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Since 2009 · Austin, Texas
Keep Austin FREE!
FREE events, things to do, and community resources in Austin, curated every week by a local who has been here since before the boom.
The weekly email
FREE This Week in Austin
Every Sunday afternoon, the whole week of FREE lands in your inbox. It's FREE, of course.
- The Free Bee's Top 5The five FREE things most worth your time this week.
- Day by day, Monday to SundayEvery FREE event on the calendar, tagged by area from Georgetown to Driftwood.
- Coming UpBig FREE events two to six weeks out, so you can save the date.
- Resource spotlightOne FREE service from the directory that more people should know about.
FREE events · next 7 days
Happening this week
31 FREE events from Georgetown to Driftwood this week. Updated every morning.
Today · Monday, September 28
Tomorrow · Tuesday, September 29
- Trail Restoration Tuesdays (Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail)
- Blanton Museum of Art — FREE Tuesdays
- Thinkery — FREE Community Hours (Tuesdays)
- Storytelling for Creatives (Dougherty Arts Center)
- + 1 more on Tuesday
Wednesday, September 30
- Dripping Springs Farmers Market — FREE Weekly Market
- Artist Talk: "Somos Animales Poéticos," "On and On and On," "Out of Place" (Dougherty Arts Center)
Thursday, October 1
- The Contemporary Austin — FREE Thursdays (Laguna Gloria & Jones Center)
- FREE Live Music — PAACK Every Thursday at The Saxon Pub
Friday, October 2
- Round Rock Arts Fest — FREE (Fri)
- Driftwood Nights — FREE Friday Songwriter Series at Vista Brewing
- Lounge Sessions — FREE Live Music at Hotel San José
- Leander Bluegrass & Folk Festival — FREE (Fri)
- + 2 more on Friday
Saturday, October 3
- Wimberley Market Days — FREE Admission
- National Night Out (NNO) Kickoff Party
- SFC Downtown Farmers' Market at Republic Square
- Restoration Reset: Park Stewardship (Spyglass Trailhead, Barton Creek Greenbelt)
- + 6 more on Saturday
Sunday, October 4
- H-E-B FREE First Sunday Programs
- Round Rock Arts Fest — FREE (Sun)
- Texas Farmers' Market at Mueller — FREE Weekly Market
- Mexic-Arte Museum — FREE Admission Sunday
- + 1 more on Sunday
Any day of the week
FREE things to do
Austin's parks, libraries, arts spaces, and cultural centers offer more FREE programming than most people realize.
Libraries & Learning
- ACC Adult Education — FREE GED/HSE Prep
- APL — FREE ESL / Talk Time Conversation Practice
- APL Seed Library
Arts & Culture
- Blanton Museum of Art
- Bullock Texas State History Museum
- Austin Community College Gallery
197 listings in 14 categories
Community resources
FREE and low-cost services for Austin residents across food, healthcare, housing, families, and more.
2-1-1
Start here: 2-1-1 Texas is a FREE 24/7 hotline for rent, utilities, food, healthcare, childcare and more. Dial 2-1-1 or visit 211texas.org.
Photos by Myria
See Austin through the lens
I photograph the places and events on this calendar. Prints of those Austin moments are for sale at byMyria.com.
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One to keep, one to give
FREE in Austin has no paywall and never will. The Keep Austin FREE! sticker is how you keep it that way: every 2-pack pays for a week of the calendar, the directory, and the weekly email.
- Buy one, get one. Keep one for your laptop or water bottle, and give the second to a friend or stick it somewhere Austin will see it.
- Supporter price: $15 for the 2-pack, shipped in Austin.
About this project
Keep Austin FREE!
FREE in Austin started in 2009 as a simple list, my way of sharing the best no-cost things to do in a city that already knew exactly who it was.
Austin had an identity. A strong one. Community, creativity, live music, the outdoors, and a culture of showing up for each other, all without spending a dime.
Then came the boom. Prices went up. Crowds rolled in. A lot of what made Austin, Austin, got priced out, paved over, or drowned out. But not everything.
The trails are here. The libraries are here. The community events, the FREE stages, the music spilling out of open doors, all here. FREE in Austin exists to make sure people can find all of it, no matter what their budget looks like.
Myria FREE, Austin local since before the boom