Updated Texas Plains Trail Region HERITAGE EVENTS Annual? Event Month Event Start DateEvent End DateEvent Start TimeEvent End TimeEvent Day Venue Venue Address Venue City Venue Zip Code for year updated 11/27/2019 Annual Junior Livestock Show 1-January Gail 79738 20 First Day Hike (Particularly important to promote in 2020 1-January 01/01/20 01/01/20 NATIONWIDE as a "thank-you" to voters for supporting Texas State Parks & Historic Sites 20 Robert Burns Supper at Esquire Jazz Club 1-January 01/20/20 01/20/20 6:00 PM 9:00 PM Tuesday Esquire Jazz Club 626 South Polk St. Amarillo 79101
Annual Small Works Invitational 2-February 02/10/13 03/12/13 All day All day Sunday-TuesdayThe Art Center 1810 S. Dumas Ave Dumas 79029 Annual Small Works Invitational- Reception 2-February 02/10/13 02/10/13 2:00 PM 4:00 PM Sunday The Art Center 1810 S. Dumas Ave Dumas 79029 Art Trail in The Village 2-February 02/13/13 02/19/13 All day All day Wednesday- TuesdayThe Village Shopping Center 4414 82nd Street Lubbock 79423 Chocolate Fest benefiting the Scurry County Museum 2-February 02/09/13 02/09/13 6:00 PM 8:00 PM Saturday The Manhattan Coffeehouse 1804 26th Street Snyder 79549 19 Home Merc Gala 15th 2-February 02/09/19 02/09/19 6:00 PM 11:00 PM Friday Home Mercantile 1st Street Nazareth 79063
Kwahadi Indian Dancers Perform Winter Night Ceremonials 2-February 7:30 PM 10:00 PM Kwahadi Museum of the American Indian 9151 I-40 East Amarillo 79118
Lubbock Lions Club Pancake Festival 2-February 02/16/13 02/16/13 7:00 AM 8:00 PM Saturday Lubbock Civic Center 1501 Mac Davis Lane Lubbock 79401 20 “The Day the Music Died” 2-February 02/01/20 02/01/20 All day All day Saturday Buddy Holly Center 1801 Crickets Ave. Lubbock 79401
Valentine's Gala at the Canadian River Art Gallery. 2-February 02/09/13 02/09/13 7:30 PM 10:00 PM Saturday Canadian River Art Gallery 312 Main St Canadian 79014 Wine and Chocolate Fantasia 2-February 02/09/13 02/09/13 6:30 PM 8:30 PM Saturday Texas Tech 15th and Boston Lubbock 79416 Borger Birthday 3-March Borger Charles Goodnight Day 3-March 3/5/17 3/5/17 83(R) HCR 51 Goodnight 18 Dust Bowl Marathon Series 3-March 03/28/18 03/28/18 7:30 AM 9:00 AM Monday Rita Blanca Lake FM 281 Dalhart 79022 19 St. Patrick's Day Celebration 3-March 03/15/18 03/17/18 19 St. Patrick’s Day Parade (official St. Patrick’s Day 3-March 03/15/18 03/17/18 All day All day Fri.–Sun. Water Tower Plaza and downtown Shamrock 79079 Celebration in TX) Taba’na Yuan’e Wind Ceremony 3-March 03/19/15 Post 18 Texas Independence Day 3-March 03/02/18 03/02/18 All day All day STATEWIDE 18 Viva Aztlan Festival 3-March 03/09/18 03/10/18 All day All day Lubbock Women's History Month 3-March NATIONWIDE 19 Ranch Day 49th 4-April 04/13/19 04/13/19 10:00 AM 4:00 PM Saturday National Ranching Heritage Center 3121 4th St. Lubbock 79409
ABC Pro Rodeo 4-April City Bank Coliseum 2720 Drive of ChampionsLubbock 79409 Annual Chamber Banquet 4-April 04/04/13 04/04/13 5:00 PM 9:00 PM Thursday Dalhart Chamber of Commerce 1219 West FM 281 Dalhart 79022 Apple Blossom Celebration 4-April Apple Country at The Orchard 12206 E. Hwy. 62 Idalou 79329
Big Spring Prospectors Gem & Mineral Show 4-April Big Spring Bluegrass Festival 4-April Littlefield 19 Bob Wills Day 48th 4-April, Last Sat. 04/24/19 04/24/19 All day All day Thursday- SaturdayTurkey 602 Lyles Turkey 79261 Canadian's Got Talent and Block Party 4-April 04/20/13 04/20/13 5:00 PM 9:00 PM Saturday Canadian Chamber of Commerce 1101 N. 6th Street Canadian 79014 Chance Mark Jones Memorial 5k Walk/Run 4-April 04/13/13 04/13/13 8:00 AM 11:00 AM Saturday Clarendon 12148 FM 1262 Clarendon 79226 18 Chicken Fried Steak Festival 4-April 04/27/18 04/29/18 All day All day Thursday- SaturdayForrest Park 814 S. Houston Lamesa 79331 Comanche Springs in Palo Duro Canyon 4-April 04/20/13 04/20/13 3:00 PM 9:00 PM Saturday Palo Duro Canyon 11450 State Highway Park Rd 5Canyon 79015 Cottle County Old Settlers' Reunion and Rodeo 4-April Paducah 79248 Horned Toad Cookoff 4-April Copper Breaks State Park Intertribal Pow Wow 4-April Big Spring 19 Lubbock Arts Festival 41st 4-April 04/13/19 04/14/19 Friday-SaturdayLubbock Memorial Civic Center 1501 Mac Davis Lane Lubbock 79401
19 Newsom Grape Day 4-April 04/26/19 04/26/19 18 Ogallala Quilting Festival 4-April 04/05/18 04/07/18 Thursday- Saturday Dimmitt 79027 Quanah Rodeo & Quanah Junior Rodeo 4-April Quanah Taste of Terry County 4-April Brownfield The Annual Museum Fund Raising Banquet 4-April 04/12/13 04/12/13 5:00 PM 9:00 PM Friday Armstrong County Museum 121 N. Trice St Claude 79019 13 Amarillo- Old West Heritage Rendezvous 5-May 05/30/13 05/30/13 7:00 PM 8:00 PM Thursday Kwahadi Museum of the American Indian 9151 I-40 East Amarillo 79118 19 Amarillo Business Connection 27th 5-May 05/16/19 05/16/19 10:00 AM 4:00 PM Thursday Amarillo Civic Center 401 S Buchanan St. Amarillo 79101
18 Big Z Bar-b-que 5-May 05/04/13 05/04/13 5:00 PM 8:00 PM Saturday Pampa 1200 N Duncan Pampa 79065 19 Canadian River Music Festival 5-May 05/11/19 05/11/19 12:00 PM 11:00 PM Saturday Jones Pavilion 1101 N. 6th Street Canadian 79014
Canyon Driving Tour 5-May 05/25/13 05/25/13 3:00 PM 5:00 PM Saturday Palo Duro Canyon State Park 11450 State Highway Park Rd 5Canyon 79015 19 Capital Peak Classic mountain bike race 5-May 05/18/19 05/19/19 11:00 PM 10:59 PM Sat.–Sun. Palo Duro Canyon State Park 11450 State Highway Park Rd 5 79015 19 Cinco de Mayo 5-May 05/05/19 05/05/19 All day All day Saturday NATIONWIDE Cinco De Mayo Festivities 5-May 05/05/13 05/05/13 All day All day Sunday Pampa 111 E. Harvester Pampa 79065 19 Cinco De Mayo Parade 7th 5-May 05/04/19 05/04/19 10:00 AM 11:00 AM Saturday Lubbock Broadway at Ave. V Lubbock 79401
19 Cinco De Mayo Celebration 5-May 05/04/19 05/04/19 2:00 PM 10:00 PM Saturday Spearman Main Street Spearman 79081 Cruzers Muscle Car Weekend 5-May 05/11/13 05/11/13 All day All day Saturday Rita Blanca Lake FM 281 Dalhart 79022 Cynthia Ann Parker Days 5-May Crowell Friends of Southwestern Art Annual Luncheon 5-May 05/04/13 05/04/13 11:30 AM 1:00 PM Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum 2503 4th Ave Canyon 79015 Gruver Rodeo 5-May 05/18/13 05/18/13 All day All day Saturday Gruver Rodeo Grounds Gruver Rodeo Grounds Gruver 79040 Hansford County Parade and Rodeo 5-May 05/18/19 05/18/19 All day All day Saturday Main Street Main Street Spearman 79081 19 Hansford Heritage Days 5-May 05/18/19 05/18/19 All day All day Saturday Spearman 79081 19 HCHD Rib Cook-Off and Fishing Tourn. 5-May 05/11/19 05/11/19 All day All day Saturday Lake Palo Duro 10 miles north of Spearman on Palo Duro Creek, a tributary of the North Canadian RiverSpearman 79081 19 Hike with the Mayor 5-May 05/18/19 05/18/19 9:00 AM 10:00 AM Saturday Canyon Lake #6 Canyon Lake Dr. Lubbock 79401
19 Landmark After Dark Hike 5-May 05/25/19 05/25/19 8:15 PM 10:00 PM Saturday Lubbock Lake Landmark 2401 Landmark Dr. Lubbock 79415
Memorial Day Observance 5-May Paducah 79248 Miss Hansford County Scholarship Pageant 5-May 05/11/13 05/11/13 6:00 PM 10:00 PM Saturday Spearman High School Auditorium 403 E. 11th Spearman 79081 19 Mulkey Theatre Grand Reopening 5-May 05/25/19 05/25/19 Saturday Mulkey Theatre Clarendon 79226 110 S. Kearney St. National Preservation Month 5-May NATIONWIDE 19 National Travel & Tourism Week 5-May 05/05/19 05/11/19 All day All day Sun.–Sat. NATIONWIDE 19 Old Settlers’ Day 5-May 05/11/19 05/11/19 All day All day Saturday Courthouse Square Floydada 19 Preservation Month 5-May 05/01/19 05/31/19 All day All day Run for the Wall 5-May Wednesday- FridayDowntown 1101 Ave H Levelland 19 Tourism Expo 5-May 05/10/19 05/10/19 10:00 AM 2:00 PM Friday Amarillo Travel Information Center 9700 I-40 Amarillo 79118
Veterans Day Program 5-May, Memorial Memorial Day Stratford Day Cemetery Washington Cattle Co. Bluegrass Festival 5-May Flomot 79234 19 XIT Trail of Sales 16th 5-May 05/17/19 05/17/19 8:30 AM 2:00 PM Friday Dalhart area Dalhart 79022 19 24 Hours in the Canyon (mountain bike race) 6-June 06/01/19 06/02/19 Sat.–Sun. Palo Duro Canyon State Park 11450 State Highway Park Rd 5Canyon 79015 Bar-None Rodeo 6-June Plainview 19 Big Dog BBQ Cook-off 6-June 06/21/19 06/22/19 Sat.–Sun. Swenson Park Hill St. Spur 79370 19 Big Spring Cowboy Reunion & Rodeo 6-June 06/20/19 06/22/19 All day All day Thurs.–Sat. Big Spring Rodeo Bowl Big Spring 19 Burnin’ the Bricks Car Show 6-June 06/08/19 06/08/19 Saturday Pampa 19 CC Riders Car Show 6-June 06/08/19 06/08/19 Saturday Colorado City 19 Comanche Summer 6-June 06/22/19 06/22/19 5:00 PM 8:00 PM Saturday Palo Duro Canyon State Park 11450 State Highway Park Rd 5Canyon 79015 19 Comanchero Rendezvous 6-June 06/29/19 06/29/19 10:00 AM Saturday Comanchero Canyons Museum Quitaque Cookin' on the Bricks BBQ Cook-off 6-June Pampa Coors Cowboy Club Ranch Rodeo 6-June 06/07/13 06/08/13 Fri: 7-11 pm Sat: All Day Friday-SaturdayTri State Fair Grounds 3301 SE 10th Ave. Amarillo 79104 Copper Breaks State Park Star Walk 6-June 06/08/13 06/08/13 5:45 PM 10:30 PM Saturday Copper Breaks State Park 777 Park Rd 62 Quanah 79252 D’Town BBQ Cookoff 6-June Dumas 17 Downtown Merchants Beach Bash And Vehicle Show 6-June 06/03/17 06/03/17 10:00 AM 3:00 PM Saturday Downtown 600 North Main Borger 79008 19 Dumas Noon Lions Dogie Days 73rd 6-June 06/12/19 06/15/19 All day All day Wednesday–SaturdayMcDade Park McDade Park Dumas 79029
