Save the Cactus Cafe

03/30/2022

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

The latest on Cactus Cafe and Spider House

11/18/2021

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

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.

05/22/2021

The stations have managed the live music venue and bar on the UT Austin campus for the last decade.

05/06/2021

“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.”

K*TX Director says it's "50-50" whether the station will continue managing the venue

01/30/2020

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/

Union board "phasing out" two campus institutions in August

04/23/2014

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/

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

03/14/2012

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...

09/17/2010

Forsaking the Song, the final chapter

09/11/2010

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

09/10/2010

New manager talks old traditions, new plans

09/09/2010

K*T announces a new Cactus Cafe manager, plus this week at the movies