Past Events

Have you ever seen a Decamaran filled with a raucous brass band? Now is your chance. Come listen to Minor Mishap Marching Band as we serenade Barton Creek and the Colorado River. You can watch from shore at Lou Neff Point or you can grab a kayak or canoe and join us on the water.

Austin PRIDE Parade 2018 is free and kicks of at the Texas State Capitol building, marches down Congress Avenue and turning right on 4th Street through the Warehouse District. The route includes 2 MC stages: The Paramount on Congress Ave., the intersection of Congress and 4th, and the Rooftop at Rain! It's all part of PRIDE Week 2018. Get your colors on an join us!

Friends of Deep Eddy Pool and Love Austin Pools are throwing a pool party and you're invited! We will be celebrating Austin's unique pools and the hard work of many volunteers and staff to keep them open. There will be special guest speakers, music by us and the Reveleros, and snacks from Jim-Jim's. On the hour, aquatic performances include a choreographed City of Austin lifeguard demo (2pm), the North Austin River Maids (3pm), and water polo (4pm).

The festival kicks off its 12th year with a Lantern Parade on Friday, a giant music and dance party on Saturday, and, on Sunday, a spectacular parade along Massachusetts Avenue from Davis Square to Harvard Square. There will be bands playing in the nooks and crannies around Davis Square all weekend and around Harvard Square on Sunday. It will be all kinds of aquatic fun, so bring your swimsuit and jump in the water. $3.00 admission.

This Dia de los Muertos festival is the largest and longest running in Austin. Come out for the parade and reminisce about those gone before. Visit the Education Pavilion for hands-on art activites and artist demos. Sample the traditional foods, check out the low-rider exhibition, and enjoy live music throughout the day.

Celebrate the first birthday of our new library. There will be cake! Yes, cake! Also lots of other activities. Party until 6 pm.

The ninth annual BBQ fest runs all weekend and gathers BBQ masters from all across the great state of Texas. We'll be serenading folks outside as they enter the festival venue.

Help support HONK!TX Festival 2019 by joining us for a fundraiser show with some of the tremendous local HONK! bands, including Minor Mishap, Dead Music Capital Band, and Blowcomotion! We will be accepting donations, signing up volunteers, and will have HONK!TX merchandise available. So come out, enjoy an evening on South Congress, and support your local community music festival!

1:00: Temple of Ape 1:30: Minor Mishap 2:30: Free Electricity 3:30: Big Britches 4:30: Freqout (members of Foot Patrol) 5:30: Flying Balalaika Brothers

Minor Mishap's Winter Solstice Lantern Parade has become an annual celebration of light, community, music, creativity and booty shakin'. Each year, we gather together on the longest night of the year, with lanterns in hand. Together, we make a collective art-piece, a swirl of beauty: of all our lanterns together in one place, under the night sky. Minor Mishap Marching Band - a 25-piece brass band - will provide the soundtrack. Please make flameless lanterns! The beauty and magic of…

Shake off the post-party glitter, grab some coffee and start the New Year with a musical saunter in the park. This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.

Our annual fundraiser blowout at The North Door! Come out for fantastic music from some amazing local HONK! bands!

Minor Mishap Marching Band is turning 10 years old this year! We are having a big ol' birthday party for the band. We're inviting everyone who has ever been in the band to join us for a huge reunion show, and folks are flying in from all over the country to participate. Open bar, small venue, giant band, food, who could ask for more? This party also serves as a fundraiser for our season of free, family-friendly shows in public…

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Hey Austin, have you ever been to one of Minor Mishap's pedicab parades?! Well, this is your big chance with two marching bands in pedicabs. Parade starts at Hard Luck Lounge. After the parade we'll have a big show with both bands for a mere $5 cover charge.

Kick off the evening with a Mardi Gras parade at 7:45pm and spend the rest of your evening on Speakeasy's dance floors! Featuring El Thule, Austin Samba, Minor Mishap, Patois, Maracatu Austin, and Seu Jacinto.

We're celebrating the SXSW presentation of Becoming Leslie, a documentary featuring our own Leslie Cochran. Just a little stroll from the Alamo-Ritz after the screening. Thongs welcome.

HONK!TX festival of community street bands!

Cherrywood Coffeehouse celebrates its ten-year anniversary serving up good food, free music and community events. A full day of features a crawfish boil and family friendly music and activities. Minor Mishap Marching Band kicks off the party. There will be face painting and balloons. Ahnna Art will create live art by painting in front of an audience. Crafternoon Art Workshop will be on hand with a kids craft booth encouraging kids to put their creativity into action using recycled materials…

Join us for a series of short pop-up shows in East Austin's urban farms and farmers markets by Austin's own 25-piece Minor Mishap Marching Band - followed by a big show at the Festival Beach Food Forest! Do you know that Austin has a food forest - a wonderful, sustainably planted, garden in our public park, where you are welcome to harvest foods? It's an incredible project and we'd like you to come experience it with us.The Community Harvest Fest,…

Jazz in the Park NOLA is coming to Austin! For seven straight years, Jazz in the Park has highlighted New Orleans’ Music, Food and Culture, and now we are expanding our concert series to Austin and merging New Orleans’ and Austin’s culture together to create a Cultural Bonanza. The event features the very best New Orleans & Austin Music, Food and fun

Hey, it's HOT outside! Beat the heat with us. We'll gather in Givens Park, play some music, and just when we can't stand the heat anymore, we'll splash into the pool. It's kid friendly and free! This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.

Hey, it's still hot outside! We're not giving in. We'll play music until we can't stand it anymore and then jump into Barton Springs during free swim hour. Meet us under the Mother Pecan tree (aka Monkey Tree on map) adjacent to the south entrance to Barton Springs off Azie Morton Road and wear your swimsuit. This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.

We're going to pay homage to the iconic Austin Moonlight Towers this Sunday. Join us in this free community sidewalk parade. This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.

Mexic-Arte Museum’s Viva La Vida Fest is Austin’s largest and longest-running Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) festival. The festival features a Grand Procession, the Education Pavilion with hands-on art activities and artist demos, and a celebration with traditional foods, local artist and retail booths, a low-rider exhibition, live music and performances throughout the day.

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San Marcos's own Mardi Gras parade, since 2012. Join the Mistick Krewe of Okeanos for the 8th Annual San Marcos Mardi Gras Parade - The best family fun Mardi Gras celebration in Central Texas! Parade rolls at Noon (12 PM) on February 22, 2020. It will begin at Dunbar Park and end at 1250 Belvin Street. Parade map & sign-up information available at our website: mistickkreweofokeanos.com

Do you want to book Minor Mishap for your event?  Go to https://www.minormishap.com/contact/ for booking information!

Music on the Square in San Marcos has been cancelled. Message from the organizers: Our top priority at the San Marcos Main Street Program is the health and well-being of our community. In response to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, we are postponing Music on the Square until the fall. However, stay tuned for information on a virtual concert series, live streamed from our very own office! More details coming soon 

Festival des Fanfares de Montpellier has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.   Montpellier, France http://festivalfanfare.free.fr/

New date: 8/1/2020 Whimsy & Wonder is Liberty Hill’s interactive art and music festival.  Main Street is transformed into an eclectic fusion of everything whimsical and wonderful, with surprise elements at every turn. Local businesses display art from local artists, and the streets are filled with live art demonstrations, live music, artisan vendors, performers, and food and wine. Visitors can interact with the artists, while getting their own opportunities to create art in the heart of downtown Liberty Hill. Minor…