its 59th year, featuring more than 2 million lights illuminating the park, 90 lighted holiday trees, and more than 70 other holiday displays and lighted tunnels.

Austin Trail of Lights

That Christmas tree has done its work beautifying your home; now help it find a new purpose by dropping it off to be transformed into mulch. Natural trees free of artificial snow and with all decor removed will be accepted.

Holiday Tree Recycling

That Christmas tree has done its work beautifying your home; now help it find a new purpose by dropping it off to be transformed into mulch. Natural trees free of artificial snow and with all decor removed will be accepted. Free mulch can be picked up by the community starting Jan. 10, 9am, on a first-come, first-served basis.

Holiday Tree Recycling & Free Mulch

Austin’s favorite free summer concert series continues with an abbreviated run featuring Golden Dawn Arkestra, Grace Sorensen, Nané ft. Quentin Arispe, Riders Against the Storm, Caramelo Haze, and the Point.

Blues on the Green

A brief cancellation scare at the beginning of the year dealt a major blow to the heart of Austin. However, with the help of some incredible sponsors, including H-E-B, and Austin City Council’s approval of a February resolution – which, essentially, protects the funding and longevity of free events that “reflect the City’s cultural identity as the ‘Live Music Capital of the World’ for all Austinites and its visitors” – Blues on the Green is back on! A collective sigh, and certainly some tears of relief, rippled across the city. A bastion of Austin’s traditions, Blues on the Green has seen its own kind of evolution with the guidance and thoughtful curation of living legend Jackie Venson. With headliners Golden Dawn Arkestra and hip-hop revolutionists Riders Against the Storm, this year’s show carries special significance. – Cy White