This Weekend in ATX: Kite Fest and Austin FC Back at home

Hope you had a YEEHAWTASTIC week, now it’s time to enter the weekend full Send. Did you know that the Congress Bridge opened on this date in 1910?

Here’s is everything you should know to get you up to speed

NEWS:

• Austin was named the #4 Best City for Food and Drink, by Food & Wine Magazine

• The Willie Nelson mural on East 7th street was demolished after a fire in February 2024. Has now been repainted on the adjacent property.

• Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson were at the Texas Capitol advocating for Senate Bill 22's $500 million Texas film incentives package. (Read More)

• Texas Longhorns Women’s Basketball will Face South Carolina tonight in the NCAA March Madness Final Four

• Hundreds of local businesses, farmers and industry advocates will gather at the Texas Capitol on Monday, April 7 to testify against Senate Bill 3 and House Bill 28. If approved it would ban Hemp-derived cannabinoids, eliminating thousands of jobs.

EVENTS:

• April 4-June 15: Malibu Barbie Cafe Pop-up / Wanderlust Wine Co (More Info)

• April 5: ABC Kite Fest / 10AM - 5PM / Zilker Park / FREE EVENT (More Info)

• April 5: Austin FC vs Portland / 6:45PM Kickoff / Q2 Stadium

• April 5: Besame Mucho Festival / Circuit of the Americas (Tickets)

• April 5-6: Two Step Inn / San Gabriel Park in Georgetown (Tickets)

• April 9-19: Moontower Comedy Festival / Multiple Locations (Tickets)

• April 18-20: Austin Reggae Festival / Auditorium Shores (Tickets)

FOOD & DRINKS SPOTLIGHT:

The Food & Wine Magazine featured Austin at number #4 on the best food & Drink spots. Here is what they highlighted:

• Midnight Cowboy – named #6 Best Bar in America (Instagram)
  313 E 6th St, Austin, TX 78701

• Birdie’s (Instagram)

  2944 E 12th St, Austin, TX 78702

• Nixta Taquería (Instagram)

  2512 E 12th St, Austin, TX 78702

• Suerte (Instagram)

  1800 E 6th St, Austin, TX 78702

ON THIS DAY IN TEXAS HISTORY:

• April 4th, 1910: Opening of the Congress Avenue Bridge

  The Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge, which crosses Lady Bird Lake (Colorado River) in Austin, Texas, opened on April 4, 1910, at a cost of $209,000.