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For a full-throttle July4th weekend in Llano, be sure to be at Llano’s Rock’N Riverfest and Jet Ski Races on the Llano River in Badu Park!!!  Grab your sunscreen, bring a chair and watch the excitement of drag racing on the LlanoRiver Saturday July 2nd.  Relax at the beach and have fun swimming & playing in the river.  There will be games for the kids, bounce houses, and water slides.  You can also enjoy  a rousing round of horseshoes and washers ...

The Burnet County Fair and Rodeo Association are celebrating “The Golden Years” with a 50th anniversary celebration, June 9th, 10th and 11th, 2016.  All Fair events will be held at Burnet Community Center or the Hill Country Foundation Building, located at 401 E. Jackson Street.  The Burnet County Rodeo will be held at the Houston Clinton Arena located at 1301 Houston Clinton Drive, Burnet, Texas.   All area Counties’ Bell, Blanco, Lampasas, Llano, San Saba, Williamson ...

The first Llano Rodeo was held in 1919 west of town where T.J. Moore’s pecan orchard is now, on the old picnic grounds, as it was called back then. Steer Roping, Bull and Steer riding, Bronco riding, and bulldogging were some of the first events. In 1933 the rodeo was moved to Robinson Park where it was located for a couple of more years.

Dallas wasn’t for sale - besides the American way is to start small and work your way up. ~One of the many reasons Hondo bought Luckenbach Slow down.  Ditch the hustle and bustle of Austin and see the treasure we have in Luckenbach.   In 1849 Minna Engel opened a “First Class Country Store,” selling everything from the cradle to the grave when Texas was still frontier, serving Texas settlers and Comanche Indians, with whom the Germans never broke a peace treaty.  The c ...

The beautiful landscape of the Texas Hill Country has been the subject of countless paintings and photos, drawing people to the area from all over the world. It is here that artists come to be inspired. While there have always been artists in the Hill Country, it seems that the industry has taken off in recent years, and galleries and exhibits abound. Tucked away in the communities that make this area, artists are bus ...

When I was a little girl growing up in Central America, I loved going to the Mercado. I was blessed to have a Costa Rican mom and an American dad, which resulted in spending the wonder-filled days of my childhood in Costa Rica. We lived in the capital city of San Jose and its Mercado Central is huge, taking up a full city block.

There are many new housing and construction trends coming into the market, each accommodating an easy to identify style and purpose, but there is one design-build team that continues to evade labels, Keen Development Group. Although the company promotes a range of residential and commercial designs with the implementation of ISO containers, on the premise of a surging trend in construction, it continues to make heads turn and leave people wondering…what is this company building?

Come to Bastrop the last weekend of April, April 29 – May 1 for Bastrop Festival Weekend. Bring the family for 3 days of fun starting Friday night; the Bastrop Family Rodeo Club will be hosting a United Professional Cowboys Association sanctioned rodeo at 7:30 at Mayfest Hill Park. Friday night’s rodeo will be Nurses Appreciation Night then at the Bastrop Opera House come enjoy some good ol’ country and gospel music by Terry Lyne Moore & the McMillans, 711 Spring Street. On Saturday f ...

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 ...