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Texas Veg Fest |
Mar 9, 2013
10:30am – 11:30am
Minor Mishap In-store
Make sure you stop by the store at 11am when Minor Mishap Marching Band will be in-store making merry mayhem! They'll be kicking off SXSW Wheatsville-style and gives will give you a taste of what you'll find at HONK!TX.
Mar 16, 2013
All Day
Wheatsville’s 37th Birthday
Join us for FREE Chai Spice birthday cake at the Hospitality Desk from 12pm-6pm!
Mar 16, 2013
12:00pm – 4:00pm
Meet the Grower
How does coffee get farmed? Ever asked that question? Well this Saturday, March 16th from 12-4pm you can find out everything you ever wanted to know about coffee farming straight from the farmer’s mouth!
Casa Brasil will be having a demo featuring the owner of the Fazenda Capetinga Farm. So come on by and learn just how coffee is produced and enjoy some delicious samples of a great product.
Mar 22, 2013 – Mar 24, 2013
All Day
HONK! TEXAS
OFFICIAL HONK!TX Schedule of Events
Friday, March 22nd
Pre-Festival Community Shows – HONK!TX is proud to partner with FrontSteps’ Austin Resource Center for the Homeless and with the Austin Boys & Girls Club South Unit for our community shows this year.
HONK!TX Kickoff!
The 1300 block of S. Congress Ave.
6pm-10pm
*free*
19 bands dazzle the denizens of South Austin with free musical performances. Bands will play at Jo’s Coffee, Snack Bar, and the nearby food trailer parking lot.
Saturday, March 23rd
HONK!TX in the Park!
Adams Park/Hemphill Park Neighborhood, near 29th and Fruth St.
11:30am-8pm
*free*
Once again HONK!TX returns to the Adams and Hemphill Parks where bands will be performing non-stop in 5 performance spaces around the area. March Madness Marching Band kicks off the festivities with a neighborhood parade at 11:30am. The vast majority of HONK!TX bands will be playing twice throughout the day. Stay tuned for the lineup!
Sunday, March 24th
HONKTX Parade Day!
Pan-Am Park, 4th and Chicon St
Parade: 12pm-2pm
Band Revue: 2:30pm-5:30pm
*free*
HONK!TX will kick off the annual parade from Pan-American Park in East Austin at 12 Noon sharp! The route will see 20 bands and plenty of spectacle marching their musical way through East Austin and returning to the park. Following that, the annual all-band blowout revue where bands will have 8 minutes to strut their stuff for an adoring audience of fans and friends. Be on the lookout for one-shot appearances by the Low Brass Choir, High Wind Choir and the One-Ounce Opera!
HONK!TX Movie Night
The Off Center (2211 Hidalgo)
6pm-9pm
*free*
Join us at The Off Center for a special free screening of three movies about brass band culture: Trip to the Moon, Sousa on the Rez, and HONK! You Very Much.
Mar 29, 2013
11:00am – 8:00pm
Good Friday Hot Bar
Catfish Fry Hot Bar featuring our sustainable and super-delish fried catfish and scrumptious Southern comfort sides!
Mar 30, 2013
1:30pm – 2:30pm
Funky Chicken Coop Tour
The Fifth Annual Funky Chicken Coop Tour® hatches on March 30th, 2013. Founded in 2009, FCCT is an annual self-guided tour by the 501(c)(3) nonprofit Urban Poultry Association of Texas, Inc. held each spring in Austin, Texas. The tour encourages city residents to raise chickens at home by demonstrating the many ways that chickens can be incorporated into an urban residence. New in 2013, Urban Poultry Association of Texas, Inc. and Bike Austin and are partnering to put on the first ever Bicycle Tour de Funky Chickens, a guided bike ride to some of the coops on this year's tour.
Maps will be available in limited quantities for $10. You can pre-purchase a map online for pickup at Buck Moore Feed on North Lamar during regular business hours before or on tour day. Buck Moore Feed and Callahan’s General Store on 183 will also be selling maps while supplies last. Watch our website for more information closer to the tour.
Website: AustinCoopTour.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AustinFunkyChickenCoopTour
Mar 31, 2013
11:00am – 8:00pm
Easter Brunch
Wheatsville Food Co-op will be OPEN on EASTER SUNDAY 7:30am-11pm. Join us for Easter Brunch on the Hot Bar featuring Holiday Ham in Apple Jus, Colcannon, Garlicky White Bean Cassoulet, and lots more from 11am-8pm!