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Click here for the exact STAY WEIRD Live Event Social @ Sagebrush, SoCo Austin, TX. Austin's newest homegrown tradition is back for round two. On Saturday, August 22, 2026, Stay Weird Austin takes over Sagebrush on South Congress for a one-day festival built around a simple idea: celebrate the people, bands, and small businesses that make this city feel like itself — and raise money for historic preservation while doing it. Now in its second year, the festival is organized by Think Flamingo (Clete Donovan), with proceeds benefiting Preservation Austin , the nonprofit that has spent decades fighting to keep the city's historic buildings and neighborhoods intact. Given how fast the skyline has rearranged itself over the past decade, that mission lands differently than it used to. The Essentials What Stay Weird Austin (2nd Annual) When Saturday, August 22, 2026 — doors at 3:00 PM Where Sagebrush, 5500 South Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78745 Benefiting Preservation Austin Ages All ...

  A whopping 79% of home buyers in this pandemic-era Texas boomtown are now selling at a loss By Mary K. Jacob Published Aug. 7, 2026, 4:03 p.m. ET. click here for the exact NYPOST Link Homeowners across Austin are learning a brutal lesson about buying at the top of the market.  Ryan McPherson bid $20,000 over asking for a four-bedroom home in East Austin back in 2022, paying $615,000 for a house he’s now bracing to sell for as little as $420,000, a roughly 30% loss. “Everybody that I worked with, they kept saying Austin only goes up,” McPherson told Business Insider in an interview.  He’s since moved back to Phoenix and is done waiting for a turnaround. “I’m not going to keep trying to wait this out and pray that there’s a turnaround, because it’s not coming right now,” he said. “I’d rather just stop losing sleep over it.” He’s far from alone. Austin has posted the steepest home price drop of any major US metro over the past four years, with asking prices down nearly ...