Arts & film in Austin

Arts & film in and around Austin over the next 30 days: exhibitions, film screenings, gallery openings and art walks, updated every day.

98 events · updated Sunday at 8:36 PM

Tomorrow

October 12

Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story

Bullock Texas State History Museum · Austin

Lost Wolves of Yellowstone

Bullock Texas State History Museum · Austin

Flight of the Butterflies

Bullock Texas State History Museum · Austin

Bullock Texas State History Museum · Austin

Spooky Movie MTV Mondays!

Vacancy Brewing · Austin

Arts & film · 2 more dates

Tuesday

October 13

Time not listed

60-Minute Civics

LBJ Presidential Library · Austin

Public Tour – Haas Brothers: Uncanny Valley

Blanton Museum of Art · Austin

Arts & film · 1 more date

Hybrid: YA for Adults Book Club @ Westbank and Zoom

Westbank Libraries · West Lake Hills

Arts & film · 1 more date

Art and Mental Wellness

Buda Public Library · Buda

Arts & film · 2 more dates

Sunset Reset - October 13

Landmarks · Austin

Arts & film · 1 more date

Wednesday

October 14

Composition as Celebration: An Inventory of Gertrude Stein

Harry Ransom Center · Austin

Buda Reads Book Club

Buda Public Library · Buda

Arts & film · 1 more date

Art After School: Mosaic Coasters @ Laura's

Laura's · West Lake Hills

A Quiet Pint - Silent Book Club at Slackers

Slackers Brewing Co. · Austin

Arts & film · 5 more dates

Steak & Movie Night 2

Infamous Brewing Company · Austin

Arts & film · 3 more dates

Wellness Wednesdays - October 14

Landmarks · Austin

Arts & film · 2 more dates

Thursday

October 15

Time not listed

The Atlantic Across America: Texas

LBJ Presidential Library · Austin

Public Tour – Haas Brothers: Uncanny Valley

Blanton Museum of Art · Austin

Arts & film · 1 more date

Critter's Craft Collective

Texas Union Ballroom · Austin

Halloween Movie Nights: Practical Magic / Death Becomes Her

Meanwhile Brewing Co. · Austin

Budaful Classics Book Club

Buda Public Library · Buda

Arts & film · 2 more dates

Friday

October 16

35x35x35 Exhibition Tour

UMLAUF Sculpture Garden + Museum · Austin

Bullock Texas State History Museum · Austin

Saturday

October 17

Time not listed

35Th Annual Show and Sale at Art from the Streets

Almost Real Things Gallery at Canopy · Austin

10/17 Art in the Park: Springwoods Park

Austin Parks Foundation · Austin

UT Longhorns Home Game: Museum Open As Usual

Blanton Museum of Art · Austin

Arts & film · 1 more date

1 PMCompletely free to attend

Contracommon · Bee Cave

"GAEA Revisited" : Jacqueline Overby

Co-Lab Project Space · Austin

Sunday

October 18

Blanton All Day: A Very Haas Halloween

Blanton Museum of Art · Austin

Curator's Choice tour

Blanton Museum of Art · Austin

Art with an Expert: Photography and the Modern Imagination of Colonial Mexico with Kathryn O'Rourke

Blanton Museum of Art · Austin

Looking Together

Blanton Museum of Art · Austin

Arts & film · 2 more dates

Looking Together

Blanton Museum of Art · Austin

Arts & film · 2 more dates

The Very ‘Rary 2026 The Contemporary’s annual all-ages afternoon of art and amazement!

The Contemporary Austin · Austin

Looking Together

Blanton Museum of Art · Austin

Arts & film · 2 more dates

Wheel Throwing Otc

Austin Pottery Studio and Gallery · Austin

Arts & film · 3 more dates

ScareWaves Movie Night: Perfect Blue

Radio Coffee & Beer · Austin

Monday

October 19

Spooky Movie MTV Mondays!

Vacancy Brewing · Austin

Arts & film · 2 more dates

Tuesday

October 20

Public Tour – Modern Artists

Blanton Museum of Art · Austin

Art for Adults: Mosaic Coaster @ Westbank

Westbank Libraries · West Lake Hills

Wednesday

October 21

Time not listed

Founding Friends, Founding Foes: Civic Friendship & Coalitions in the Age of John Adams & Thomas Jefferson

LBJ Presidential Library · Austin

Time not listed

Friends, Foes, & Frenemies

LBJ Presidential Library · Austin

A Quiet Pint - Silent Book Club at Slackers

Slackers Brewing Co. · Austin

Arts & film · 5 more dates

ANDREW DURBIN: The Wonderful World That Almost Was (2026)

Harry Ransom Center · Austin

Arts & Craft Night: Sip & Paint

Meanwhile Brewing Co. · Austin

Steak & Movie Night 2

Infamous Brewing Company · Austin

Arts & film · 3 more dates

ATX Art Night Event

Slackers Brewing Co. · Austin

Arts & film · 5 more dates

Adult Art with Inspired Minds

Buda Public Library · Buda

Arts & film · 2 more dates

Member Curator-Led Tour: Fall 2026 Exhibitions Art in Context Event Series

The Contemporary Austin · Austin

Thursday

October 22

Halloween Movie Nights: Scooby-Doo / Monster Squad

Meanwhile Brewing Co. · Austin

Curious Minds Mixer

Harry Ransom Center · Austin

Saturday

October 24

10/24 Art in the Park: Boggy Creek Greenbelt

Austin Parks Foundation · Austin

Mainly Art (Fall 2026)

Downtown Round Rock · Round Rock

Arts & film · 2 more dates

UT Longhorns Home Game: Museum Open As Usual

Blanton Museum of Art · Austin

Arts & film · 1 more date

Wheel Throwing Otc

Austin Pottery Studio and Gallery · Austin

Arts & film · 3 more dates

Sunday

October 25

UMLAUF Sculpture Garden + Museum · Austin

Public Tour: Highlights of the Blanton's Collection

Blanton Museum of Art · Austin

Wheel Throwing Otc

Austin Pottery Studio and Gallery · Austin

Arts & film · 3 more dates

Songs in the Skyspace with Mothfur & Friends

Landmarks · Austin

Monday

October 26

Spooky Movie MTV Mondays!

