Market · Austin metro · within 25 miles
The Austin market books about 583 shows a year across 250 venues, with 500 already on the calendar. Rock leads the tagged shows at 29%, ahead of Country / Bluegrass at 20%. Saturdays are the busiest night and Mondays the quietest, and Friday and Saturday together carry 51% of the year. August is the peak month. Antone's Nightclub is the most-booked venue, with 64 shows on record. The market covers Austin and 16 nearby cities within 25 miles, including Dripping Springs, Cedar Park and Round Rock.
Refreshed September 29, 2026 · from Cultivate's live dataset
The venues
Ranked by shows on record. Genre focus comes from what each venue has actually booked.
The shape of the market
What else competes for the night
Fairs, festivals, sports and civic events pull the same crowd. Cultivate weighs each one by expected draw and scores every night in Austin from 0 to 100 before you commit a date.
2 dates on the calendar · very large draw
1 date on the calendar · very large draw
1 date on the calendar · very large draw
1 date on the calendar · very large draw
1 date on the calendar · very large draw
1 date on the calendar · very large draw
1 date on the calendar · very large draw
1 date on the calendar · very large draw
Questions
Cultivate tracks 250 venues that book live music within 25 miles of Austin, Texas, from bar stages to arenas, with about 583 shows in the last twelve months and 500 upcoming.
Saturday. In 2026, 266 shows fall on a Saturday, against 48 on a Monday, the quietest night. Friday and Saturday together account for 51% of the year's shows.
Rock leads with 29% of the shows that carry a genre, followed by Country / Bluegrass at 20%. Genre comes from what venues actually book, not from how they describe themselves.
Antone's Nightclub in Austin, with 64 shows on record and 22 upcoming. Booking contacts and exact capacities for every venue are available in the Cultivate console.
This is a sample of the Austin data
The console has every venue, every act, the booking contacts, the Competition Grid and the Tour Planner, for Austin and every other market in the country.