AFTM

Traditional Irish Music Session at B.D. Riley's
2025-12-18 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-12-11 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-12-04 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-11-27 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | B.D. Riley’s, 1905 Aldrich St #130, Austin, Texas, 78723, United States
Sessions Thursdays at 7pm on the Paseo beside the pub. Session players get a drinks tab & food disco.

BLUESQUEEZEBOX
2025-12-17 08:00 - 17:00 | Batch Craft Beer and Kolaches, 3220 Manor Road, Austin, TX, 78723, United States
We gathered in Austin, following our individual dreams to make sounds pleasing to our own ears and to the ears of others. We came from many different places in North America, and our ancestors all probably arrived in this land sometime between the 16th & 20th centuries. We play music in a style first popularized by African-American entertainers in the early 20th century. Headed by Clifton Tipton.

Austin Old Time Jam at Stargazer
2025-12-16 18:00 - 21:15, 2025-12-09 18:00 - 21:15, 2025-12-02 18:00 - 21:15 | Stargazer Bar, 979 Springdale, Suite 130, Austin, TX, 78702, United States
Traditional Old Time Fiddle Tunes. All skill levels are welcomed and encouraged.

Free to listen or to learn.

Tune list

Chord charts

Buffalo Nichols @ C-Boys in January
2025-12-15 22:00 - 23:00, 2025-12-08 22:00 - 23:00, 2025-12-01 22:00 - 23:00 | C-Boy’s Heart & Soul, 2008 South Congress Ave, Austin, Texas, 78704, United States
Since his earliest infatuations with guitar, Buffalo Nichols has asked himself the same question: How can I bring the blues of the past into the future? After cutting his teeth between a Baptist church and bars in Milwaukee, it was a globetrotting trip through West Africa and Europe during a creative down period that began to reveal the answer.

Bluegrass Night at Radio West
2025-12-15 07:00 - 22:00, 2025-12-08 07:00 - 22:00, 2025-12-01 07:00 - 22:00 | Radio Coffee and Beer, 4204 Menchaca Rd, Austin, 78704, United States
A rotating cast of Austin’s finest Bluegrass Pickers! Rain or shine. Kid and pet friendly.

Irish Session at Kelly's Pub
2025-12-14 15:00 - 18:00, 2025-12-07 15:00 - 18:00, 2025-11-30 15:00 - 18:00 | Kelly’s Irish Pub, 519 West Oltorf Stree, Austin, Texas, 78704, United States
Irish session. Free and open to the public. Everyone is welcome!

CTBA Bluegrass Jam at Batch
2025-12-14 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-12-07 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-11-30 13:00 - 16:00 | Batch Craft Beer and Kolaches, 3220 Manor Road, Austin, TX, 78723, United States
Calling all pickers and music lovers! Please join the Central Texas Bluegrass Association (www.CentralTexasBluegrass.org) for their Sunday Bluegrass Jam, weekly since 1978.

Africa Night at the Sahara Lounge
2025-12-13 19:30 - 23:59, 2025-12-06 19:30 - 23:59, 2025-11-29 19:30 - 23:59 | Sahara Lounge, 1413 Webberville, Austin, Texas, 78721, United States
Experience the magic of Africa Night, where the rhythm of the music is only surpassed by the vibrant energy of the crowd. Immerse yourself in a night of dancing and grooves that transcends all borders. Join the unique fusion of cultures on the dance floor – one moment, you’re grooving to the beat, and the next, engaged in captivating conversations. Every beat tells a story, and each connection is a celebration.

Eddie Collins's Bluegrass Open Mic
2025-12-11 08:00 - 17:00 | New World Deli, 4101 Guadalupe Street, Austin, Texas, 78751, United States

AFTM World Music Night @ Batch - Dec 11th
2025-12-11 07:00 - 22:00
7:30 pm – The Black Goats (AFTM alt folk)

8 pm – Indrajit Banerjee (Sitar)

8:30 pm – Austin Balkan Singers (w/ accordionist Don Weeda)

9 pm – Addax (Sahara-style blues)

Lockhart Irish Session
2025-12-07 16:00 - 20:00 | O’Donnell’s Irish Pub and Cafe, 119 E San Antonio St, Lockhart, Texas, 78644, United States
Free and open to the general public. All age groups and ability levels welcome. For more information email lockhartirishsession@mailfence.com or call 512-560-5273.

Old Time Slow Jam
2025-12-06 10:00 - 13:00 | Howson Branch Library, 2500 Exposition Blvd, Austin, TX 78703, Austin, Texas, 78703, United States
First Saturday Old Time Slow Jam.

Festival of Texas Fiddling
2025-12-05 12:00 - 2025-12-07 20:00 | Twin Sisters Dance Hall, 6720 Hwy 281 South, Blanco, TX, 78606, United States
The Festival of Texas Fiddling presents the best and most diverse array of Texas fiddle music anywhere, including Western Swing, Old Time, Country, Texas Contest Style, Texas-Mexican (Tejano), Creole, Texas-Polish, Cajun, and Son Huasteco. Always the first weekend of December at historic and beautiful Twin Sisters Dance Hall in Blanco, the FTF features three days of showcases, workshops, all day dancing, fiddle and bajo sexto contests, dance & instrument workshops, jamming, vendors, food, and ice cold beer!

Mark Rubin, Jew of Oklahoma w/Special Guest Rubinchik's Yiddish Ensemble
2025-12-03 19:00 - 22:00 | House Concert, 2509 Thornton Rd, Austin, Texas, 78704-4909, United States
Howdy friends. A rare treat, an intimate session and then a reunion of my old klezmer band for a set. Got some new and timely material married to a set of music I haven’t played in decades. Will be a special night. Event by Mark Rubin and David Ansel.

Webster's Ragtime Trio - 1st Weds at Batch
2025-12-03 19:00 - 21:00
Webster‘s ragtime trio is a throwback to a style of music that went largely unrecorded. Around the turn-of-the-century, it is said that there was lots of string bands, i.e. mandolin, banjo, guitar, bow cello, playing the popular hits of the day including classic ragtime compositions like the Maple Leaf Rag. Although that type of music was composed for marching bands and solo piano performance, it is hard not to notice how joyful it sounds played on acoustic stringed instruments.

They don’t stop there, they more than dip their toes into ragged Texas Fiddle tunes from the 78 RPM era, even venturing across the pond to play the occasional archaic Polish mazurka, and/or striking up borderland polka Harkening back to the glory days of Tejas.

Alexander Jones, Will Webster, and Westen Borghesi make up this fine trio.
