Save the Cactus Cafe

“Who will oversee the 43-year-old institution, known as the storied listening room for stars like Townes Van Zandt and Lucinda Williams?”

Faster Than Sound: Changes at Two Campus Cafes The latest on Cactus Cafe and Spider House

“Replacing K*T will be new management provided by the in-house University Unions, which began Aug. 31.”

What's Next for the Cactus Cafe? In the last decade, UT's intimate music venue has weathered near closures, contract battles, and a global pandemic. After its recent parting with K*T, the iconic venue is looking to the future.

K*T/K*TX Won't Be Running The Cactus Café Anymore The stations have managed the live music venue and bar on the UT Austin campus for the last decade.

“K*TX Program Director Matt Reilly says the campus' ongoing closure delayed discussions. The 42-year-old Cactus closed last March because of COVID-19, but due to its unique status within the collegiate system, where it operates as a nonprofit, the venue couldn't apply for local or federal relief. Despite UT's announcement that students will return to campus in the fall, plans for spaces like the Cactus remain murky.”

Faster Than Sound: K*T/K*TX in Discussion With UT Over the Future of the Cactus Cafe K*TX Director says it's "50-50" whether the station will continue managing the venue

Ten years after The University of Texas Union announced that it would be closing the Cactus Cafe by the following August, it's still there.
On Facebook, it's at https://www.facebook.com/cactuscafeaustin
A historical perspective and book: https://www.cactusburning.com/

UT Axing Cactus Cafe, Informal Classes Union board "phasing out" two campus institutions in August

We have been mostly in “suspended animation” for the past several years, but we thought we should unsuspend ourselves for a moment to let you know about “Cactus Burning: Austin, Texas and the Battle for the Iconic Cactus Cafe”, by Michael F. Scully.
“I hope readers of ‘Cactus Burning’ realize that people can fight city hall and sometimes win,” says Scully. “I also hope these events are a lesson in nurturing what’s important to us, and in pushing our governing institutions to do the same.”
Scully is also the author of “The Never-Ending Revival: Rounder Records and the Folk Alliance” (2008).
www.cactusburning.com
See also the photos at www.cactusburning.com/media-gallery/

Cactus Burning A book about Austin, Texas and the Battle for the Iconic Cactus Cafe by Michael F. Scully

K*T 90.5 Named "Best Radio Station," Cactus Cafe Named "Best Acoustic Venue" in Austin Chronicle Mus AUSTIN, Texas—March 14, 2012—K*T 90.5, community supported public radio from Austin, Texas, has been named "Best Radio Station" in the Austin Chronicle Music Poll and will be honored tonight at the 30th annual Austin Music Awards. K*T's "Eklektikos...

Austin Music: Off the Record from the Austin Chronicle. Forsaking the Song, the final chapter

Longtime Austin journalist/photographer Bob Kinney opines on Munoz hire and the events leading up to it.

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Muñoz's Cactus Cafe Plans - Newsdesk: Austin News, Politics, Opinion Blog from the Austin Chronicle. New manager talks old traditions, new plans

Austin Music: Off the Record from the Austin Chronicle. K*T announces a new Cactus Cafe manager, plus this week at the movies