Sponsor Events
Friday | 9:00 AM
KLRU's Studio 6A
"Overheard" featuring Jason Kander, President of Let America Vote
Please join KLRU's Overheard with Evan Smith and The Texas Tribune Festival for an interview with Jason Kander on September 22 at 9 a.m. in KLRU's Studio 6A (map).
Doors open at 8:30 a.m. The event is free but an RSVP is required. Please complete the form here to RSVP.
This Overheard taping is co-presented with The Texas Tribune Festival.
Jason Kander
Friday | 12:00 PM
Texas Union Theater
Live Broadcast of KERA’s “Anything You Ever Wanted to Know”
Questions are answered and knowledge is revealed on this long-running weekly call-in show hosted by Jeff Whittington. If you’ve been wondering about something, give us a call during the show, drop us an email or send Jeff a tweet @JeffWhittington – and we’ll see what the audience has to say about it.
Friday | 1:00 PM
Texas Union Theater
Live Broadcast of KERA’s “Think”
Hosted by acclaimed journalist Krys Boyd, Think sparks the most interesting conversations in Texas through intimate, thought-provoking interviews on an array of subjects. The program, which has earned awards for “Best Radio Talk Show” and “Best Broadcaster” from numerous publications, features hourlong interviews with local, national and international newsmakers, including authors, politicians, actors, scientists, artists, innovators and more.
Think at the Texas Tribune Festival will feature Fest speakers – Esquire's Charles P. Pierce and The Tribune's Abby Livingston – as well as Eric McDaniel, professor of government at the Univesrity of Texas at Austin.
Friday | 2:00 PM
KLRU's Studio 6A
Signing of Chris Hayes’ "A Colony in a Nation"
Join us for a signing of Chris Hayes' newest book, A Colony in a Nation. The book will be available for advance purchase through BookPeople in the online book store or on-site at the event.
Presented by BookPeople and the Texas Book Festival
Friday | 3:00 PM
Tejas Dining Hall
Badge Grab Party
Anheuser Busch wants to welcome you to the 2017 Texas Tribune Festival. Come pick up your registration and grab a complimentary Texas-edition cold one.
Presented by Anheuser Busch
Friday | 8:30 PM
Main Mall
Signing of Al Franken's "Al Franken, Giant of the Senate"
Join us for a signing of Sen. Franken's newest book, Al Franken, Giant of the Senate. The book will be available for advance purchase through BookPeople in the online book store or on-site at the event.
Presented by BookPeople and the Texas Book Festival
Saturday | 8:00 AM
AT&T Lounge
Coffee with The C1 Innovation Lab
Grab a cup of coffee ahead of the day's first panels.
Presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas
Saturday | 8:00 AM
Jessen Lounge
Breakfast & Coffee
Grab a cup of coffee ahead of the day's first panels.
Presented by the Texas Association of Realtors
Saturday | 8:00 AM
Community Hub at the Union Ballroom
Breakfast & The Heart Gallery of Central Texas
Join us for breakfast, coffee and a portrait gallery from The Heart Gallery of Central Texas in the Community Hub before the day's first panels.
The Heart Gallery of Central Texas is a portrait exhibit and community education initiative featuring children in Central Texas who are waiting for adoption.
A larger Heart Gallery exhibition will be on display close by in the in the Union Ballroom on Saturday, Sept. 23 from 8am-4pm.
Presented by The Central Texas Heart Gallery, a program of Partnerships for Children
Saturday | 9:35 AM
Community Hub at the Union Ballroom
Signing of Paula Lavigne's "Violated"
Join us for a signing of Paula Lavigne and Mark Schlabach's newest book, Violated: Exposing Rape at Baylor University Amid College Football's Sexual Assault Crisis. The book will be available for advance purchase through BookPeople in the online book store or on-site at the event.
Presented by BookPeople and the Texas Book Festival
Saturday | 9:35 AM
Community Hub at the Union Ballroom
Signing of Ali Noorani's "There Goes the Neighborhood"
Join us for a signing of Ali Noorani's newest book, There Goes the Neighborhood: How Communities Overcome Prejudice and Meet the Challenge of American Immigration. The book will be available for advance purchase through BookPeople in the online book store or on-site at the event.
