Lite + Brite: 35 Farcical Austin Events 7/4

Hello, what’s up, and welcome to the Lite + Brite newsletter.

We hope everyone’s enjoying their day off. Maybe checking out some of the 4th of July events that we listed in the Monthly? And if you DON’T have today off, wtf; tell us your boss’s name and we will report them straight to George Washington.

Speaking of the Monthly, it was apparently incomplete—we’ve already encountered a range of additional local hang-outtable animals, including chickens, cows, donkeys, and a single tortoise. We’ve added all of them to our Guide to Austin Animal Encounters, so you’ll continue to know everything that we do.

Once the July 4th glizzies and idiocy conclude, we still have a full week of events ahead of us. Watch a movie in the water, meet ghosts on a farm, rollerskate in a parking garage, read books at a brewery, drink at a bathhouse, watch an interactive performance at a bookstore, or competitively eat twinkies at a grocery store. This is exactly the life George Washington wanted for you.

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Let’s do fun stuff!

—Leila + Brian
liteandbriteatx.com

OUR STUFF

We’re on vacation this week so we only have some upcoming stuff to share with you. Brian will once again be DJing at Prick Up Your Ears at Elysium on the last Thursday of the month. Also, if you’re headed to Hot Summer Nights we’ll be at Elysium where Brian will be spinning a set of 90s alt rock on Thursday the 24th. No Humans Allowed will return next week after we get back from the beach.

EVENTS WE’RE EYEING]

Friday 7/4

  • Glizzmas in July at Tiny Minotaur
    Celebrate tubesteaks w/hot dog topping potluck, “glizzmas wishes”
  • Freedom Farce at the Courtyard
    “Dance in ashes through the disillusionment” w/live music + DJ
  • Austin Symphony Orchestra at Vic Mathias Shores
    Classy 4th celebration w/fireworks + symphony orchestra
  • Hot Dog Eating Contest at Hotel Vegas
    Bands, DJs, + a good old fashioned “glizzy gauntlet”
  • American Idiot at Cheer Up Charlie’s
    Drag performers inspired by Green Day to give the finger to fascism
  • Soul Dance Party at Sahara Lounge
    Celebrate the USA w/vinyl DJs spinning American soul records
  • Performative Hot Dog Contest at Cabana Club
    Who needs fast? Win a prize as the most suggestive “glizzy guzzler”
  • Independence Gay at Austin Playhouse
    “Unapologetically queer” burlesque skewering nationalism + other isms
  • Divine Carnival at Ground Floor Theater
    “An aerial circus reimagining of Homer’s the Odyssey”
  • Calm Your T!ts at the Vortex
    Musical comedy that reflects on feminism’s travails here in 2025

Saturday 7/5

  • Dungeons & Drag Show at Sky Candy
    Drag + burlesque performers are “naughty knights, sassy giants, fierce dragons, sexy sorcerers”
  • 4th of July at Austin Farm Sanctuary
    Animal meet n greet, water slides, vegan BBQ
  • Austin Ghost Tours at Pioneer Farms
    A haunted hike through 19th century farm buildings
  • One-Year Anniversary at Mercado Sin Nombre
    Bday party w/carnival games, DJ, wacky food combos
  • Open Studios at Canopy
    Artists at Canopy open up their studios to the public
  • Karaoke Underground at Knomad
    Sing karaoke to your favorite punk, indie + alt classics
  • The Wonderful Wizard Against Humanity at Lark + Owl
    An improvisational reenvisioning of the Wizard of Oz mixed w/Cards Against Humanity
  • Independence Gay at Austin Playhouse
    “Unapologetically queer” burlesque skewering nationalism + other isms
  • Divine Carnival at Ground Floor Theater
    “An aerial circus reimagining of Homer’s the Odyssey”
  • Calm Your T!ts at the Vortex
    Musical comedy that reflects on feminism’s travails here in 2025

Sunday 7/6

Monday 7/7

  • Goths of the Galaxy at Kick Butt Coffee
    Slumber party + cosmic goth-themed burlesque + variety performers

Tuesday 7/8

  • Skip the Small Talk at the Brewtorium
    Engage in “big talk” with strangers using conversation prompts
  • Dazed + Confused at Open House Austin
    70s-style backyard party w/DJs, culinary creations, night market
  • Puzzled Pint at a mystery location
    “Casual, social puzzle solving event” where you have to decipher the location

