When you get off of an airplane at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, the first thing you see is a plaque on the wall proclaiming Austin as the "Live Music Capital of the World". With more live music venues per capita than Nashville, Memphis, Los Angeles, Las Vegas or New York City, it's tough to argue the point.
Live Music From Concentrate
The city's live music scene is most concentrated downtown, just north of the Colorado River, with dozens of clubs situated side-by-side on Fourth, Sixth, and Red River Street. Other pockets of venues are scattered throughout the city, most notably on South Congress Avenue a couple miles South of downtown. Walk down Sixth street on a weekend night in July and you will very quickly see what all the fuss is about. Amongst a plethora of bars with names like Chuggin' Monkey, The Library, Iron Cactus, and Red Eyed Fly, the sounds of country, rock, metal and dueling pianos mix together, offering up a new artist to almost any musical taste.
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