Presented by BookPeople and the Texas Book Festival
Saturday | 9:35 AM
Community Hub at the Union Ballroom
Meet-and-Greet with Trump and the Presidency Panelists
Join us for refreshments & conversation with the panelists of Trump and the Presidency in the Community Hub immediately following their panel.
Presented by Pearson
H.W. Brands
Douglas Brinkley
Saturday | 9:35 AM
Community Hub at the Union Ballroom
A Conversation with Beto O’Rourke and the Austin American-Statesman’s Jonathan Tilove
Join the Austin American-Statesman’s chief political writer Jonathan Tilove and U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-El Paso, as they talk about Texas and national politics, including O’Rourke’s attempt to become the first Democrat elected as a U.S. senator from Texas since Lloyd Bentsen in 1988.
Presented by the Austin American-Statesman
Saturday | 10:50 AM
Community Hub at the Union Ballroom
Morning Refreshments and a Healthy Start
Get a healthy start with Doctors Hospital at Renaissance Health System. Enjoy breakfast at the Community Hub in the Union Ballroom immediately following "The Future of Medicaid" panel.
Presented by Doctors Hospital at Renaissance
Saturday | 10:55 AM
Community Hub at the Union Ballroom
Community Impact: Want local control? Start with local media.
Editors at two of Texas' top news sources — Community Impact Newspaper’s Joe Lanane and The Texas Tribune’s Ross Ramsey — on the role local and regional media plays in driving civic engagement.
Presented by Community Impact Newspaper
Saturday | 10:55 AM
AT&T Lounge
Signing of David Fahrenthold’s "Uncovering Trump"
Join us for a signing of David Fahrenthold's newest book, Uncovering Trump: The Truth Behind Donald Trump's Charitable Giving. The book will be available for advance purchase through BookPeople in the online book store or on-site at the event.
Presented by BookPeople and the Texas Book Festival
Saturday | 10:55 AM
Community Hub at the Union Ballroom
Signing of Malcolm Nance's "The Plot to Hack America"
Join us for a signing of Malcolm Nance's newest book, The Plot to Hack America: How Putin's Cyberspies and WikiLeaks Tried to Steal the 2016 Election. The book will be available for advance purchase through BookPeople in the online book store or on-site at the event.
Presented by BookPeople and the Texas Book Festival
Malcolm Nance
Saturday | 10:55 AM
Community Hub at the Union Ballroom
Signing of Brooke Gladstone's "The Trouble with Reality"
Join us for a signing of Brooke Gladstone's newest book, The Trouble with Reality: A Rumination on Moral Panic in Our Time. The book will be available for advance purchase through BookPeople in the online book store or on-site at the event.
Presented by BookPeople and the Texas Book Festival
Saturday | 12:15 PM
Community Hub at the Union Ballroom
West Texas, Real & Imagined, with Marfa Public Radio
Marfa Public Radio hosts a conversation about old school and new school ideas of West Texas — from romantic notions about one of the most rural parts of our state to the realities of life on the Texas-Mexico border, ranching culture and economic disparity.
Presented by Marfa Public Radio
Saturday | 12:15 PM
Community Hub at the Union Ballroom
Meet-and-Greet with The Politics of Bathrooms Panelists
Join us for refreshments & conversation with the panelists of The Politics of Bathrooms in the Community Hub immediately following their panel.
Presented by Equality Texas
Saturday | 2:45 PM
Jessen Lounge
Meet-and-Greet with A Different Kind of Service Panelists
Join us for refreshments & conversation with the panelists of A Different Kind of Service in the Jessen Lounge immediately following their panel.
Presented by OldCastle Materials
Saturday | 2:45 PM
FAC Lounge
Afternoon Refreshments
Refresh and recharge with light refreshments.
Presented by the Texas Association of Realtors
Saturday | 2:50 PM
AT&T Lounge
Signing of MJ Hegar’s "Shoot Like a Girl"
Join us for a signing of MJ Hegar's newest book, Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman's Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front. The book will be available for advance purchase through BookPeople in the online book store or on-site at the event.
Presented by BookPeople and the Texas Book Festival
Saturday | 2:50 PM
Community Hub at the Union Ballroom
Meet-and-Greet with Dr. Andrew Sansom
Join us for refreshments & conversation with Dr. Andrew Sansom in the Community Hub.
