NowPlayingAustin.com is a website that provides a comprehensive listing of arts and cultural events in Austin, Texas. It features over 1,000 organizations, 790 venues, and listings across 22 categories of events. 500,000 people view featured events each week on a local news program. The site also provides resources like an artist directory, classifieds, and ticketing services that have resulted in over $1 million in ticket sales for the local arts community. The site aims to build audiences and support collaboration between arts organizations across Austin.

1. NowPlayingAustin.com is a service of The Austin Creative Alliance and the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division

2. Building Community, Supporting Collaboration

3. 500,000 people/week see events featured
on NowPlayingAustin.com via the Austin
Arts Minute on News8 every Wednesday.
The Arts Minute is an idea
conceived by the Alliance and
developed in partnership with
Time Warner’s News 8 Austin.
Building Community
Supporting Collaboration
NowPlayingAustin.com is a service of The Austin Creative Alliance and the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division

4. Our Strength: Partnership & Collaboration
• NowPlayingAustin.com is a member of the Artsopolis
Marketing Partnership (AMP), which provides cultural
content and technology solutions to a growing national
NETWORK of state and local partners across the USA.
• We leverage AMP’s core competencies – content
aggregation and technology – to provide a
comprehensive experience of Austin’s cultural community.
NowPlayingAustin.com is a service of The Austin Creative Alliance and the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division

5. Network Partners:
Austin, TX Monterey, CA
Bismark, ND Nashville, TN
Boston, MA Norfolk, VA
Colorado Springs, CO Orange County, CA
Fargo, ND Phoenix, AZ
Flagtaff, AZ Prescott AZ
Flint, MI Providence, RI
Ft Lauderdale, FL Riverside, CA
Fort Worth, TX Sacramento, CA
Grand Forks, ND San Jose, CA
Greensboro, NC San Mateo, CA
Houston, TX South Bend, IN Promoting National Visibility and Cultural
Memphis, TN Tucson, AZ Tourism for Austin’s Creative Community
Minot, ND State of Utah
40,000,000 people check out AMP network sites!
NowPlayingAustin.com is a service of The Austin Creative Alliance and the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division

6. NowPlayingAustin.com
Lists events and activities across
ALL creative sectors for:
• 1,019 Austin area Arts and Cultural organizations
• 790 registered venues along with maps, images, descriptions
and contact info
• Includes all Festivals (ACL, AFF, Fantasticfest,
Texas Book Festival, FronteraFest, Comedy Festival,
International Poetry Festival, FuseBox Festival, and more!)
• Galas and Special Events supporting Arts and Culture
• All cultural contractors across all disciplines.
• Kids, Family, and Free Programs
• Austin Public Library programs for children and young people
• Signed and Audio Described Events
• Classes, Workshops, and Calls for Artists
• Discount tickets and specials at theatres, clubs and galleries.
Now available on your phone:
NowPlayingAustin.com/wap
NowPlayingAustin.com is a service of The Austin Creative Alliance and the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division

7. Venue Directory
Each Venue Listing includes:
• Image & Venue Description
• Contact Info & their web link
• Map and Directions
• Parking Info
• Accessibility Info
• Tech specs (can be downloaded)
• Social Media Share Links
Over 750 Venues
in site Directory
NowPlayingAustin.com is a service of The Austin Creative Alliance and the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division

8. NowPlayingAustin.com
• A nonprofit marketing, ticketing,
and audience development tool
for artists and arts organizations
• FREE for all Cultural Contractors
- No membership requirement to list
events, classes, notices, artist profiles.
- No limitation on number of listing
submissions
NowPlayingAustin.com is a service of The Austin Creative Alliance and the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division

9. Comprehensive
22 Event Categories
• Bands • Free Events
• Books & Poetry • Fundraisers & Galas
• Classes & Workshops • Health & Wellness
• Comedy & Improv • History & Heritage
• Community Arts • Holiday Events
• Community Meetings • Kids & Families
• Dance • Museums
• Faith & Spirituality • Music
• Festivals & Special Events • Sports & Outdoors
• Film & Video • Theatre
• Food & Wine • Visual Arts
NowPlayingAustin.com is a service of The Austin Creative Alliance and the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division

10. User Friendly
Clicking on the title of any Event,
featured or not, brings up a mini
page with more detailed info:
• Description of Event, Dates, Times, Prices
• Primary Production Image
• Presenter Info and Credits
• Link to Presenter’s Website
• Venue Info and Map Links to Venue
• Box Office Info (phone, hours, email)
• Hot Link to Online Ticket Purchase
• Media Gallery for more images/video clips
• User Reviews and Ratings
NowPlayingAustin.com is a service of The Austin Creative Alliance and the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division

11. Building Audience
Weekly Insider with full and half price ticket
specials & updates on what’s going on
• 10,885 subscribers
• 6000+ Facebook Fans and Friends
• 291 Twitter followers
NowPlayingAustin.com is a service of The Austin Creative Alliance and the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division

12. Site Services
• TICKETS: AusTIX Full and Half Price; GiftTIX;
Event-specific online box office links
• DIRECTORIES: Organizations, Venues,
Clubs, Artist Profiles
• RESOURCES: Classes, VSA, Video Central,
User Reviews
• CLASSIFIED: Auditions, Calls for Artists,
Volunteers, For Rent, Wanted, For Sale
• SUBMIT LISTINGS: Events, Fundraisers,
Workshops, Notices, Videos, Corrections Visitors can also sign up for
weekly email alerts on ticket
• SEARCH: Search by Event, Venue, Date, discounts and specials.
Genre, Organization.
NowPlayingAustin.com is a service of The Austin Creative Alliance and the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division

13. Building Community, Supporting Collaboration
Over $1,000,000.00
put in Austin’s arts community’s
pockets from AusTIX online ticket
sales in past three years.
AusTIX is the only nonprofit
community box office and
ticketing service in Austin. Every
dollar supports our local arts AusTIX is located inside
the Austin Visitors Center
community!
NowPlayingAustin.com is a service of The Austin Creative Alliance and the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division

14. We supply ARTS Content to the Austin Concierge and
Guest Services Association members and to the ACVB’s
AustinTexas.org website
NowPlayingAustin.com is a service of The Austin Creative Alliance and the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division

15. If it’s happening in Austin, it’s happening
here.

16. NowPlayingAustin.com is service of
The Austin Creative Alliance
The Austin Creative Alliance is funded in part by The City of Austin Cultural
Arts Division and by grants from Texas Commission on the Arts
and Applied Materials Foundation