Free Shit in Austin

Quimera Gallery ATX, East Austin

MON 1:00 PM • Free-$17.85

“Sixty minutes of slow looking and sniffing your way through a gallery. Your nose does the critique.”

Sagebrush, South Congress

TUE 6:00 PM • Free

“Learn to two-step badly, then do it badly all night at a South Congress honky-tonk”

Cherrywood Coffeehouse, East Austin

TUE 7:00 PM • Free

“Free stand-up on a coffeehouse patio. Costs nothing, might rule.”

The Highball, Other

TUE 8:00 PM • Free

“Retro game shows hosted by drag queens. Free, prizes, and you only play if you want to.”

The Highball, Other

WED 8:00 PM • Free

“Free pub trivia where your useless knowledge finally pays rent”

Upstairs at Caroline, Downtown

THU 12:00 PM • Free

“Rooftop holiday bar with a split naughty-or-nice cocktail menu and a Santa confession board.”

Ovenbird, South Congress

SAT 11:30 AM • Free-$59.75

“Free drag brunch on a South Congress patio: queens, a live DJ, and a mid-show toast”

Clutch-Em Arcade Austin, Other

NOV 22 1:00 PM • Free

“Kimchi from local ATX makers inside a claw-machine arcade. Free RSVP, 1 to 3pm Sunday.”

Barton Springs Pool (South Entrance), Bouldin Creek

NOV 22 5:30 PM • FREE

“Hippies with djembes at sunset. Free, barefoot, faintly illegal-feeling.”

Austin Central Library, Downtown

NOV 23 2:00 PM • Free

“Staff walk you up five floors of library art. Free, an hour, and nobody shushes you.”

Dragon's Lair Comics and Fantasy, Other

NOV 23 5:30 PM • FREE

“Free queer MTG draft night. Tap two swamps, ruin a stranger's Monday.”

Dougherty Arts Center, Bouldin Creek

NOV 23 7:00 PM • Free

“Strictly Ballroom on the big screen, free. One rogue ballroom dancer vs. his by-the-book colleagues.”

George Washington Carver Museum, East Austin

NOV 24 10:00 AM • Free

“Super 8 film, a Tejana family ofrenda, East Austin portraits. Free, on a Tuesday morning.”

Goodnight Cowboy, East Austin

NOV 25 3:00 PM • Free

“Sotol cocktail samples, oysters, a real tattoo and an actual Texas longhorn. 21+, free RSVP.”

Hi Sign Brewing, East Austin

NOV 25 7:00 PM • Free

“Survivor Bingo on the big screen. Blindside square, idol square, crying-about-my-kids square.”

St. Elmo Brewing Company, Other

NOV 27 12:00 PM • Free

“Vintage, jewelry, candles and original art at a free Black Friday flea at a brewery.”

Speakeasy, Downtown

NOV 27 9:30 PM • FREE

“Free 90s night on Congress. Everyone's home for the holiday and it shows.”

Juicy Roots, South Congress, South Congress

NOV 28 7:30 AM • FREE

“Free run club on SoCo the morning after Thanksgiving. Show up alone, leave in a group chat.”