Palmer Events Center – The Cosmic Clash

Live music review: A Funky Levitation Full of Surprises or How April Spent the Fest

October 3, 2025 April Dawne 1964 Views A Place to Bury Strangers, APTBS, Boy Harsher, Destroyer, Diles Que No Me Maten, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, fusion, indie rock, jam rock, La Femme, Mdou Moctar, music festival, Olliver Ackermann, Palmer Events Center, Population II, psych-rock, punk rock, rock n roll, Rose City Band, Secret Chiefs 3, Swervedriver, synth wave, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Raveonettes, TV on the Radio, TVOTR, Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Adulting is mostly a bummer, and Levitation weekend (September 26-28) coincided with a very important work event happening all day Saturday. Thankfully, the big boss sent an email to the team instructing us to do what we needed to do for self-care, leading up to Saturday. Perfect! I consider live music to be something that can soothe the beast, and from Tuesday through Sunday, I got my fill. It was a funky Levitation that was full of surprises.

Live Music Review Robert Dean

Live music review: Acid Bath, Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol led Levitation 2025 metal day

October 1, 2025 Robert Dean 1579 Views Acid Bath, heavy metal, Levitation, live music, metal, music festival, Palmer Events Center, psych-rock, Review, Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol, rock n roll, stoner metal, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Sword

Hats off to the folks behind the scenes at Levitation Festival. They pulled off a diverse event at a little-used location to great effect. The Palmer Events Center sounded great and showed a lot of promise for what the festival can be in the future. Keeping parking at $10 a day was a smart move that kept fans happy. The food and drink options were crazy expensive, but I understand that goes with the territory of putting a festival on – but on the real? $19 for a brisket sandwich is banana town. Just walk down the street to Whataburger next year.

Greg Ackerman Live Music Preview

Live music preview: The Levitation 2025 schedule dropped with lots more artists

August 19, 2025 Greg Ackerman 3658 Views Good Looks, Laveda, Levitation, live music, Mastodon, night shows, Palmer Events Center, Pile, post-punk, preview, psych-rock, Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol, schedule announce, Skloss, The Black Angels, TV on the Radio

Last Friday, the original psych-rock focused music festival, Levitation dropped their 2025 daily schedule along with a couple of additions to the bill in for the main fest programming at Palmer Events Center and 14 acts were added to the Night Show bills. Austin bands, Daiistar, Skloss, Good Looks and Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol joined the party as did Cosmic Clash show veterans Laveda (NYC). The humble Austin music fest that began as Austin Psych Fest in 2008, rebranded in 2016 as Levitation eventually expanding to four days of cutting-edge programing at venues throughout Austin.

Case Cockrell Live Music Preview

Live music preview: Levitation drops 2025 genre spanning lineup today with new location

May 29, 2025 Case Cockrell 4372 Views A Place to Bury Strangers, Built To Spill, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Levitation, lineup, live music, music festival, Palmer Events Center, Pavement, preview, psych-rock, Resound Presents, The Black Angels, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Dandy Warhols, Unknown Mortal Orchestra

evitation Festival returns on September 25-28 this Fall, bringing another masterfully curated lineup by famed booker Rob Fitzpatrick and co-producers Resound Presents. This year’s setup will change from its regular format, featuring a new central home of the Palmer Events Center in downtown Austin while retaining late-night programming in the Red River Cultural District. The 2025 festival lineup is an eclectic, genre-spanning showcase of psych rock, metal, punk, electronica, indie rock, and everything in between – a celebration of independent music in the live music capital.