Presented by the Meadows Center for Water & the Environment
Andrew Sansom
Saturday | 2:50 PM
Community Hub at the Union Ballroom
A Conversation with Walter Shaub and Slate’s Jacob Weisberg
Join Slate’s Jacob Weisberg for a conversation with Walter Shaub, former director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, on how ethics used to work in the White House, why this administration is different and what the discussion surrounding ethics sounds like in the Trump era.
Presented by Slate
Walter Shaub
Jacob Weisberg (mod.)
Saturday | 2:50 PM
AT&T Lounge
Signing of Matthew Dowd’s "A New Way"
Join us for a signing of Matthew Dowd's newest book, A New Way: Embracing the Paradox as We Lead and Serve. The book will be available for advance purchase through BookPeople in the online book store or on-site at the event.
Presented by BookPeople and the Texas Book Festival
Saturday | 4:10 PM
Community Hub at the Union Ballroom
A Conversation with Gov. Cabeza de Vaca and Univison’s Hugo Chávez Montes (En Español)
Univision Austin News Anchor Hugo Chávez Montes will interview Tamaulipas Gov. Francisco Cabeza de Vaca about how his state is responding to the influx of recently deported immigrants and relations between his state and Texas officials — and between Mexico and President Trump.
Hugo Chávez Montes entrevistará a Francisco García Cabeza de Vaca, gobernador de Tamaulipas, sobre cómo el estado está respondiendo a la llegada de inmigrantes recientemente deportados, y tambien hablarán de las relaciones entre los oficiales de Tamaulipas y Texas, y entre México y el presidente Trump.
Presented by Univison
Saturday | 4:10 PM
Jessen Lounge
Meet-and-Greet with Big-City Economics Panelists
Join us for refreshments & conversation with the panelists of Big-City Economics in the Jessen Lounge immediately following their panel.
Presented by the Texas Municipal League
Saturday | 4:10 PM
FAC Lounge
Meet-and-Greet with What HBCUs Mean to Texas Panelists
Join us for refreshments & conversation with the panelists of What HBCUs Mean to Texas in the FAC Lounge immediately following their panel.
Presented by Huston-Tillotson University
Saturday | 4:10 PM
AT&T Lounge
Meet-and-Greet with TxDOT Executive Director James Bass
Join us for refreshments & conversation with TxDOT Executive Director James Bass in the AT&T Lounge immediately following his panel.
Presented by The Texas A&M University System
Saturday | 7:30 PM
Texas Union Theater
Slate’s Trumpcast – Live in Austin
Join Slate’s Trumpcast for a live show in Austin, Texas! In collaboration with the Texas Tribune Festival, your favorite political podcasters for the Trump age, chairman of The Slate Group Jacob Weisberg, Slate chief political correspondent Jamelle Bouie, and author Virginia Heffernan, will be joined by special guests U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio and Jill Abramson, former executive editor of The New York Times, for a bold and witty conversation on the latest from the Trump administration.
Tickets to the live Trumpcast are separate from Festival passes and are available for purchase here.
Sunday | 12:15 PM
KLRU's Studio 6A
"Overheard" featuring The Federalist's Ben Domenech & MSNBC's Katy Tur
Please join KLRU's Overheard with Evan Smith and The Texas Tribune Festival for back-to-back interviews with The Federalist's Ben Domenech and MSNBC's Katy Tur on September 24 at 12:15 p.m. in KLRU's Studio 6A (map). Doors open at 11:45 a.m. The event is free but an RSVP is required. Please complete the form here to RSVP.
This Overheard taping is co-presented with The Texas Tribune Festival.
Sunday | 3:00 PM
KLRU's Studio 6A
"Overheard" featuring Pete Buttigieg, Mayor of South Bend, Indiana
Please join KLRU's Overheard with Evan Smith and The Texas Tribune Festival for an interview with Pete Buttigieg on September 24 at 3 p.m. in KLRU's Studio 6A (map).
Doors open at 8:30 a.m. The event is free but an RSVP is required. Please complete the form here to RSVP.
This Overheard taping is co-presented with The Texas Tribune Festival.