Ceremony Social Spa will host an all-star, all-day Grand Opening Party to celebrate their bathhouse expansion, featuring legendary Austin musicians Jon Dee Graham, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Colin and Tammy Gilmore, Mike Nicolai, Cobra Cats and DJ Megatron. Guests can enjoy free use of the sauna and cold plunge throughout the day, free yoga and soundbath classes, and a non-alcoholic elixir bar by Altar Native Bar, tacos by Flavia’s kitchen, cacao from Third Eye Cacao, beer, wine and shopping with a curated array of creative local vendors just in time for the holidays.
Guests will be able to visit the sauna and cold plunge for free all day and attend free yoga and soundbath sessions in the early afternoon. In the evening, artist Laura Maltz Gossen will host an Artist Talk about her work currently on display at Ceremony. Proceeds from art sales will benefit The Safe Alliance. Donations for beer, wine and cacao will benefit HAAM, Health Alliance for Austin Musicians.
With this expansion, the Ceremony bathhouse will include a total of two traditional heat saunas with capacities of 8 and 16 people each, two cold plunges from local supplier SubZeroPlunges, a 6-person hot tub and a new scrub room, lined floor-to-ceiling with gorgeous terracotta and blue tile from local sustainable tile company Clay Imports. The scrub room will be available for showering as well as for body scrubs and hydrotherapy. The current outdoor sauna/cold plunge space is already considered a community oasis in the heart of the city; this expansion will secure Ceremony’s spot as the most welcoming and creative bathhouse experience in Austin.
Demand for sauna and cold plunge has risen sharply in recent years due to cultural awareness of their health benefits: increased energy level, circulation, immune function and skin health, and a reduction in stress, inflammation, and soreness. The creative, welcoming, nature-inspired, “old Austin” environment at Ceremony adds the benefit of connection to nature and community.
Ceremony Social Spa has operated at 1706 S. Lamar since 2013, and 14 years total in other locations across South Austin. Ceremony provides massage, acupuncture and cranio-sacral therapy, along with sauna and cold plunge in the bathhouse. Sauna/cold plunge sessions last two hours and can be purchased at a drop-in rate, 10-pack discount, or unlimited monthly membership.
Come celebrate the expansion of South Lamar’s favorite woman-owned sauna and cold plunge oasis!
*Rideshare is encouraged as all parking will need to be on Collier or surrounding streets.