As a result, the 2025 festival will shift its focus to 100% local entertainment, moving away from highlighting nationally-known performers featured in previous years. Local groups like the Austin Gay Men’s Chorus see this as an opportunity to spend more time in the spotlight.

Austin Pride 2025 brings a full lineup of parades, parties, weddings and community events this August, including a free all-local festival at Fiesta Gardens.

While the letter from Duffy didn’t specifically point to things like rainbow crosswalks, he did suggest that type of display may be unsafe.

Austin Resource Recovery has released new details on plans to build a central hub where city garbage and composting trucks transfer their loads to bigger trucks before the waste is hauled to out-of-town disposal sites.

The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center is forecasting a shift to La Niña conditions, meaning a likely drier, warmer fall and winter.

Some roads in downtown Austin will shut down Saturday ahead of the 35 th annual Austin Pride festivities. The parade starts at 8 p.m. along Congress Avenue from 11th Street to Cesar Chavez. Roads in the area could shut down as early as 1 p.

Actor Austin Butler suffered temporary blindness and thought he was dying during filming, later attributing his health issues to sleep deprivation and overwork.

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In a city that seems to experience constant growth these days, you may be surprised to learn that not so long ago, Austin had its own economic struggles.