Frontier Follies 6-June Miami High Plains Winegrowers Wine and Music Festival 6-June 06/14/13 06/15/13 All day All day Friday- SaturdayMallet Center 2320 U.S. 385 Levelland 79336 Kwahadi Indian Dancers Song of the Eagle 6-June 06/01/13 07/27/13 7:00 PM 9:00 PM Friday-SaturdayKwahadi Museum of the American Indian 9151 I-40 East Amarillo 79118 Larry Criss Memorial Fishing Tournament 6-June 06/22/13 06/23/13 8:00 AM 8:00 AM Saturday-SundayCopper Breaks State Park 777 Park Rd 62 Quanah 79252 19 Llano Wine & Clay Festival 22nd 6-June 06/08/19 06/09/19 6:30 PM 8:30 PM Saturday-SundayLlano Estacado Winery 3426 East FM 1585 Lubbock 79404
Monday Night Music at the Magnolia Station 6-June 06/10/13 08/05/13 6:30 PM 8:30 PM Monday Downtown 201 Main Vega 79092 17 National Cow Calling Contest And Annual Steak Cook-Off 6-June 06/02/17 06/04/17 10:00 AM 5:00 PM Saturday Miami 100 E. Commercial St Miami 79059 18 National Trails Day 6-June 06/02/18 06/02/18 Saturday NATIONWIDE 18 Old Mill Trade Days 6-June 06/09/17 06/11/17 All day All day Second Saturday of monthOld Mill and Downtown Post Post 79356 19 Overflow Conjunto Music Festival 6-June 06/15/19 06/15/19 All day All day Post Post 79356 Red, White, and MOO Milk Fest 6-June 06/29/13 06/29/13 9:00 AM 4:00 PM Saturday Downtown 2000 South Columbia St.Plainview 79072 Roaring Springs: School Reunion 6-June 06/22/13 06/22/13 8:00 AM 12:00 PM Saturday City Hall 209 Broadway Roaring Springs 79256 Sounds of Texas Outdoor Music 6-June 06/06/13 06/27/13 7:00 PM 9:00 PM Thursday Courthouse 1709 Ave H Levelland 79336 St. Anthony’s Fiesta Jamaica 6-June Dalhart 19 Texas Archeology Society Field School 6-June 06/08/19 06/15/19 Palo Duro Canyon State Park 11450 State Highway Park Rd 5Canyon 79015
19 Texas Archeology Society Public Expo Evening 6-June 06/13/19 06/13/19 4:00 PM 8:00 PM Thursday Palo Duro Canyon State Park 11450 State Highway Park Rd 5Canyon 79015 19 TEXAS Outdoor Musical Drama 6-June–August 06/01/19 08/17/19 8:30 PM 10:30 PM Tues.–Sun. Palo Duro Canyon 11450 State Highway Park Rd 5Canyon 79015 19 Texas’ Last Frontier Heritage Celebration and Buffalo 6-June 06/07/19 06/09/19 All day All day Saturday-SundayTexas' Last Frontier Historical Museum 118 SW 1st Street Morton 79346 Soldier Encampment
Tour de Muleshoe 6-June, Father’s Father’s Day weekend Muleshoe Day weekend Truckin Along US Route 62/82 Yard Sales 6-June 06/08/13 06/08/13 All day All day Saturday Start in Crosbyton US Route 62/82 Crosbyton 79322 Waylon Fest 6-June 06/07/13 06/07/13 5:00 PM 12:00 AM Friday Whiteface Hwy 114 and Hayes St. Whiteface 70379 18 West Texas Western Swing Festival 6-June 06/06/18 06/09/18 All day All day Wednesday–SaturdayScurry County Invenergy Coliseum 900 E. Coliseum Dr. Snyder 79549 XIT Trail of Sales 6-June Channing, Hartley, Dalhart, and Texline July 4th Rodeo 128th 7-July 07/01/16 07/04/16 All day All day Thursday Canadian Chamber of Commerce 119 North 2nd Street Canadian 79014 4th of July Festivities 7-July 07/02/16 07/02/16 Saturday Gruver 79040
4th of July Festivities 7-July 07/02/16 07/02/16 Saturday Saturday Hale Center
4th of July Festivities 7-July Perryton 4th on Broadway 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 All day All day Thursday Broadway and Ave. K Lubbock 79401
Amigos La Raza on the Plaza 7-July 07/02/16 07/02/16 Saturday Lubbock County Courthouse Square Lubbock
19 Pampa Fireworks Show 7-July 07/04/19 07/04/19 All day All day Thursday Pampa Rec. Park and Rodeo Grounds Hwy 60 Pampa 79065 Block Party & Street Dance 7-July, Last Sat. Last Sat. Stratford 79084 Boomtown with a Bang 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 Borger
19 Brownfield Rodeo 07/05/19 07/06/19 All day All day
Buffalo Springs Lake 3rd of July Fireworks Extravaganza 7-July 07/03/16 07/03/16 9:30 PM Sunday Buffalo Springs Lake Lubbock 19 Caprock Roundup & Rodeo 7-July 07/11/19 07/13/19 Claude
Celebrate Freedom community party 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 Monday Lake Rita Blanca FM 281 Dalhart 79022
19 Cheeseburger Festival 7-July 07/20/19 07/20/19 1:00 PM 8:00 PM Saturday Friona
Comancheros de Vega & Bluegrass Festival 7-July Vega Deutsches Fest 7-July Darrouzett Downtown Celebration and Fireworks 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 10:00 AM 5:00 PM Thursday Post City Park S. Broadway St. at E. 3rd St.Post 79356 Early Settlers’ Day Festival 7-July, 2nd Sat. 2nd Sat. All day All day Saturday Downtown 1709 Ave H Levelland 79336 Explode! Don Harrington Discovery Center Amarillo 19 Fair on the Square July 07/04/19 07/04/19 9:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. Saturday Historic Courthouse Square 1518 5th Ave. Canyon 79015 Farwell Border Town Days 7-July Farwell Fiesta de Campesina 7-July Plainview Firecracker Run road race (oldest in TX) 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 Brownfield Fireworks 7-July Shamrock Flag Parade 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 9:00 AM 10:00 AM Thursday West I-40 Overpass Vega 79092
19 Fly-In and Festivities 7-July 07/04/19 07/04/19 7:00 AM 10:30 PM Thursday Colorado City 79512 19 Fireworks & Fun @ the Park 7-July 07/04/19 07/04/19 Ruddick Park Colorado City 79512 Fourth of July Celebration 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 All day All day Thursday Canadian Chamber of Commerce 119 North 2nd Street Canadian 79014 Fourth of July Celebration 7-July Lake Meredith National Recreation AreaFritch
Fourth of July Celebration 7-July Lamesa
Fourth of July Celebration 7-July 07/03/16 07/03/16 Sunday Towle Park Snyder Fourth of July Celebration and The World Championship Mud Volleyball Tournament7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 All day All day Thursday McDade Park McDade Park Dumas 79029
Fourth of July Celebration Small Town Celebration 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 6:00 PM 10:30 PM Thursday Main Street Main Street Adrian 79001 Fourth of July Celebration/Fireworks 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 Monday Towle Park Snyder
Fourth of July Rodeo 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 All day All day Thurs.–Sun City rodeo grounds First St. and TX Hwy. 83 Wellington 79095 Fourth on the Fifth 7-July 07/05/16 Wolfforth
Freedom Celebration 7-July 07/03/16 07/03/16 4:00 PM Sunday Dameron Park Hereford 79045
Freedom Fest at Memorial Park 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 12:00 PM 5:30 PM Thursday Memorial Park 2501 S. Washington Amarillo 79109 Freedom Parade 07/02/16 07/02/16 10:00 AM High School Park Coahoma 19 Funtastic Fourth 6-June 06/28/19 06/29/19 Big Spring German Fest 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 Nazareth Globe News Fireworks Festival 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 5:30 PM 10:30 PM Thursday 4800 Bell Amarillo 79109 Hall County: Fireworks Display 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 6:30 PM 10:30 PM Thursday 1501 High St. Memphis 79245
Independence Day Celebration 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 All day All day Thursday Square Downtown Canyon 79015 Independence Day Fireworks at Lake Rita Blanca 7-July 07/03/16 07/03/16 9:00 PM 10:30 PM Sunday Lake Rita Blanca FM 281 Dalhart 79022
19 Route 66 Festival Scheduled for July 2019 7-July Shamrock Updated: Jan 4 Mark your calendars for Shamrock's second year of hosting the Route 66 Festival on the weekend of July 12, 2019. More details to come, so stay tuned! 18 International Route 66 Festival 7-July 07/12/18 07/15/18 All day All day Shamrock 17 J. O. Dockrey Fly-In 7-July 4th 07/04/17 07/04/17 Colorado City JOY 4th of July 7-July Panhandle July 4 Celebration & Fireworks 7-July Paducah July 4th Celebration 7-July Canyon
July 4th Celebration 7-July Muleshoe
July 4th Celebration 7-July Wheeler
July 4th Festival 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 5:00 PM 10:00 PM Thursday Sanford Sanford 79078 July 4th Festival 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 10:00 AM 3:00 PM Thursday Slaton Park Slaton 79364
July 4th Rodeo 7-July Canadian 79014 Kick Back Day and Rodeo 7-July White Deer 19 Kwahadi Indian Dancers 75th Anniversary 07/05/19 07/06/19
Littlefield Celebration 7-July Littlefield Lubbock Moonlight Musicals 7-July 07/05/13 07/20/13 8:00 PM 10:30 PM Friday and SaturdayWells Fargo Amphitheater 601 Municipal Dr. Lubbock 79403
National Day of the American Cowboy 7-July 07/27/19 07/27/19 6:00 PM 9:00 PM Saturday Working Ranch Cowboys Association 408 SW 7th Amarillo 79109 19 National Day of the Cowboy 7-July, 4th Sat. 07/27/19 07/27/19 Saturday Visit Fort Worth Old Fashioned 4th of July Celebration 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 9:30 AM 3:00 PM Thursday Amarillo Zoo 2400 N. Polk St. Amarillo 79107
