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Half price tickets can be purchase on the day of the show for some Austin
events. Contact the Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau at 201 E.
2nd Street from 1:30am - 1:30pm, Tuesday - Saturday. Or call
454-HALF on Wednesdays after 3:00pm for a recorded message of event
offerings for the upcoming weekend. Once a year the Austin Circle of
Theaters has a ticket giveaway. Call 454-TIXS to find out the date
and location of the giveaway.
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Art
Exhibits
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Ballet
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For a complete
listing of dance performances in Austin call the Dance Hotline at 474-1766
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Ballet
Austin
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(512)
476-9051
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3002 Guadalupe
Street. For tickets call 476-2163.
Austin's professional ballet company. Performs at the University of
Texas Arts Center
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Ballet
Austin
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(512)
478-8717
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At Dougherty
Arts Center - 1110 Barton Springs Road. For tickets call 454-TIXS
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Chorus
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Austin
Civic Chorus
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(512)
326-1171
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Performs
mainly in churches. Call for locations.
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Dance
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Sharir/Bustamante
Danceworks
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(512)
458-8158
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3724 Jefferson
Street, Suite #201. Modern dance organization.
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Tapestry
Dance Company
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(512)
474-9846
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507 B.
Pressler Street. Multiform dance company.
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Historic
Cemeteries
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Goodrich
Cemetery
2107 Goodrich Avenue
Established in the 1860's as a burial place for slaves, it was part of the
Goodrich Plantation.
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Oakwood
Cemetery
16th Street & Navasota
(512) 475-4167
1839 -
oldest cemetery in the city, the resting place for many early settlers,
founders of Austin and Governors of Texas
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Texas State
Cemetery
909 Navasota
(512) 463-0605
Hours:
grounds: 8am-5pm everyday
Visitor Center: 8am-5pm Monday - Saturday
Admission:
Free
The final
resting place for Texas Governors, American War Veterans, Republic Of Texas
and Confederate Was Veterans. Including Stephen F. Austin, Joanna
Troutman, John Connally and Barbara Jordon.
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Museums
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Atrium Gallery
Moody Hall @ St. Edward's University
3100 S. Congress
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(512)
448-8404
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Austin Museum of
Art
823 Congress
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(512)
495-9224
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Austin
Children's Museum - Dell Discovery Center
201 Colorado Street
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(512)
472-2494
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Austin History
Center
810 Guadalupe
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(512)
499-7480
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Center for
American History
Red River & Manor
Sid Richardson Hall
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(512) 471-5961
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Daughter of
the Republic of Texas Museum
510 E. Anderson
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(512) 339-1997
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Dougherty Arts
Center
1110 Barton Springs Road
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(512) 397-1468
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Elisabet Ney
Museum
304 East 44th Street at Ave H
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(512) 458-2255
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French Legation
Museum
802 San Marcos Street at East 7th Street
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(512) 472-8180
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George
Washington Carver
1165 Angelina Street
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(512) 472-4809
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German Free
School
507 East 10th Street
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(512) 482-0927
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Harry Ransom
Humanities Research Center
West 21st Street and Guadalupe
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(512) 471-8944
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Jordan-Bachman
Pioneer Farm
11418 Sprinkle Cut Off Road
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(512) 837-1215
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Laguana Gloria
Museum of Art
3809 West 35th Street
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(512) 458-8191
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Lorenzo de
Zavala State Archives and Library
1201
Brazos Street
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(512) 463-5455
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Lyndon
B. Johnson Presidential Library and Museum
2313 Red River
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(512) 916-5136
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Mexic-Arte
Museum
419 Congress Avenue
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(512) 480-9373
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Neill-Cochran
House
2310 San Gabriel
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(512) 478-2335
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O. Henry
Museum
409 East 5th Street
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(512) 472-1903
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Old General
Land Office Building
112 East 11th Street
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(512) 305-8400
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Republic of
Texas Museum
510 East Anderson Lane
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(512) 339-1997
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Texas
Memorial Museum
2400 Trinity
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(512) 471-1604
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Texas
Military Forces Museum
Camp Mabry
3500 West 35th Street
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(512) 406-6967
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Texas State
History Museum
MLK Jr. and Congress
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Umlauf Museum
605 Robert E. Lee Road
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(512) 455-5582
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Opera
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Austin
Lyric Opera
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(512)
472-5927
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1111 West 6th
Street. Austin's professional opera. For tickets call (512) 472-5992
or (800) 31-OPERA
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Parks
- historic
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Waterloo Park
East 15th Street to East 11th Street, between Trinity & Red River
The focal
point of this park is Waller Creek. The land once served as the
location for more than 50 buildings. Now it is a great place for children
to play, outdoor concerts and a place for a walk.
