Drone light shows in Austin, Texas
A city with its own rhythm deserves a show with one, too. Bring music, ideas, and the people behind your Austin event into a custom story of light.
Plan your Austin showPhoto: LoneStarMike · CC BY 3.0 · 2010 city photograph · resized / WebP.
Made for this moment
Think of the moment after the last song, the reveal at a company gathering, or the names that bring a wedding crowd together. In Austin, we can build that moment around the pulse of your event, with clear formations, thoughtful music cues, and a viewing direction chosen for your guests.
Starbound Labs designs the show and brings the performance together. Our Spectra drones, in-house firmware, and Starbound OS software connect the creative work with the fleet and team on the ground.
Meet the team behind the lightsGive the city a reason to look up
Your occasion sets the direction. We shape the creative around it.
Bring people together for a city celebration, a seasonal gathering, or a festival finale with a story your community can share.
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Turn your logo, product launch, or company milestone into a reveal that reaches beyond the stage.
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Names, meaningful symbols, and a personal message in light. Make your celebration feel unmistakably yours.
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Build anticipation, celebrate your team, or create a shared moment for the people cheering together.
Explore the possibilitiesShow imagery illustrates creative possibilities, rather than performances at specific Austin venues.
Rooted in Austin
Local inspiration. A story made for your audience.
Red River’s live music venues and South Congress’s storefronts offer different starting points for an Austin story. A guitar outline, a pulse of color, or a sequence timed to your chosen track can carry that energy into the sky. We develop the choreography around your event and discuss music use and playback with your production team.
A neighborhood celebration or seasonal festival needs a moment people can experience together. Around Lady Bird Lake, the public trails and waterfront activity make audience placement as important as the backdrop. We plan a defined viewing area and a separate flight footprint, with park access and event permissions reviewed early.
For a technology launch, conference reception, or company milestone, start with the message guests should remember. We can turn a product silhouette into a short visual story, then resolve it into a brand reveal. Downtown buildings, rooftop obstructions, and the distance between guests and the flight area help determine whether that concept fits the venue.
Longhorn football and Austin FC bring distinct colors and crowd traditions to the city. A fan event could build around those colors, movement, and a closing message, with any protected marks cleared for use. Stadium restrictions depend on the actual event; a venue booking alone does not establish permission for a drone performance.
For a wedding in Austin or a private gathering toward Dripping Springs, a name, date, or meaningful symbol can become the final formation. Open-looking land still needs a site review: tree lines, terrain, neighboring homes, access, and the guests’ viewing position all shape a workable production.
Lady Bird Lake and the downtown skyline can inspire the visual direction without becoming the flight location. We assess foreground trees, buildings, public paths, and the angle from which guests will read each formation. Wind, heat, and changing weather also belong in the production and contingency plan.
Stadiums, stages & gathering places
Explore major event settings in Austin and the wider metro.
Use these venues as starting points for your event plan. Each listing is a potential setting for individual review, with venue participation, permissions, launch and flight space, airspace, and show timing confirmed before a performance is agreed.
University stadium
Austin, Texas
A Longhorns event concept starts with university coordination, a separate launch footprint, and a review of college football flight restrictions. University drone permission is a separate requirement.
Official venue websiteSoccer stadium & fan events
Austin, Texas
Austin FC’s home offers a starting point for sports celebrations. Review rooflines, crowd movement, the proposed flight area, and event-specific restrictions with the operator.
Official venue websiteMotorsports & large event grounds
Austin, Texas · southeast of downtown
A potential setting for brand and motorsports event concepts. Active track schedules, event notices, crowd separation, and southeast Austin airspace require individual review.
Official venue websiteOutdoor amphitheater
Austin, Texas · at Circuit of The Americas
A concert setting within the COTA site. Coordinate stage cues, audience viewing direction, structures, and a flight area outside guest circulation before developing a finale.
Official venue websiteDowntown outdoor stage
Austin, Texas
A central outdoor performance setting where trees, stage architecture, nearby buildings, and public park access shape sightlines and site feasibility.
