When you hear someone say, “There’s always something going on in that  little town of Wimberley,” they’re not exagerating. Whether it be a festival, art and craft show, home tour, a play at one of three theaters, concert, rodeo, market day, duck race, Mardi Gras, crawfish boil, chili or gumbo cookoff, pie social, a movie at an outdooor theatre, holiday celebration or fundraiser you’d be hardpressed to find a weekend without something happening here. 

November is especially busy as everyone is gearing up for the holidays. Just some of the events you can enjoy this month: the Wimberley Civic Club Home Tour; WVACA Wimberley Alive art and music festival; Crisis Bread Basket Empty Bowl Event; 11th annual Holiday Bazaar; Taffeta Christmas, A Christmas Carol and Trail of Lights at EmilyAnn Theater; Glass blowing demonstrations at Wimberley Glass Works and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike presented by the Wimberley Players. And enjoy the evening festivities at Winter’s Eve in December with music, food and Santa Claus. 

The 29th annual Home Tour will be held on November 11 and 12, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Tour opens with a very special event, the Candlelight Cocktail.  The Candlelight Cocktail is the only opportunity to visit Glen Baldwin’s beautiful home in South River, since it is not included in the Tour. For reservations [email protected]  Tickets $65 per person, $125 per couple.

This year five homes have been carefully selected to present different architectural and decorating styles. The Kapetanakis home, a semi-underground home tucked into a hillside on 10 oak-studded acres; the Allison home a bright, cheerful explosion of color, a derelict 1960’s house transformed into a private oasis; the McCullough home, a victim of the Memorial Day Flood, totally rebuilt and reimagined; the Phillips home, built in the 1960’s, looks like the farmstead of a family from hundreds of years ago; the Red Hawk Ranch, a contemporary rustic adobe house above Lone Man Creek, features art, architectural elements and Texas History and the Waters Point, a premier wedding venue and lodging facility, Matt and Natalie Meeks built from the devastation of Rio Bonito Resort.  

The Winters-Wimberley Home will be open with one-of-a-kind gifts, a bake sale, and lunch served tour days from 12 to 2 p.m., at $12 per person. Tour tickets are $20 and are available at the Wimberley Visitors’ Center and the Winters-Wimberley House on the days of the tour. visitwimberleyccc.org 

Downtown Wimberley comes ALIVE! November 10-13 when WimberleyALIVE! Music and Arts Festival showcases an amazing line-up of exciting bands, 20 juried artists and fine craftspeople, the Crisis Bread Basket’s EMPTY BOWLS lunch and a Preview Party to admire and purchase fine, handcrafted bowls.

The 2nd annual Wimberley Alive will host musicians beginning on Friday, November 11th with Javier Chaparro y Salúd (6:30-8:00) and Redd Volkaert (8:30-10:00); on Saturday, November 12th headliners include  Dale Watson (1-2:30) and Beto and the Fairlanes (8:30-10:00). Enjoy many other musicians including Shelley King, Grace Pettis, Kim Miller, Karen Mal and Will Taylor with Strings Attached, Minor Mishap Marching Band, The Collie Family, Marvin Bottera & Broken Glass, Double Treble and Big Dog. Hear continuous music Friday from 5-10 pm, and on Saturday from 10 am to 10 pm, with a performance at the EMPTY BOWLS event on Sunday, 11 am to 2 pm.

The festival, featuring 20 juried fine artists and crafts people, continues to offer fine quality art items for the collector and just in time for year-end gifts Saturday from 10 to 5.  Visit the art festival, then stroll through the quaint downtown area as you visit the 14+ galleries and numerous shops that grace downtown Wimberley. A Kidz Zone tent will be the place to be for younger visitors to the festival on Saturday. This fun and creative place will feature organized painting, pottery and a musical instrument petting zoo.

WimberleyALIVE! culminates with the 30th Anniversary of the Crisis Bread Basket, Wimberley’s food bank. The Empty Bowls event will be at lunchtime on Sunday, November 13, 11 am- 2 pm. Enjoy lunch while helping feed the hungry in the Wimberley Valley while listening to one of Wimberley’s newest bands, Double Treble and Big Dog.

Admission to the concert, art and preview party is free thanks to the generosity of local sponsors.  For those wanting to be up close and personal to the music, a very limited number of VIP packages for two will be sold for $250.  VIP Packages will include preferred seating, a chance to win a guitar autographed by all festival musicians, two festival T-shirts, fine dining gift certificates and much more.wimberleyalive.org.  

Also on November 12th, the 11th annual Holiday Bazaar brings you art, crafts, pottery, jewelry, books, holiday decorations, Peruvian art, clothing and jewelry, tye dyed clothing, scarves, Fair Trade items, personal care items and much more will be held at the Wimberley Community Center from 10am till 5pm for your holiday shopping. Twenty-eight vendors, including many who have participated in the bazaar since it began, will be displaying and selling items for holiday gift giving. Local authors Larry Morris, Kathleen Shields and Allan C. Kimball will be signing their latest books. Enjoy baked goods provided by the Senior Citizens Craft Shop and get your free ticket to win hourly doorprizes. Admission is by donation to the Wimberley Valley Habitat for Humanity or Crisis Bread Basket and no amount is too small or too large. Crisis Bread Basket will also be on hand to provide information, accept donations for the wonderful work they do for our community and sell soup bowls for the November 13 Empty Bowl event. There is plenty of free parking and easy entry to the building. 512-847-5162

Empty Bowls is an international concept to fight hunger. Each year many local communities hold an Empty Bowl event and invite artists, students and organizations to create bowls and local chefs, caterers and restaurants make the soup to fill the bowl. By buying these beautiful, handmade bowls full of your favorite soup you will help feed families.