Wednesday 7/9

  • Silent Book Club at the Brewtorium
    Silently read books together + optional sharing
  • The Meg at Swim Club Austin
    Watch a classic watery flick poolside or floating

Thursday 7/10

  • Co-Lab’s 17th Birthday Bash at Hotel Vegas
    Raise money for Co-Lab while enjoying karaoke, DJs, + live music
  • Moana 2 at Deep Eddy
    Catch a summery family film from the waters of Deep Eddy
  • Jaws at Swim Club Austin
    Watch a classic watery flick poolside or floating
  • Full Moon Swim at the Austin Motel
    Free night swim w/vaporwave, indie sleaze, + yacht rock DJs
  • Calm Your T!ts at the Vortex
    Musical comedy that reflects on feminism’s travails here in 2025
  • (weekly) Float-In Theater at Mozart’s
    Watch movies deck-side or while floating on the lake

No Humans Allowed 239
All Night Passion

This episode of NHA we’ve got an hour of passionate italo and italo-influenced dancefloor fillers for your dancing pleasure.

Stream All Night Passion

Tracklist
Judie Tzuke – Shoot from the Heart (Louis de Tomaso Edit)
Lime – Extrasensory Perception (Chrissy Edit)
1000 Ohm – Love in Motion (Alkalino Edit)
Five Star – Love Take Over
Gary Low – You Dream a Lot (Hysteric Edit)
Dhuo – The Baby Was You (Captain’ Edit)
Sandra – Hi! Hi! Hi! (James Rod Re-edit)
Alisha – All Night Passion
Moses – We Just (Italo Brutalo Edit)
Dharma – Plastic Doll (Venice Beach Rework)
Visage – Move Up (PÄA Edit by TRS)
Black Spuma – Skettino
Kornel Kovács – Pantalón
Isamar & Compañia – No Estás

No Humans Allowed is Brian Blackout’s award-winning, dodgy European news coverage receiving, weekly robots-themed radio show on internet station KPISS.fm. Machine vibes 4 machines. Songs for robots, androids, mandroids, cyborgs, AIs, cylons, skinjobs, roombas, wifi routers, smart devices, anything colored Bondi blue, and virtual assistants. Humans not required. Broadcasts live every Wednesday at 6pm CT on kpiss.fm, with over 200 episodes now streamable in the archives on topics like and Beach Simulations, Roomba dance parties, undersea adventures + Cyber Texas.

PATREON THANKS

A huge thank-you to our Patreon subscribers Robert B., Roman Gonzalez, Nick Ivons, Molly Fonseca, Lilly Ettinger, Michael Sales, Zach, Gino Scaramuzza, Erica Speegle, Jarrett Holtz, Thomas Refferson, Bones Malones, Amy Hayes, Katie Green, Christina Jue, Colleen MB, Lena Long, Alexander Freed, Kristen Backor, Timon A., Kate Murray, and Amy Wilde. We’re deeply grateful for your support, which allows us to do things like “pay our Mailchimp fee” and “spend hours researching Austin events when technically we should be working.”

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SOCIALS

Recent weeks found us getting ready for Prick Up Your Ears, watching the Buda Wiener Dog Races, and experiencing a toy art exhibit at Collection Rert. Follow Lite + Brite on Instagram to keep up with our adventures. We’re now on Bluesky too. Yay federation! And come chat with us and the rest of the L+B community on our Discord server (where we sometimes post stuff early too).

ABOUT US

How do we choose which events to feature?

Honestly, it’s pretty random. We might include anything in Austin that we, personally, would conceivably want to go to, generally excluding normal concerts, comedy shows, and movie showtimes because there are many other good resources for finding those. (We especially recommend Showlist for live music, The Darker Side of Austin for goth and metal stuff, Concept Animals’ ATX Art for You for gallery openings + artist talks, and the 60+ Weirdest Things in Austin for exactly what it sounds like). This list is by no means exhaustive; it’s just stuff that caught our eye this week. If you have an event that you want us to consider including, send it over.

Who are we?

We are Leila + Brian. We make this newsletter. We do our own events, most often No Lights No Lycra, + also BYOT, a party where we share very good YouTubes (here’s a playlist from the last one). We go very hard seeing bands at SxSW (here are playlists of our favorites from 2025). We once got called “local Austin couple” by KXAN. We do some other stuff here and there. We love going out to creative events in Austin, and we want you to join us. Visit us at liteandbriteatx.com, and support us on Patreon if you like what we do.

SEE YOU NEXT WEEK, CHAMPIONS

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