{"id":426067,"date":"2026-09-04T12:38:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T12:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/426067\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T12:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T12:38:18","slug":"bat-fest-free-sundays-at-the-bullock-and-more-to-do-this-labor-day-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/426067\/","title":{"rendered":"Bat Fest, Free Sundays at the Bullock, and more to do this Labor Day Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Before you hear, &#8220;Mom, what are we doing this weekend?&#8221; we&#8217;ve got you covered. Here&#8217;s a few things you can do with the family, including lots of free fun, in this Weekend Check.<\/p>\n<p>Bat Fest<\/p>\n<p>Austin is going batty on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Bat Fest is celebrating 20 years on the Congress Avenue Bridge with live music, food, vendors and kids&#8217; activities.<\/p>\n<p>And of course, watching over a million bats fly before sunset is always the best part.<\/p>\n<p>Free Sunday at the Bullock<\/p>\n<p>How about a free museum day?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/features\/we-are-austin\/bullock-museum-brings-texas-water-to-life-during-h-e-b-free-first-sunday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sunday is H-E-B&#8217;s Free First Sunday at the Bullock.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Admission is free from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., plus there are hands-on activities all about Texas water, story time, and even a free film.<\/p>\n<p>Lone Star Le Mans<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve got a need for speed, COTA is the place to be.<\/p>\n<p>The world endurance championship is back for Lone Star Le Mans through Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s practice, qualifying, fan activities, and a six-hour race on Sunday featuring some of the world&#8217;s top sports cars.<\/p>\n<p>Labor Day Thrifting<\/p>\n<p>We can&#8217;t let a holiday weekend go by without talking thrift deals.<\/p>\n<p>Several local spots, including Salvation Army, Texas Thrift and Thrift Town have 50 percent off almost everything in the store on Labor Day.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, Goodwill Central Texas is doing a $2 Jeans Drop!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Before you hear, &#8220;Mom, what are we doing this weekend?&#8221; we&#8217;ve got you covered. Here&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-426067","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\/426067","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=426067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}