Red River Cultural District

https://lnkd.in/gTUukvkK ON STANDS NOW! GO GRAB A COPY OF THE NEW @austinchronicle Thank you to reporter @c_carys99 for telling our story! Thank you to creators like @dhallphoto @photo.jay for capturing these beautiful photos! Thank you to #JamesMoody #Proun #NicoleKlepadlo #CouncilMemberZo for giving our District a voice!ICYMI, our downtown cultural district and local nonprofit organization has been fighting for fair and equitable city funding since 2024 kicked off (and in fact, the push started many years prior). Thanks to the recent contributions of our Red River family including business-owners, industry workers and community members like YOU, we’ve seen some progress in recent weeks although we aren’t ready to celebrate yet! There are too many questions left unanswered for us to feel comfortable about promised future funding but when the time comes, this community will be the first to know.Learn more by picking up a copy of this week’s edition of Austin Chronicle, with a link to the online story included in our instagram bio! But for now, our work isn’t complete...budget and policy meetings continue on, new city funding has yet to be received, and #FreeWeekATX returns in January. Stay tuned as we continue to #DefendRedRiver now and forever

EXPANDED MUSIC LINEUP 👀 SUMMER JUST GOT HOTTER 🥵 The economic and cultural impacts are not joke with a total 140+ FREE live music performances taking over 14 music venues in downtown Austin on July 18-20! That's over 140+ paid performances supporting Austin's live music economy, not to mention the major vibes this festival brings. Be sure to RSVP today (link in our instagram bio) & donate $5 to our nonprofit if you want to win some concert tickets to @mohawkaustin AND priority entry into a bunch the Red River venues during the #HotSummerNights weekend! Can't wait to see you all there! 🎨: @ishqfhm

NEW MUSIC LINEUP HAS ARRIVED! 125+ LOCAL ACTS AT HOT SUMMER NIGHTS 2024 We’ve partnered with more than a dozen iconic venues to create a multi-genre, admission-free festival experience like no other showcasing authentic Austin culture 125+ performances 14 music venues 3 epic summer nights Every show is FREE to attend, but RSVP today through the link in our bio (and make a small $5 donation) if you want to win some really rad prizes including TWO HOMIE BADGES to #HotSummerNights2024 PLUS our pals at @resoundpresents and @mohawkaustin are each throwing in concert tickets to the concert of your choosing Lineup is subject to change, more festival news drops soon! SEE U NEXT MONTH 💦 🎨: @ishqfhm

Peep our new music venue lineup as Austin’s free summer music festival, HOT SUMMER NIGHTS, returns July 18-20th in the Red River Cultural District. Red River has rounded up 14 hot-hot-hot venues that collectively will host over 100+ music performances across the span of just 3 days next month…all of which takes place on our mile-long cultural district along Red River Street AKA #AustinsMusicMile 1️⃣ All shows = admission-free for patrons 2️⃣ All shows = paid gigs for musicians 3️⃣ All shows = tip a bartender, buy artist merch, be kind RSVP today! And stay tuned as we got some real HEAT for y’all this summer. New bands, new venues, new events…#HotSummerNights is just getting started!

HOT SUMMER NIGHTS RETURNS! FREE MUSIC FESTIVAL JULY 18-20 Austin's favorite summer music festival returns with more parties, partners, and concerts than ever before - all of which are free for fans to attend AND serve as paid gigs for local artists. Join us for 3 jam-packed days of music, food, culture and community taking place deep in the heart of (downtown Austin) Texas, in the Red River Cultural District. The new #HotSummerNights lineup drops next month but go ahead and pencil this admission-free fest into your calendar. Make sure to also RSVP to the 2024 festival via the link in our instagram bio for a chance to win some super sweet prizes this summer like concert tickets, not to mention Hot Summer Nights' uber-rare Homie badges that offer expedited venue entry throughout the festival along with access to our special kick-off party! See y'all in July. #DefendRedRiver #RedRiverATX 🎨: @ishqfhm

“Despite their immense economic and cultural impacts, each area suffers from a lack of essential care,” she said, noting the need to encourage public-private partnerships with incentives for socially responsible development. “As one of downtown Austin’s core music institutions, we’re actively engaged in ongoing conversations with various community leaders, elected officials, business owners and developers to better understand their plans for the future of downtown Austin. Our organization is steadfast in its mission to protect Red River, and we look forward to continuing conversations with each stakeholder about how they plan to work with us to preserve and positively impact our mile-long district.” https://lnkd.in/gBRpfnrH

RED RIVER, LET’S RALLY TOGETHER! 🤝 We need YOU to reach out to your local city council rep asking them to “support funding to the Red River Cultural District with an immediate aid package” For some background…after some much-needed funding from the City of Austin for the District was denied last year, our organization spoke in front of the Austin Music Commission, who voted unanimously in the new year that some financial support is immediately needed, due to the ongoing and complex challenges faced by our nonprofit organization (downtown development, rising rents, i35 expansion etc) and the long-standing cultural contributions of our mile-long entertainment district! If able to secure the needed funding, this will allow our organization to continue advocating on behalf of the many local venues, restaurants, bars, nightclubs, community hotspots, and independently-owned businesses found along Red River. We’ll keep y’all updated as this moves forward in the weeks ahead. As they say, it takes a village! And gosh do we sure LOVE our Red River village. Learn more! https://lnkd.in/gUT6zedV

Things are heating up over here in the Red River Cultural District. Count down to figuring out what bands you want to see this weekend! Come on out, support Austin live music and our amazing independent live music venues! https://lnkd.in/gnqJhR9E

We dropped our #FreeWeekATX daily schedule today! Take a moment, map out your nightly schedule, & rally the squad because Free Week is less than a month away on January 5 and 6. Plus we have even MORE acts to be announced soon. Can't wait to find out who our special guests are.... And in case you forgot, let us remind you that every show is free. Come check it out!

Our FREE WEEK ATX Line Up is here and wow it's stacked! More artists to be announced soon! Can't wait to see y'all on Red River!