Batfest Austin, Texas When: late August Where: Activities take place along the Ann Richards Bridge (formerly the Congress Avenue Bridge) in Austin. Each twilight from mid-March through November a trail of up to 1.5 million winged wonders leave their roost beneath the Congress Avenue bridge and streak across the capital city skyline in a show …
National Championship Chuck Wagon Cook-Off®, Lubbock Every first weekend after Labor Day the city of Lubbock transforms itself into a cowboy capital as a national symposium honoring the western spirit gets underway. Cookoffs The annual Cook-Off boasts one of the oldest chuck wagon gatherings in the nation, with teams competing for trophy buckles, cash awards, …
Where: Events take place at several Nacogdoches venues, including the Fredonia Hotel and Convention Center, the Sterne-Hoya House Museum, the Visitors’ Center and downtown stores. Enjoy a nostalgic, Nacogdoches-style Navidad in the oldest town in the Lone Star state. Events: If you’ve filled up on too much fruit cake and eggnog this holiday season, you …
When: Events run from mid-November until the end of the year. Where: Most activities take place on the square in downtown Marshall. The words of the holiday classic, “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, Ev’rywhere you go” could easily have been written about the seasonal celebrations that take place each year in …
When: mid-November Where: Downtown Bryan, Texas Over 120 countries are represented during this day-long Brazos County bash which proves, like the words of the beloved children’s tune, that “It’s A Small World After All.” Cultural Exhibits: A stroll among the vendor booths becomes a globe-trotting trek as skills from a cornucopia of cultures are …
Where: The Knights of Columbus Hall in Hallettsville, Texas When: late April Let the sounds of “St. Anne’s Reel” or “Ashokan Farewell” guide you to the Knights of Columbus Hall, where the 2,345 residents who call Hallettsville home welcomes music lovers each year for a four-day fiddle fest featuring top Texas talent. Competition: As …
When: late Feb. – mid-March Where: Reliant Park Round up the whole family for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, a salute to the western way of life that’s been a Texas tradition since 1932. Over one million rodeo devotees head to the state’s fourth largest city each year for this agricultural and educational …