Enjoy a slew of cheesy jokes from amateurs and the pros at the Velveeta Room, featuring live uncensored comedy since 1988. If you're brave enough (and funny enough) you can even try out your own material at open-mic night.
One “spark” of inspiration is all you need for your next BIG idea at the Thinkery, Austin’s home for “why?” and “how?” Each exhibit is hands-on, play-based learning, with activities and content appropriate for visitors of all ages. It’s never too early or too late to connect with people, share ideas, create experiences, and have a great time. Create colorful works of art, take apart toys or build and launch gliders at the Spark Shop. See, feel and hear the connections between water and sound at the Currents exhibit. Find out how color, light and shadows impact the environment at the Light Lab. Participate in sensory exploration, chemical reactions and edible minerals in the Kitchen Lab. Imagine buying and selling delicious fruits and vegetables, or collecting eggs from a pretend chicken coop in Fresh! Farmers’ Market. Step outside to the Backyard and scale the heights of a universally-accessible, custom-designed climber, or rest under the branches of a native elm tree.
Ride 'em cowboy! Enjoy one of the largest indoor Pro Rodeo events in the world, the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo. Every March, the 16 days of fun include Pro Rodeos, a Livestock Show, concerts, a carnival, food, shopping and more!
Just west of Austin, Texas stands Falconhead Golf Club, an Austin golf course that truly rises to meet the promise of its handsome site in the famous Hill Country of Texas. This is perfect land for golf, and Falconhead is the perfect layout for the Austin landscape. From the knobby oaks and cedars to the rolling hills to the creeks and ponds, they have an Austin golf course that stands above others in the area. What makes Falconhead Golf Club particularly special is that it was laid out by the PGA Tour Design architects so you can be sure that every inch of the layout measures up to the exacting standards of the PGA and that the course will offer you the same kind of quality golf that the pros experience. Need balls, gloves or even clubs? Maybe just a new golf shirt or a visor? Visit the Falconhead Golf Shop for the best in golfing merchandise in the Austin area. Featuring such outstanding brands as Nike, Adidas, and Footjoy in clothing, also carring Titleist clubs and balls and can special order any equipment that Austin golfers desire.