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
Austin 360
Calendar Texas
Coastal Bend Regional Tourism Council Calendar
Corpus Christi Daily Calendars
Country World News Calendar
Craft Master News
Cultural Heritage Calendar
Festivals and Events
Festivals of Texas
GoodTimez - A Dining and Entertainment Calendar
GO TEXAN Rural Community Program Events
I-10 Corridor Association's Calendar of Events
MySanAntonio Calendar
Ranch Magazine Calendar of Events
Roadway Events
Rockport Net
Rural Texas Events
SACurrents
Southern Festivals
South Texas "What's Happening" Newsletter
Talk of the Town's Calendar
Texas Brazos Trail - Upcoming Events
Texas Commission on the Arts Calendar
Texas Cooking - Texas Events Calendar
Texas Country Reporter
Texas Downtown Association Events Calendar
Texas Events Calendar
Texas Fairs Calendar
Texas Festivals
Texas Happenings
Texas Highways Events Calendar
Texas Historical Commission Calendar
Texas Independence Trail - Upcoming Events
Texas Music Events Calendar
Texas Parks & Wildlife
Texas Settlement Region - Calendar of Events
Texas Tropical Trail - Upcoming Events
Texas Radio
Travel Texas
Victoria Advocate Calendar of Events
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
River Art Show & Festival - San Antonio

Award Shows
Texas Music Awards

Concerts
Concerts in Your Home (CIYH )
Listening Room Network (LRN)
House Concerts
House Concerts - Venues in Texas
Lydia Street House Concerts - Austin
Courtyard Gallery - Cuero
Rear Window - Ganado
The Bugle Boy - La Grange
Outrigger Grill - Palacios
Coffeewaves - Port Aransas
Third Coast Theatre - Port Aransas
Riff House Concerts - San Antonio
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
Travel Texas
Texas Highways

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 V! - April 17, 2010
Robert Oliver will host the 'Taste of the Trail' at his Bellevue Ranch in DeWitt County.

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
Beeville - May through December
Bellville - Monthly
Gruene - December
Old Town Katy - Every Month
Kenedy - March through December

2nd Weekend
Bastrop - April through December
Goliad - Monthly Year Round
Flatonia - March, April, September and October
Palacios - Monthly Year Round

3rd Weekend
Bay City - Monthly - 3rd Saturday
Gruene - February through November
Hallettsville - February, May, August, November
Victoria - March, April and May --
October, November and December

4th Weekend

Trade Days

Aranasas Pass - Monthly - 2nd, 4th Saturdays
Seguin - Main Street Trade Days
Last Weekend
March - April and September - October

Farmers' Markets

Farmers' Markets Online
Aransas Pass - Monthly - 2nd, 4th Saturdays
Beeville
Bastrop
New Braunfels
Schertz (includes Artisan's Market)
Wharton County Farmers' Market

Meetings

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

Texas Independence Trail Region Texian Rally

Parades
Bastrop - New Orleans New Year Parade

Sports
Skeet Shooting
Texas Skeet Shooters Association
Victoria Skeet and Trap Club

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 ...