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Growing weekend event set for Luckenbach
Many riders from across the State and beyond will enjoy the Hill Country in a whole different way - astride a motorcycle - at the 20th Annual Hill Country Run motorcycle rally, which is headed to Luckenbach on May 6 – 8, 2016. This event is sponsored by the Optimist Club of Fredericksburg. Billed as "More than just a plain ole motorcycle rally,"
Dripping Spring, Texas – Happy festival-goers will soon return to Dripping Springs for the community’s annual hometown event and springtime celebration. The 29th Annual Founders Day Festival will be held April 22 – 24th as thousands of people converge on Dripping Springs’ historic downtown district for a festive celebration of heritage and pioneer spirit. The Annual Founders Day Festival honors the founding of Dripping Springs in 1850 by the Moss, Wallace, and Pound families a ...
The Open-Air Texas Ranger Pavilion is available to rent
Mon, February 29, 2016 8:08 PM
The 12-acre campus has been a long undertake, and on March 19, the FTRA will host the Grand Opening of Phase I, which includes the Open-Air Texas Ranger Pavilion, the Campanile, or bell tower, which is a Beacon for Learning and a Salute to Good Citizenship. A huge Texas Ranger badge sculpture is the Ranger Ring of Honor Memorial, dedicated to those who lost their lives in the line of duty; names of those who sacrificed everything to serve Texas are inscribed there. In addition, there is an Amph ...
Make Coleman your weekend destination and take advantage of all the town has to offer.
Mon, February 29, 2016 8:32 PM
The City of Coleman is a thriving and vibrant community in the heartland of Texas. Coleman is 52 miles southeast of Abilene on Hwy 84 and 52 miles north of Brady on Hwy 283, making it an easy trip from west or central Texas, as well as more metropolitan areas.
2016 Tomball German Heritage Festival April 1, 2, & 3, at Historical Train Depot Plaza
Mon, February 29, 2016 8:44 PM
Beginning with one Oompah band on a flat-bed trailer sixteen years ago the festival has become an annual tradition in Tomball and one of the best music/street festivals in Texas. Every year, on the very last weekend in March, festival-goers break out their Lederhosen and Dirndls "Go German" for the area's largest festival celebrating the heritage of the original German families that settled this area beginning in about 1840.
Grab your cowboy hat and sun bonnet and head for City Park in Bandera!
Mon, February 29, 2016 8:57 PM
There’s gonna be Mayhem on the Medina River! Scheduled for April 9th &10th. Gonna be a gunfight! That’s right! It’s the 3rd Annual Mayhem on the Medina, a competition with the National Reenactment Guild of America. Bandera has never turned down an opportunity to show off our cowboys! This time it is a bit different.
Wed, February 10, 2016 7:21 PM
As light pollution continues to increase from rapidly growing urban sprawl, the sparkling starlit night skies of Texas have dulled for many across the state.  Instead of allowing our magnificent star-filled nights to fade into a cherished memory, there is a statewide effort to limit excessive artificial lighting and restore the brilliance of the glittering night time sky. Plans for a first ever Texas Night Sky Festival are well underway and the organizers’ intent is to increase appreciat ...
Fri, February 5, 2016 10:57 PM
Mason area singers are invited to join voices with other vocalists in the Bluebonnet Choral Festival to be held in Mason April 11-16. The choral festival is a chance for singers to renew basic vocal pedagogy skills and to sing music of the masters like Gabriel Faure and fun gospel and American spirituals.  Choral conductor Dr.
Yeah, Bandera is sort of different when it comes to events.  For such a small town, there is an event almost every moth of the year and they are always different and exceptionally exciting!  So, if you have not been to the Annual Wild Hog Explosion, well, get ready!   It’s squeals and spills at the 14th annual Wild Hog Explosion and All Bike Rally!
Shinyribs is the continuation of Kevin Russell’s musical journey which began in Beaumont,TX when, at 14, he found his father’s guitar under his bed, along with a sewing machine, a billy club and a box of comic books. Luckily he chose the guitar. Following his family’s oil boom and bust migratory path he landed in Shreveport,LA where he formed his first band.