Austin City Limits - live taping!

On Tuesday we were able to score two tickets to the Austin City Limits- live taping of Kat Edmonson. Ricky got lucky and was randomly picked from their online raffle for the two tickets. Ever since we moved to Austin we have been trying to get tickets to a live taping. They are not easy to snag, but if you live in Austin here is the link to the website http://acltv.com/upcoming-tapings/ . How it works is - every 4 to 5 days before a live taping they allow you to enter into a raffle for the limited tickets they resereve for free entry into the live show. 

Kat was absolutely wonderful! I wasn't very familiar with her work prior to this show, but I am definately a fan now : ) She has a very unique sound ( kinda like Nora Jones). The  venue itself though, is soooooo cool. No matter where you sit or stand it is a very intmate setting and the everything sounds amazing. I can totally see why Jimmy Buffet tickets were going for around $300 bucks a pop.

A little history on why it is so hard to get tickets to these tapings -

This theater is home of the KLRU-TV produced PBS program Austin City Limits, the longest running music series in American television history. The show helped Austin to become widely known as the "Live Music Capital of the World," and is the only television show to receive the National Medal of Arts, which it was awarded in 2003. The show inspired the creation of the Austin City Limits Music Festival, an annual live music festival at Zilker Park in Austin. 

From 1976 through its 2010 season, ACL was recorded in Studio 6A in the Communications Building B on the University of Texas at Austin campus, on a stage featuring a mock skyline of Austin in the background. -never made it to this studio : (  

On February 26, 2011, ACL held its first taping in its new purpose-built Moody Theater and studio in downtown Austin's W Austin Hotel and Residences. -Where we were!

Happy hour drinks and Tapas down the street from the venue before the show

Ricky and I at the front of the venue

Right before the show started in our spot on floor. They are very strict on pictures during the show, and since this was my first time there I didn't want to make them angry ; ) Maybe next time I'll sneak some pics

It was pouring after we left so when we were finally able to make it back to our car without being drenched we passed by the "Hot" sign on at Krispy Kreme's. Who can resist this, seriously?! So we each only grabbed one ( I have to watch my figure for the the Cantwell- Chriscoe wedding next week!) It was a sweet way to end our fun date night out.

 Have a great weekend- Luv Di