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SUMMER CINEMA AT CENTRAL MARKET!

Join us this summer starting June 10th as Central Market and 101X celebrate the summer with their 4th annual Summer Cinema presented by Amplify. Every other Wednesday night, movies start at sundown. Come early, have dinner or a picnic from the Central Market Cafe and grab a spot on the lawn. Enjoy $2.00 16 oz Blue Moon drafts at the Blue Moon cabana. The 101X Summer Cinema is sponsored by: Central Texas Harley Davidson, Gold's Gym, Post West Austin Apartment Homes and Emmi Caffe Latte.

June 10th       Raiders of the Lost Ark
June 24th       Serenity
July 8th           To Be Determined
July 22nd        Iron Man
August 5th      The Goonies


Central Market Cafe presents free live music performances on the patio every Friday and Saturday from 6:30 to 9:30 pm and Sunday from 12:30 to 3:00 pm. All live music shows are rain or shine. If it's raining or cold, shows will be featured in our enclosed heated area under the patio. Check below in the Event Calendar or click on the month below for a full listing.

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Austin, TX 78756
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Open 8 am to 10 pm
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7 am to 9 pm Sunday - Thursday
7 am to 10 pm Friday - Saturday
Event Calendar

Live Music: Kat Edmonson Quintet

Friday, July 3, 6:30 - 9:00 PM
A great modern jazz singer with a top-notch band.

Live Music: Venson & Lee

Saturday, July 4, 6:30 - 9:00 PM
This band specializes in playing red hot smoking soul and blues with a BANG !!

Live Music: Hard Proof Afrobeat

Sunday, July 5, 6:30 - 9:00 PM
a large Afro-Cuban Latin Jazz big band. Bring your salsa dance shoes.

Live Music: Paul Green's School of Rock

Wednesday, July 8, 7:00 - 7:45 PM
A preview concert of these talented young rockers prior to their Austin City Limits festival performance in October.

101X Movie in the Park Series: Gremlins

Wednesday, July 8, 8:00 - 10:30 PM
Directed by Joe Dante With Hoyt Axton, John Louie, Keye Luke (1984). A boy inadvertantly breaks 3 important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town. Shown on the Alamo Draft House 30ft. big screen. No outside food or drinks of any kind permitted in our park area. Thank you!

Live Music: Cienfuegos

Friday, July 10, 6:30 - 9:00 PM
A Central Market favorite! The best band in Austin in traditional Afro-Cuban dance music.

Live Music: Seth Walker Band

Saturday, July 11, 6:30 - 9:00 PM
A mainstay at Central Market for many years. Seth is a great blues artist with a great band.

Live Music: NAJO Jazz Big Band

Sunday, July 12, 6:30 - 9:00 PM
Large jazz big band playing a mix of classic and modern jazz.

Children's Entertainment: Biscuit Brothers Concert & DVD Release Party

Wednesday, July 15, 6:00 - 8:00 PM
The very best in children's entertainment performing in support of their new DVD. Watch their emmy award winning children's TV program on PBS.

Live Music: The Lost & Nameless Orchestra

Friday, July 17, 6:30 - 9:00 PM
A unique mix of Celtic, Appalachian Mountain music, and folk/pop singer-songwriter.

Live Music: Suzanna Choffel

Saturday, July 18, 6:30 - 9:00 PM
A very very soulful modern pop songstess with great songs and meaningful lyrics.

Live Music: Rumbullion

Sunday, July 19, 6:30 - 9:00 PM
1930's Parisian cafe music at it's finest.

101X Movie in the Park Series: Iron Man

Wednesday, July 22, 8:00 - 10:30 PM
Directed by Jon Favreau. With Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges (2008). Wealthy industrialist Tony Stark is forced to build an armored suite that he uses to fight evil. Shown on the Alamo Draft House 30ft. big screen. Please, no outside food or drinks of any kind permitted in the park area. Thank you!

Live Music: WC Clark

Friday, July 24, 6:30 - 9:00 PM
Modern Texas blues at it's best soulful, drving, and smooth. The "Godfather of Austin Blues” has been playing the blues from the east side of Austin to stages around the world for over 40 years.

Live Music: El Tule

Saturday, July 25, 6:30 - 9:00 PM
A very fun entertaining Latin dance band. A Central Market favorite for over a year now.

Live Music: Wino Vino

Sunday, July 26, 6:30 - 9:00 PM
From the cobbled streets of Paris (circa 1920) to a dusty wagon train in Romania, from gluttony on the high seas of piracy to the hunger of Americana folklore, this vaudeville, gypsy, vagabond, cabaret hitched their way across a century and more to play Central Market.

Live Music: Guy Forsyth

Friday, July 31, 6:30 - 9:00 PM
A modern master of Americana blues and a steller power-house performer. A true Austin orginal.