Welcome to Austin – The Live Music Capital of the World®. You can hear everything including blues, country, reggae, jazz, Tejano, swing and rock performed in nearly 200 live music venues around the city. Situated 'where the South ends and the West begins' it is a place where Southern hospitality mingles with Western pride. It is clean, beautiful and ultra-modern, and yet it is also chock full of living history and eccentric characters. Few places have so much to offer, such a quirky sense of self, or such a warm and welcoming nature.