Well, summer is certainly summering. College students are gone. Kids are home from school. The city is quieter than usual, and it’s hot. If the current forecast holds we’re looking at highs in the mid-to-upper 90s through the weekend. Patio misters will be blowing, city pools will be popping and lines at your favorite ice cream shop will be long. Need suggestions on ways to embrace Austin’s summer rhythms? Read on for Austin360’s summer 2025 bucket list, the top concerts coming to town, 🏳️🌈Pride events and much more!
😎Your best Austin summer ever
Alright, alright, alright, summer has arrived. This weekend will be hot. As will next weekend. And the one after that. And then, guess what? It’s July, and we don’t talk about what happens after July. 🫠
But what’s that saying? Out of the furnace, into the … frosty drink🍹? We Austinites are nothing if not well-adapted, and your trusty Austin360 team pooled our expertise to create an ultimate summer bucket list that includes everything from air-conditioned hideaways in historic theaters to floating movies on the lake.
More summer fun!
- 🎸 Austin’s top summer concerts include Lorde, Wu-Tang Clan and Phish
- 🤠Reminder: Willie is bringing Bob Dylan to his Fourth of July picnic
- 💘Dating on a Dime: Our dining and nightlife correspondent Ana Gutierrez found free concerts and movies for this month’s installment of her budget dating series.
- We don’t have a lineup yet, but 🎷Blues on the Green dropped a Save the Date for August.
- Mix up your ice cream routine with 🍧Asian frozen treats like bingsu and Halo-halo!
- Sure, it’s hot, but we’re still about that patio life. Here are the best spots for brunch, happy hour and dog-friendly meet-ups.
- And here’s our guide to 🍋🟩the best margaritas in Austin!
🏳️🌈 Happy Pride!🏳️⚧️
The country dons rainbows and glitter for LGBTQ+ Pride in June to commemorate the Stonewall Uprisings. On June 28, 1969, a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a gritty LGBTQ bar in Greenwich, New York touched off two days of street riots and protests. “The uprising changed the power dynamics in the struggle for LGBTQ rights,” our history and culture correspondent Michael Barnes, wrote in this fantastic 2019 piece about how the movement rippled into Austin…