ACL Fest kicks off Friday at Zilker Park with rain in the forecast. The 25th Austin City Limits Music Festival runs Oct. 2-4 and Oct. 9-11.

There is no parking at Zilker Park, and parking in surrounding neighborhoods is prohibited, according to Austin Transportation and Public Works.

Getting there: A free festival shuttle departs from Sand Beach Park, at Walter Seaholm and Electric drives, starting at 11:30 a.m.

CapMetro routes 3 and 803 stop near South Lamar Boulevard and Barton Springs Road.

Rideshare points are at Veterans Drive, Lee Barton Drive and Wallingwood Drive.

Watch the weather: The festival will go on unless producer C3 Presents decides otherwise. A flood watch is in effect through 7 p.m. Friday, with 2-3 inches of rain forecast and the county's emergency operations center activated.

Steering clear: Barton Springs Road is closed from 7 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Monday both weekends, and some lots and roads will stay closed as late as Oct. 16.

The Austin Police Department will run a No Refusal Initiative nightly Oct. 3-12.

Chef Philip Speer and Via 313 co-founder Brandon Hunt opened Nobody's Business, a walk-up kitchen inside Lavaca Street Bar at 407 Lavaca St. in downtown Austin, on Sept. 12.

The concept, which the eatery describes as "business casual bar fare," took over the former Turf N' Surf space. It is open 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 11 a.m.-midnight Friday-Saturday, and Lavaca Street Bar is a 21+ establishment.

On the menu: Starters include blue corn hush puppies and nachos, and sandwiches such as Nobody's Cheeseburger and a fish sandwich are priced at $15-$16. Larger plates include sticky baby back ribs and a chilled noodle bowl.

Meet the owners: Speer, a four-time James Beard Award nominee in the Outstanding Pastry Chef category, owns and operates Comedor, a modern Mexican restaurant downtown. In 2019, he also founded the Comedor Run Club, a running group for restaurant workers. Hunt and his brother, Zane Hunt, are Detroit natives who opened the first Via 313 trailer in Austin in 2011 and have since expanded the Detroit-style pizza chain into several states.

Members of the Red River business community celebrated a new grant-funded neon sign at Mohawk, which marks its 20th anniversary this year.

The details: The sign was funded through the first round of the Downtown Austin Alliance's $65,000 Facade Improvement Grant Program that's leveraged more than $140,000 in private investments at several area businesses.

The impact: While celebrating this addition, Red River Cultural District leaders say civic support for the entertainment corridor is falling short. Rising costs and development activity downtown have increased pressures on local business, leading to a recent wave of closures. The district, which receives annual cultural funding, is also working on improvements and programming such as signage, banners, streetscape improvements and historic exhibits to preserve the area.

Frost Bank opened its newest Austin-area location Sept. 28 on South Lamar Boulevard in the former Half Price Books space.

The details: The South Lamar Financial Center serves both business and consumer customers, according to a Frost news release. Its lobby is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Customers can use a greeter station to make deposits and withdrawals, get help with account questions, open accounts or apply for loans.

Its Smart ATM, available during lobby hours, accepts cash and check deposits without envelopes or deposit slips.

Zooming out: The South Lamar location is part of a strategy Frost launched in 2018 to open branches in communities that weren't adequately served by other banks, said Bill Day, senior vice president of corporate communications at Frost. Rather than acquiring other banks, Frost has grown from about 130 locations in 2018 to 211 statewide, including 29 in its Austin region.

Founded in 1868, Frost is a subsidiary of Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc., which reported $53.9 billion in assets as of June 30.