Memorial Day Events and Festivals Near Austin Texas

You're in luck if you find yourself in or around Austin Texas on Memorial Day. Here's the 411 on your Memorial Day activities.

If you want to get wild and crazy get yourself to Lake Travis. Here's a link to a previous Memorial Day on the lake, but rest assured, it's a party every year - http://www.pubclub.com/austin/travismay03.htm.

Head to Round Rock for Fiesta Amistad at 3300 Palm Valley Blvd. The festival is such a success it outgrew it's former location. $7 will get you food, games, arts & crafts, beer, and music over Memorial Day weekend - http://www.elamistadclub.com/fiesta10/index.html

The athletic can compete in the Capitol of Texas Triathlon. This popular event usually sells out to sign up early - http://captextri.com/.

The Austin Wine and Music Festival offers Memorial Day revelers the chance to shop, drink, dance, and eat in north Austin's swanky The Domain - http://www.austinwineandmusicfestival.com/. It's fun to stroll through the streets of the Domain, past Tiffany & Co., Louis Vitton and other high end merchants while listening to local bands, tasting local wines and beers, sampling food from local restaurants, and looking at wares offered by local artisans.

Austin is the Live Music Capitol and music is on the calendar for Memorial Day weekend. Barenaked Ladies at Bass Concert Hall, May 31, 2010, Charlie Daniels Band at Nutty Brown Cafe, May 29, 2010, and

Indigo Girls at La Zona Rosa, May 29, 2010. For current listings of Austin's live music offerings, check out - http://www.austinlivemusic.com/index.aspx

If wrestling is your thing, Austin has you covered Memorial Day weekend with WWE - World Wrestling Entertainment at Erwin Center, May 31, 2010

Austin sits between two outlet malls, both of which will be open for business over Memorial Day weekend. Head north to the Round Rock outlet mall or south to the San Marcos outlet mall. The mall in Round Rock is closer while the mall in San Marcos is larger.

While not particular to Memorial Day weekend, other Austin activities include a walk along the Zilker Park hike and bike trail, kayaking at Lady Bird Lake, climbing Mt. Bonnet, hiking in McKinney Falls, visiting the LBJ Wildflower Center, touring the Bob Bullock Museum or the LBJ museum, visiting the Texas State Capitol, and watching the bats fly out from under Congress Avenue Bridge at dusk.

And as they say in those TV commercials for Snuggies and such, "Wait, that's not all!" Check out the Austin City Guide for even more fun things to do in Austin over Memorial Day weekend.