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Brush Square
East 4th Street & Trinity
Named for
Austin pioneer Seba Bogart Brush.
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Republic
Square
West 5th Street & Guadalupe
August 1,
1839 this was the site of the first public land sale in
Austin.
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Wooldridge
Park
West 9th Street & Guadalupe
Named for
the first President of the Austin School Board & former Mayor, A.P.
Wooldridge
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Pease Park
1100 Kingsbury
Located
along Shoal Creek. The donated 12 acres were developed into a park
in 1913.
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Treaty Oak
503 Baylor Street
This once beautiful
600 year old tree was poisoned in 1989, despite extensive efforts to save
the tree, only a portion still remains.
According
to Austin legend the treaty signed with the Indians, by Stephen F. Austin,
was signed under this tree. In 1939 the tree was almost destroyed to
make way for land development. The residents of Austin raised $1000
and purchased the tree.
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Sculptures
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The Mustangs
At the base of the West steps on San Jacinto Blvd.,
Seven
plunging mustangs sculptures represent the "spirited horses that
carried the men that made Texas."
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Symphony
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Austin
Symphony Orchestra
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(512)
476-6064
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1101 Red River
Street. Box office: Symphony Square, 11th at Red River. Call (888)
4-MAESTRO for tickets.
Performances are year round at the University of Texas Bass Concert Hall.
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Theater
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Professional
and University
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For a listing
of every theater performance currently on stage in Austin call the Austin
Circle of Theater's Performance Hotline 320-7168.
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Acting
Studio, The
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(512)
458-5437
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5811 Burnet
Road. For tickets call 454-TIXS
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Austin
Community College Theater
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(512)
223-3246
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1212 Rio
Grande
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Austin
Musical Theater
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(512)
292-9696
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Paramount
Theatre presents Broadway musicals
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Austin
Theatre for Youth
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(512)
459-7144
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710 East 41st
Street. The performances are designed for the youth and their
families.
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Bates
Recital Center
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Dance &
music recitals
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University of
Texas campus
23rd Street and East Campus Drive
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Bass
Concert Hall
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Ballet Austin,
Austin Symphony, Touring Shows
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University of
Texas campus
23rd Street and East Campus Drive
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Capitol
City Playhouse
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(512)
472-1855
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214 West 4th
Street
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Concordia
University
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(512)
452-0666
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Peter Center
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Dougherty
Arts Center
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(512)
397-1458
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1110 Barton
Springs Road. For tickets call 454-TIXS. Operated by the Parks
and Recreation Department.
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Esther's
Follies
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(512)
320-0553
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525 E. Sixth
Street
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Hyde Park
Theatre
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(512)
302-4933
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511 West 43rd
Street. For tickets call (512) 454-TIXS
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Huston-Tillotson
College
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(512)
505-3000
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900 Chicon
Street
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Live Oak
Theatre
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(512)
472-5143
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719 Congress
Avenue. Season runs September through June.
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McCullough
Theatre
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Dance and
Opera
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University of
Texas campus
23rd Street and East Campus Drive
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Paramount
Theatre
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(512)
472-5411
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713 Congress
Avenue. For tickets call (512) 469-7469
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Payne
Theatre
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University of
Texas
drama theatre
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University of
Texas campus
23rd Street and East Campus Drive
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Planet
Theatre
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(512)
478-5282
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2307 Manor
Road. For tickets call (512) 454-TIXS
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Public
Domain, The
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(512)
474-6202
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807 Congress
Avenue. For tickets call 454-TIXS
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Sam Bass
Theatre
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(512)
244-0440
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Round Rock
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Santa Cruz
Center
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(512)
478-9311
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1805 East 7th
Street
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Salvage
Vanguard Theater
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(512)
474-7886
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Experimental
theater company that does not have a permanent home. Instead they perform
in various locations around town.
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St.
Edward's University
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(512)
448-8484
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Mary Moody
Northern Theatre
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Southwestern
University
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1
(512) 863-1378
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Jones Theatre,
Georgetown
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Southwest
Texas State
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1
(512) 245-2204
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San Marcos
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Teatro
Humanidad Cansada
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(512)
236-1484
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2210 South 1st
Street. Currently the only bilingual theater in Austin.
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University
of Texas Performing Arts Center
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(512)
471-2787
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University of
Texas campus - 23rd Street and East Campus Drive. For tickets call
477-6060
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Zachary
Scott Theatre
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(512)
476-0541
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1510 Toomey
Road
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Zilker
Hillside Theatre
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(512)
397-1463
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Zilker Park
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Zilker
Theatre Productions
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(512)
479-9491
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Outdoor
musical performances at Zilker Park
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Zoo
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Austin Zoo
10807 Rawhide Trail,
off US 290
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(512)
288-1490
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