Cinco on Saturday, Derby on Saturday, and a country festival on Saturday.

Saturday is going to be a choose-your-own-adventure. The Cinco de Mayo Festival lands at Republic Square in the morning, the Kentucky Derby goes off at 5:57pm Central, and the iHeartCountry Festival packs the Moody Center the same night with Luke Bryan and Kane Brown. The KUT Festival is also a thing, running Friday and Saturday at the Long Center with Shakey Graves headlining. Below is what we'd actually do, hour by hour, with a few ways to triangulate if you want to do all of it.

The marquee

• Fri & Sat, May 1–2 · Day passes from $45
  KUT Festival at the Long Center
  Long Center, downtown
  The public-radio crowd's answer to a music festival, and quietly one of the best lineups of the spring. Shakey Graves headlines Saturday night with BLK ODYSSY, Carrie Rodriguez, and Melissa Carper across the day. Family-friendly, walkable, and the bar lines are 90 seconds. Bring a hat.
• Sat, May 2 · Doors 6 PM · From $55
  iHeartCountry Festival
  Moody Center
  Luke Bryan, Kane Brown, Parker McCollum, and a stacked supporting bill in one of the best indoor rooms in the country. Get there for the openers if you want a real seat, and tap into the Moody side bars before the headliner set if you don't want to stand in line during the encore.
• Sat, May 2 · 9 AM–2 PM · Free
  Cinco de Mayo Festival at Republic Square
  Republic Square, downtown
  Mexic-Arte's annual block party, free, family-friendly, and the right way to start Saturday before everything else kicks off. Live music, art booths, food vendors. Show up at 10, eat tacos for an hour, and you've got the rest of the day open.

Friday · Tonight

• 3–6 PM · $4 drafts
  Happy Hour at Hold Out Brewing
  West 6th
• 7:30 PM · $55+
  Los Lobos at the Paramount
  Congress Ave
• 8:00 PM · $65+
  Joe Russo's Almost Dead at ACL Live
  2nd Street
• 7:00 PM · $35
  The Paper Kites at Emo's
  Riverside

Saturday

• 9 AM–2 PM · Free
  Cinco de Mayo Festival
  Republic Square
• 9 AM–1 PM · Free
  SFC Farmers' Market
  Republic Square
• Gates 11 AM · $45+
  KUT Festival, day two
  Long Center
• 5:00 PM · Mint juleps $14
  Kentucky Derby watch at Geraldine's
  Rainey Street
• Doors 6 PM · $55+
  iHeartCountry Festival
  Moody Center
• 10:00 PM · No cover
  Two-Step at the White Horse
  East Austin

Sunday

• 7:30 PM · $60+
  Hayley Williams at the Moody Theater
  2nd Street
• Anytime · $9 entry
  Barton Springs + breakfast tacos
  Zilker
• 11 AM · $35
  KUT Jazz Brunch (limited)
  Long Center
• 8:00 PM · $10
  Continental Club Sunday residency
  South Congress

What we're drinking this week

• Sat afternoon · $14
  Mint julep at Geraldine's
  Rainey Street
• Cinco-week run · $9
  Frozen marg at Güero's garage
  South Congress
• Any · $13
  Paloma at Hotel San José
  South Congress
• Happy hour · $4
  Cold beer at the Hold Out yard
  West 6th

Free this weekend

• Sat 9–2 · Free
  Cinco de Mayo Festival at Republic Square
  Downtown
• Sat 9–1 · Free
  SFC Farmers' Market
  Republic Square
• Sun 6:30 PM · Free
  Sundown Sundays at Mueller Lake
  Mueller

From the archive

If you're hosting Derby people from out of town, our patios guide is the move for the morning. Six picks across the city, including the lakeside option you actually want at Mozart's and the courtyard at Josephine House that almost no one knows about.

Looking ahead — next week

• Tue, May 5 · Varies
  Cinco de Mayo (the actual day) — La Condesa rooftop, Suerte tasting menu, Güero's garage show
  Citywide
• Thu, May 7 · Day pass $75
  Old Settler's Music Festival kickoff
  Tilmon (45 min south)
• Next Fri, May 8 · Free read
  Mother's Day brunch list drops Friday
  ATX Weekly

ATX Weekly tip

If you're triangulating Cinco festival, Derby, and iHeartCountry on Saturday, park once at the Republic Square garage. Walk to Cinco at 10, walk to Hotel San José or a downtown bar for Derby coverage at 5, then cab to Moody Center by 7. Total walking: under a mile. Total parking spent: $20.

That's the week. Wear sunscreen Saturday morning, switch to a sport coat by 5, and try to keep the mint juleps to two before the country festival starts. Next Friday: Mother's Day brunch picks, a first read on Old Settler's, and wherever the week goes. — The ATX Weekly Editors