Swim Session No. 18 ★ DJ Dana Scully

As is annual tradition, we’re returning to The Line Hotel Austin to host Swim Sessions—a five-part poolside series, leading up to The Front Festival 2025.

Tickets are $10 and every cent benefits community initiatives we care about. Capacity is limited.

Hang by the pool or sport a suit. It’s-the-weekend energy encouraged (but not required). Bring your faves.

• A three-hour set by Future Front Resident Artist DJ Dana Scully
• Snacks and bar menu by Veracruz Tacos
• An art installation by Future Front Resident Artist Iris Kwon in The LINE Hotel lobby
• Poolside staycation vibes

Tickets are $10 by donation (*free for and hotel guests). Your ticket includes your pool pass—and is required to attend. This event is 18+. Attendees under 18 must be accompanied by a parent.

(she/her) is a vinyl DJ based in Austin, TX, and the founder of the Queer Vinyl Collective, a community dedicated to uplifting queer artists and fostering inclusive music experiences. Dana’s distinctive style blends genres like disco, pop, and hip-hop, creating vibrant, immersive sets that captivate and energize diverse audiences. Through her work in the Queer Vinyl Collective, she actively cultivates opportunities for aspiring DJs, helping them refine their skills and connect with new listeners. With active residencies throughout Austin, Dana curates spaces where music, diversity, and community intersect, ensuring the local music scene remains accessible and inclusive for all.

VENUE LOCATION + ACCESSIBILITY — All Swim Sessions will be held at The Line Hotel Austin pool deck, which is located at 111 E Cesar Chavez St, Austin, Texas 78701. The venue is wheelchair-accessible and all activities will occur on the ground floor.

PARKING — We highly encourage utilizing rideshare or carpooling as there is limited valet parking available onsite. This venue is easily accessible by Austin public transportation, too.

OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY GUIDELINES —

• All Future Front staff, volunteers and guests will be required to practice mutual respect, as well as demonstrate an alignment with Future Front’s code of conduct and values.
• Capacity is limited to reduce crowding of any kind and all events will be held in primarily outdoor and open-air spaces or have access to proper ventilations and well-maintained A/C systems.
• At Future Front events, all guests are expected to follow Austin-local health and safety guidelines for gatherings, as well as practice consideration with the consumption of tobacco, alcohol and any other legal, mind-altering or dangerous substances and objects. This includes:
• As Future Front strives to be a good neighbor, we also discourage the use of tobacco products on the property of nearby businesses and residences, to improve air quality, throughout our events.
• Tobacco use and electronic smoking device use are not permitted at any time within Future Front properties and event spaces at least 15 ft from entrances, exits, operational windows, or ventilation system intake vents.
• Littering of tobacco-related products on the grounds or parking lots is also prohibited.
• Concealed or open weapons and firearms (including handguns) are not allowed at any Future Front venues.

AVAILABLE LANGUAGES — ASL interpreters can be provided upon request. Si necesita traducción al español para participar en este evento, envíenos un correo electrónico a aGVsbG8gfCBmdXR1cmVmcm9udHRleGFzICEgb3Jn.

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Since 2017, our strategic collaborations with the hotel—from art installations to community swims to The Front Festival—have generated $75,000+ in support for independent women & LGBTQ+ artists in Austin. Forever featuring emerging creatives, consider this series a love note to their work and an intro to the city we call home.

Homegrown in Austin, Future Front is a community space and exhibition series—with women and LGBTQ+ creatives at the front. As an arts and culture nonprofit, we’re mother to The Front Market, The Front Festival and The Work Conference. Beyond our flagship exhibitions, we host year-round shows, gatherings and workshops at our creative community space in Downtown East Austin. Everybody and every body are welcome. You can learn more about how it all works, our team and what we do: futurefronttexas.org

The Line Hotel Austin is located in Downtown Austin, Texas. Once home to a jazz club that broadcast live on local radio in the late 1960s, the hotel is part of Downtown history and holds a cultural legacy as unique as the city itself. Today, you can find a little bit of everything HERE—art, food, design—even nature.

THIS PROJECT IS SUPPORTED IN PART BY The City of Austin Economic Development Department, Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Texas Commission on the Arts, The LINE Hotel Austin, Pease Park Conservancy, the Red River Cultural District, Downtown Austin Alliance Foundation, Topo Chico, as well as Future Front’s donors and members. THANK YOU!

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