17 Old Mill Trade Days 7-July 07/08/17 07/10/17 All day All day Second Saturday of monthOld Mill and Downtown Post Post 79356 17 Old Mobeetie Music Festival 7-July 07/28/17 07/30/17 All day All day Friday-SundayMobeetie Courthouse Square Square Mobeetie 79061 Old Settlers Reunion and Rodeo 7-July/August Wheeler Old Settlers Rodeo and Reunion 7-July Childress Old Timers Reunion 7-July, Last Fri.-Sat. Last Fri.-Sat Stratford 79084
PBOMA Bluegrass Music Festival 7-July 07/19/13 07/21/13 All day All day Friday-SundayVega City Park Vega City Park Vega 79092 Pops in the Park 7-July 07/03/16 07/03/16 5:00 PM Sunday Comanche Trail Park Big Spring Quilt Show 7-July Borger Red, White, and Moo Parade 7-July 07/02/16 07/02/16 Saturday Plainview
Roaring Springs: 100th Anniversary and 4th of July Celebration 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 All day All day Thursday Downtown 209 Broadway Roaring Springs 79256 Saints' Roost Celebration 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 All day All day Thursday Downtown 110 S. Kearney St. Clarendon 79226 Saints’ Roost July 4 Celebration & Rodeo 7-July Clarendon 19 Sandhills Celebration 40th 7-July/August 07/31/19 Aug. 3, 2019 All day All day Olton
17 Smokin’ in the Park BBQ Cook-off 7-July 07/21/17 07/22/17 Post 79356 Stratford Classes Reunion 7-July, Last Fri.-Sat Last Fri./Sat. All day All day Saturday Main Street Stratford 79084 Stratford Jamboree Parade 7-July, Last Sat. Last Sat. Stratford 79084 Summer shows at Palo Duro Canyon 7-July 07/29/13 07/29/13 8:30 PM 10:30 PM Monday Pioneer Amphitheatre 11450 State Highway Park Rd 5Canyon 79015
19 Swisher County Picnic 7-July 07/20/19 07/20/19 Tulia
19 Tex Randall 60th Birthday 7-July 07/20/19 07/20/19 Canyon 79015 TEXAS Outdoor Drama Fireworks 7-July 7/__/2018 Canyon 79015 14 Texas Plains Trail Tourism & Preservation Round-Up 7-July 08/09/14 08/09/14 All day All day Wednesday-FridayCanadian Elementary School 500 Dogwood St. Canadian 79014 18 Texas Welcomes the World International Route 66 7-July 07/12/18 07/15/18 All day All day Thurs.–Sat. Shamrock Festival 16 Fun Day 7-July 07/03/16 07/03/16 All day All day Sunday Cactus 79013
Center City Block Party 8-August not held 2016, 2017 Amarillo 19 Chillin’ on the Bricks 8-August Saturday Pampa County Birthday Celebration & Rodeo 8-August Silverton Earth Ranch Rodeo 8-August Earth Foothills Saturday Night 8-August Matador Groom Days and Ranch Rodeo 8-August Groom Hang Gliding Championships 8-August Big Spring 17 Happy Days 8-August 08/17/17 08/19/17 Happy Arena; Downtown Happy Howard County Fair 8-August Big Spring 19 Howdy Neighbor Day 60th 8-August 08/17/19 08/17/19 Saturday Fritch City Park Fritch 79036 Hub City Beach Party 8-August 08/03/13 08/03/13 5:00 PM 12:00 AM Saturday Cactus Courtyard 1801 Buddy Holly Lubbock 79401 19 Lions Club Rodeo and Rodeo Parade 68th 8-August 08/16/19 08/17/19 5:30 PM 9:00 PM Friday-SaturdayDowntown 808 Ave I Ralls 79357 Lubbock Moonlight Musicals 8-August 08/09/13 08/24/13 8:00 PM 10:30 PM Friday and SaturdayWells Fargo Amphitheater 601 Municipal Dr. Lubbock 79403 17 Motley-Dickens Old Settlers Reunion Rodeo 8-August/September 08/24/17 08/26/17 Roaring Springs Movie on the Square 8-August 08/15/13 08/15/13 8:00 PM 10:30 PM Thursday Downtown 1709 Ave H Levelland 79336 Mule Days 8-August Muleshoe Old Fashion Saturday 8-August Lockney Oldham County Roundup 8-August, 2nd Sat. 2nd Sat. 08/10/13 All day All day Saturday Downtown 904 Main Vega 79092 17 Post Stampede Rodeo 8-August 08/10/17 08/12/17 All day All day Thursday-SaturdayPost Rodeo Grounds Post Post 79356 17 Post Stampede Rodeo & Parade 8-August 08/12/17 08/12/17 Post 17 Annual Sandhills Celebration 8-August 08/02/17 08/05/17 Olton Seminole Trade Days 8-August Seminole 17 Spicer Gripp Memorial Roping 8-August 08/03/17 08/06/17 Hereford 17 Sunray Funday 8-August 08/09/17 08/09/17 Sunray Sunray 79086 17 Terry County Vineyard Festival 8-August 08/04/17 08/05/17 Brownfield 19 Top o’ Texas PRCA Rodeo 8-August 08/10/19 08/11/19 Pampa Town & Country Jubilee 8-August Hereford 17 Wheatheart of the Nation Festival 8-August 08/05/17 08/26/17 Perryton White Buffalo Bikefest 8-August Snyder Will Rogers Day 8-August Higgins 79046 Wines & Vines Festival 8-August 08/02/13 08/03/13 All day All day Friday- SaturdayMcPhearson Cellars 1615 Texas Ave. Lubbock 79404 17 XIT Rodeo and Reunion 8-August 08/03/17 08/05/17 All day All day Thursday-SaturdayXIT Rodeo Arena Tennessee Ave & East 8th St.Dalhart 79022 18 Apple Butter Festival 23rd 9-September 09/22/18 09/23/18 10:00 AM 5:00 PM Friday- SaturdayThe Orchard 12206 E. Hwy. 62 Idalou 79329 Assiter Punkin Ranch 9-September Assiter Punkin Ranch 3451 Ralls Hwy South Floydada 79235 19 At’l Do Farms Corn Maize 9-September-Nov. 09/14/19 11/09/19 6:00 PM 10:00 PM Tuesday- SundaySimpson Farm FM 1294 Lubbock 79401 19 Autumn Street Fest 9-September 09/28/19 9/282019 8:00 AM Noon Saturday Canyon Square 1516 5th Ave. Canyon 79015
19 BisonFest (Texas State Bison Music Festival) 9-September 09/28/19 09/28/19 10:00 AM Midnight Saturday Downtown Quitaque Quitaque/Caproc 79255 k Canyons State Park Borger: Adobe Walls Trek No longer held regularly 9-September 09/07/13 09/07/13 9:00 AM 12:00 PM Saturday Hutchinson County Museum 618 North Main Borger 79008 19 Boys Ranch Rodeo and Adventure FEST 75th 9-September, Labor 08/31/19 08/31/19 All day All day Saturday Boys Ranch US 385 Boys Ranch 79010 Day 19 Buddy's Birthday Bash 9-September 09/07/19 09/07/19 10:00 AM 5:00 PM Saturday Buddy Holly Center 1801 Crickets Ave. Lubbock 79401
19 Canadian River Beach Club Calf Fry & BBQ Cookoff 9-September 09/28/19 09/28/19 10:00 AM 12:00 PM Saturday Jones Pavilion 1101 N. 6th Street Canadian 79014 17 Castro County Harvest Days 9-September 09/09/17 09/09/17 Saturday Dimmitt 19 Chautauqua in Central Park 9-September 09/02/19 09/02/19 Monday Central Park Pampa 19 Colonel Charles Goodnight Chuckwagon Cookoff 25th 9-September 09/28/19 09/28/19 All day All day Saturday Downtown Clarendon Clarendon 79226 Comanche Warrior Triathlon 9-September Big Spring 17 Cotton Boll Fest 22nd 9-September 09/09/17 09/09/17 All day All day Ralls 17 Cotton Fest 22nd 9-September 09/09/17 09/09/17 All day All day Idalou Cowboy Days Festival 9-September Plainview Coyote Opry 9-September Gail Downtown Block Party 9-September Dalhart Dumas Quilt Show 9-September 09/28/13 10/31/13 All day All day Saturday- ThursdayThe Art Center 1810 S. Dumas Ave Dumas 79029 17 Fall Festival 47th 9-September 09/02/17 09/02/17 9:00 AM 6:00 PM Saturday Garden and Arts Center 4215 University Ave. Lubbock 19 Fall Festival 9-September 09/14/19 09/14/19 All day All day Saturday Courthouse Square Downtown Quanah Quanah 79252 Fiesta Night 9-September Booker 79005 Fiestas Patrias 9-September Lubbock 19 Flatland Film Festival 9-September 09/19/19 09/19/19 6:00 PM 9:00 PM Thursday LHUCA 511 Avenue K Lubbock 79411
17 Friona Maize Days 9-September 09/08/17 09/16/17 Friona 19 Full Comanche Moon Star Party 9-September 09/14/19 09/14/19 8:15 PM 9:15 PM Saturday Caprock Canyons State Park & Trailway Quanah
19 Goodnight Under the Stars 9-September 8/31/19 8/31/19 Goodnight 19 Hall County Picnic and Old Settler Reunion 9-September 9/21.2019 9/21.2019 All day All day Saturday Town Square Memphis 79245
Harvest Festival 9-September Tahoka 17 Harvest Moon concert 8th 9-September 09/01/17 09/01/17 7:15 PM 11:00 PM Saturday Paul Johnson's House 3707 94th St. Lubbock 79423 Junior Rough Riders Fall Corral 9-September 09/28/13 09/28/13 All day All day Saturday National Ranching Heritage Center 3121 4th St. Lubbock 79409 Labor Day Annual Rotary Steer Roping 9-September Muleshoe 19 Landmark After Dark Night Hike 9-September 09/28/19 09/28/19 7:25 PM 9:00 PM Saturday Lubbock Lake Landmark 2401 Landmark Dr. Lubbock 79415 17 Maxwell's Pumpkin Patch 9-September 09/23/17 10/29/17 Maxwell’s Pumpkin Farm 12908 S. Bell St. Amarillo 79118 17 Mexico Independence Day (Diez y Seis) 9-September 09/16/17 09/16/17 NATIONWIDE 19 Mitchell County Reunion 9-September 09/30/17 09/30/17 Saturday Colorado City 17 Molly Goodnight Day 9-September 09/12/17 09/12/17 Goodnight 19 Museum Day 9-September 09/28/19 09/28/19 Saturday The Art Center 1810 S. Dumas Ave Dumas 79029 17 Museum Day 50th 9-September 9/23/17 9/23/17 Saturday TX Hwy. 207 (Elsie Street) and Fifth StreetPanhandle 79068 19 National Cowboy Symposium & Celebration 31st 9-September 09/06/19 09/08/19 All day All day Thursday-SundayLubbock Memorial Civic Center Theatre 1501 Mac Davis Ln. Lubbock 79401
Old Settlers’ Reunion 9-September, Labor Labor Day Mobeetie Day 19 Quanah Parker Day 9-September 09/14/19 09/14/19 All day All day Saturday Statewide events Royal Splash Corn Maze 9-September-Nov. Plainview 19 Panhandle-South Plains Fair 102nd 9-September 09/20/19 09/28/19 All day All day Daily South Plains Fairgrounds 1012 Ave. A Lubbock 79401 17 Tri-State Fair and Rodeo 9-September 09/15/17 09/23/17 All day All day Friday-SaturdayTri State Fair Grounds 3301 SE 10th Ave. Amarillo 79104 Vino Festivo 9-September 09/27/13 09/27/13 6:30 PM 11:00 PM Friday The Watson Building 1109 13th St. Lubbock 79401 19 Yoakum County Watermelon Roundup 24th 9-September, Labor 08/31/19 08/31/19 Plains Day weekend
