Austin's official motto is the "Live Music Capital of the World" due to the high volume of live music venues in the city. Austin is known internationally for the South by Southwest (SXSW) and the Austin City Limits (ACL) Music Festivals which feature eclectic international lineups. The greatest concentrations of music venues in Austin are around 6th Street, Central East Austin, the Red River Cultural District, the Warehouse District, the University of Texas, South Congress, and South Lamar.
East 6th Street, one of Austin's best known entertainment districts.
Scholz Garten and Saengerrunde Hall
The Armadillo World Headquarters in 1976.
Joe Ely in concert at the Blues On the Green music series, 2006.
Armadillo World Headquarters
Armadillo World Headquarters was an influential Texas music hall and beer garden in Austin at 5251⁄2 Barton Springs Road – at South First Street – just south of the Colorado River and downtown Austin. The 'Dillo flourished from 1970 to 1980. The structure that housed it, an old National Guard Armory, was demolished in 1981 and replaced by a 13-story office building.
The Armadillo World Headquarters ("behind the Skating Palace") in 1976
Eddie Wilson in 2017
"New Riders of the Purple Sage"1974 Armadillo World Headquarters poster(Michael Edward Arth (de)graphic artist)
Frank Zappa at the Armadillo World Headquarters, September 13, 1977(Mark Steven Estabrook, photo)