Editing Austin, Texas (section)

===Annual cultural events===
{{see also|Category:Festivals in Austin, Texas}}
[[File:Sixth Street (Austin) at night.jpg|thumb|[[Sixth Street (Austin, Texas)|Sixth Street]] on a weekend night]]

The [[William Sidney Porter House|O. Henry House]] Museum hosts the annual [[O. Henry Pun-Off]], a pun contest where the successful contestants exhibit wit akin to that of the author [[William Sydney Porter]].

Other annual events include [[Eeyore's Birthday Party]], [[Spamarama]], Austin [[LGBT pride|Pride]] Festival & Parade in August, the Austin Reggae Festival in April,<ref>{{Citation |title=Austin Reggae Festival |url=http://austinreggaefest.com/ |access-date=November 21, 2016}}</ref> Kite Festival, Texas Craft Brewers Festival in September,<ref>{{Citation |title=Texas Craft Brewers Festival |url=http://texascraftbrewersfestival.org/about |access-date=November 21, 2016 |archive-date=October 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025020101/http://texascraftbrewersfestival.org/about }}</ref> Art City Austin in April,<ref>{{Citation |title=Art Alliance Austin |url=https://www.artallianceaustin.org/artcity |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121171847/https://www.artallianceaustin.org/artcity |access-date=November 21, 2016 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=November 21, 2016 }}</ref> East Austin Studio Tour in November,<ref>{{Citation |title=The 15 Coolest Neighborhoods in the World in 2016 |date=March 11, 2016 |url=http://www.howitravel.co/the-15-coolest-neighborhoods-in-the-world-in-2016/ |access-date=November 21, 2016 |archive-date=December 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203011043/http://www.howitravel.co/the-15-coolest-neighborhoods-in-the-world-in-2016/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Carnaval Brasileiro in Austin, Texas|Carnaval Brasileiro]] in February. Sixth Street features annual festivals such as the [[Pecan Street Festival]] and Halloween night. The three-day [[Austin City Limits Music Festival]] has been held in [[Zilker Park]] every year since 2002. Every year around the end of March and the beginning of April, Austin is home to "Texas Relay Weekend."

Austin's Zilker Park Tree is a Christmas display made of lights strung from the top of a [[Moonlight tower]] in Zilker Park. The Zilker Tree is lit in December along with the "Trail of Lights," an Austin Christmas tradition. The Trail of Lights was canceled four times, first starting in 2001 and 2002 due to the September 11 Attacks, and again in 2010 and 2011 due to budget shortfalls, but the trail was turned back on for the 2012 holiday season.<ref>[http://www.austintexas.gov/event/trail-lights] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025092601/http://www.austintexas.gov/event/trail-lights|date=October 25, 2014}}</ref>

From 1962 to 1998, the [[Austin Aqua Festival]], or "Aqua Fest", took place on the shores of Town Lake (now known as [[Lady Bird Lake]]). Originally conceived as a summer tourism draw, the multi-day event evolved from water-themed activities to a broader civic festival due to growth and community interest. Eventually attendance and financial solvency began to dwindle as larger music and summer festivals grew in prominence.