19 West Texas Walk of Fame Induction Ceremony 9-September 09/19/19 09/19/19 7:00 PM Saturday Lubbock Memorial Civic Center Theatre 1501 Mac Davis Ln. Lubbock 79401
Celebrate Seagraves 10-October Seagraves Copper Breaks State Park Star Walk 10-October 10/12/12 10/12/12 5:45 PM 10:30 PM Friday Copper Breaks State Park 777 Park Rd 62 Quanah 79252 19 County Fair 10-October 10/19/19 10/19/19 MK Brown Civic Center Pampa
Cowboy Gathering 10-October Crosbyton Fall Festival 10-October Stratford High School 19 Fall Foliage Festival 3rd weekend Oct.10-October 10/19/19 10/20/19 All day All day Saturday Canadian Chamber of Commerce 119 North 2nd Street Canadian 79014
19 Fall Harvest on the Bricks 10-October Pampa
19 Grape Day 26th 10-October 10/26/19 10/26/19 11:00 AM 5:00 PM Saturday Llano Estacado Winery 3426 East FM 1585 Lubbock 79404
Harvest Festival 10-October Gail Heritage Halloween 10-October 10/25/13 10/25/13 4:00 PM 7:00 PM Friday National Ranching Heritage Center 3121 4th St. Lubbock 79409 Homecoming 10-October Spur 19 Hub City BBQ Cookoff 19th 10-October 10/10/19 10/10/19 5:00 PM 8:00 PM Thursday Downtown Main St. and Ave. O Lubbock 79401
Irish Craft Fest 10-October Shamrock 19 Llano Cemetery Historic Twilight Tour 10-October 10/19/19 10/19/19 3:00 PM 7:00 PM Saturday Llano Cemetery 27th and Arthur Amarillo 79109
17 Lubbock Book Festival 10-October 10/28/17 10/28/17 All day All day Saturday LHUCA Lubbock
17 National Golden Spur Award 10-October 10/14/17 10/14/17 National Ranching Heritage Center 3121 4th St. Lubbock 19 Punkin Day 10-October 10/12/19 10/12/19 All day All day Saturday Courthouse Square Floydada 79235
17 Return to the Remuda Horse Sale 10-October 10/07/17 10/07/17 All day All day Saturday 6666 Ranch 1102 Dash for Cash Rd. Guthrie 79236
St. Anthony’s Oktoberfest 10-October Dalhart 19 St. Joseph’s Sausage Festival 50th 10-October 10/19/19 10/20/19 8:00 AM 4:00 PM Sat.–Sun. St. Joseph’s Church 1305 W. Division St. Slaton 79364
19 Terry County Harvest Festival 10-October 10/11/19 10/11/19 Friday Brownfield Texas Archaeology Month 10-October STATEWIDE Tom Butler Memorial Bronc Ride 10-October Post TTU Historic Preservation Symposium 10-October 10/26/12 10/26/12 8:30 AM 4:00 PM Friday Texas Tech College of Architecture, Rm. 007Lubbock 79409 19 White Buffalo Festival/Heritage Celebration/Edith 10-October 10/04/19 10/05/19 Snyder McKanna Celebration Wild Hog Cook-off 10-October/Nov. Crowell 19 Woody Guthrie Tribute 27th 10-October 10/05/19 10/05/19 5:00 PM 8:00 PM Saturday M K Brown Civic Center Pampa 19 Candy Cane Lane Y 11-November 11/16/19 11/16/19 2:00 PM 6:00 PM Saturday Moore County Courthouse Square 715 S. Dumas Ave. Dumas 79029
19 Celebration of Lights 11-November 11/28/19 11/31/19 Pampa
19 Christmas in the Gardens 11-November 11/30/19 12/22/19 6:00 PM 8:30 PM Nightly Amarillo Botanical Gardens 1400 Streit Dr. Amarillo 79106
16 Christmas in November 11-November 11/10/16 11/10/16 Knox City, Munday 19 Christmas in the Park/First-Ever Annual Night-time 24th 11-November 11/29/19 01/01/20 5:30 PM Friday Fair Park 4th St NW at Ave. I NW Childress 79201 Christmas Parade
19 Christmas Tree Forest at the Heritage Museum 11-November–Dec. 11/12/2019 12/21/19 Tuesday Heritage Museum of Big Spring Big Spring
Dia de los Muertos 11-November Oct. 31-Nov. 2 NATIONWIDE 16 Do Gooders Fall Bazaar & Quilt Raffle 11-November 11/11/16 11/11/16 Roaring Springs 18 Downtown Merchants’ Christmas Open House 11-November 11/18/18 11/18/18 Noon 4:00 PM Sunday Borger 19 German Sausage Festival 68th (2nd 11-November 11/10/19 11/10/19 11:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. Sunday St. Mary's Catholic Church 22830 Pondaseta Road Umbarger 79091 Sun of Nov.)
18 Heritage Village Christmas 11-November 11/29/18 11/29/18 5:00 PM 8:00 PM Thursday Heritage Village 900 E. Coliseum Dr. Snyder 79549
Holiday Affair Craft Show 11-November Vega 19 Holiday Happening 40th 11/14/19 11/18/19 Thursday–SundayLubbock Memorial Civic Center Lubbock
19 Home for the Holidays Craft Show 11-November 11/08/19 11/09/19 Friday–SaturdayMallet Event Center Levelland 18 Late Night Christmas Shopping 11-November 11/24/18 11/24/18 5:00 PM Saturday Downtown Roaring Springs Roaring Springs 19 Lighting of the Star on Gail Mountain 26th (day 11-November 11/29/19 11/29/19 5:30 PM 8:00 PM Friday Borden County Courthouse 117 E. Wassom Ave. Gail 79738 after Thanksgivi ng)
19 The Lights at Town Square 11-November 11/29/19 11/29/19 5:00 PM 9:00 PM Friday Town Square Village Soncy & Hillside Amarillo
NaNoWriMo Write-in Palo Duro! 11-November 11/16/19 11/16/19 9:00 AM Saturday Palo Duro Canyon State Park Palo Duro Canyon State Park 19 Lighting Up the Bricks: A Shopping Extravaganza 11-November 11/15/19 11/15/19 5:00 PM 9:00 PM Friday Downtown Pampa Pampa 79065 19 National Bison Day 11-November 11/2/19 11/2/19 All day All day Saturday
Native American History Month 11-November NATIONWIDE Oldham County Arts and Crafts Show 11-November 11/08/13 11/08/13 9:00 AM 6:00 PM Friday Downtown 201 Main Vega 79092 19 Railhead Trade Days Holiday Palooza 11-November 11/16/19 11/17/19 9:00 AM 5:00 PM Saturday–SundayRailhead Building 1st and Elm St. Colorado City 79512 Small Business Saturday 11-November 11/30/19 11/30/19 All Day All Day Saturday NATIONWIDE 19 Veteran’s Day Parade and Activities 11-November 11/09/19 11/09/19 Pampa 79065 19 Veteran’s Day Parade 11-November 11/09/19 11/09/19 Lubbock 79065 19 Veteran’s Day Events at Silent Wings 11-November 11/11/19 11/11/19 10:00 AM 5:00 PM Monday Silent Wings Museum Lubbock 79065
Veteran’s Day Program 11-November Crowell Veterans Day program 11-November Benjamin 19 WRCA World Championship Ranch Rodeo 24th 11-November 11/06/19 11/10/19 Amarillo Civic Center Complex 401 S. Buchanan St. Amarillo
19 "Rhapsody of Angels: A New Christmas Musical" 12-December 11/2/19 12/15/19 3:00 PM Ragtown Gospel Theater 870 Ragtown Rd. Post 79356 19 Big Spring Herald Lighted Christmas Parade 12-December 12/07/19 12/07/19 5:30 PM Saturday 710 Scurry St., Downtown Big Spring Big Spring 79720
19 Breakfast with Santa 12-December 12/14/19 12/14/19 8:00 AM 10:00 AM Saturday Dal Paso Museum Lamesa 19 Breakfast with Santa at the Heritage Museum 12-December 12/07/19 12/07/19 8:00 AM Noon Saturday Heritage Museum of Big Spring 510 Scurry St. Big Spring 79720
19 Cactus Family Christmas 12-December 12/20/19 12/21/19 7:30 PM Friday–SaturdayCactus Theater 1812 Buddy Holly Ave. Lubbock 79401
19 Caldwell Kids Christmas Celebration 12-December 12/15/19 12/16/19 7:30 PM 9:30 PM Sunday–Mo Cactus Theater 1812 Buddy Holly Ave. Lubbock 79401 nday
19 Candlelight at the Ranch 41st 12-December 12/13/19 12/14/19 6:00 PM 9:00 PM Friday–SaturdayNational Ranching Heritage Center 3121 4th St. Lubbock 79409
19 Carol of Lights at Texas Tech University 61st 12-December 12/03/19 12/03/19 6:30 PM 7:30 PM Tuesday Texas Tech University 2500 Broadway Lubbock 79409
Carriage Rides at Kingsgate Shopping Center 12-December Kingsgate Shopping Center 82nd & Quaker Lubbock 19 Center City Electric Light Parade 12-December 12/06/19 12/06/19 6:00 PM 8:00 PM Friday Downtown; start 11th Ave. & Polk St. 11th Ave. & Polk St. Amarillo
19 Christmas Bazaar & PFA Light Parade 43rd 12-December 12/22/19 12/22/19 4:30 PM Sunday Lake Meredith Aquatic and Wildlife Museum101 N. Robey Ave. Fritch 79036 19 Christmas Concert 12-December 12/08/19 12/08/19 4:00 PM and 7:00 PM6:00 PM Sunday WTAMU Campus, Mary Moody Northen Hall Recital Hall2403 Russell Long Blvd. Canyon 79015
Christmas Hot Dog Cook-out; Photos with Santa 28th 12-December 12/14/16 12/14/16 11 am-1:30 Wednesday First State Bank Spearman 79081 pm 19 Christmas in Canadian 12-December 12/7/19 12/7/19 9:00 AM 3:00 PM Saturday Downtown Canadian & Canadian River Canadian 79014 Valley Pioneer Museum 19 Christmas in Canyon/Festival of Lights/Parade of Lights 12-December 12/07/19 12/07/19 4:00 PM 7:30 PM Saturday Historic Courthouse Square and West Texas A&M University CampusAlong 4th Ave. Canyon 79015
19 Christmas in the Barn 12-December 12/5/19 12/5/19 5:00 PM 8:00 PM Thursday Ericson Pioneer Farm and Ranch Museum 211 E. Aspen Crosbyton 79322
19 Christmas in the Foothills 12-December 12/07/19 12/07/19 Downtown Matador Matador 19 Christmas in Tulia 12-December 12/07/19 12/07/19 9:00 AM 5:00 PM Saturday Swisher County Museum & Archives and other downtown venues127 SW 2nd St., # 104 Tulia 79088
19 Christmas Light Parade 3td 12-December 12/05/19 12/05/19 6:30 PM 9:00 PM Thursday Dimmitt High School 1405 Western Cir. Dimmitt 79027 19 Christmas on the Bricks 12-December TBA TBA Pampa 18 Christmas on the Square 12-December 12/03/18 12/03/18 5:00 PM 7:00 PM Monday Oldham County Courthouse Square 105 S. Main St. Vega 79092 19 Christmas on the Square 12-December 12/01/19 12/01/19 6:00 PM Saturday Wellington Courthouse Square Wellington 79095
