September is when the fall actually starts. There are three Longhorns home games in the first three weekends, and the middle one is a primetime national game against Ohio State that will bring tens of thousands of people to Austin who have never parked here before.
The days worth planning around
| Date | Event | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Thu Sep 3 | Koe Wetzel | Moody Center |
| Fri Sep 4 | Johnny Blue Skies (Sturgill Simpson) | Moody Center |
| Sat Sep 5 | Texas Longhorns vs. Texas State, 2:30 PM | Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium |
| Sat Sep 5 | Austin Bat Fest, 3 to 11 PM | Congress Avenue Bridge |
| Thu Sep 10 to Sun Sep 13 | LEVITATION | Venues across downtown and the east side |
| Sat Sep 12 | Texas Longhorns vs. Ohio State, 6:30 PM | Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium |
| Mon Sep 14 | J. Cole | Moody Center |
| Sat Sep 19 | Texas Longhorns vs. UTSA, 7:00 PM | Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium |
| Thu Sep 24 to Sat Sep 26 | The Texas Tribune Festival | Congress Avenue corridor and nearby venues |
| Sat Sep 26 to Sun Sep 27 | Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival | Moody Center |
Confirmed and likely dates for September 2026. Kickoff times below are published and confirmed.
Game day, honestly
We are not going to tell you we are a short walk to the stadium. We are not. DKR is about a mile and a half from here and nobody is walking that in September heat before a 2:30 kickoff.
What we are is the place you park once. Leave the car at 7th and Nueces, spend the afternoon on West 6th one block away, ride up to campus, come back down after the game, and leave whenever you feel like leaving. One all-day ticket, in and out as many times as you want, and a gate that is still open at midnight. The garages closest to campus lock, and they empty into the same three streets at the same moment.
This is the single biggest downtown day of the fall. Kickoff is 6:30 PM, which means the whole day is a downtown day before anyone goes near the stadium. If you are coming in for it, plan your parking before that Friday.
Bat Fest closes the bridge
Bat Fest runs 3 to 11 PM on September 5 and closes the Congress Avenue bridge. It is the twentieth one. Worth knowing that we sit north of that closure, so getting to us does not involve crossing it.
Tribune Festival is the quiet one
The Texas Tribune Festival runs September 24 to 26 across the Congress Avenue corridor, with registration at the Omni opening the day before. It is a multi-venue, multi-day event with sessions spread across downtown, which is exactly the pattern that makes a single parking spot with in and out access worth more than a garage next to one venue. If you are in town for all three days plus arrival day, this is the week the monthly math starts making sense.
Update, 21 Sep: what is coming up downtown
The three home Saturdays are done, and thank you to everyone who parked with us for them. The next three weeks are busier, not quieter. There is no home game at DKR until October 17, but the Tribune Festival, two nights of Crossroads, both ACL weekends and a run of arena shows land between now and October 11. Here is what is on, with the dates the venues and organisers have published.
| Date | Event | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Mon Sep 21 | Empire of the Sun | Moody Center |
| Tue Sep 22 | "Weird Al" Yankovic | Moody Center |
| Thu Sep 24 to Sat Sep 26 | The Texas Tribune Festival | Omni Hotel hub and the Congress Avenue corridor |
| Sat Sep 26 | Texas at Tennessee, 11:00 AM, away game | Watch parties on West 6th, one block from the lot |
| Sat Sep 26 | Indigo Girls | ACL Live at the Moody Theater |
| Sat Sep 26 to Sun Sep 27 | Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival | Moody Center |
| Thu Oct 1 to Sat Oct 10 | ACL Fest Nights late shows | Antone's, Stubb's, ACL Live at 3TEN and more |
| Fri Oct 2 to Sun Oct 4 | Austin City Limits, Weekend One | Zilker Park |
| Wed Oct 7 to Thu Oct 8 | Kacey Musgraves, two nights | Moody Center |
| Fri Oct 9 to Sun Oct 11 | Austin City Limits, Weekend Two | Zilker Park |
| Sat Oct 10 | Texas vs. Oklahoma, 2:30 PM, in Dallas | Watch parties downtown |
Added 21 September 2026. Dates confirmed on the venue or organiser site.
A correction while we are here: the Tribune Festival runs Thursday to Saturday, September 24 to 26. Our earlier version of this guide said it started on the 23rd, which is the registration day.
Going to ACL? There is no parking at Zilker, and the free festival shuttle boards about eight minutes on foot from our gate. Read the ACL Fest 2026 parking guide.
Headed to Crossroads or Kacey Musgraves? Moody Center is a ride from here, and the exit is the part worth planning. Read the Moody Center parking guide.
Not walking to your event? Park here and ride a pedicab from the lot. One way, lot to event. Ask about a pedicab.
Parking for the Tribune Festival, with walk times to the session venues. TribFest parking.
If you are downtown more than seven days a month
At the all-day rate, seven visits costs more than a month of guaranteed access. The weekday plan covers Monday through Friday, 7 AM to 7 PM. The all-access plan covers nights, weekends and event days, which is the one that matters during a month like this. Both are month to month, and you can cancel by phone or email.
October special: these rates hold every day from October 1 through October 31, ACL, F1 and UT game days included. Outside October, rates may increase during citywide events (SXSW, ACL, F1, UT football, and Capitol session weekends). We post current pricing at the lot entrance and on this page.
Published 2026-08-10, updated 2026-09-23.