MeadowFest 2026: An Austin Guide to Tonight’s Global Lineup

Event

MeadowFest 2026 at a glance

When

Saturday, August 29 · music 5:30 p.m.–midnight

Where

Radio/East · 3504 Montopolis Dr., Austin, TX 78744

Entry

Doors 5 p.m. · ages 21+ · tickets listed from $30–$150

KUTX and Resound present the third annual MeadowFest at Radio/East. The promoter’s current listing gives a 5 p.m. door time and 5:30 p.m. start; KUTX gives the full program window as 5:30 p.m. through midnight. The official ticket page confirms the Montopolis Drive address and announced performers.

Festival schedules, ticket inventory and prices can change on event day. Use the official ticket link for the latest entry options and check MeadowFest’s official channel for any set-time update before traveling.

Guide

Why this festival has a mental-health mission

Community focus

Supporting awareness for SIMS Foundation and Out Youth

MeadowFest began in 2024 and uses music to draw attention to mental-health support. KUTX says the festival has highlighted SIMS Foundation and Out Youth, two Austin nonprofits serving musicians, young people and the LGBTQIA+ community, and that organizers aim to expand that support and awareness in 2026.

That mission gives the event a local center even when the music crosses borders. It connects a touring lineup to organizations that work directly inside Austin’s creative and youth communities.

Artist

Start with Cimafunk and Chuwi

Listen for

Afro-Cuban funk · Puerto Rican roots, indie and Caribbean rhythm

Cimafunk is the stage name of Cuban singer, songwriter and producer Erik Iglesias Rodríguez. His official biography explains that the name joins the history of cimarrones—Africans who resisted and escaped slavery—with funk, while the music draws Cuban rhythm into a high-energy contemporary frame.

Chuwi comes from Isabela, Puerto Rico. The four-piece of siblings Lorén, Wester and Willy Aldarondo with Adrián López blends plena, indie and Caribbean rhythm. For a fast introduction, hear their own Tierra material, then the wider audience connection created by their appearance with Bad Bunny on “WELTiTA.”

Artist

Follow the psychedelic route through Combo Chimbita and Angélica Garcia

Listen for

Afro-Caribbean psychedelia · experimental bilingual pop

Combo Chimbita is a quartet formed by musicians from the Colombian diaspora: Carolina Oliveros on vocals and guacharaca, Niño Lento es Fuego on guitar, Prince of Queens on bass and synthesizers, and Dilemastronauta on drums. Their label describes a sound that pushes Afro-Caribbean rhythm through psychedelic guitar, electronics and heavy percussion.

Angélica Garcia approaches a related border-crossing impulse from experimental pop. Her official catalog centers on Gemelo, a Spanish-language project released by Partisan Records. Put together, these sets make the festival’s “global” character concrete: tradition is not presented as a museum piece, but as material for new textures and identities.

Artist

Do not miss the Austin and Texas thread

Regional lineup

Gina Chavez · Jon Muq · Quentin · Cure for Paranoia

Austin is not merely the host city. Gina Chavez is an Austin independent musician and Latin Grammy nominee whose work joins English- and Spanish-language songwriting with Latin pop and folk. Jon Muq, born in Uganda and now based in Austin, writes bright, reflective songs that connect African and Western musical traditions.

Quentin brings theatrical, genre-blurring pop from Austin; KUTX selected the artist as its July 2026 Artist of the Month around the release of TOMGIRL. Dallas collective Cure for Paranoia supplies the North Texas hip-hop and soul connection, led by Cameron McCloud and fresh from winning NPR’s 2026 Tiny Desk Contest with “No Brainer.”

Guide

How to hear a nine-act festival without burning out

Practical plan

Arrive early · choose anchors · leave room for discovery

Pick two anchor artists before you arrive, then deliberately sample at least three unfamiliar sets. Cimafunk and Chuwi are natural anchors for a dance-forward route; Combo Chimbita and Angélica Garcia make a strong experimental route; Gina Chavez, Jon Muq, Quentin and Cure for Paranoia create a Texas-centered route.

Bring hearing protection, hydrate, and save the official event page on your phone. Most importantly, do not build your night around an unofficial set-time graphic: use the organizer’s latest schedule, because festival orders can move.

Guide

What working Austin musicians can take from the bill

MeadowFest is a compact lesson in programming. The acts do not share one narrow genre, but they do share a clear relationship to place, identity and rhythm. That gives the audience multiple entry points while keeping the festival’s point of view intact.

For artists planning a release show or small festival, the useful question is not whether every act sounds alike. It is whether each act adds a distinct reason to stay. Rehearse the transitions, match the room to the audience and make the community purpose visible from the first announcement—not as an afterthought at the door.

Quick answers

MeadowFest 2026 frequently asked questions