19 Christmas on the Square 12-December 12/01/19 12/01/19 6:00 PM Saturday Wellington Courthouse Square Wellington 79095
19 Christmas Open House 40th 12-December 12/06/19 12/07/19 Fri. 6-9 pm; Friday–SaturdayPanhandle-Plains Historical Museum 2503 4th Ave. Canyon 79015 Sun. 1-5 pm
19 Christmas Open House 12-December Wheeler 19 Christmas Open House 12-December 12/07/19 12/07/19 Noon 4:00 PM Saturday Window on the Plains Museum and The Art Center1810 S. Dumas Ave. Dumas 79029 19 Christmas Pageant (odd-numbered years) since 1972 12-December 12/22/19 12/23/19 7:30 PM 9:30 PM Sunday, MondayHoly Family Catholic Church 210 Saint Joseph St. Nazareth 79063
19 Christmas Parade “12 Days of Christmas” 12-December 12/07/19 12/07/19 Pampa 19 Christmas Parade and Lighting of City Christmas Tree 12-December 12/02/19 12/02/19 6:30 PM 8:00 PM Monday Borger Chamber of Commerce, 6th and MainBorger Borger 79008 19 Christmas Parade of Lights 28th 12-December 12/05/19 12/05/19 6:30 PM Thursday Downtown Plainview Broadway Park from Date St. to the DepotPlainview 19 Christmas Tour of Homes 12-December 12/05/19 12/05/19 1:00 PM 5:00 PM Saturday Dalhart 19 Christmas, Crafts, and Claus 12-December 12/07/19 12/07/19 9:00 AM 2:00 PM Saturday Cowboy Tea & Coffee 709 W. Broadway Fritch 79036 19 Comanche Trail Festival of Lights 23rd 12-December 12/8/19 12/25/19 6:00 PM 10:00 PM Nightly Comanche Trail Park Entrance off US 87 S Big Spring 79720
Cowboy Christmas Ball with dinner and dance 12-December 12/17/16 12/17/16 6:00 PM Saturday Unity Center Muncy 19 Cowboy Christmas Ball with Michael Martin Murphey 12-December 12/11/19 12/11/19 6:00 PM 9:00 PM Wednesday Kwahadi Museum of the American Indian 9151 I-40 East Amarillo 79118
19 Cowboy Christmas Show with Michael Martin Murphey 26th 12-December 12/07/19 12/08/19 7:30 PM 9:30 PM Saturday and SundayCactus Theater 1812 Buddy Holly Ave. Lubbock 79401
19 David Gaschen, “A Celebration of Texas” 12-December 12/14/19 12/14/19 2:00 PM and Saturday Cactus Theater 1812 Buddy Holly Ave. Lubbock 79401 7:30:00 PM 19 Double Shovel Christmas Tree Farm tree cutting 12-December Daily Double Shovel Christmas Tree Farm Hwy 84 at 1391 County Road 183Post 79356
Drive Thru Nativity at First Church of the Nazarene 12-December 12/09/16 12/11/16 Big Spring 16 Dryland Dreamers Holiday Singalong Potluck And Festivus 12-December 12/7/16 12/7/16 6:30 PM 8:30 PM Wednesday Wildcat Bluff Nature Center 500 S. Buchanan St. Amarillo 79101 Celebration 19 Eta Upsilon Christmas Tour of Homes & Bake Sale 12-December 12/14/19 12/14/19 1:00 PM 5:00 PM Saturday Various Dalhart
19 Fa La La La Te Da 12-December 12/12/19 12/12/19 6:30 PM 9:30 PM Thursday Mallet Event Center 2320 S. State Highway Levelland 85 19 Festival of Trees/Parade/Lions Club Dinner 12-December 12/07/19 12/07/19 7:30 PM 9:30 PM Saturday Colorado City 79512 19 Flying J Wranglers “A White Mountain Christmas” 18th 12-December 12/18/19 12/18/19 7:30 PM 9:30 PM Wednesday Cactus Theater 1812 Buddy Holly Ave. Lubbock 79401 Phone: 19 Forsan Christmas Parade 6th 12-December 12/07/19 12/07/19 10:00 AM Saturday Forsan 19 Ghosts of Palo Duro's Past 12-December 12/14/19 12/14/19 6:00 PM Saturday Palo Duro Canyon State Park Palo Duro Canyon State Park 19 HAPPY Holiday Pops 12-December 12/21/19 12/21/19 2 p.m. or Saturday Globe-News Center for the Performing 500 S. Buchanan St. Amarillo 79101 7:30 p.m. Arts
19 High and Dry: A Photographic Exhibition of Peoples and 19th 12-December/Jan 12/06/19 01/31/20 5:00 PM 6:30 PM Friday International Cultural Center 601 Indiana Avenue Lubbock 79409-5004 Places of the World's Dry Lands 19 Holiday at the Museum with Santa 12-December 12/07/19 12/07/19 2:00 PM 4:00 PM Saturday Museum of Texas Tech University Lubbock
19 Holiday Crafts Fair 12-December 12/06/19 12/06/19 5:00 AM 9:00 AM Friday Lubbock Municipal Garden and Arts Center4215 University Ave. Lubbock 79413
19 Holiday Happenings 12-December 12/2/19 12/2/19 5:00 PM 7:00 PM Vega
19 Holiday Tour of Homes 12/15/19 12/15/19 4:30 7 p.m. Sunday Wheeler Museum Wheeler
19 Holland Gardens Christmas Tree Displays 12-December 12/16/19 1:00 PM Holland Gardens 3739 50th St. Lubbock 79413
18 Home for the Holidays 12-December 12/6/18 12/6/18 5:00 PM 8:00 PM Thursday Spearman 18 Hometown Christmas 12-December 12/07/18 12/07/18 6:00 PM Midnight Friday 400–500 block of Main St. Borger Borger 79008
19 Hoppin' John Midnight Hike 12-December 12/31/19 12/31/19 11:30 PM Tuesday Palo Duro Canyon State Park Palo Duro Canyon State Park
19 Jingle Mingle/Taste of the Holidays 3rd 12-December 12/12/19 12/12/19 6:30 PM 9:00 PM Thursday Dal Paso Museum Lamesa
19 Keep the Cheer Here Late Night Shopping 12-December 12/05/19 12/05/19 5:00 PM 8:00 PM Thursday Downtown Brownfield businesses Brownfield
19 Kent County Winterfest 12-December 12/7/19 12/7/19 10:00 AM 4:30 PM Saturday Emergency Services Building 227 S. Main St. Jayton 79528
19 Late Night Shopping 12-December 12/05/19 12/05/19 5:00 PM 9:00 PM Thursday Downtown Spur Burlington Ave. Spur 79370
19 Levelland Festival of Lights and Christmas on the Square 12-December 12/03/19 12/03/19 5:30 PM 8:30 PM Tuesday South Plains College and downtown LevellandHockley County CourthouseLevelland 79336
19 Lighted Christmas Hayride 12-December Every Sat, Sun 7:00 PM 8:00 PM Saturdays Spearman in Dec. and Sundays 19 Lighted Christmas Parade 12-December 12/7/19 12/7/19 6:00 PM Saturday Main Street Denver City
19 Lighted Christmas Parade 12-December 12/7/19 12/7/19 5:30 PM Saturday Scurry County Courthouse Square 1806 25th St. Snyder 79549
19 Lighted Christmas Parade 29th 12-December 12/12/19 12/12/19 6:30 PM Thursday Seminole 19 Lighted Christmas Parade 12-December 12/7/19 12/7/19 6:00 PM Saturday Downtown Post Post 79356
19 Lighted Christmas Parade 12-December 12/14/19 Lamesa 19 Lone Star Ballent presents ”The Nutcracker“ 12-December 12/13/19 12/15/19 Fri. 7:30 PM; Friday, Saturday, SundayCivic Center Complex Auditorium 401 S. Buchanan Amarillo 79101 Sat. 2:30 & 7:30 PM; Sun. 2 & 6 PM Magic of Christmas 12-December 12/03/16 12/03/16 10:00 AM noon Saturday Snyder 18 Mama & Me’s Christmas Extravaganza at the Dome 12-December 12/15/18 12/16/18 10:00 AM 5:00 PM Saturday–Sunday 1113 Bulldog Blvd. Borger 79007 19 Mannheim Steamroller Christmas 12-December 11/27/19 11/27/19 7:30 PM Wednesday Civic Center Complex Auditorium 401 S. Buchanan Amarillo 79101
19 Michael Martin Murphey’s Cowboy Christmas 12-December 12/7/19 12/7/19 Saturday Cactus Theater 1812 Buddy Holly Ave. Lubbock 79401 Phone:
19 Miracles Christmas Parade on 34th Street 14th 12-December 12/7/19 12/7/19 6:00 PM Saturday 34th & Avenue Q west to Indiana Avenue Lubbock 79411
Miss Merry Christmas Pageant 12-December 12/04/16 12/04/16 Sunday Levelland 19 Old Mill Trade Days Christmas Extravaganza 12-December 12/7/19 12/7/19 10:00 AM 5:00 PM Saturday Old Mill Trade Days 318 South Ave. F Post 79356 19 Ransom Canyon Christmas Tour of Homes 35th 12-December 12/12/19 12/12/19 6:30 PM 9:00 PM Thursday Ransom Canyon Memorial Chapel 91 E Brookhollow Ransom Canyon 79366
19 Riders in the Sky Present “Christmas the Cowboy Way” 12-December 12/07/19 12/07/19 7:00 PM Saturday La Rita Performing Arts Theatre 311 Denrock Dalhart
19 Saints' Roost Museum Christmas Dinner-Dance 12-December 12/07/19 12/07/19 6:30 PM Saturday Donley County Activity Center Clarendon Clarendon 79226 19 Santa Land at Mackenzie Park 63rd 12-December 12/10/19 12/23/19 6:00 PM 10:00 PM Nightly Mackenzie Park The entrance to Santa Lubbock 79403 Land is located off of the East Broadway entrance into Mackenzie Park east of Avenue A and the South Plains Fairgrounds. 19 Santa on the Square 12-December 12/05/19 12/10/16 5:30 PM 7:30 PM Thursday Floydada
19 Santa’s Jolly Jamboree 12-December 12/07/19 12/07/19 Saturday Don Harrington Discovery Center 1200 Streit Dr. Amarillo Seagraves Parade of Lights 12-December Seagraves 19 Tangled Lights 5th 12-December 11/28/19 01/06/20 7:00 PM Midnight Nightly Tangled Lights Productions 11816 Flying W Trail Amarillo 79118 19 Tech Terrace Holiday Home Tour 12-December 12/07/19 12/07/19 2:00 PM 5:00 PM Saturday Tech Terrace U.N.I.T. 2801 26th Street Lubbock 79410
Toy Run 12-December 12/10/16 noon Saturday Snider Motorsports 421 W. Kenneth Ave. Spearman 19 Trans-Siberian Orchestra 12-December 12/5/19 12/5/19 Thursday United Spirit Arena Lubbock
Twelve Days of Christmas Downtown 12-December mid-December Plainview Viewing of Nativity Scenes 12-December 12/10/16 12/10/16 Saturday Lockney 19 Xi Delta Gamma Christmas Craft Bazaar 12-December 12/14/19 12/14/19 10:00 AM 4:00 PM Saturday Rita Blanca Lake Coliseum 2222 FM 281 Dalhart 79022 19 Yoakum County Tamale Festival 3rd 12-December 12/6/19 12/7/19 Friday-SaturdayMoorhead Park Denver City
19 ZOOLights Safari 8th 12-December 12/5/19 12/8/19 6:00 PM 8:00 PM Thursday–S Amarillo Zoo 700 Comanchero Trail Amarillo 79107 unday
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Howard Lamb Hall 806-423-1033 http://www.bobwillsday.com/ Free; dance $15 Hemphill 806-323-6234 [email protected] www.canadiantx.org N/A Donley 806-874-2421 [email protected] www.clarendonedc.org $20- $25 Dawson 806-872-4345; 806-777-1171 http://www.ci.lamesa.tx.us Randall 806-655-2181 [email protected] http://www.texas-show.com/events.html$22 Cottle
