{"id":229819,"date":"2026-04-01T06:31:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T06:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/229819\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T06:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T06:31:07","slug":"blues-and-boat-race-check-out-these-9-events-in-austin-this-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/229819\/","title":{"rendered":"Blues and boat race: Check out these 9 events in Austin this April"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLooking for things to do in Austin this April? Check out this noncomprehensive list including festivals, live shows and a picnic. Events are subject to change.<\/p>\n

Moontower Comedy Festival<\/p>\n

The two-week festival will host comedy shows around Austin, featuring over 100 comics.<\/p>\n

ABC Kite Fest<\/p>\n

The annual kite festival at Zilker Metropolitan Park features hundreds of kites taking flight.<\/p>\n

April 11, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.Free (admission)Zilker Park, 2100 Barton Springs Road, Austinwww.abckitefest.org<\/a>\"OneOne of Austin\u2019s oldest traditions, this annual festival is an all-day event filled with kite making, flying and gazing. (Courtesy ABC Kite Fest)STAPLE! Independent Media Expo<\/p>\n

The two-day festival will feature more than 100 independent exhibitors showcasing comics, zines, artwork and tabletop games. The festival launched in Austin in 2005. This year\u2019s lineup includes Eisner and Ignatz Award-winning cartoonist Tara Booth and Katie Cook, creator of the Nothing Special webcomic and a writer and illustrator known for work with Star Wars, Marvel, and My Little Pony.<\/p>\n

The 49th Annual Statesman Capitol 10,000<\/p>\n

The Statesman Cap10K is the largest in Texas and the sixth largest in the country. Runners will gather to race over 6.2 miles in downtown Austin.<\/p>\n

April 12, 8 a.m.$70-$75 (participate)Congress Avenue bridge (start)www.cap10k.com<\/a>Austin Reggae Festival<\/p>\n

The festival is a fundraiser for the Capital Area Food Bank and features three days of reggae, world and dub music. Attendees can also browse more than 50 vendors.<\/p>\n

Pop-Up Picnic<\/p>\n

The 13th annual Pop-Up Picnic at Waterloo Park is a fundraising event to support the maintenance and programming of the park. This family-friendly event will feature live music and picnic baskets from Austin restaurants.<\/p>\n

Austin Dragon Boat Festival<\/p>\n

The 26th annual Austin Dragon Boat Festival, hosted by Lunar Foundation, is a race on Lady Bird Lake. Spectators can enjoy an outdoor art gallery featuring Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander artists and a variety of food vendors, including a showcase of zongzi, a Chinese dish traditionally eaten during Dragon Boat Festivals.<\/p>\n

April 25, 10 a.m.Free (admission), $800+ (to compete)Festival Beach, 1621 Nash Hernandez Senior Road, Austinwww.atxdragonboat.com<\/a>\"\"The Austin Dragon Boat Festival will take place at Festival Beach off Lady Bird Lake. (Courtesy Austin Dragon Boat Festival)Austin Blues Festival<\/p>\n

The Austin Blues Festival will return to Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park this spring, presented by Antone’s Nightclub and Waterloo Greenway Conservancy. The two-day festival celebrates music and culture and started in 1999. This year is the festival\u2019s fourth edition and will celebrate Antone\u2019s 50-year lease extension.<\/p>\n

‘La boh\u00e8me’<\/p>\n

Austin Opera\u2019s 40th season will conclude this spring with Puccini\u2019s \u201cLa boh\u00e8me\u201d at the Long Center for four performances. The opera, directed by Austinite Eboni Adams, follows four young artists struggling to make ends meet while chasing their dreams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Looking for things to do in Austin this April? Check out this noncomprehensive list including festivals, live shows…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,25642,64,727,9405,574,13161,88849,69],"class_list":["post-229819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-blues","tag-events","tag-festival","tag-fundraiser","tag-live-music","tag-race","tag-reggae","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}