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Fusebox Festival: April 13-19, 2026

After two decades as an annual event, Fusebox is shifting to a biennial format. The next festival will take place April 13–19, 2026, activating sites and venues across Austin—from intimate galleries and clubs to large-scale projects in parks, under bridges, and throughout entire neighborhoods.

The festival brings together a wide range of live performances, installations, conversations, workshops, and gatherings. Artists from across disciplines—visual art, film, theater, dance, music, writing, design, and food—come together to share work and spark dialogue.

It’s a celebration of Austin’s creative community and a chance to welcome artists from around the world into conversation with this place. A space for connection, experimentation, and bold new ideas.

Fusebox Festival 2024

What is a typical Fusebox show like?

Each show is pretty unique! We present all kinds of artists working across a variety of art forms including film, theater, dance, visual art, literature, and music. In any given festival there is stuff that kids and dogs would like, and there’s programming that’s pretty challenging, and everything in between. The shows in the festival often transcend the ordinary–cracking open our understanding of what’s possible.

At the heart of our work is a deep love of the live experience. We continue to believe in the act of gathering, and the power and potential of experiencing things with other people and using our imaginations together.

As for our artists, they span generations and genres. They’ve won MacArthur Genius, Grammy Awards, and have had hit shows on HBO. We’re equally excited to share artists that maybe you don’t know yet, but who are just as brilliant and world-shifting.

Investing in the creation process

The festival also plays a direct role in the commissioning and creation of new work from select artists each year. We believe Austin should be a place where art is created (and supported), not just consumed.