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www.txhighplains.com/events Castro www.ogallalaquilters.org Hardeman Terry Armstrong 806-226-2187 [email protected] www.armstrongcountymuseum.org $15 Potter 806-274-3239 www.kwahadi.com N/A Potter Jason Harrison 806-342-2018 [email protected] www.amarillo-chamber.org/businessconnection.html
Gray Ted Dickman 806-669-7511 [email protected] www.chamberdata.net N/A Hemphill Canadian-Hemphill 806-323-6234 [email protected] www.canadianrivermusicfestival.com$30 County Chamber of Commerce www.canadiantx.org Randall 806-488-2227 www.palodurocanyon.com N/A Randall 806-488-2227 www.bikesignup.com/Race/TX/Canyon/CapitalPeakClassic$30 Gray 806-669-5750 www.cityofpampa.org N/A Lubbock Los Hermanos Familia and Latino Lubbock Magazine(806)792-1212 ww.loshermanosfamilia.org Free
Hansford http://highplainsobserver.com/heritage-days-p31712-379.htm Dallam Rick 806-244-6622 [email protected] $50 Foard Randall 806-651-2258 www.panhandleplains.org N/A Hansford Spearman Chamber 806-659-5555 www.spearmanchamber.com $10 Hansford Spearman Chamber 806-659-5555 www.spearmanchamber.com $5-$10 Hansford Hansford Spearman Chamber 806-659-5555 www.spearmanchamber.com N/A Lubbock Free
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Cottle Hansford Spearman Chamber 806-659-5555 www.spearmanchamber.com Entry fee $50-$100 Donley Bob Weiss, Clarendon Chamber(806) 874-2421 www.facebook.com/mulkeytheatre/
www.ustravel.org/events/national-travel-and-tourism-week Floyd To honor our forefathers and our heritage, each year in May, the Floyd County Pioneer Association honor the pioneers who made the trail and endured the hardships with the Old Settlers' Reunion
Hockley 806-894-3157 www.levelland.com N/A Potter Daphne Adkins (806) 335-1441 Free
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Roberts Hockley N/A [email protected] http://highplainswinegrowers.org/ $30-$60 Potter Charles Ritchie 806-335-3175 [email protected] www.kwahadi.com N/A Hardeman David Turner 940-839-4331 [email protected] www.tpwd.state.tx.us/state-parks/copper-breaksGate fee pluse $10 Lubbock 806-745-2258 [email protected] www.llanowine.com Admission is free. For $15, guests can purchase a commemorative cup and tickets for three glasses of wine. Additional tickets for wine will also be available for purchase
Oldham 806-267-2828 [email protected] Free Roberts Kathy Thompson 806-868-4791 http://www.miamitexas.org/cowcalling.htm$50 to cook $12 wristband $50 poker nationaltrailsday.americanhiking.org Garza 806-495-3461 http://www.postcitytexas.com/chamber.htmlFree Garza Hale 806-296-1119 https://www.facebook.com/redwhitemoomilkfestN/A Motley 806-348-7231 Free Hockley 806-894-3157 www.levelland.com Free
Randall 806-488-2227 www.txarch.org
Randall 806-488-2227 www.txarch.org Randall Rebecca Smithee Bulla 806-655-2181 [email protected] http://www.texas-show.com/events.html$14.25–$34.05 + $3/ticket handling fee Cochran Mary McKnight (806) 893-6808 [email protected] www.facebook.com/texaslastfrontierN/A
Crosby Margot Hardin 806-675-2301 [email protected] www.route62yardsales.com Free Cochran Justin 806-523-0156 [email protected] www.waylonfest.com $30-$35 Scurry Josh Ortegon 325.573.3558 [email protected] www.snyderchamber.org/western-swing-festival
Hemphill 806-323-6234 [email protected] www.canadiantx.org N/A Hansford 806-570-7452
Hale 806-839-2642
Ochiltree 806-435-6575 Lubbock Broadway Festivals 806-749-2929 http://www.broadwayfestivals.com Free / Lubbock
Gray (806) 669-1044 www.cityofpampa.org Free Sherman Hutchinson 806-273-0902
(806) 637-2564
Lubbock Free and open to public Armstrong Tessa Waddell, (806) 670-4086 www.claudetx.org President, Claude Chamber of Commerce Dallam Dalhart Chamber of Commerce806-244-5646
Parmer 806-350-3491
Oldham Lipscomb Garza Janice Plummer 806-495-3461 [email protected] www.postcitytexas.com Free Hockley 806-894-3157 www.levelland.com N/A Potter Randall 806-655-7815 [email protected] www.canyonchamber.org Free Deaf Smith Hale Terry
Oldham Deborah Sue McDonald 806-231-3479; [email protected] Free
Mitchell City of Colorado City (325) 728-3403 [email protected] www.coloradocitychamberofcommerce.comN/A Mitchell (325) 728-3403 [email protected] www.coloradocitychamberofcommerce.com Hemphill 806-323-6234 [email protected] www.canadiantx.org Free Hutchinson 806-857-3151
Dawson (806) 872-2181
Scurry Moore 806-935-4101 www.ci.dumas.tx.us Free
Oldham Deborah Sue McDonald 806-267-2828 [email protected] N/A Scurry
Collingsworth 806-447-5848 Lubbock 806-855-4159
Deaf Smith Knights of Columbis 806-364-3333 http://www.hereford-tx.gov/
Potter Amarillo Parks & Rec 806-378-3021 N/A Howard Howard Castro Potter Amarillo Parks 806-378-3036 www.amarilloparks.org N/A Hall 806-359-3144 N/A
Randall 806-655-7815 [email protected] www.canyonchamber.org Free Dallam Dalhart Chamber of Commerce806-244-5646 http://www.dalhart.org/visit/ANNU Free AL%20EVENTS.htm Wheeler 806-256-2501
Wheeler 806-256-2501 Mitchell (325) 728-3403 [email protected] www.coloradocitychamberofcommerce.com Carson Cottle Randall
Bailey 806-669-5800
Wheeler
Hutchinson N/A N/A Lubbock Slaton Chamber of Commerce806-828-6238 http://www.slatonchamberofcomm F erce.org/default_229_3251893424. jpg
Hemphill Carson
Lamb Lubbock Gerald Dolter 806-742-2270 [email protected] http://www.lubbockmoonlightmusi $17-$25 cals.org Potter Victoria Saker 806-651-2249 [email protected] N/A
Potter Amarillo Zoo 806-381-7911 [email protected] http://www.amarillozoo.org/index. Zoo admission php
Garza 806-495-3461 http://www.postcitytexas.com/chamber.htmlFree Wheeler Old Mobeetie TX Association806-845-2028 [email protected] www.mobeetie.com $10-$18 Wheeler Chlldress 940-937-2567 Sherman
Oldham 806-267-2828 [email protected] N/A Howard (432) 263-7641 Hutchinson Hale
Motley Teresa Woolsey 806-269-9615 Free Donley 806-874-2421 [email protected] www.clarendonedc.org Free Donley Lamb https://oltonchamber.org/sandhills
Garza Janice Plummer 806-495-3461 [email protected] www.postcitytexas.com Sherman Kathy Allen 806-366-2897 [email protected] http://www.shermancountytx.org/ N/A Sherman Randall TEXAS Musical Drama 806-655-2181 [email protected] http://www.texas- $10 show.com/home.html Swisher
Randall Randall Hemphill Barbara Brannon 806-747-1997 [email protected] www.TexasPlainsTrail.com $75 conference admission; $25 museum admission Wheeler
Moore 806-421-1283
Potter Gray Pampa Downtown Business Association(806) 663-1608 Briscoe Lamb Motley Carson Howard Randall/Swisher Howard Borger Lubbock Foster-A-Life 806-792-3182 [email protected] http://www.fosteralife.org/ $15-$20 Crosby Ralls Chamber of Commerce806-253-2342 [email protected] www.rallschamberofcommerce.com/index.htmlVaries Lubbock Gerald Dolter 806-742-2270 [email protected] http://www.lubbockmoonlightmusicals.org$17-$25 Motley Hockley 806-894-3157 www.levelland.com Free Bailey Floyd Oldham 806-267-2828 [email protected] N/A Garza 806-495-3461 http://www.postcitytexas.com/ N/A Garza Lamb Olton Chamber of Commerce806-285-2292 [email protected] www.oltonchamber.org Gaines Deaf Smith Moore Terry Gray (806) 669-0434 [email protected] topotexrodeo.com Deaf Smith Ochiltree Scurry Lipscomb Lubbock Emily Simpson 806-687-9463 [email protected] www.mcphersoncellars.com TBD Dallam XIT 806-244-5646 http://www.xit-rodeo.com/index.htmlN/A Lubbock Tucker Crawford 806-892-2961 [email protected] www.theorchardtexas.com Admission $6; children 3 and under free Floyd Tim Assiter 806-983-3322 [email protected] www.pumkinranch.com Free Lubbock James and Patti Simpson 806-763-5594 [email protected] www.atldofarms.com $10; children 4 and under free Randall Evelyn Ecker 806-656-6833 [email protected] www.canyonmainstreet.com
Briscoe/Hall www.bisonfest.com 30 pre-sale; $35 at gate
Hutchinson Lynn Hopkins 806-273-0130 [email protected] www.hutchinsoncountymuseum.orgFree Oldham Danyel Parkhurst 800-687-3722 [email protected] www.calfarley.org/rodeo $10- children under 6 fre
Lubbock Buddy Holly Center 806-775-3560 www.BuddyHollyCenter.org Free
Hemphill LeAnn Julian 806-323-9413 [email protected] www.facebook.com/canadianriverbeachclubTBD Castro Donna Reinart 806-647-2243 [email protected] Gray Pampa Fine Arts Assoc. (806) 665-0343 Donley Saints' Roost Museum 806-874-2746 or [email protected] www.SaintsRoostMuseum.com $20 per plate Howard Crosby
Hale Borden
Moore 806-935-5312 [email protected] www.dumasmuseumandartcenter.orgN/A Lubbock 806-767-3724 [email protected] Hardeman Lipscomb/Ochiltree Lubbock Lubbock Jonathan Seaborn
Parmer Le'Ann Pigg (806) 455-1492 https://tpwd.texas.gov/calendar/caprock-canyons/full-comanche-moon-star-partyStandard park admission applies
Armstrong 806-226-2187 [email protected] www.armstrongcountymuseum.com Hall 806-259-3144 www.facebook.com/memphistxchamberofcommerce