Official venue websiteWaterfront civic event grounds
Austin, Texas
A recognizable Lady Bird Lake gathering space. New event dates are constrained by the City’s event-day process; public trails, waterfront access, and flight separation need review.
Official venue websitePark & festival grounds
Austin, Texas
A major festival setting with established event-day limits. Inclusion here does not imply an available date or approved launch site; assess park permission, trees, public access, and the full flight area.
Official venue websiteThe airspace is part of the plan
The right starting point is your exact venue, launch location, show height, and date.
For each proposed show, we check current FAA maps, NOTAMs, temporary flight restrictions, and the complete flight area. Nearby airports and military facilities are part of that review, alongside other local aviation activity.
Review the entire proposed flight volume against current controlled-airspace boundaries, facility maps, and notices. Proximity alone does not determine authorization or show feasibility.
A controlled general aviation airfield relevant to northeast-area venues. Check the current airspace, operating hours, requested altitude, and applicable FAA authorization process.
San Marcos, Texas · wider region south of Austin
Official facility informationInclude airport traffic and current airspace in the review when event plans extend south toward San Marcos. This is a regional consideration, rather than a restriction applying to every Austin site.
Review installation restrictions and any required military permission separately from FAA authorization. Camp Mabry is listed as an installation consideration, not as an approved flight or launch site.
Killeen area, Texas · wider region north of Austin
Official facility informationFor plans extending toward Killeen, review military airspace, installation boundaries, current notices, and permission requirements. These facilities are outside the immediate Austin metro.
Where the flight area requires controlled-airspace authorization, we identify the applicable FAA process. LAANC may be available for eligible operations; airspace authorization for operations using an operational waiver follows the FAA’s designated process through FAADroneZone. An airport phone call is not a substitute for the required FAA authorization.
FAA authorization guidanceQualifying sporting events can trigger temporary flight restrictions affecting stadiums and surrounding areas. We review the applicable notices and show timing; venue permission or a routine airspace authorization alone does not remove these restrictions.
FAA stadium guidanceThe show plan also determines operational waiver requirements, including a multiple-aircraft waiver where one pilot operates multiple drones. New operational waiver applications use the FAA’s Aviation Safety Hub. Venue and landowner permission, crowd separation, and any local event permits are handled alongside the aviation review.
FAA waiver guidancePark reservations and event-day availability need their own review. Public access, temporary structures, and site use remain part of the event plan.
Official planning guidanceFor UT Austin property, review the university’s drone policy and external-operator agreement requirements with the university before planning an operation.
Official planning guidanceAustin & the surrounding area
Tell us about your venue, whether it’s in the city or the wider metro. We’ll look at the proposed launch space and how your audience will experience the show.
Hill Country venues can bring slopes, trees, and longer access routes into the plan. A lakeside view does not establish permission to launch or fly over the water.
From the first conversation to the last light
We discuss your date, venue, audience, and creative direction, then review the setting and production requirements.
Our team builds the formations, movement, lighting, and choreography. You can explore the design before the performance.
We coordinate the show setup and on-site operation, with the site and conditions reviewed before flight.
A few things you might be wondering
Start by sharing the address, event date, and any venue information you have. We review the proposed launch area, audience viewing position, access, surrounding airspace, and site conditions before confirming whether a show is feasible.
We welcome enquiries for Austin and nearby communities including Round Rock, Cedar Park, Pflugerville, Georgetown, Buda, and Dripping Springs. Share the actual venue address so each site can be reviewed individually.
Yes. We design formations, colors, animation, and choreography around your story. Tell us which brand elements, personal details, and music matter to the event so we can discuss the creative direction.
Pricing depends on the number of drones, creative scope, event location, travel, and production requirements. Share your plans and we’ll prepare a quote for your event.
Contact us as soon as you have a date and a possible venue. Early planning gives us time to review the location, develop the show, and coordinate the event requirements. Availability depends on your date and production needs.
Weather is part of the planning and show-day review. We discuss operating conditions and contingency arrangements with you before the event; the final decision to fly depends on conditions on the day.
Your place. Your people. Your story.
Tell us about your event, your date, and the moment you want to create.
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