Austin Sound and Cinema 2014 Summer Line-Up

Last year was the inaugural summer of Austin Sound and Cinema on the lawn of the Long Center in Austin, Texas. And it was a huge success, meaning it's returning again this year! Imagine this setup: a warm summer evening, blankets on the lawn, food trucks, beverages for sale, live music while the sun sets, and a movie at sundown. Pretty ideal, right?

The event is organized by the wonderful folks at Alamo Drafthouse and do512, with sponsors helping to make this wonderful event possible. This year they have a wide variety of movie genres represented:

• June 8: "The Three Amigos" with The Crooks
• July 2: "Pee Wees Big Adventure" with The Urban Achievers Brass Band
• July 16: "E.T." with Henry + The Invisibles
• July 30: "The Pink Panther" with The Jeff Lofton Quartet
• August 13: "Raiders of the Lost Ark" with The Golden Dawn Arkestra
• August 30: "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" with a special guest

I went to most of them last summer and can't recommend this enough. You get to relax at the end of the day with live music and a good movie while basking in the beauty of a summer evening in Texas. The backdrop isn't too bad either ;)

More details available at do512

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Sound & Cinema this Summer @ The Long Center

This past week on June 5th do512 & Alamo Drafthouse produced Sound & Cinema for the first time in Austin at the Long Center. The movie of choice on the inauguration of the event was The Labyrinth - a cult classic. It was amazing! I even encountered David Bowie...

The setup throughout the summer is they have a band playing songs related to the film followed by the movie on the lawn outside The Long Center once the sun goes down.

They're promising an excellent lineup this summer that consists of:

• June 19: "Smokey and the Bandit" w/ The Whiskey Shivers
• July 17: "Back to the Future" w/ Hello Wheels
• July 31: "School of Rock" w/ Will Taylor & Strings Attached
• August 14: "Flash Gordon" w/ Magnifico
• Austin 21: "Jurassic Park" w/ TBA

The setting is ideal on the hilly lawn of The Long Center, the turnout was fantastic on the 5th with the entire lawn covered with blankets and Labyrinth-lovers, and there is a nice breeze off of Lady Bird Lake (née Town Lake). They clearly had not anticipated such a huge crowd & the sound was not as great as it should have been, but the folks at do512 have assured me that it'll be fixed by the next go-around.

This is a highly recommended event - a great way to take advantage of our fantastic summer evening weather and enjoy a couple of classic films on the big screen. And if you get hungry or thirsty there are food trailers and drink providers available to satiate your hunger or quench your thirst.

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