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ARTS & CULTURE

Live From The Plaza performanceAustin City Hall was designed to promote public participation and interaction with local government as well as engaging in Austin’s diverse cultural arts. The building provides several avenues for artistic expression through art, music and performance activities day and night. The energy of the building effortlessly flows into hubs of activity occurring simultaneously inside and outside.

Pockets of space on the plaza, atrium or conference rooms provide ideal intimate locations for small events like photo shoots, artist workshops, poetry readings, demonstrations and temporary exhibits.

Participants in larger events can flow inside, outside, up and down in City Hall moving from the outdoor performance stage, through the atrium, up and across the overlooking bridges and hallways and back down spilling out onto Second Street and around the plaza.

As a venue, Austin City Hall is always right in the middle of the action as part of Austin’s huge downtown cultural events like First Night, Art City Austin and SXSW.


LIVE MUSIC

 

VISUAL ARTS

 

MULTIMEDIA


Live From The Plaza

Each spring and fall season fills the City Hall plaza with music and music fans. The free Live From The Plaza concerts feature a local band every Friday at noon.

Live From The Plaza

 

The People's Gallery

Austin City Hall showcases the talents of local artists with an extensive art exhibition in the atrium and open areas of the first three floors.

The People's Gallery

 

Faces of Austin

The video screens in the lobby allow visitors to select short films on demand. The films highlight Austin’s unique sense of place and diverse cultural identity and showcase the creative talent of Central Texas filmmakers.

Faces of Austin

Council Meetings

Austin is the "Live Music Capital of the World" and each City Council meeting features a live music performance by a local musician or band in the Council Chambers.

See the Council agenda
for the featured band
.

 

Seeding Time

The City Hall public art installation, Seeding Time, is integrated into the architecture and landscape of City Hall’s plaza and will evolve slowly through time.

Seeding Time

 

Austin Past and Present

The Austin Past and Present kiosk in the atrium brings Austin’s history to life with an interactive, user-friendly interface. The educational program chronicles Austin’s past with historic photos, maps, timelines, videos and audio recordings.

Austin Past and Present



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