Hot Summer Nights Market Takes Over Red River With Record-Breaking Visitors

For our third annual Hot Summer Nights Market with Austin’s iconic Red River Cultural District, more than 750 visitors and fans rolled through Stubb’s for a night of shopping small and supporting local.

On July 18, we transformed Liberty Lunch into a special pop-up edition of The Front Market. All in celebration of Austin’s live music community, the Red River Cultural District and the city’s Hot Summer Nights festival.

During the pop-up, all were invited to walk up and down the block to enjoy the one-and-only, 100% free Hot Summer Nights festival, featuring more than 50 shows and live sets by Austin musicians in some of the city's iconic Red River venues.

ENJOY THIS YEAR’S VISUAL RECAP.

Photos by Levi Thompson, courtesy of Hot Summer Nights

Hot Summer Nights is a free annual three-day district-wide music and arts festival held in the Red River Cultural District located in the heart of downtown Austin.

Founded in 2017, Hot Summer Nights was originally created in an effort to provide additional revenue to district members, as well as paid opportunities for musicians and artists in the traditionally slower summer months.

Hot Summer Nights Market is an official Future Front Public Space Partnership.

Alongside partners, Future Front pioneers unique, community-based models for cultural programming and place-making initiatives in all kinds of spaces—from museums to city streets to public parks—around three core pillars: Creative Community-Building, Creative Wellness and Creative Belonging.

Over the last decade, we have collaborated directly with like-minded companies and organizations to bring expanded versions of our programs and community design frameworks to the public. We regularly co-found, design, curate and manage a range of public place-making programs with partner organizations, like Pride Picnic.