{"id":410574,"date":"2026-08-19T06:22:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T06:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/410574\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T06:22:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T06:22:36","slug":"indie-rock-band-maru-haru-cranks-up-austin-pride-ahead-of-big-queer-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/410574\/","title":{"rendered":"Indie rock band Maru Haru cranks up Austin pride ahead of Big Queer Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Austin\u2019s queer creative community is getting a little louder this September, thanks in part to indie rock band <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maru-songs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Maru Haru <\/a>\u2014 and they\u2019re gearing up to take the stage for <a href=\"https:\/\/4d8e06f5.isolation.zscaler.com\/profile\/98d869a8-729e-45d2-a134-8eb51b93c055\/zia-session\/?controls_id=23f8565e-2b69-4222-b5ba-f4964a34a4ba&amp;region=pdx&amp;tenant=a422c0092784&amp;user=2effb0a635359c94ec7bbc869a8a0857b1b1f56219e8bbe2a1366a68003618bf&amp;original_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbigqueerweekend.com.%2F&amp;key=sh-1&amp;hmac=183c349e2840b73cf8408a59539e7448b488dd7654680d766a843d1f30dd5a06\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Big Queer Weekend.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Indie rock band Maru Haru cranks up Austin pride ahead of Big Queer Weekend\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6057d8b8-e023-424d-a880-ef2dc1179301-IMG_0112.JPG\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Indie rock band Maru Haru cranks up Austin pride ahead of Big Queer Weekend<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maru-songs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Maru Haru <\/a>is set to perform Saturday, Sept. 26, as part of the free Pride in Local Music Showcase at Drinks Backyard. The showcase is free and open to the public, though organizers recommend RSVPing.<\/p>\n<p>The performance is part of Big Queer Weekend, running Sept. 24 through 27, celebrating Austin\u2019s queer creative community through film, music and art.<\/p>\n<p>For the full Big Queer Weekend lineup and more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/4d8e06f5.isolation.zscaler.com\/profile\/98d869a8-729e-45d2-a134-8eb51b93c055\/zia-session\/?controls_id=23f8565e-2b69-4222-b5ba-f4964a34a4ba&amp;region=pdx&amp;tenant=a422c0092784&amp;user=2effb0a635359c94ec7bbc869a8a0857b1b1f56219e8bbe2a1366a68003618bf&amp;original_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbigqueerweekend.com.%2F&amp;key=sh-1&amp;hmac=183c349e2840b73cf8408a59539e7448b488dd7654680d766a843d1f30dd5a06\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">bigqueerweekend.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Indie rock band Maru Haru cranks up Austin pride ahead of Big Queer Weekend\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0ba5590c-0562-471f-8f8f-13a4c6732391-FullscreenMaruharu.png\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Indie rock band Maru Haru cranks up Austin pride ahead of Big Queer Weekend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Austin\u2019s queer creative community is getting a little louder this September, thanks in part to indie rock band&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-410574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410574","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=410574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}