Wags and Wellness
About this Event
🐾 Austin’s Favorite Dog + Family Festival is Back.
Bigger. Better. More experiences. More brands. More reasons to spend your Saturday by the lake.
Grab your crew, leash up your pup — or just bring yourself — and join us for Wags & Wellness, where dogs, families, live music, wellness, local businesses, food, community, and pure Austin energy come together for one unforgettable morning.
✨ Here’s what’s waiting for you:
🐶 Dog-friendly fun + interactive activations
👨👩👧 Family-friendly experiences + Kids Zone, including bubble dance parties, face painting, and more
🤍 Family-friendly yoga
✨ "Wag Bags" by Spot and Tango, available at Check In - while supplies last
🎶 Live music by Louisiana Surf Department
✨ Lakeside Hammock Garden
🛍️ Curated local shopping + can’t-miss brands
🌿 Wellness experiences + community activations from Museum of Illusions, Bloom, Jinx, Magic Milk, Breeze Dental, The NOW Massage, Pure Sweat + Float Studio, Allergy Defender, 360MD, Canine Keeps, Henna by Cheryl, Austin Animal Services, West Austin Pet Hospital, Jinx, PhotoMemCo, Subaru, and many more still to be announced.
🌮 Delicious food + drinks
🏆 Dog costume contests
✨ Giveaways + surprises throughout the morning
🤍 Opportunities to support Austin Pets Alive!
✨ Want to make your day even better? GRAB A COMMUNITY PASSPORT!
Our Community Passport is a limited-quantity add-on packed with exclusive offers, special perks, local experiences, and can’t-miss deals from participating Wags & Wellness partners.
It’s designed to help you keep exploring Austin after the festival — while supporting the brands and businesses that make this community special.
And even better: purchasing a Community Passport is one more way to support Wags & Wellness, the local community, and Austin Pets Alive!
Passports are available only while supplies last.
Once they’re gone, they’re gone.
If you know you want one, don’t wait.
$25 • Limited quantity •
ON SALE NOW: 10% of sales benefit Austin Pets Alive!
Whether you’re chasing your dog, entertaining the kids, discovering your new favorite local brand, meeting your next wellness obsession, or simply soaking up a beautiful Austin morning by the lake — there’s something here for you.
This isn’t just another market.
This isn’t just another dog event.
It’s one of Austin’s most feel-good community mornings of the year.
🎟️ Admission is FREE, but registration is required.
Our partners, vendors, and sponsors use RSVP numbers to plan samples, giveaways, activations, staffing, and surprises — so make sure you reserve your spot.
✨ And we’re just getting started.
Over the coming weeks, we’ll be announcing even more experiences, new activations, local vendors, food trucks, contests, giveaways, entertainment, and community partners joining this year’s festival.
Reserve your free ticket, grab your Community Passport while you can, and follow along — because there is a lot more coming.
Austin, we’ll see you by the lake. 🐾
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Event Policies
Wags & Wellness is a rain or shine event. Programming, activities, vendors, and event layout are subject to change without notice. By attending, you voluntarily assume all risks associated with participation and agree that Swift Fit Social, its affiliates, sponsors, vendors, partners, volunteers, and venue shall not be liable for any injury, illness, loss, damage, or theft arising from your attendance or participation.
Attendees are responsible for the supervision and behavior of their children and pets at all times.
By attending this event, you grant Swift Fit Social permission to capture and use your name, image, likeness, voice, and/or photograph in future marketing, promotional materials, advertising, and media without compensation.
By registering for or attending this event, you acknowledge that your registration information may be shared with participating event sponsors and partners for event-related communications, exclusive offers, and promotional opportunities. You may opt out of future marketing communications directly with those organizations at any time.
Agenda
🕑: 08:30 AM
Check In Begins - All Vendor Booths/Activations Open
Info: Be sure to visit the Swift Fit Social Check In Booth for your special gift bag sponsored by Spot and Tango! While supplies last!
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Premium Bubble Dance Experience
Info: Join us in the kids zone (next to the playground, for our first Bubble Show Experience of the day! Dance, stand inside of a giant bubble, chase the beautiful orbs, and be free for this magical moment. Located in the kids zone, but this experience is for grown ups, too!
🕑: 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Face Painting
Info: Join us for FREE face painting in the kids zone (near the playground) from 9a-11a. We can't wait to see what you select, don't forget to tag us in your photos!
🕑: 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Dog Costume Contest Finalists Selected
Info: Participating in our ADORABLE AND FUNNY contest? Finalists will be selected and pulled from the audience between 9:30am and 10:00am, taking the stage at 10am for crowd voting!
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Dog Contest - Top Five Finalists Take the Stage (Ampitheater)
Info: Our top 5 finalists will take the stage for the crowd vote! You will decide our winner - and we can't wait to see who you select! Be sure to join us for this memorable moment and check out our favorite costumes of the morning.
🕑: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Live Music Performance (Ampitheater)
Host: Louisiana Surf Department
Info: These guys are ridiculously good: Insanely talented, wildly fun, and exactly the kind of band that makes an Austin morning feel like an Austin morning. They bring a swampy, country-rock, totally danceable sound that somehow works for everyone- kids, adults, dog people, non-dog people, all of it.
We dare you not to dance, sway, or vibe along.
🕑: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Premium Bubble Dance Experience
Info: Join us for our second and last Bubble Dance Experience of the morning - which just happens to take place as the band begins to play. Dance, stand inside of a giant bubble, chase the beautiful orbs, and be free for this magical moment. Located in the kids zone, but this experience is for grown ups, too!
Where is it happening?
USD 0.00 to USD 30.87
