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HONK!TX 2019 Fundraiser Show

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Sat, 01/19/2019 - 8:30pm to 11:45pm

It's time for our annual fundraiser blowout at The North Door! Come out for fantastic music from some amazing local HONK! bands, a stellar silent action, and to  help us raise funds for the 9th annual HONK!TX . 

Lineup (order may change):

Maracatu Texas

Moon Tower Brass Band

Yes Ma'am Brass Band

Dead Music Capital Band

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HonkTX Free Festival of Community Street Bands

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Fri, 04/06/2018 - 6:00pm to 10:00pm

HONK!TX is a nonprofit, community-driven festival that brings street and brass bands from around the country to perform for free in the public spaces of Austin, Texas. Mobile and unamplified, HONK! bands transform everyday locations into spontaneous stages, dissolving the line between crowd and performers and inviting everyone to celebrate the joys of music and community. A range of genres will be represented: New Orleans second-line brass, European Klezmer and Balkan, Brazilian, West African and more. HONK! is a celebration of community, collaboration and creative expression.

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Hope and Courage Singalong Concert

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Sat, 03/24/2018 - 7:00pm to 9:30pm

Annie Patterson & Peter Blood, the creators of the songbooks Rise Up Singing and Rise Again, are coming to Austin!

They will be teaching and leading songs from their new songbook Rise Again in a benefit concert for Interfaith Action of Central Texas (iACT).

This is a wonderful opportunity to meet the couple who "wrote the book" (the best-selling group singing collection Rise Up Singing) as well as building community and celebrating the work being done to build resilience and resistance in these challenging times.

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Ableton Workshop

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Wed, 11/15/2017 - 7:30pm to 9:30pm

On Wednesday, November 15th from 7-10pm, Austin Community College's MBPT department - in conjunction with Ableton - will present a music production and performance workshop focusing on Ableton's latest technologies, in Room 4136 (Building 4000 at the ACC Northridge Campus).

The event is free and open to the public, as well as ACC students.

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Blanton Block Party

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Sat, 02/25/2017 - 11:00am

Explore the Blanton at a free day-to-night community festival celebrating the newly reinstalled permanent collection galleries! The Blanton Block Party is the perfect opportunity to get reacquainted with the museum’s collection, while experiencing outdoor family art activities, a museum studies symposium, live music, food, and tours throughout the day. Enjoy a lecture and book signing by renowned artist Nina Katchadourian, in conjunction with her exhibition, Nina Katchadourian: Curiouser.

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SoundSpace: Earthworks

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Sun, 02/19/2017 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm

The Blanton’s award-winning program SoundSpace returns Sunday, February 19 from 2 – 4 p.m.!

In 2016, the hottest year on record, our planet experienced an unprecedented number of extreme weather events. This iteration of SoundSpace explores the various ways artists engage and respond to the natural world, including the use of field recordings, processed bat calls, plant amplification, seismograph readings, and translating climate data into sound.

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