Vaden Todd Lewis of The Toadies - more photos photo by Clint Gilders - Staff Photographer

Aside from the 100 odd bands coming to Austin for this years ACL Fest, there is plenty to see, hear, and do without braving the dust bowl that will be Zilker Park in September, and hopefully by the time we get to October the incredible heat that this years summer has wrought will have begun to wane.

The Toadies will be doing a 2 night gig over at Stubb's to celebrate the release of a new studio album on September 3rd and 4th. La Zona Rosa will host the legendary band Squeeze from the U.K., along with Fastball on September 5th.

September 12th brings Mogwai over to Stubb's and on the 14th John Hiatt and Joan Osborne will be out at The Backyard. Back to Stubb's on the 16th we have the Eagles Of Death Metal and The Hives and then Nightwish performs over at La Zona Rosa on the 17th followed by Amos Lee on the 18th.

If you make the drive to Selma you can catch Carlos Santana on the 19th at the Verizon. Dark Star Orchestra will be over at Stubb's on September 20th, followed the next night by Ani DiFranco and then Stereolab closes out the month at La Zona Rosa on the 24th.

October gets off to a rocking start with Clutch over at Stubb's on the 4th followed by The Presidents Of The United States Of America on the 8th. Bassnectar plays over at La Zona Rosa on the 10th, and Cat Power plays her make up show at Stubb's on the 11th. Widespread Panic does a 2 nighter out at The Backyard, also on the 10th and 11th. Back to Stubb's we have Bang Camaro on the 16th followed by Jason Mraz on the 24th.

All Time Low will be pulling into La Zona Rosa on the 25th and on the 26th you have a hard choice to make.
You can check out Alkaline Trio over at the Austin Music Hall, or you can head out to The Backyard for the venue's final show celebration headlined by Willie Nelson and some special guests. Knowing Willie those guest could range as widely as Snoop Dog to Bono so expect some real surprises.