It‘s Going to be a ROCKIN’ good time!

Entertainment on Course

The Austin Marathon, Half Marathon and 5K takes place in The Live Music Capital of the World! Participants will be entertained by an eclectic collection of musicians. Get ready to run and jam to guitars, bases, drums, trumpets, trombones, electric pianos, digeridoos, ukuleles,  accordions and so many other interesting instruments while you conquer the course.

Learn more about these awesome Austin Local Musicians that played in 2023:

Mile Name Performance Location Band Bio/Website
0.7 Woode Wood On wall of Texas School for the Deaf – S. Congress at Academy
1.4 Claude 9 Birds Barbershop – 1902 S. Congress https://www.claude9.com/
1.8 Ruthie Craft & The Conundrums Southside Pizza – 2206 S Congress https://www.facebook.com/RuthieCraftMusic
2.2 Brian MacLeod Smart Stop (store) – S. Congress @ Cumberland N/A
2.8 Grupo Massa Crux Climb Gym – 3612 S. Congress
3.1 The 4411 Shell Station Congress & Ben White
4.8 Jay Clement and The Sharps Guerrero Carpet 2313 S. 1st N/A
5.1 Atlas Maior Lenoir – 1805 S. 1st street
6 Everett Wren Long Center https://everettwren.com/
6.9 Scott Strickland On Cesar Chavez under Railroad Bridge upright
8.0 Marshall Anderson Veterans Park https://www.marshallandersonmusic.com/
9.0 Austin Takio UT Research Center 3001 Lake Austin Blvd
9.5 San Saba County Jack Miller LCRA Building http://sansababand.com/
11.0 Stove Top Rangers On Enfield, under the MoPac bridge
11.9 Kupira Marimba 15th and Enfield on SE corner http://kupiramarimba.com
12.3 Inside Out Steel Band 15th and Rio Grande
12.8 University Baptist Church Choir Guadalupe & W. 22nd St. https://www.ubcaustin.org/music
14.2 Jenifer Jackson & Jon Notarthomas Guadalupe & W. 38th St.
15.5 Shirley Johnson Hyde Park Market http://www.vjeverica.com
17.6 Austin Thaala San Jacinto & Dean Keeton
18.2 Sammy Foster Bucket Drummers Under I-35 on Dean Keeton https://bucketdrumming.net/about/
20.4 Scott Collins ACC Eastview, 3401 Webberville
24.2 Fortune Hearts Drink Lounge, 2001 E Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78702 http://fortunehearts.com/

Calling all bands! Sign Up to play on course.

We’re looking for up to 20 bands to keep our runners motivated and entertained on the race course during the Austin Marathon, Half Marathon and 5K which takes place on Sunday, February 18, 2024. Timing varies by location and range from around 7:15am – 11:30am. If interested, please fill out the form.