Every Outdoor Summer Concert in Austin

There are a great many wonderful things about living in Austin: queso, the easy access to parks and springs, the barbecue, and did I mention the queso? Above all else, though, the reason to cool your heels in the summer heat of Austin is to take in the staggering amount of live music lurking around every corner. With that in mind, we’ve put together a wall-to-wall calendar of outdoor concerts to help you keep the rhythm going all summer long -- just do us all a favor and don’t forget the sunscreen, OK?

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The Suffers

Ten-piece Gulf Coast soul group from Houston.

Lions and Tigers

Kicking off their tour with Southpaw Sonata tour kickoff.

Florida Georgia Line w/ Nelly

Beer, bros, and big ol’ trucks. Oh, and Nelly.

Scorpio Rising

This Liverpudlian group won the 2016 Austin Music Award for EDM/dance.

Hurray for the Riff Raff

Bronx-native Alynda Segarra channels the sound of New Orleans folk.

At The Drive In

American punk prog-rock returns for a show with Le Butcherettes.

Old 97’s and Shooter Jennings

‘90s alt rock meets rebel country (and the son of a country music legend).

Com Truise + Clark

Solo synthwave act from New York.

Muse w/ Thirty Second To Mars

Radio-rock darlings backed by Jared Leto and friends.

Miike Snow w/ Klangstof

Indie-pop straight from Sweden.

Tripping Daisy

Psychedelic pop-rock from this Dallas-born, Polyphonic Spree-adjacent act.

Norah Jones

“Don’t Know Why” you aren’t getting tickets.

Blues on the Green 2017

The Austin free concert series returns for its 26th consecutive year.

Chicago w/ The Doobie Brothers

Your parents’ favorite bands, still alive and kicking.

The Homewreckers

Austin locals; not the Michelle Branch version.

Dispatch

One of the perennial '90s college rock bands brings their folk sound to Austin.

Nobody Safe Tour w/ Future, Young Thug

Expect racks on racks on racks.

Keep Austin Weird Fest & 5K

A five-piece indie rock band from Indiana, and a psychobilly group from California.

Deftones, Rise Against, Thrice

The soundtrack to every snowboarding video game ever, live in concert.  
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Ryan Bingham w/ Steve Earle and Jamestown Revival

Acclaimed Americana country backed by the man from Copperhead Road.

Bush

Gavin and Gwen, minus Gwen.

Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic

A holiday celebration with Shotgun Willie.

RTX 2017: Phantogram

Rooster Teeth’s yearly fan gathering, paired with moody electro-pop.  

The Putz, Capitalist Kids

Pop-punk all the way from Indianapolis.

Blues on the Green 2017

In case you missed the first two, there’s still time to catch KGSR’s free concert series in Zilker.

Mt. Eddy

American rock with a surf-punk influence, with a new album releasing in June.

Glassing

Three-piece Austin natives with a rock-based influence.

The Cave Singers

Folk-indie formed from the ashes of Pretty Girls Make Graves.

Whiskey Shivers

Album release event.

The Randy Rogers Band

Classic country with an Austin spin.
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Blues on the Green 2017

Seriously, this is now your final chance to hit the free concert in Zilker this summer.

Miranda Lambert

The new Queen of Country returns to town.

Incubus w/ Jimmy Eat World

These band’s success is no “Anna-Molly.” Get it? Because Incubus did that one song… Forget it.

Waxahatchee

Indie stylings from singer-songwriter Katie Crutchfield.

311

You know all the words to the “Down” rap, right? No? Whatever, it doesn’t matter. New Politics is playing as well.

Laetitia Sadier

Solo act from the former lead singer of Stereolab.

The Avett Brothers

Renowned American folk-rock duo stop by Austin on their national tour.

13th Annual Bat Fest

Live music, food, and bats. Lots of bats.

Foreigner and Cheap Trick

Be a juke box hero; get tickets now.

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Will Harrison is a writer and reporter in Austin, Texas. Follow him on Twitter @DoubleUHarrison.