Spring in Austin: Bluebonnets, Bats, and Blues
March through May is the season Austin sells itself on: wildflowers on every highway shoulder, the bats returning, and a festival most weekends. Here is the spring checklist, week by week.
Peak is usually late March to mid-April; the Wildflower Center posts a bloom report.
Two weeks of rodeo, a carnival, and concerts at the Travis County Expo Center in March.
Americana camping festival in Tilmon in April.
The 60-year Pease Park drum-circle costume party on the last Saturday in April.
Chef demos and a Grand Tasting at Auditorium Shores, typically late April.
The colony rebuilds through March and April; the best emergences start in May.
Sixth Street art festival in early May.
The oldest kite festival in the country, first Sunday of March.
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