Events

What's there to do around here?

Celebrating the many Events held in our region including Concerts, Exhibits, Fairs & Rodeos, Farmers Markets Festivals, Fundraisers, Market Days, Trade Days, Parades, Sports and Special Events, Meetings and Workshops.

Calendars
Around Texas - TourTexas.com
Coastal Bend Regional Tourism Council Calendar
Country World News Calendar
Cultural Heritage Calendar
I-10 Corridor Association's Calendar of Events
Miss Lana's Calendar
Roadway Events
Rockport Net
Talk of the Town's Calendar
Texas Commission on the Arts Calendar
Texas Country Reporter
Texas Downtown Association Events Calendar
Texas Events Calendar
Texas Fairs Calendar
Texas Happenings
Texas Highways Events Calendar
Texas Historical Commission Calendar
Texas Music Events Calendar
Texas Parks & Wildlife
Texas Radio
Victoria Advocate Crossroads Community Calendar
Wilson County News Calendar of Events

Antique Shows

January
Winter Antiques Show - Brenham
Winter Antiques Show - Round Top

March - 2nd weekend
Antique and Garden Show - Sealy / Cat Springs

March-April & September-October
Largest Antique Festival in the Nation - Round Top
Show Daily
Round Top - Marburger Farms

August
Festival of Glass and Antique Show - Rosenberg
See also - Antiques and Arts Online

Art and Book Faires & Festivals
Tejas Art and Book Festival - Rockdale

Award Shows
Texas Music Awards

Concerts
House Concerts
Rock House Concerts - Gonzales
Third Coast Theatre - Port Aransas
Texas Concerts - TourTexas.com
Welder Center - Victoria

Exhibits
Museums often have permanent exhibits such as the La Salle Odyssey Project. The Museum of the Coastal Bend is one of seven museums that tell the story of the French explorers in Texas, captained by Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle.

Art Galleries and Art Museums also frequently feature Special Exhibitions. Openings at Galleries and Museums provide opportunities to meet the artists as well as purchase work for your private collections.

Artist, Sarah King and Saundra Queen-Schultz, owner of the Second Street Gallery in downtown Kenedy TX.

Sources for Art Exhibits include Glasstire.com and Texas Commission on the Arts Calendar of Events.

Fairs, Livestock Shows and Rodeos

Texas Fairs Calendar
Agfacts.tamu - Livestock Shows 2007

January-February
San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo - 210.225.5851

February
Livestock Shows
Cuero, Nordheim, Yorktown, Victoria

February-March
Star of Texas Fair & Rodeo - Austin

March
Goliad County Fair, Pro Rodeo, Carnival & Parade
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo - 832.667.1000
Lee County Junior Livestock Show - Giddings
Matagorda County Fair and Rodeo - Bay City

September - October
Texas State Fair - Fair Park - Dallas

October
Jackson County Youth Fair - Edna
Guadalupe County Fair & Rodeo - Seguin

Festivals

Fundraisers

Fundrasing Success Magazine
2008 Annual Fundraising Resource Guide

The Chisholm Trail Museum
Taste of the Trail IV! - April 19, 2008
Robert Oliver will host the 'Taste of the Trail' at his Bellevue Ranch, and cowboy poet,
storyteller, and singer Red Steagall will provide entertainment. Mmm, smell that BBQ...

Goliad's Main Street Fundraiser matched patrons with artists to create, celebrate and auction many colorful Rocking Chairs that were featured in a 4th of July Parade as well as on a Calendar.

Markets

Market Days

1st Weekend
Flatonia - March - May - December
Gruene - December

2nd Weekend
Bastrop - April through December
Goliad - March through December
Flatonia - September

3rd Weekend
Gruene - February through November
Victoria - March through May

4th Weekend
Palacios - March

Trade Days

Last Weekend
Seguin - Main Street Trade Days
March - April and September - October

Farmer's Markets

Wharton County Farmer's Market
Yoakum - The Bloomin' Farmers Market
Every Saturday

Meetings

I-10 Corrdior Association Annual Meeting - Spring Monthly Meetings, 3rd Wed, 10 am, Locations vary

Texas Independence Trail Region Texian Rally - January

Parades
Bastrop - New Orleans New Year Parade

Sports
Watch for Special Sporting Events to be listed here!

Trail Rides

Cuero - Rawhide Riders Annual Old Chisholm
Trail Ride

The Texas Connection to the American Revolution Association is planning a Trail Drive and Parade from San Antonio to Goliad to Nacogdoches to New Orleans as a reinactment and celebration of the 1st (and possibly the longest) Trail Drive in American History. For more information contact TCARA.

Workshops

Texas Leadership Institute
TLI offers one day seminars to educate community leaders on an array of community issues. Grant writing; strategic planning ...