FESTIVALS

Annual Festivals & Tours

Celebrating our rich Heritage

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Arts Fairs & Festivals

Film Festivals
Austin Jewish Film Festival - January
International Guitar Festival - February
Bountiful Bowl Pottery Fair, Rockport - February
1st Saturday Smithville Art Festival - March-December
Tejas Art and Book Festival - March
Texas State Arts Festival - March
Larry Joe Taylor's Annual Texas Music Festival - April
Kerrville Folk Festival - May-June
Texas Folklife Festival - June
Kerrville Wine and Music Festival - August
Austin City Limits Music Festival - September
Texas Book Festival - October
Texas Clay Festival - October

Annual Community Festivals

January

Hallettsville - State Championship Straight Domino Tournament,
Nordheim - Shooting Club Antique Tractor Pull, 2nd Saturday

February

Gonzales - Texas Independence Day Celebration
Port Aransas - Whoop It Up ~ Island Style

~ A Celebration of Whooping Cranes & Other Birds ~
Photo by Mike Sloat
Yoakum - Land of Leather Days

March

Brenham / Washington - Texas Independence Day Celebration

Goliad Massacre Reenactment - Fort Defiance Living History Program. A Recreation of the occupation of the fort by Col. Fannin and the Goliad Massacre. The only event of its kind in the State of Texas. Weekend closest to March 27th. For more info call 361-645-3752.

Hallettsville - South Texas Polka & Sausage Fest
Moulton - Polka Fest
Tomball - German Heritage Festival

April

Burton - Burton Cotton Gin Festival
Hallettsville - Fiddler's Frolics
Port Aransas - Texas Sandfest

May

Goliad - Cinco de Mayo Celebration
Gonzales - Cinco de Mayo, 1st Weekend
Nordheim St. Anne¹s Cemetery Association¹s
Cinco de Mayo Celebration, 1st Saturday
Seguin - Fiestas Juan Seguin
Weimar - Gedenke! Festival, Saturday before Mother¹s Day

June

San Antonio - Texas Folklife Festival
Seguin - Freedom Fiesta, Last Weekend
Seguin - Rural Heritage Days
Stockdale Watermelon Jubilee, 3rd Weekend
Yoakum - Tom-Tom Festival, 1st Weekend

July

Brenham / Washington - Fireworks-on-the-Brazos
Cuero - 4th of July Fireworks Celebration
Karnes City / Runge - 4th of July Celebration, Fireworks, Parade and Festival
Moulton - Town & Country Jamboree, Always the Last Full Weekend
Seguin - Biggest Small Town 4th of July Parade in Texas
Shiner - Half Moon Holidays Parade & Celebration, 1st Saturday
Round Top - Oldest 4th of July Celebration
Yoakum - Birthday Party
Yorktown - 4th of July Celebration

August

Flatonia Praha - Prazska Pout Annual Homecoming, Always August 15
Round Top - Blasmusik

September
Karnes City - Lonesome Dove Fest
Hallettsville - Kolache Fest

October
Beeville - Western Week
Cuero - TurkeyFest
Gonzales - Come and Take It Days
Flatonia - Czhilispiel
Floresville - Peanut Festival
Hallettsville - Polka & Sausage Fest
New Braunfels - "10 Day Salute to Sausage" Wurstfest
Rockport-Fulton - Sea Fair
Yorktown - Western Days

November
George West - Storyfest

February 21, 2008
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