Vacancy Brewing · Austin

Arts & film · 2 more dates

Tuesday

October 27

Time not listed

Carrie Rodriguez' Laboratorio: The Poetry Edition

Austin, TX · Austin

Public Tour – Shadows on Stone: Portraits of Colonial Mexican Architecture

Blanton Museum of Art · Austin

Visita guiada pública [EN ESPAÑOL] – Sombras sobre Piedra: Retratos de la Arquitectura Colonial Mexicana

Blanton Museum of Art · Austin

DAVE EGGERS: Contrapposto (2026)

Harry Ransom Center · Austin

Friends of the Buda Library Book Club

Buda Public Library · Buda

Arts & film · 1 more date

Graham Hunt & Prize Horse with Barrett Avner & French Film

Hole in the Wall · Austin

Wednesday

October 28

Time not listed

Free week at the Jones Center

The Contemporary Austin · Austin

The Professional Film Set

AFS Cinema · Austin

A Quiet Pint - Silent Book Club at Slackers

Slackers Brewing Co. · Austin

Arts & film · 5 more dates

Hopsquad Brewing Co. · Austin

Arts & film · 2 more dates

ATX Art Night Event

Slackers Brewing Co. · Austin

Arts & film · 5 more dates

Deep Listening Sessions Hosted by Jesse Ebaugh

The Contemporary Austin · Austin

Thursday

October 29

Time not listed

Beyond the Newsroom: Covering Texas Today

LBJ Presidential Library · Austin

FREE SHOW Art Tigerina “Tips and Tequila” Thursdays

Buck's Backyard · Buda

Arts & film · 5 more dates

Friday

October 30

Sunrise Skyspace Viewing - October 30

Landmarks · Austin

Arty Party Dia de los Muertos!

The Contemporary Austin · Austin

Hometown Halloween

Downtown Round Rock · Round Rock

Saturday

October 31

Ecological Literacy Days

Hornsby Bend Bird Observatory · Austin

10/31 Art in the Park: Walnut Creek Metropolitan Park

Austin Parks Foundation · Austin

Wheel Throwing Otc

Austin Pottery Studio and Gallery · Austin

Arts & film · 3 more dates

Sunday

November 1

Changarrito Residency: Rey Delgado

Mexic-Arte Museum · Austin

November Tour - Study the Sculpture

Landmarks · Austin

Public Curator-Led Tour The Living Temple: The World of Moki Cherry & HOST: Laura Lit

The Contemporary Austin · Austin

Wednesday

November 4

HYBRID: Reading and Speaking in German @ Laura's and Zoom

Laura's · West Lake Hills

Arts & film · 1 more date

A Quiet Pint - Silent Book Club at Slackers

Slackers Brewing Co. · Austin

Arts & film · 5 more dates

David Everett at the UMLAUF Opening Reception

UMLAUF Sculpture Garden + Museum · Austin

Steak & Movie Night 2

Infamous Brewing Company · Austin

Arts & film · 3 more dates

TESSA HADLEY: Alone with a Book (2026) and After the Funeral (2023)

Harry Ransom Center · Austin

Buda Bibliophiles

Buda Public Library · Buda

Arts & film · 1 more date

Thursday

November 5

FREE SHOW Art Tigerina “Tips and Tequila” Thursdays

Buck's Backyard · Buda

Arts & film · 5 more dates

Friday

November 6

Fascination Book Signing

The ABGB · Austin

Saturday

November 7

Time not listed

"Rhizo / Matic"

Co-Lab Project Space · Austin

Time not listed

November Open Canopy

Almost Real Things Gallery at Canopy · Austin

Arts & film · 1 more date

River Monitoring Trip

Hornsby Bend Bird Observatory · Austin

Tuesday

November 10

Buda Reads Book Club

Buda Public Library · Buda

Arts & film · 1 more date

Sunset Reset - November 10

Landmarks · Austin

Arts & film · 1 more date

Hybrid: YA for Adults Book Club @ Westbank and Zoom

Westbank Libraries · West Lake Hills

Arts & film · 1 more date

Art and Mental Wellness

Buda Public Library · Buda

Arts & film · 2 more dates

98 events are listed in Austin over the next 30 days, at 30 places. 17 are free. Sunday, October 18 is the fullest day, with 9.

Questions

What is on in Austin over the next 30 days?: 98 events are listed in Austin over the next 30 days, at 30 places. 17 are free. Sunday, October 18 is the fullest day, with 9.
Are there free things to do in Austin over the next 30 days?: Yes. 17 of the 98 listed events are free, including Hybrid: YA for Adults Book Club @ Westbank and Zoom at Westbank Libraries, Art and Mental Wellness at Buda Public Library and Buda Reads Book Club at Buda Public Library.
What is on in Austin in the evening over the next 30 days?: 47 listed events start at 5 PM or later. The first is Spooky Movie MTV Mondays! at Vacancy Brewing, Monday at 6 PM.
Where do these listings come from?: Every listing comes from the place holding it, such as Blanton Museum of Art, Buda Public Library and Landmarks, and the site is updated every day. Each listing links to the venue’s own page, which has the final word.