{"id":439828,"date":"2026-09-18T10:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/439828\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T10:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:14:08","slug":"from-bubbles-and-gnomes-to-museums-and-flamenco-heres-4-free-weekend-events-to-check-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/439828\/","title":{"rendered":"From bubbles and gnomes to museums and Flamenco: Here&#8217;s 4 free weekend events to check out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Austin, TX \u2014 If the kids are already asking, \u201cWhat are we doing this weekend?\u201d, here are four ideas, and the best part: they\u2019re all free.<\/p>\n<p>1. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austinmuseums.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Austin Museum Day<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sunday is Austin Museum Day, giving you a chance to explore more than 30 museums and cultural sites around the area without paying admission. You\u2019ll find everything from science and Texas history to art and family-focused activities.<\/p>\n<p>2. <a href=\"https:\/\/thelongcenter.org\/all-you-need-to-know-for-teresa-lozano-long-community-day-on-september-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bubblepalooza<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or how about a whole lot of bubbles?<\/p>\n<p>Bubblepalooza is part of the Long Center\u2019s free community day Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. There will be family activities, crafts, games, dancing, live performances and plenty of bubbles.<\/p>\n<p>3. G<a href=\"https:\/\/zilkergarden.org\/events\/2026-09-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">arden Gnome Grove<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking for something a little more magical?<\/p>\n<p>Zilker Botanical Garden is opening its Garden Gnome Grove Saturday, with tiny gnome homes tucked into the oak grove and activities for visitors. The free opening celebration runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>4. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austintexas.gov\/arts-culture\/events\/alante-flamenco-presents-flamenco-under-stars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Flamenco Under the Stars<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And you can finish the weekend with a little dancing under the stars.<\/p>\n<p>Flamenco Under the Stars brings free performances to the Zilker Hillside Theater Friday and Saturday nights from 8 to 10. Bring a blanket and enjoy flamenco music and dancing outdoors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Austin, TX \u2014 If the kids are already asking, \u201cWhat are we doing this weekend?\u201d, here are four&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-439828","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\/439828","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=439828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}