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 …
Dallas, Texas When: early March through early April check for this year’s March dates and April dates Where: Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland Road For nearly a quarter of a century, there has been a sure sign of spring in North Texas early year: Dallas Blooms. Held at the Dallas Arboretum, a colorful destination just about …
Photo courtesy Messina Hof Get ready to stomp some grapes at Harvest Festival, held at Messina Hof, the fastest growing award-winning winery and resort in Texas. Harvest is a five-week celebration featuring a wide variety of food and wine events including the Moonlit Harvest, Harvest, Harvest Murder Mystery Dinners, and the Harvest Vintner’s Dinner …
Denton, Texas When: mid to late August Where: North Texas Fairgrounds at 2217 North Carroll Blvd. in Denton. Experience the dog days of summer Denton-style at the North Texas State Fair and Rodeo, a Lone Star tradition since 1938. Attractions: No Texas fair is complete without a rodeo. Up-and-coming cowpokes take to the arena on …
Photos courtesy McGregor CVB Although progress has made its mark on the town of McGregor, which today boasts of an industrial park and a championship, 18-hole golf course at the city’s country club, a stroll through areas of the McLennan County community is still a walk down memory lane. The Art Deco architecture of the …
Where: Fair Park, Dallas When: early March A hundred thousand welcomes–or Cáed míle fáilte –to the largest celebration of Irish culture in the Southwest! From its humble pub origins in the early 1980s, this Celtic compilation of music, dance and traditional cuisine has matured into an annual event which attracts internationally-known performers, up-and-coming recording artists …
If you listen closely, you can discern the faint echo of yesteryear resonating through the 20 structures that line Heritage Park Village. Although stilled, it is easy to imagine the rhythmic creak of the rocking chair on the worn wooden planks of the Scott cabin’s front porch, a rustic relic from the 1870’s, while the …