The anything goes annual Mardi Gras and Halloween Night events also occur here, often spilling out into the streets New Orleans style. This is the district where the concerts of the South By Southwest ( SXSW) Festival occur in March, and just about all the Austin bars along Sixth Street and its side streets get into the act with special guest performers. Here are numerous buildings from the late 1800s and early 1900s, including the historic old Driskill Hotel, one of the finest luxury hotels in the city dating to 1861 and exuding a bygone elegance. This is a compact seven block area near the famous Bat Bridge, and the heart of the city’s history. It is undoubtedly the numerous clubs and bars on 6th Street in Austin Texas that are the most well known.
