Entertainment

Venues & Hangouts

A list of bars, clubs, venues and places to hangout or to see music that mostly cater to punk, metal, goth and the alternative crowd. No hipster or norm bars here.

  • The Crow Bar and Raven Room

    The Crow Bar and Raven Room

    Experience Quality Cocktails & Beers in a Classic Cool Dive Bar Atmosphere… After the original


  • Come and Take It Live

    Come and Take It Live

    Live concert venue hosting midsize national and regional touring metal and punk bands. Also hosts


  • Elysium

    Elysium

    Hosting Austin’s alternative night-life since 2001, and home of the Austin goth scene. Goth &


  • Kick Butt Coffee

    Kick Butt Coffee

    Kick Butt Café, next to ACC Highland, expanded in 2015 to become one of Austin’s


  • The Lost Well

    The Lost Well

    The Lost Well is “Rock n Roll neighborhood bar based in Austin, Texas since 2013.


Roller Derby

We have 2 roller derby leagues…

  • Texas Rollergirls

    Texas Rollergirls

    The Texas Rollergirls are the originators of Flat Track Derby. They started the sport in


  • TXRD Texas Roller Derby

    TXRD Texas Roller Derby

    An Austin original, TXRD has been wowing crowds since breathing new life into the sport


Podcasts & Radio

A list of local, independent radio shows and podcasts based in Austin.

  • The Night Owl Podcast

    The Night Owl Podcast

    “Are ghosts real?”. Haunted by his own childhood paranormal experience, host Stephen Belyeu now brings


  • (SPF 1000) Vampire Sunscreen

    (SPF 1000) Vampire Sunscreen

    In (SPF 1000) Vampire Sunscreen host Laurie Gallardo simply asks one question of her guests:


  • !!! REBEL GRRRL !!!

    !!! REBEL GRRRL !!!

    “Tune in to a Kathleen Hanna wannabe play feminist punk rock, discuss the riot grrrl


  • Bloodstains From The Grave

    Bloodstains From The Grave

    Tune in each week as we follow the footprints, look at the claw marks and


  • Commercial Suicide

    Commercial Suicide

    Commercial Suicide is Central Texas’ longest running experimental music radio program. Experimental, electronic, ambient, minimalist,


  • Beat Happenings

    Beat Happenings

    Beat Happenings is a new collective hosted by Jenny, Saint Annie, and Stefny! at the


  • Be Kind Rewind

    Be Kind Rewind

    Be Kind Rewind showcases the diverse music of the 80s, popular as well as lesser-known,


  • Search And Destroy

    Search And Destroy

    Providing heavy doses of heavy metal, hardcore, and all things loud. Broadcasting on KOOP 91.7FM


  • Under the Eternal Night

    Under the Eternal Night

    Under the Eternal Night is black metal radio broadcasting on KOOP 91.7FM in Austin and


  • Punk Melody Time

    Punk Melody Time

    Punk Melody Time airs Thursdays from 3-4:40pm. Short, fast and catchy as heck punk rock


Local Event Producers

These are local producers of shows and events in Austin.

  • The Austin Séance

    The Austin Séance

    A. Lucio and Jake Cordero of The Austin Séance demonstrate tools used by working mediums


  • Horror Web

    Horror Web

    HorrorWeb is a horror entertainment company based out of Austin, TX. They host horror videocasts,