What is there to do in Austin during the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival?

Things to Do in Austin: Out of Bounds Comedy Festival

The short answer

Between shows, Austin has Texas Capitol, The Congress Avenue Bridge bats, Barton Springs Pool and South Congress Avenue, and 33 more places on the Guide's Austin city guide. Texas Capitol: Free guided tours of about forty minutes leave the South Foyer every 15 to 30 minutes, from 9am (noon on Sundays) to the last at 4:15pm.

Texas Capitol

Free guided tours of about forty minutes leave the South Foyer every 15 to 30 minutes, from 9am (noon on Sundays) to the last at 4:15pm. Or go round on your own: the doors open 7am to 8pm on weekdays and 9am to 8pm at weekends.

Its own site ↗ · Texas Capitol on the city guide

The Congress Avenue Bridge bats

Up to 1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats live under the bridge, the biggest bat colony in any city on earth. They fly south to Mexico as the first cold fronts arrive, late October to mid-November, so an early-November flight is a maybe. Watch for free from the Statesman's Bat Observation Area on the southeast side; the bat boats stop after October.

Its own site ↗ · The Congress Avenue Bridge bats on the city guide

Barton Springs Pool

Three acres of water fed by springs that hold at 68 to 70°F, so people swim here all year. Open 5am to 10pm, except on Thursdays, when it shuts for cleaning from 9am to 7pm (5 November is a Thursday). Visitors pay $9; no food, coolers, glass or alcohol.

Its own site ↗ · Barton Springs Pool on the city guide

South Congress Avenue

Six walkable blocks of South Congress, Nellie Street to Annie Street, full of local shops, murals and places to eat; the "I Love You So Much" mural is on the wall at Jo's Coffee. Street parking is paid through the ParkATX app.

Its own site ↗ · South Congress Avenue on the city guide

Covert Park at Mount Bonnell

Stone steps climb a 784-foot rise above Lake Austin to a view over the water, downtown and the hills beyond. Open every day, 5am to 10pm.

Its own site ↗ · Covert Park at Mount Bonnell on the city guide

The Continental Club

Bands on South Congress every night since 1955: roots, rockabilly, country, swing, rock and blues. The neon over its door is one of the street's landmarks, and the city has named the club a historic landmark too.

Its own site ↗ · The Continental Club on the city guide

Elephant Room

A jazz basement on Congress with music every night of the year since 1991. It opens Thursday and Friday at 5pm, Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 7pm, till 2am (1am on Sunday), and the $5 to $10 cover starts at 8pm. Over-21s only; you can't book.

Its own site ↗ · Elephant Room on the city guide

Antone's Nightclub

The blues club Clifford Antone started in 1975, with a show on every night of the festival, Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham among them on Saturday 7 November. Shows are for over-21s unless the listing says otherwise; the Westin across the street sells valet parking.

Its own site ↗ · Antone's Nightclub on the city guide

Broken Spoke

A Texas dancehall since 1964, open Tuesday to Saturday from 4pm. There's a free early show over dinner from 6 to 8pm, two-step and swing lessons Wednesday to Saturday from 8 to 9pm, and the dancehall doors open at 7:15pm.

Its own site ↗ · Broken Spoke on the city guide

Every place, measured from your show

The Austin city guide has all 37 places, each measured from the festival's rooms, with a board for your picks and the sums for the hours before and after a show.

Plan the trip

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