The Arts

The fact that Austin boasts more artists per capita than any other Texas city speaks volumes about the city’s thriving arts scene. The roots of the city’s artistic talent run deep, tapping an artistic reservoir as bountiful as the aquifers that fill the Texas Hill Country’s creeks, pools and rivers.

Austin’s diverse visual and performing arts scene reverberates from the shores of Lake Austin and ethnic neighborhoods of East Austin to downtown avenues and the University of Texas campus. It is from that disparity and diversity that Austin’s arts scene springs.

More than $100 million in arts projects are on the drawing board in this cultural mecca where attendance at arts events is nearing one and a half million visits since 1993.

(Source: Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau in partnership with Austin360.com)

Learn more about arts in Austin:     Theatre  |   Dance  |   Music  |   Museums

Theatre

Arts on Real
2826 Real Street
(512) 472-2787
One of Austin's newest and flexible performance spaces service the non-profit theatre and dance community. A variety of performances, open mike nights, and independent film screenings are all featured. Available for booking your next performance event.

Austin Playhouse
Penn Field
3601 S. Congress
(512) 476-0084
Premier season was January, 2001. Professional productions of classic, contemporary and musical plays. Single tickets, subscriptions or group rates available.

The Paramount Theatre
& State Theatre Company
713 Congress Avenue
(512) 472-2901
(866) 443-8849 (Get Tix) or www.gettix.net for tickets
For over 90 years, the Paramount Theatre has been home to vaudeville, silent movies and "talkies", music, dance and Broadway shows. Today the Paramount offers something for all ages, including Broadway plays, musical groups of every type possible, dance companies, movies, comedy shows and a children’s series.

The University of Texas Performing Arts Center (link)
510 E. 23rd Street
(512) 471-1444 or 800-687-6010
One of the finest performing arts centers in the United States, The UT Performing Arts Complex includes the B. Iden Payne Theatre, Bass Concert Hall, Bates Recital Hall, Jessen Auditorium, Hogg Auditorium and McCullough Theatre.

One World Theatre
7701 Bee Caves Road
(512) 330-9500
(512) 469-74329-6753
(512) 469-7469 (Star Tickets) www.startickets.com for tickets
One World Theatre fills a gap in the Austin arts scene for a smaller sized world-class venue. This elegant cathedral-like theatre is versatile and beautiful and can be transformed for a variety of events.

Zilker Hillside Theatre
P. O. Box 685093, Austin, Texas 78768-5093
(512) 479-9491
Zilker Hillside Theatre is located in Zilker Park across the parking lot from Barton Springs Pool. Since 1959, Central Texas audiences have enjoyed high quality Broadway musicals under the stars.

Zachary Scott Theatre (link)
1510 Toomey Road (Arena Stage)
1421 W. Riverside Dr. (Kleberg Stage)
(512) 476-0541
Zachary Scott Theatre goes back to 1933 when it was originally incorporated as the Austin Civic Theatre. That incorporation made it Central Texas’ oldest resident theatre.

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Dance

Ballet Austin (link)
3002 Guadalupe St.
(512) 476-9051

Ballet East at Dougherty Arts Center (link)
3111 Garwood St.
(512) 385-2838

Sharir/Bustamante/Danceworks (link)
P.O. Box 339
(512) 236-1296

Tapestry Dance Company
507-B Pressler St.
(512) 474-9846

Ballet Folklorico de Texas
1928 Gaston Place Dr.
(512) 928-1111

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Music

Chorus Austin
P. O. Box 204361, Austin, Texas 78720
(512) 719-3300

Austin Lyric Opera (link)
901 Barton Springs Rd. Austin, Texas 78704
(512) 472-5992

Austin Symphony Orchestra (link)
1101 Red River St.
(512) 476-6064

Austin City Limits
UT Austin Taping
(512) 475-9077

Blues on the Green
Zilker Park Summer Series
(512) 832-4000 0r
(512) 974-6200

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Museums

Austin Museum of Art
823 Congress Avenue (Downtown)
(512) 495-9224
3809 W. 35th St. (Laguna Gloria)
(512) 458-8191

Blanton Museum of Art
Corner of Martin Luther King Blvd. & Congress Ave.
(512) 471-7324

Mexic-Arte Museum
419 Congress Avenue
(512) 480-9373

Elizabet Ney Museum
304 E. 44th Street
(512) 458-2255

Umlauf Sculpture Garden
605 Robert E. Lee Rd.
(512) 445-5582

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