{"id":381842,"date":"2026-07-22T03:03:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T03:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/381842\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T03:03:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T03:03:51","slug":"6-austin-area-events-to-attend-july-24-26-central-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/381842\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Austin-area events to attend July 24-26 | Central Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re looking for ways to beat the heat this summer, check out six Austin-area events happening this weekend, July 24-25. Head over to East Austin for the Vibe Artisan Market, or to New Braunfels for this year\u2019s Quiltfest.<\/p>\n<p>This list is not comprehensive and all events are subject to change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201842nd Street\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>The Georgetown Palace Theatre will put on a production of the show, which celebrates Broadway, Times Square and the magic of show business.<\/p>\n<p>Quiltfest 2026<\/p>\n<p>This event, hosted by the New Braunfels Area Quilt Guild, will have 200 quilts on display. There will also be an emporium, boutique shopping, antique bed turnings and live demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>BBQ Cook-Off<\/p>\n<p>Hill Country Rally for Kids will host a cook-off with teams competing to have the best Tito\u2019s Handmade Vodka cocktail, beans, salsa and barbecue. The event will be held at Camp Ben McCulloch with live music on Friday and a car show on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>July 24-25, 6 p.m.Free (contest judge), $25 (cocktail, beans and salsa contest), $250 (BBQ team registration)18301 RM 1826, Driftwood<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hcrally.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.hcrally.com<\/a>Brick Rodeo<\/p>\n<p>Lego fans can head to Kalahari this weekend for a convention that showcases hundreds of intricate creations and sculptures.<\/p>\n<p>July 25-26, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. (Saturday); 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (Sunday)$25+3001 Kalahari Blvd., Round Rock<a href=\"https:\/\/brickrodeo.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/brickrodeo.com<\/a>Vibe Artisan Market <\/p>\n<p>Austinites can visit Distribution Hall for a two-day market with over 100 artisans each day. The event also features a cocktail bar, espresso bar, DJ sets, art gallery and additional activities. The market is family and dog friendly with free street parking.<\/p>\n<p>Parent &amp; Me: Pizza Baking<\/p>\n<p>Parents and children can work together to make dough from scratch at Over The Top Cake Supplies. Participants will use the dough to make pizza cups, pigs in a blanket and monkey bread.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019re looking for ways to beat the heat this summer, check out six Austin-area events happening this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381843,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,64,12268,53453,105456,134838,359,134837,6240,6565,5909],"class_list":["post-381842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-events","tag-georgetown","tag-kalahari","tag-lego","tag-live-performance","tag-new-braunfels","tag-palace-theatre","tag-round-rock","tag-things-to-do-in-austin","tag-weekend-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381842","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=381842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}