Hey, February! We've been waiting for you, seeing as how January seemed to take its sweet time wrapping up. Good thing there's plenty going on to celebrate your arrival. To start, hit up the South Congress Hotel for their First Thursday shindig. Catch a performance by Mobley, sweet jams from DJ uLOVEi (plus DJs Manolo Black and Daetron Vargas in the Lobby Bar), an Outdoor Voices pop-up shop and photobooth and drink specials galore. The party gets started at 6pm.
New month, new ice cream flavor. Lick Honest Ice Creams has partnered up with the Austin Food & Wine Alliance and 2016 culinary grant recipient Miche Bread to create a brand new flavor: roasted mesquite bean cookie. It's available starting today until February 7, and considering ice cream weather is slowly coming back to Austin, it's the perfect time to try something new. Proceeds benefit the Austin Food & Wine Alliance.
Most Austin live music fans know debaucherous rock and roll dealers A Giant Dog, and they’re likewise familiar with gloriously grungy Red River mainstay Beerland, but have you ever witnessed one inside the other? This gig—the first of four Thursday residency shows in February, all with different openers—also features powerhouse punks Xetas, stoner auteurs American Sharks and more. Advance tickets are sold out, but a few lucky early-bird fans will be able to snag extras at the door tonight!