KUTX is proud to sponsor Hot Summer Nights, 4 days of Austin’s best bands and some friends from around the state and the country too, all taking place in the Red River Cultural District. To help you plan your weekend of FREE LIVE MUSIC, we’ve put together some playlists and highlighted some of our favorite bills. We’ve also linked any Studio 1A’s, so you can get a taste of their live energy too! Find out where your favorite bands are playing and discover some new favorites too.
THURSDAY:
- Mohawk: Emily Wolfe, Quiet Company, Darkbird, Think No Think, Good Field, Chakra Khan, Lord Buffalo, Mamahawk
- Barracuda: Bad Sports (Denton/ATX), Annabelle Chairlegs, Nolan Potter’s Nightmare Band
- Cheer Up Charlie’s: Hovvdy, Why Bonnie, Loafer, Tåsi
- Empire Control Room & Garage: Cilantro Boombox, Big Wy’s Brass Band, Skymomma, Zoumountchi (Niger), Just Blaze (NYC), Black Milk (Detroit)
- Swan Dive: Jessie Frye (Denton), anatomi, The Young Something (Florida), Fuss Ricket
FRIDAY:
- Barracuda: A Giant Dog, Big Bill, Moving Panoramas, Leather Girls
- Beerland: Pleasure Venom, King Country (Waco), Nervous Exits
- Empire Control Room & Garage: Tia Carrera, BLXPLTN, Honey and Salt, Megafauna, Greenbeard, and more
- Stubb’s: Golden Dawn Arkestra, Hard Proof, Mobley, Trouble in the Streets
- Cheer Up Charlie’s: Riverboat Gamblers, The Sour Notes, Hey Jellie, Sealion (Dallas), Dentist (Ashbury Park)
- Mohawk: Jess Williamson, Marijuana Sweet Tooth, Cowboy Crisis (Asheville, NC), RF Shannon (Marfa), Daphne Tunes
- Swan Dive: Chromagnus; Slow Seers (Dallas); Billy King & the Bad, Bad, Bad; Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol
SATURDAY
- Barracuda: Ringo Deathstarr, Growl, SHMU, Sailor Poon, Flesh Lights, Being Dead, Shivery Shakes
- Beerland: Dude Elsberry, Date Night (Nashville), Why Bonnie, Bleary Eyed
- Mohawk: Ghost Wolves, Chief White Lightning, Booher, Altamesa, Eagle Claw
- Cheer Up Charlie’s: The Reputations, minihorse, Pearl Crush (Houston), Lola Tried, Royal Forest
- Empire Control Room & Garage: Moving Panoramas, Good Field, Fragile Rock, SMiiLE, Sometimes A Legend, Sphynx, TC Superstar
- Swan Dive: Friendly, The Teddys, Big Britches, The Sun Machine
- Stubb’s: Blushing, Mopac
