{"id":438771,"date":"2026-09-17T12:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T12:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/438771\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T12:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T12:40:12","slug":"here-are-the-top-7-things-to-do-in-austin-this-weekend-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/438771\/","title":{"rendered":"Here are the top 7 things to do in Austin this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drag star Alaska 5000<\/a> is hitting the road for a headlining tour that will hit all 50 states in the U.S., including Texas, starting in spring of 2027. Austin gets the only Texas date at 3TEN ACL Live on Saturday, April 24.<\/p>\n

Called Alaska Thunderfu*k: The Revolution Tour, the 55-date tour starts in Portland, Maine, on March 4 and ends in Boise, Idaho, on May 15.<\/p>\n

As a queen with a prominent internet presence early in the RuPaul’s Drag Race franchise, then a performer on Season 5 and the winner of All Stars Season 2, Alaska is one of the most established drag artists in the country. She is known for her dirty humor and a drag style that plays with sleek fashion and tongue-in-cheek sleaze.<\/p>\n

Alaska is also a recording artist with five studio albums. Her newest, The Brunette Album, came out September 11, 2026. Alaska’s musical career has also touched Broadway, and the tour follows her sold-out run as Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary! by Cole Escola.<\/p>\n

Tickets will go on presale<\/a> for Citi cardholders on Wednesday, September 16, at 8 am. More presales will run throughout the week, ending with a general onsale via Live Nation<\/a> on Friday, September 18, at 10 am. In addition to the presale, Citi <\/p>\n

Alaska Thunderfu*k: The Revolution Tour 2027 Dates<\/p>\n

Thu, Mar 4 | Portland, ME | Aura<\/p>\n

Fri, Mar 5 | Concord, NH | BNH Stage<\/p>\n

Sat, Mar 6 | South Burlington, VT | Higher Ground<\/p>\n

Sun, Mar 7 | Boston, MA | The Paradise Rock Club<\/p>\n

Tue, Mar 9 | Providence, RI | Upstairs at Uptown<\/p>\n

Wed, Mar 10 | New Haven, CT | Toad’s<\/p>\n

Thu, Mar 11 | New York, NY | The Gramercy Theatre<\/p>\n

Fri, Mar 12 | Asbury Park, NJ | The Stone Pony<\/p>\n

Sat, Mar 13 | Wilmington, DE | The Queen<\/p>\n

Tue, Mar 16 | McKees Rocks, PA | Roxian Theatre Presented by Citizens<\/p>\n

Wed, Mar 17 | Huntington, WV | The Loud<\/p>\n

Thu, Mar 18 | Washington, DC | Union Stage<\/p>\n

Fri, Mar 19 | Baltimore, MD | Nevermore Hall<\/p>\n

Sat, Mar 20 | Charlottesville, VA | Jefferson Theater<\/p>\n

Mon, Mar 22 | Charlotte, NC | The Underground<\/p>\n

Tue, Mar 23 | Charleston, SC | Music Farm<\/p>\n

Wed, Mar 24 | Orlando, FL | The Beacham<\/p>\n

Fri, Mar 26 | New Orleans, LA | House of Blues<\/p>\n

Sat, Mar 27 | Jackson, MS | Duling Hall<\/p>\n

Sun, Mar 28 | Birmingham, AL | All Good Music Hall<\/p>\n

Wed, Mar 31 | Atlanta, GA | Buckhead Theatre<\/p>\n

Thu, Apr 1 | Nashville, TN | Basement East<\/p>\n

Fri, Apr 2 | Louisville, KY | Zanzabar<\/p>\n

Sat, Apr 3 | St. Louis, MO | Delmar Hall<\/p>\n

Sun, Apr 4 | Chicago, IL | Park West<\/p>\n

Tue, Apr 6 | Ann Arbor, MI | Blind Pig<\/p>\n

Wed, Apr 7 | Cleveland, OH | House of Blues<\/p>\n

Thu, Apr 8 | Indianapolis, IN | Deluxe at Old National Centre<\/p>\n

Fri, Apr 9 | Madison, WI | Majestic Theatre<\/p>\n

Sat, Apr 10 | Minneapolis, MN | Varsity Theater<\/p>\n

Wed, Apr 14 | Fargo, ND | Fargo Theatre<\/p>\n

Thu, Apr 15 | Sioux Falls, SD | Orpheum Theater<\/p>\n

Fri, Apr 16 | Kansas City, MO | Warehouse On Broadway<\/p>\n

Sat, Apr 17 | Des Moines, IA | Wooly’s<\/p>\n

Sun, Apr 18 | Omaha, NE | Matchbox Omaha<\/p>\n

Wed, Apr 21 | Fayetteville, AR | George’s Majestic Lounge<\/p>\n

Thu, Apr 22 | Wichita, KS | Mary Jane Teall Theater<\/p>\n

Fri, Apr 23 | Oklahoma City, OK | Beer City Music Hall<\/p>\n

Sat, Apr 24 | Austin, TX | 3TEN ACL Live<\/p>\n

Tue, Apr 27 | Albuquerque, NM | Backstage at Revel<\/p>\n

Wed, Apr 28 | Denver, CO | Marquis<\/p>\n

Thu, Apr 29 | Cheyenne, WY | The Lincoln<\/p>\n

Fri, Apr 30 | Salt Lake City, UT | Metro Music Hall<\/p>\n

Sat, May 1 | Las Vegas, NV | House of Blues<\/p>\n

Tue, May 4 | Phoenix, AZ | Crescent Ballroom<\/p>\n

Thu, May 6 | San Diego, CA | House of Blues<\/p>\n

Fri, May 7 | Palm Springs, CA | Plaza Theatre<\/p>\n

Sat, May 8 | Los Angeles, CA | Pacific Electric<\/p>\n

Sun, May 9 | San Francisco, CA | The Castro Theatre<\/p>\n

Tue, May 11 | Portland, OR | Aladdin Theater<\/p>\n

Wed, May 12 | Seattle, WA | The Crocodile<\/p>\n

Fri, May 14 | Missoula, MT | Wilma Theatre<\/p>\n

Sat, May 15 | Boise, ID | Egyptian Theatre<\/p>\n

TBA | Honolulu, HI | TBA<\/p>\n

TBA | Anchorage, AK | TBA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drag star Alaska 5000 is hitting the road for a headlining tour that will hit all 50 states…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,5565,575,2777,1111,64,18465,152013,3325,6592,574,4550,39332,6565,6566,5909],"class_list":["post-438771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-community-events","tag-concerts","tag-entertainment","tag-event-planner","tag-events","tag-family-activities","tag-fanta","tag-film-festival","tag-free-events","tag-live-music","tag-pumpkins","tag-rage-room","tag-things-to-do-in-austin","tag-weekend-activities","tag-weekend-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438771","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=438771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}