Sangre del Sol at Art Outside 2009

After years of Art Outside events at the Enchanted Forest {insert tear drop and pouty face here}, the crew of Art Outside emerges back on the Austin landscape with one of the largest events in the crew’s history. With performances by Sage and the Sangre del Sol fire troupe, as well as touring performers like Freq Nasty (say what?!?) and Reggie Watts, this years event finally put a stake in the ground for establishing a large-scale arts festival for central Texas.

Art Outside will run from October 9th through the 11th and will be held just east of Austin at Apache Pass–a sprawling, privately-owned ranch on the banks of the San Gabriel river in Rockdale, TX .Presale tickets are available now. 3-day passes including camping are only $50, with single day passes set at $29. The prices will increase incrementally starting September 21st.

Sangre del Sol will be performing with special guest on Friday night. Also check out the Fire All-Stars Saturday night.

Visit DO512, a sponsor for the event (word!) to check out their event spotlight.

Now in its 6th year, Art Outside has evolved dramatically from its roots as an unofficial SXSW party at the Enchanted Forest. When festival founder Tyler Hanson moved to Portland earlier in the year, he passed the torch to current producer Warren McKinney, local artist and founder of Art Seen Alliance. This year Warren and his crack team community of volunteers have invested significantly more energy (and money) into what promises to be a biggest and best AO to date. We got a chance to sit down with festival organizers Warren McKinney and Sarah Johnston (performance coordinator and dancer/aerialist  “Agent Red“). I’ll be including bits of those conversations throughout this post.

Visit Do512 and like the event, or ArtOutside.org for tickets and performer information.