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Mark your calendars: The Kerrville River Festival will take place on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, in Louise Hays Park, 202 Thompson Dr. The Kerrville Parks and Recreation Department established this FREE event to celebrate Kerrville’s incorporation and heritage while encouraging people to get outdoors, be active and play. The festival gates open at noon, but will also feature morning activities including the Kerrville Craft Beer Run (5K), exercise classes, and a Kerrville Sand Volleyball Asso ...
Blanco’s first annual Texas Marigold Festival blooms into being October 23rd with a week of multi-cultural celebrations of the glorious marigold. According to Libbey Aly, executive director of the Blanco Chamber of Commerce, we can credit this unique celebration of the marigold to Pamela and Frank Arnosky. She laughs affectionately when I ask for the festival’s origin story and says, “they got us into this mess.” Pamela and Frank Arnosky of Arnosky Family Farms, the premier cut-flow ...
The Marble Falls Summer Concert Series ends on a high note with Stoney LaRue and Mike Ryan performing on September 11th, 2021. Performances also include Ben Watson & Steve Raby, First Cav Rock Band, and the Sam Williams Band. In partnership with the Marble Falls/Lake LBJ Chamber of Commerce and the Marble Falls Parks and Recreation Department, concert goers can keep cool underneath century-old oak and pecan trees in Johnson Park, while only being a short walk from Downtown Marble Falls whic ...
After missing last year, the 2021 Comal County fair and rodeo in New Braunfels is back! This year’s fair takes place from September 18th thru the 26th at the Comal County fairgrounds. There will be activities and entertainment for folks of all ages. Fair events kick off with a barbecue cookoff Saturday, September 18th.
More than 100 artists, exhibitors, musicians food vendors and demonstrators will sprawl across 13 acres on the Guadalupe River when the Texas State Arts and Crafts Fair returns to Kerr County on the grounds of the Hill Country Arts Foundation in Ingram, Sept. 25-26. After last year’s cancellation, this fall’s event promises a return of favorite features and a few changes.
Labor Day weekend in the True Heart of Texas means it’s time for the 47th Annual World Championship BBQ Goat Cookoff scheduled for Friday, September 3rd through Sunday, September 5th in Richards Park along the banks of Brady Creek. Brady National Bank, Mac’s BBQ and Catering are proud to bring you the 2021 event with a weekend full of food, fun and festivities for the entire family to enjoy. The Goat Cookoff is a unique tradition that started in Brady, the county seat of McCulloch Count ...
Since 1881, the “fair” city of Fredericksburg has played host to the always-popular, always exciting and always fun Gillespie County Fair and, after this August’s incarnation, it will result in the latest installment of an impressive 133-year-run. Wow! Why, with so much longevity, you’d think folks would get tired of it but, this extraordinary extravaganza isn’t going anywhere – there’s just too many reasons why it can’t be missed, ever!
The Marble Falls Chamber of Commerce proudly announces the return of the Lakefest Boat Races held on August 7th & 8th after a 3-year long hiatus. In partnership with the Southern Drag Boat Association, Lakefest provides spectators the rush of adrenalin as drag boats race along Lake Marble Falls at 200 MPH. To start off the competition, visitors and locals will have free entry to the ever favorite “Show & Shine” where they will get an insider look at the extreme sport.
In 1821, Stephen F. Austin, known as the “Father of Texas,” made a contract to bring 300 families to the Spanish province, which now is Texas. By 1823, probably more than 600 to 700 people were in Texas, hardy colonists from the various portions of the United States at that time, who settled not far from the Gulf of Mexico. There was no regular army to protect them, so Austin called the citizens together and organized a group to provide the needed protection.
The San Saba County Chamber of Commerce is delighted to invite everyone to SAN SABA’S MILL POND PARK for a Friday, Saturday and Sunday celebration filled with family fun on July 2, 3 and 4th for an INDEPENDENCE EXTRAVAGANZA! FRIDAY JULY 2nd: 7PM KICKBALL TOURNAMENT (minimum age: 12 and up) Teams of 12 players (5 women vs 5 men) 10 teams pay $120 ($10/player) 30 min time limit / double elimination SATURDAY JULY 3rd: (Saturday & Sunday Park at Civic Center, take Shuttle to the Park) ...