{"id":361094,"date":"2026-07-04T15:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T15:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/361094\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T15:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T15:47:12","slug":"tax-free-weekend-the-hive-vip-tour-and-more-for-southwest-austinites-to-do-this-weekend-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/361094\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax-free weekend, The Hive VIP Tour and more for Southwest Austinites to do this weekend | Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shoppers looking for back-to-school supplies can take advantage of the state’s tax-free weekend. The Austin Ice Cream Festival also returns Saturday for its 11th annual celebration. See what other events are going on this weekend:
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\nFri.-Sun., Aug. 11-13
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\nShoppers save during sales tax-free weekend
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\nThe state law exempts most clothing, footwear, school supplies and backpacks priced less than $100 from sales and use taxes during this weekend only, which could save shoppers about $8 on every $100 they spend, according to the Texas comptroller. www.comptroller.texas.gov\/taxes<\/a>
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\nSat., Aug. 12
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\nThe Hive: VIP Tour Fundraising Event
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\nThe Hive is hosting a fundraising event with free beer from Shady Brew Company and coffee from Perky Perky Coffee, donuts, a karaoke party, arts and crafts, a silent auction, and more. Guests will also get a sneak-peek tour of the The Hive, Austin’s first co-working space which will also offer child care<\/a>, set to open this fall. Free, but donations will be accepted at the door.
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\n10 a.m.- 2 p.m. The Hive Austin, 10415 Old Manchaca, Austin. www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/the-hive-austin-restaurant-coffee#\/<\/a>
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The Austin Ice Cream festival is Saturday and will include various flavors of the frozen desserts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\nAustin Ice Cream Festival
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\nThe 11th annual festival presented by H-E-B features various activities, including a frozen treat sampling, savory local food trucks, competitions, a human foosball court, lawn games, a dunk tank, a rock wall, a water gun station, remote control boat racing, and an after-dark movie in the park. \u00a0Free (age 8 and under), $15-$25 (adults).
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\n11 a.m.-10 p.m. Fiesta Gardens, 2101 Jesse E. Segovia St. www.austinicecreamfestival.com<\/a>
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\nSun., Aug. 13
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The Range at Austin is hosting a Youth Safety & Shooting training course on Sunday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\nYouth Safety & Shooting training course
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\nThis training course is an introductory two-hour seminar on firearm safety and shooing sports for ages 12-18. The class is structured to teach firearm safety, basic marksmanship and firearm handling skills. Direct supervision of live-fire evolutions will help develop basic marksmanship skills and shooting confidence. Hands-on progressions safely teach firearm handling skills such as unloading, loading and safety checks. $99.
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\n1-3 p.m. The Range at Austin, 8301 S. I-35, Austin. 512-650-2734. www.therangeaustin.com<\/a>
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\nTRACE Hell Night
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\nTRACE invites guests to the restaurant\u2019s second annual Hell Night, benefiting local nonprofit the\u00a0Sustainable Food Center.<\/a>\u00a0Paying homage to the original Hell Nights at Boston\u2019s East Coast Grill, the evening features a menu that includes three different food stations as well as passed appetizers and a spicy signature cocktail. $35 per person.
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\n6-9 p.m. TRACE, 200 Lavaca St., Austin. 512-542-3660. www.traceaustin.com\/hellnight<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shoppers looking for back-to-school supplies can take advantage of the state’s tax-free weekend. The Austin Ice Cream Festival…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357789,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,96977,128235],"class_list":["post-361094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-tax-free-weekend","tag-the-hive-vip-tour-and-more-for-southwest-austinites-to-do-this-weekend"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361094","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=361094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}