Lynn Lubbock Paul Johnson 806-535-0303 www.hubcitymusic.com $20 Lubbock Emily Wilkinson 806-742-0498 [email protected] http://nrhc.ttu.edu/ N/A Bailey Lubbock 806-742-1116 http://www.depts.ttu.edu/museumttu/lll/N/A Potter 806-373-9600 [email protected] www.maxwellspumpkinfarm.com Mitchell (325) 728-3403 [email protected] www.coloradocitychamberofcommerce.com Armstrong Moore The Art Center 806-935-5312 [email protected] www.dumasmuseumandartcenter.orgFree Carson Shirlyne Grantham 806-537-3524 [email protected] www.squarehousemuseum.weebly.com/museum-day-2017.htmlFree Lubbock 806-798-7825 [email protected] www.cowboy.org Ticket and pass prices vary
Wheeler
Set by governor's proclamation, 2019 Hale Lubbock (806) 763-2833 [email protected] www.southplainsfair.com $5–$10; 1 and under free Potter 806-376-7767 www.tristatefair.com TBA Lubbock Big Brothers Big Sisters 806-763-6131 $40 Yoakum
Lubbock Civic Lubbock, Inc. 806-775-2267 Free
Gaines Hardeman David Turner 940-839-4331 [email protected] www.tpwd.state.tx.us/state-parks/copper-breaksGate fee Gray pampachamber.com (806) 669-3241
Crosby Sherman
Hemphill 806-323-6234 [email protected] www.canadiantx.org Varies
Gray Pampa Downtown (806) 663-1608 Business Association Lubbock 806-745-2258 [email protected] www.llanowine.com $5
Borden Lubbock Emily Wilkinson 806-742-0498 [email protected] http://nrhc.ttu.edu/ Free Dickens Lubbock Amy Marquez (806) 761-7009 www.lubbockchamber.com $25–$30; 5 and under free
Wheeler Potter Rhondelle A. Blankenship806-418-9445 [email protected] www.llanocemetery.org $7 per person-children 4 and under free
Lubbock Kay Ellington 806-773-5445 [email protected] www.lubbockbookfestival.org Free, except ticketed meal events
Lubbock Julie Hodges 806-742-0499 TBD Floyd (806) 983-3434 www.floydadachamber.com/punkin-days
King Cindy Jouett (855) 674-6773 [email protected] www.facebook.com/ReturnToTheRemudaFree to attend
Lubbock (806) 828-3944 [email protected] www.slatonsausage.com
Terry
Garza Lubbock Dr. Elizabeth Louden 806-252-3026 [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/HistoricPreservationCOATTU#Free Scurry
Foard Gray Pampa Chamber of Commerce(806) 664-0824 woodyguthriepampatx.com Moore Carl Watson 806-935-2123 [email protected] www.dumaschamber.com/content/upcoming-eventsFree
Gray City of Pampa (Dustin (806) 669-5750 Miller) Potter (806) 352-6513 [email protected] www.amarillobotanicalgardens.org $5
Knox 806.655.7815 Yes
Childress www.facebook.com/CITPChildress/ Free
Howard 432-267-8255
Motley Hutchinson Randall 806-499-3531 www.stmarysumbarger.com Dinner $6 children, $12 adults
Scurry (325) 574-4279
Oldham Lubbock $10
Hockley Motley 806-790-3880 or 806-422-0194 Borden [email protected] www.facebook.com/events/306628996516057Free
Potter www.facebook.com/events/1208440576020177
Randall
Gray Pampa Downtown Business Association(806) 663-1608 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Bison_Day
Oldham 806-267-2828 [email protected] Free; booths $20 Mitchell (325) 728-3403 [email protected] www.coloradocitychamberofcommerce.com
Gray pampachamber.com (806) 669-3241 Gray Gray Free
Foard Knox Potter www.wrca.org/wcrr
Garza Chip Polk 1-877-RAGTOWN www.ragtown.com Adults $22, children $10 Howard (432) 263-7331 www.bigspringchamber.com
Dawson $5 per person Howard Tammy Schrecengost (432) 267-8255 www.heritagebigspring.com
Lubbock Darryl Holland 806-762-3233 [email protected] www.cactustheater.com
Lubbock Darryl Holland 806-762-3233 [email protected] www.cactustheater.com $12.50–$50
Lubbock Julie Hodges 806-742-0498 [email protected] http://nrhc.ttu.edu/ Members free, non-members $5
Lubbock http://www.housing.ttu.edu/caroloflights; (806) 742-2661Free
Lubbock Potter Beth Duke 806-372-6744 [email protected] www.centercity.org/lightparade Free
Hutchinson [email protected] Randall 806-651-2840
Hansford
Hemphill Canadian Chamber of 806-323-6234 www.canadiantx.org Free Commerce Randall 806.655.7815 [email protected] www.canyonchamber.org/events
Crosby Free
Motley Swisher Tulia Chamber of Commerce(806) 995-2296 https://tuliachamber.com/events-new.htmlFree
Castro Maegan Rowland 806-647-2524 [email protected] www.facebook.com/events/christmas-parade-of-lights/113008136057386/ Gray Pampa Downtown Business Association(806) 663-1608 Oldham Keila Bain (806) 267-2828 [email protected] www.oldhamcofc.org Collingsworth Patty Gulley (806) 447-5848 [email protected] www.facebook.com/collingsworthcountyCofC/
Collingsworth Patty Gulley (806) 447-5848 [email protected] www.facebook.com/collingsworthcountyCofC/
Randall Stephanie Price 806-651-2242 [email protected] www.pphm.org Free
Wheeler Moore 806-935-5312 [email protected] www.dumasmuseumandartcenter.orgN/A Castro (806) 452-3140 No charge for admission; donations welcome
Gray Pampa Chamber of Commerce(806) 669-3241 pampachamber.com Hutchinson 806-274-2211 [email protected] www.borgerchamber.org Free Hale Tonya Keesee Nicole Pickett 720-939-2666 [email protected] $15 Hutchinson Abby White 806-857-3143 www.fritchcityhall.com Free Howard Hayley Herrera (432) 263-8235 [email protected] www.bigspringchamber.com Free; donations appreciated
Floyd Potter Charles Ritchie 806-335-3175 [email protected] www.outhousetickets.com/Event/12646-Michael_Martin_Murphey_26th_Anniversary_Cowboy_Christmas_Show/30–$55
Lubbock Darryl Holland 806-762-3233 [email protected] www.cactustheater.com $35 Balcony / $40 Reserved floor / $50 Reserved floor / $70 VIP - Meet & Greet
Lubbock Darryl Holland 806-762-3233 [email protected] www.cactustheater.com $25–$50 Garza Charlie and Jan Webb (806) 632-8728 [email protected] www.facebook.com/ DoubleShovelChristmasTreeFarm Howard Hayley Herrera (432) 263-8235 [email protected] www.bigspringchamber.com Potter 806-376-8782 www.amarillosymphony.org
Dallam/HartleyAshley Thomas (806) 268-3470 [email protected] /www.facebook.com/events/24583 $15 10687570559/
Hockley
Mitchell 325-728-3403 [email protected] www.coloradocitychamberofcommerce.com Lubbock Darryl Holland (806) 762-3233 www.cactustheater.com All reserved floor seats $25
Howard Randall
Potter 806-376-8782 AmarilloSymphony.org Tickets start at just $20 for adults, and kids' tickets start at less than $14. Lubbock Jan Stogner 806-834-2372 [email protected]
Free
Lubbock Free
Oldham Keila Bain 806-267-2828 Oldham County Chamber of Commerce
Wheeler $10
Lubbock (806) 792-6336 Free
Hansford Hutchinson 806-274-2211 [email protected] www.borgerchamber.org Free
Randall
Dawson $50 for 2
Terry Lorena Valencia (806) 637-2564 [email protected] www.brownfieldchamber.com Free
Kent L’Rae Lee, Kent County Free AgriLife, (806) 237- 3751, or Tiffany Hamm with the Kent County Chamber at (806) 237- 2222 Dickens Spur Area Chamber of Commerce [email protected] www.facebook.com/SpurAreaChamberofCommerce/Free
Hockley Missy Passmore (806) 894-9079 [email protected] www.ci.levelland.tx.us/223/Levelland-Festival-of-LightsFree
Hansford (806) 659-5555 $20
Yoakum Denver City Chamber of (806) 592-5424 Free Commerce Scurry Snyder Chamber of Commerce Gaines Garza Janice Plummer 806-495-3461
Dawson Potter 806.378.3096 www.panhandletickets.com $35–$65
Scurry Hutchinson www.facebook.com/events/902237053317729/ Potter 806.378.3096 www.panhandletickets.com $35–$65
Lubbock Darryl Holland (806) 762-3233 www.cactustheater.com Tickets start at $35
Lubbock (806) 741-7271 [email protected] www.miraclesparade.com Free
Hockey Missy Passmore (806) 894-9079 [email protected] Garza (432) 934-1479 $1 Lubbock Carol Farris 806-392-2448 $15 each or 5 for $60, On December 12th $20 each
Dallam Dalhart Chamber of Commerce(806) 244-5646 www.larita.org $35
Donley 806-874-2746 [email protected] www.clarendonedc.org $50/couple Lubbock (806) 775-2673 https://ci.lubbock.tx.us/departments/parks-recreation/events/santa-land Parents are welcome to bring cameras to take photos of their children with Santa at no charge. For those who forget their cameras, keepsake digital photos may be purchased for $5 each. Floyd Floydada Chamber of Commerce(806) 983-3434 www.facebook.com/events/767266053788788Free
Potter Gaines www.facebook.com/events/859171751163786Free; donations accepted Lubbock $20
Hansford Lubbock Tickets start at $57
Hale Floyd Jessica Corbet 806-673-2536 [email protected] cca.dalhart.org Free entry Yoakum Denver City EDC (806) 592-3160 www.facebook.com/DenverCityEDC.org
Potter 806.381.7911 [email protected] www.zoo.amarillo.gov/events/zooli General admission ghts applies Notes
Many State Parks in Texas schedule special First Day Hikes.
Grab your friends and cinch up your clan tartan, kilt and sporran for our annual Burns Supper Celebration. A night of all things Scottish! Hosted by Wildcat Bluff at Esquire Jazz Club. Featuring Scotch tastings paired with tasty finger foods and haggis. Music of the isles by Those Guys, Mike Fuller, James Lee Baker, and Keralee Clay and Neil Nossaman as well as the Amarillo Fire Department Bagpipers. Desert by Scratch Made Bakery. Tickets are $40 per person and include food, Scotch tastings, music, and a beer or wine at the bar (additional bar beverages can be purchased throughout the evening) and all the fun the Scots expect of a roaring good time.
