Zilker Park Metropolitan Park
2100 Barton Springs Road
Austin, TX US
(AKA Region 8)
Activities:
Fun Fly
Fun For All Ages
Kids Fly
Kids Kitemaking
Sport Kite Competition
Kitemaking Competition
Kite Vendors
Food Vendors
Kite Demos
Description:
The Kite Festival takes place in Zilker Park (2100 Barton Springs Road in Austin, TX 78704) on fields located between Barton Springs Road to the south and Lady Bird Lake to the north. A park road, Lou Neff Road, runs around the border of this area. These fields are now known as the “Great Lawnâ€. Zilker Park opened in 1936 and the 1937 maps calls this area the ‘Kite Flying Fields’ so there has been a long history of kite flying at Zilker.