Since 1986 the Wimberley Crisis Bread Basket has been feeding families in our community.  The organization is 100 percent volunteer and depends on the community for support. Come out and celebrate the 30th anniversary of Crisis Bread Basket at their first Empty Bowls event and enjoy some wonderful homemade soup on Sunday, November 13th, 11am-2pm at Santa Fe Connection on the Wimberley Square. 

You can see bowls crafted by fine potters, glass artists and woodworkers, as well as by talented Wimberley art students on display to be admired and auctioned at the preview party Thursday, November 10th 7-9:30pm at the Wimberley Community Center. One of these bowls is your entrance fee into the EMPTY BOWLS lunch on Sunday, and many of the bowls are sure to be collector’s items.crisisbreadbasket.com

When the Wimberley Players present the comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang, audiences can expect a droll, satisfyingly absurd, and believable sibling comedy that will keep you laughing until the curtain falls. You can experience the fine acting and amazing talent Nov. 11 – Dec. 4, Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2:30 p.m.

Three middle age siblings spend a weekend in the family home. Two are marooned there permanently, while the third, a narcissistic actress who bankrolls them, arrives with her new boy toy.  Named by academic parents after characters in Chekov’s plays, the three compete for the limelight as well as the doom and gloom as they argue, debate, and bemoan their lots in life. They are goaded by the dour prophecies of their housekeeper and Masha’s clothing-optional boyfriend, Spike. Even if you’ve never read a word of Chekov, you’ll laugh at Durang’s sendup of sibling interactions. 

A Tony and Drama Desk Award winning play, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

Reserved Seating $20; Opening Night $22; Students $13 with ID, except opening night. Ticket prices include all fees and are available online at wimberleyplayers.org or by calling 512-847-0575. The Wimberley Playhouse is located on 450 Old Kyle Road, Wimberley. wimberleyplayers.org

The EmilyAnn Theatre & Gardens presents A Taffeta Christmas, October 28 - November 20, Fri. & Sat. 7:30 p.m. and Sun. 2 p.m., with a collection of favorites from the original Off-Broadway hit The Taffetas, effervescent new songs, and seasonal classics from the 40s, 50s, and 60s, A Taffeta Christmas is a twinkling hometown holiday – the way it used to be! Directed by Karin Cunningham, Featuring Angie Lassetter, Melissa May Moncus, Devyn Collie, & Lindsey Burnett. Performed in the Burdine Johnson Studio Theatre.  Tickets available at www.emilyann.org.

EmilyAnn Trail of lights begins the Saturday after Thanksgiving through December 29, the EmilyAnn Theatre & Gardens in Wimberley will be transformed into a wonderland of lights.  The 19th Annual Trail of Lights features a walking path through eight acres of lighted displays decorated by more than 100 local businesses, community groups and families. Visitors can gather at the Yule Log to roast marshmallows, celebrate the season with friends and neighbors, and listen to live entertainment.

 The grounds open at 4 p.m. and Santa will arrive on a fire truck at 5 p.m.. At dusk, the EmilyAnn Tree will be officially lit followed by the music and live entertainment by the gospel band, Divine Inspiration, begins at 6 p.m.

 Santa will be in residence on Friday & Saturday nights prior to Christmas. The Jingle Bell Express will also run Friday & Saturday nights for $2 per ride. Complimentary hot chocolate and marshmallows will be provided and served by Yule Log hosts from a variety of community groups and businesses. Purchase a hot dog to roast over the Yule Log or visit the concession stand where prepared hot dogs, nachos, Frito pie, and drinks will be for sale.The Trail will remain open nightly (weather permitting) through December 29 from 6-9 p.m. Sunday - Thursday and 6-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Admission is free.  Donations are appreciated. www.emilyann.org.

If you’ve never seen hot molten glass being blown into beautiful functional and decorative pieces, you’ll love the experience at Wimberley Glassworks. And you can have your own finished piece and enjoy the memory for years to come. WGW is the Southwest’s premier hand blown glass lighting and art glass studio, creating exclusive glass collections, limited edition vases, sculptures, platters and lighting since 1992. This time of year, art glass ornaments and glass gifts are a seasonal favorite. The studio hosts daily glass blowing demonstrations and glassblowing class for travelers and art glass enthusiasts from around the world. The Glassworks’ custom lighting designs are featured in luxury and commercial properties throughout the nation. Come experience firsthand the unique craftsmanship of hand blown glass by our artisans using centuries-old techniques.

You’ll be amazed! WGW.com 512-213-2110

Celebrate the spirit of the season with Wimberley’s classic small town charm Christmas Festival held on the Wimberley Square, Saturday, Dec. 10, 5 -10 pm.

All your favorite shops will be open late and there will be entertainment on several stages, fire pits and local restaurants serving food and drinks. 

Santa will be here and there will be special area set up just for kids.