Free Week is like the blob of Austin music events: it just keeps spreading and expanding and gobbling up time and places. Soon it will be Free Month. But for the moment, it’s providing us with a lot of excellent line-ups to catch (even though this year there were a lot of bands getting quintuple bookings– what was up with that? surely Austin has enough bands for every day of Free Week to be a fresh line-up?). Ashley Bradley was on the scene to document this year’s Free Week and this is the first batch of her photos, but keep an eye out this week for the rest. 

Ghetto Ghouls at Beerland

Gospel Truth

Pfisters

Young Girls at Cheer Up Charlie’s

Flavor Raid at Empire Control Room

Flying Balalika Brothers

The Gents

Beth Israel at Holy Mountain

Wild Bill at Swan Dive