Free Week generally takes place over the first weekend of the first week of the year. Free Week 2024 is scheduled for January 5th – 6th, 2024.

RED RIVER DISTRICT AND EAST AUSTIN

Drink, Eat, Celebrate Live Music

Free Week started in 2003 at the legendary Emo’s (at 6th and Red River St) as a way to keep the club’s lights on and staff working during the dead winter when business was historically slow. What started as a one-venue annual event grew into a movement, with venues Austin to Nashville participating, with tens of thousands attending city-wide.