Concerts in
Austin Area 2023 - 2024

Austin Area Concert Guide

Austin is the Live Music Capital Of The World and JamBase’s concert listings are the essential resource for finding the best-priced tickets available.

Austin calls itself the Live Music Capital Of The World because the city has among the most music venues per capita in the world. Simply put, there is an abundance of concerts in Austin, with live music happening all over the metro area at venues of all kinds.

 Photo via Austin City Limits Music Festival

Many institutions in Austin are synonymous with concerts and live music, such as Austin City Limits, the PBS program that is the longest-running concert music program on American television and is recorded at ACL Live at The Moody Theater. For many years, Zilker Park in Austin has hosted the annual Austin City Limits Music Festival. Another annual music event in Austin is the long-running South By Southwest conference that brings together bands, artists and other music industry professionals for a week-long event.

The 1960s saw the Austin music scene anchored by notorious venues like Vulcan Gas Company and Armadillo World Headquarters. Outlaw country legend Willie Nelson has long called Austin home. Others associated with Austin include Waylon Jennings, Jerry Jeff Walker, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Steve Earle and more. The 13th Floor Elevators, led by the late Roky Erickson, placed Austin among the centers of psychedelic music.

 Photo via Austin City Limits

Contemporary musicians that have kept the Austin music scene thriving include Spoon, Gary Clark Jr., Black Pumas, Okkervil River, Shakey Graves, White Denim, Explosions in the Sky, …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, and others.

There are 100s of places to see concerts in Austin. Among the most well-known Austin concert venues are Antone’s, Stubb’s BBQ, Broken Spoke, Carousel Lounge, Historic Scoot Inn, Mohawk, Cactus Cafe and just outside Austin, Germania Insurance Amphitheater.

Explore JamBase to see all of the many concerts in Austin taking place soon including Maluma, Doja Cat, Olivia Rodrigo, Travis Scott, Lil Uzi Vert, and many more.

Search JamBase’s Austin festival guide and grab tickets to Austin City Limits, Levitation Austin, Seismic Dance Event 6.0, and other area fests.

 Photo courtesy KLRU-TV/Austin City Limits. Photo by Scott Newton

Austin area hotels are plentiful and available all around the capital city. Places to stay include the Fairmont Austin, The Driskill, Hotel ZaZa Austin and Archer Hotel Austin.

In addition to attending concerts in Austin, the city offers a wide range of activities that will keep you entertained and coming back for more. Visitors are amazed by bat watching at the Congress Avenue Bridge. Crate diggers will want to make a trip to Waterloo Records to pick through their incredible supply of vinyl records. Take in an Austin FC Major League Soccer match at Q2 Stadium. Grab a beer at one of Austin’s over 50 craft breweries and grab some Texas-style BBQ at one of the area’s many fine restaurants.

“Keep Austin Weird” is more than a saying, it’s a way of life for many who call Austin home. The eclectic vibe that makes the city special is one of the many reasons to see a concert in Austin.