{"id":420665,"date":"2026-08-30T00:31:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T00:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/420665\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T00:31:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T00:31:43","slug":"weekend-check-central-texas-events-happening-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/420665\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Check: Central Texas events happening this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 We made it to Friday! What are you up to this weekend?<\/p>\n

If you’re not sure, here are a few things you can add to the agenda.<\/p>\n

Superhero Night at Dell Diamond<\/p>\n

Calling all superheroes!<\/p>\n

Friday night, the Round Rock Express are hosting Superhero Night at Dell Diamond as they take on Albuquerque.<\/p>\n

You can meet Spider-Man, Wolverine, and Captain Marvel, and stick around after the game for fireworks.<\/p>\n

Costumes are encouraged. Grab your cape and head to the ballpark!<\/p>\n

Austin’s Biggest Pizza Party<\/p>\n

How about free pizza and soda?<\/p>\n

Lady Bird Soda is teaming up with Home Slice for Austin’s biggest pizza party.<\/p>\n

Stop by the original South Congress Slice Window from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday for free pie pieces, plus free Lady Bird Soda and swag.<\/p>\n

The event is all in support of the Trail Conservancy.<\/p>\n

Scheels in Cedar Park opens Saturday<\/p>\n

The kids could probably spend all day here.<\/p>\n

The massive sporting goods store Scheels opens in Cedar Park,<\/a> bringing hundreds of jobs to the area.<\/p>\n

It boasts a saltwater aquarium, a 65-foot Ferris wheel with $1 rides, a candy shop, bowling, an arcade and more.<\/p>\n

The fun starts in the parking lot at 7 a.m., with the doors opening at 9:30 a.m. Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

Le Garage Sale celebrates 25 years<\/p>\n

Love a good deal?<\/p>\n

Austin’s Le Garage Sale is celebrating 25 years this weekend at the Palmer Events Center.<\/p>\n

More than 140 boutiques, brands and designers will be offering discounted clothing, vintage, jewelry, home decor and more.<\/p>\n

It’s happening Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., with tickets starting at $12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 We made it to Friday! What are you up to this weekend? If you’re not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420666,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-420665","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\/420665","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=420665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}