Camp No Counselors

Of all the ways to get around Austin, Barton Springs Bike Rental offers plenty of choices. Rent a bike for the day or week, or reserve a spot on one of their many downtown bike tours.

One spark of inspiration is all you need for your next big idea at the Thinkery, where each exhibit is hands-on, play-based learning, with activities and content appropriate for visitors of all ages. Create colorful works of art, take apart toys or build and launch gliders at the Spark Shop. See, feel and hear the connections between water and sound at the Currents exhibit. Find out how color, light, and shadows impact the environment at the Light Lab. Participate in sensory exploration, chemical reactions, and edible minerals in the Kitchen Lab. Imagine buying and selling delicious fruits and vegetables or collecting eggs from a pretend chicken coop in Fresh! Farmers’ Market. Step outside to the Backyard and scale the heights of a universally-accessible, custom-designed climber, or rest under the branches of a native elm tree.

Bring your best belly laugh to the Cap City Comedy Club, where they showcase cutting-edge, uncensored, and the best up-and-coming talent shows as well as seasoned comic professionals from around the world. The club is part of a consortium of venues called "Rooftop Comedy" which shares videos and performers to promote live stand-up comedy shows across the country and is known as the go-to club for laughs in the Austin area. The club also serves a full grill-style menu.

Austin Film Festival showcases arts and crafts, convenient downtown venues, fun parties at Austin’s fine bars and restaurants, and community partnerships, while presenting an outstanding program of narrative, animation, and documentary features and shorts, including premieres, advanced screenings, and independent films.