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Cactus Cafe

Music venues in Austin, TexasUniversity of Texas at Austin campus
Cactus cafe entrance 2014
Cactus cafe entrance 2014

The Cactus Café is a live music venue and bar on the campus of The University of Texas at Austin. Located in Austin, Texas, a city frequently referred to as "the live music capital of the world," a number of well-known artists have played in the Cactus, and Billboard Magazine named it as one of fifteen "solidly respected, savvy clubs" in the United States, "from which careers can be cut, that work with proven names and new faces."

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Cactus Cafe
Whitis Avenue, Austin

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Whitis Avenue 2308
78712 Austin
Texas, United States
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