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Austin City Limits is an annual music festival which takes place over two consecutive three-day weekends in October. This downtown Austin festival features live performances from some of the most prominent acts in the contemporary music scene. Live stream from your hotel room, or be part of the action at the Moody Center, just three miles from Thompson Austin, by Hyatt.

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The Studio Three experience is now at the Thompson Austin. Keep up your fitness routine during your stay at our on-site fitness center with Studio Three classes. The leader in boutique fitness, Studio Three, encompasses three, elite studios under one roof: Interval, Cycle and Yoga. Tailored to athletes of all skill levels, group classes in each discipline are expertly led by world-class instructors who inspire growth at every stage of your fitness journey.

Studio Three Classes

Waterloo Greenway is a 1.5-mile community park system, home to a wide array of natural and cultural activities including community festivals and year-round concert series. Explore 11 acres of green space in the heart of downtown Austin featuring bike trails, Hill Country gardens, and local food trucks.

Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park

This place is everyone’s guilty pleasure and for good reason. The 24/7 spot has a popular namesake doughnut (covered in chocolate frosting, filled with raspberry jelly and stuck with a pretzel) as well as favorites like the bacon maple bar that will keep you coming back for more.

Voodoo Donuts

Within Zilker Park’s 358 acres lies Austin’s three-acre Barton Springs Pool. Fed from underground springs averaging temperatures between 68–70 degrees, this local favorite is ideal for year-round swimming.

Barton Springs Pool

COTA, a world-class motorsports and entertainment center, plays host to the biggest names in racing, action sports and music—a short 20-minute drive from our hotel.

Circuit of the Americas (COTA)

This 361-acre park located in the heart of downtown offers picnic facilities, bike and canoe rentals, a disc golf course, a large playground, the Zilker Zephyr train and Barton Springs Pool — all near Lady Bird Lake.

Zilker Metropolitan Park

A 1980 renovation transformed the bridge into the world’s largest urban bat cave attracting Mexican free-tailed bats migrating north. It’s a perfect alliance as bats happily mitigate the city's bug population while providing an amazing nightly show for interested onlookers, from mid-March to early November.

Congress Avenue Bat Bridge

Austin’s century-old performance and movie house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has played host to a range of acts including vaudeville, musicals, and movies. Today, it still stands as an active venue for music, comedy, and more.

Paramount Theater

A short seven-minute walk from the hotel, the popular downtown museum offers 8,000 square feet of world-class modern art experiences along with family-friendly events, workshops, and community events.

The Contemporary Austin - Jones Center

Spend your days and nights indulging in drinks and eats along a street of renovated houses turned into bungalow bars. Here you’ll find locals and visitors strolling from bar to food truck to bar again — often with dogs in tow, looking for a laid-back experience.

Rainey Street Bars

Afternoons under the Texas sun make this oasis a refreshing reprieve. This historic man-made swimming pool — the oldest in the state — offers lap swimming, wading, and poolside movies in the summertime.

Deep Eddy Pool

This contemporary Japanese dining and sushi restaurant features the culinary creations of Chef Tyson Cole — a Best Chef Southwest winner of the 2011 James Beard Foundation Awards. Order the maguro goat comprised of bigeye tuna, goat cheese and pumpkin seed, or the pork belly with caramelized kabocha and spicy peppers, and cap it all off with something sweet.

Uchi

Austin City Limits Live (ACL Live), only a half mile from our hotel, is an award-winning live music venue that draws locals and visitors every year. The celebrated premier theater (yep, the same one seen on PBS) is part of a huge, multi-purpose development known for live performances and special or private events. ACL Live at the Moody Theater is an Austin must-see.

ACL Live

Come here for classic breakfast food with a creative twist — think habanero pork belly, or lox and latke benedicts — and savor morning dishes made with handcrafted and seasonal offerings incorporating many local and organic products.

Snooze AM Eatery

This barbecue mecca is greeted daily by throngs of ravenous brisket and smoked meat addicts. Come early to this lick-your-fingers favorite, before they pull out the "Sorry, Sold Out! Come Back Soon" door sign.

Franklin BBQ

Owned and operated by The University of Texas at Austin, this multi-purpose facility serves as the home stadium for the Longhorns men's and women's basketball teams, along with some of the best live entertainment.

Frank Erwin Center

Located just five minutes from the hotel, this place is known as the best of the best when it comes to barbecue — and home of the original world-famous "Big Chop." Listen to live music while you enjoy a heaping plate of ribs, potato salad and pickles, topped off with peach cobbler.

Cooper's Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que

Only one block away, Antone’s is known as Austin’s “Home of the Blues,” having hosted a variety of blues, R&B, and other musicians from across the country over the past 40 years.

Antone's Nightclub

This man-made reservoir is perfect for hot summer days when scores of walkers and joggers traverse along the lakeside paths through nearby Zilker Park. Guests can also take to the water by canoe, kayak, water bike, or stand-up paddleboard.

Lady Bird Lake

Catch a show or cheer on The University of Texas at Austin sports teams at Moody Center. Located near our hotel, this 15,000-plus-seat premier venue delivers the biggest and best names in the industry while keeping things local with downtown Austin community events and family shows.

Hotel Near Moody Center & Austin City Limits | Thompson Austin, by Hyatt