Staged annually in the warm surroundings of the elegantly restored 1910 Home Mercantile, the oldest store in Nazareth, the gala raises funds for this historic German farming community. A 5-star dinner, with local wines and many ingredients locally grown and raised, is served by bow-tied Boy Scouts amid live local entertainment. For the 50th consecutive year, the Kwahadi Dancers of Amarillo will present their Winter Night Ceremonials on weekends in late January and February. Made up mostly of teenagers, the Kwahadi Youth Dance Theater interprets the traditional dances of the desert farming people of the Southwest for the performance, titled “Tyuonyi: A Journey in Time.” The performances, held inside a purpose-built kiva lodge filled with art and artifacts.
To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the tragic plane crash that claimed the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) and pilot Roger Peterson, the Buddy Holly Center has a triple-tiered weekend of events honoring “The Day the Music Died” and celebrating the center's 20th anniversary year. Start off Friday evening, Feb. 1, with a concert by Buddy's nephew, guitarist Eddy Weir, during First Friday Art Trail. Then, admission is free during regular hours Saturday and Sunday, with special exhibition, gallery talk, and concert.
Packet Pickup / Pasta Dinner: March 27, 2:00-4:00 PM, at Rita Blanca Park, Dalhart, TX Both the young and young at heart enjoy our Ranch Day activities each spring when cowboys, horses, chuck wagons and 185 volunteers, many dressed in period clothing, make pioneer life come alive for visitors. More than 5,000 guests attend the popular event every year to participate in hands-on ranch or range science and history demonstrations as well as music, dancing, a Comanche tepee, horseback riding, and an old-fashioned "Snake Oil Magic Show" in the 6666 Barn. The event is open to the public at no charge, but a $5 per family donation is suggested. The historic park is wheelchair and stroller accessible.
This event is a celebration of the 4th of July with a parade and street fair. The parade begins at 9 a.m., followed by live music and a wide array of food and craft booths lined up through Broadway. The day ends with a concert and firework display.
One of Lubbock's largest annual events, the Lubbock Arts Festival is a celebration of visual, performing and children’s arts. The visual art division of the Lubbock Arts Festival includes 150 artists from around the nation in booths displaying and selling original work in the mediums of painting, drawing, pottery, fiber, jewelry, glass, wood and sculpture. Singers, musicians, dancers and actors will perform throughout the weekend on different stages. Audiences can enjoy such diverse offerings as brass bands, storytellers, string quartets and ballet folkloric dancers. Children can also explore the Lubbock Arts Festival as they go from “Kid Stop” to “Kid Stop” to make art projects, participate in theatre improvisation, and watch artists demonstrating with clay and watercolor.
BusinessConnection is the area's largest business-to-business trade show, with over 350 exhibitors, including numerous travel destinations.
Seven popular bands entertain crowds along the scenic Canadian River Valley, with on-site primitive camping
Described as "some of the best cross country mountain biking in Texas," with rider levels from Beginner to Expert and all skill levels welcome. There is a Kid Kup (Strider) race and Kids Race (4yr-9yr). Food and drinks provided after the race. For the 7th year in Lubbock, Los Hermanos Familia and Latino Lubbock Magazine are proud to announce that they will hold the official Cinco de Mayo Parade of Lubbock on Saturday, May 4, 2019! The local parade will kick off celebrations all over Lubbock and West Texas. The 7th Annual Cinco de Mayo Parade of Lubbock will begin on Avenue V, moving east on historic Broadway to the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center. Line-up will be at 9 a.m., the parade begins at 10 a.m. and welcomes all of the Lubbock community and surrounding areas to take part as participants or as spectators. Booths and vendors open on Main Street; free concert
Spend the morning hiking Canyon Lake #6 with the Mayor. The hike will start at 9 a.m. and will be a 3-mile course. Donuts, coffee, and water will be provided. This is a FREE family friendly event for all ages. Experience the nocturnal nature of Yellowhouse Draw and tour the night sky. Begin at the Interpretive Center and hike along the 3.5-mile nature trail with a guide. Night hikes begin at dusk, 30 minutes before sunset. This hike takes 75-90 minutes. Gates open at 7:45 p.m. and hiking begins promptly at 8:15 p.m. Be sure to wear comfortable, sturdy, closed-toed shoes; sunscreen; and bug spray. This event is free of charge and open to all ages. Night hikes are held on the fourth Saturday of the month, weather permitting.
To honor our forefathers and our heritage, each year in May, the Floyd County Pioneer Association honor the pioneers who made the trail and endured the hardships with the Old Settlers' Reunion
A full house of regional destinations set up booths to provide detailed information to travelers, with a ribbon cutting and media kickoff and 10 AM.
The 75 miles of sales stretch from Channing to Hartley, Dalhart and Texline
Native art market and Comanche exhibitions before the TEXAS Musical Drama The Dumas Noon Lions Club 73rd Annual Dogie Days celebration includes four days of Carnival Fun and Excitement, a great variety of tasty Foods and Drinks to enjoy, as well as a good, old fashioned small town parade. Midway open Wednesday, June 12 to Friday, June 14 at 6:00 pm and Saturday, June 15 at noon. Genuine Pit Bar-B-Que will be served on Thursday, June 13, 2019 from 11:00 am to 1:30 pm in the park. Dogie Days parade takes place on Saturday, June 15, 2019 at 11:00 pm on Dumas Avenue. Contact Dumas/Moore County Chamber of Commerce at 806-935-2123.
Local and regional artisans from Texas, New Mexico and Colorado will display and sell their works of art—everything from ceramics, jewelry, textiles, wood, metals, sculpture, photography and more. Clay-making demonstrations will be given on Saturday. There will also be a silent auction benefiting the Llano Estacado Clay Guild’s scholarship fund.
$50 to cook $12 wristband $50 poker
The Texas Archeological Society and Texas Parks and Wildlife are partnering to host the 2019 TAS Field School in Palo Duro Canyon State Park. Camping, Survey, Excavation and Lab work will all take place within the Second Largest Canyon in the Country!
The beautiful Pioneer Amphitheater carved out of and nestled into the natural basin in the majestic Palo Duro Canyon, the second largest canyon in the United States- comes alive every summer June 1 - Mid August featuring the Official Play of Texas TEXAS Outdoor Musical Drama! June 7th: Start of Last Frontier Braggin' Rights Brisket Cook off June 8th: A parade through downtown Morton at 9:30 a.m. will kick off the event. We will also have the Last Frontier Burn out beginning at 12:00 p.m. in Morton. We will be joined this year by the Fort Concho Buffalo Soldiers & Rosieleetta Reed as well various vendors, Love My Ride Car Show and other activities at the Cochran County Park. Admission is free. June 9th: Community worship service 11 - noon at the Cochran County Park followed by Sunday dinner beginning at noon at the First Baptist Church gymnasium in Morton. Sunday dinner menu includes smoked brisket, smoked sausage, potato salad, beans, all the trimmings, beverage of choice and dessert. Adults: $10.00 Kids: $5.00
Bike races at 9 a.m.; parade down Broadway at 9:30 a.m. Festivities continue in Gruver City Park, 401 King St., with lawnmower races, games, turtle races, a zip line, a dog show and more. Lions Club barbecue lunch and basketball and volleyball tournaments. Call 806-570-7452. The celebration will be held on Saturday, July 1, 2017. The Chamber is currently accepting applications for booth rentals. Booth rental applications and fees are due by June 27, 2017. We are also pre-selling the shirts for the celebration. Orders and money are due by June 6th. Order forms and booth rental applications can be picked up at the Chamber office. Fireworks at dark at Lake Fryer and Wolf Creek County Park
Amigos La Raza on the Plaza at the Lubbock County Courthouse Square Opening Act: Rudy Tudy & the Heavy Dutys Gates open at 6:30 PM/ Show at 7 PM Saturday – July 2nd $15 Advanced / $20 at the Gate TICKET AVAILABLE AT ALL SELECT A SEAT LOCATIONS, PRONTO MART, MONTELONGOS AND ACRO IRIS. Amigos La Raza on the Plaza at the Lubbock County Courthouse Square Opening Act: Rudy Tudy & the Heavy Dutys Gates open at 6:30 PM/ Show at 7 PM Saturday – July 2nd $15 Advanced / $20 at the Gate TICKET AVAILABLE AT ALL SELECT A SEAT LOCATIONS, PRONTO MART, MONTELONGOS AND ACRO IRIS.
Celebration of veterans at 7 p.m. Monday at Huber Park, 1400 S. Main St. The party continues with free food and a bounce house at 7:30 p.m., music from a live DJ all night and a 9:30 p.m. laser show from Laser Spectacles Inc.
The Chamber of Commerce is helping the Rodeo organizers with the Rodeo Dance this year! Dances will be held Friday and Saturday evening starting at 9pm. We are currently looking for a few sponsors to help with the expenses. Sponsorships start at $300 with a logo display & event tickets. Please let us know if you would like to help us sponsor these events by calling us at 637-2564! Parade, BBQ
Celebrate Freedom community party from 6 to 9 p.m. at the park. Activities include a bouncy house, food and drinks, a pie-eating contest, a bike parade and more. 5K walk and run 7 a.m., 9 a.m. neighborhood parade down 10th Street. 4 p.m. parade from Prairie Acres, 201 E. 15th St., to Reeve Lake. Reeve Lake: Booths, flag ceremony and more begins at 5 p.m., with fireworks at dark.
Fireworks display at dusk Monday from the Shamrock Rodeo Arena, west of town on Interstate 40. Vega / Adrian Two Oldham County towns have activities planned for Monday. 9 a.m., Vega residents will head to the town's Interstate 40 overpass to wave American flags for oncoming traffic. 6 p.m., the celebration moves to nearby Adrian, where activities, music, games and more will take place at Adrian City Park. Fireworks show begins at dark.
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area Holiday activities take place Saturday around the lake, including vendors and refreshments at the amphitheater at 7 p.m., a concert by Jackie Haney (who toured with Bill Haley's Original Comets) at 7:30 p.m. and fireworks at dark. 7 a.m. booths and vendors open in Forrest Park. Parade starts at 10 a.m. at the middle school and goes down Main Street and circles the square. 11:30 a.m. Mr. and Miss Fireworks pageant Forrest Park Community Center. Activities extend throughout the dark at Forrest Park, including chili cook-off, team roping, patriotic singers, classic car contest. Fireworks at 9:30 p.m. at Forrest Park.
Join us in Dumas on July 4 for an Independence Day Celebration huge enough to make you want to spend all day. The centerpiece is the World Championship Mud Volleyball Tournament which regularly features nearly 50 teams. Other events include entertainment, arts and crafts booths, food.
* Sunday 4 to 9 p.m. in Towle Park, with carnival, vendor booths, volleyball tournament, music by Cowboy Church and Big Joe Walker * Monday 7:30 am-9 pm. Towle Park, Prayer Breakfast 7:30 a.m., Flag Ceremony 9 a.m., all line up for parade at Moffett Field, parade 10 a.m.; washer pitching, food and vendor booths, volleyball tournament, musical and gymnastic performances throughout the day * Snyder's 4th of July Celebration Fireworks show, dusk, Towle Park
Fourth on the Fifth Celebration 6 p.m. Patterson Park, kids activities, food vendors, music by Ground Floor and Justin Robinett, fireworks at dark The Knights of Columbus will host a city celebration at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Hereford Aquatic Center, 400 E. 15th St. The evening concludes with a patriotic concert at 8:30 p.m., followed by fireworks at dark. Fireworks display takes place at dusk Monday at Cyclone Stadium, 1501 High St., following a party that opens at 6 p.m. with hamburgers, ice cream and more.
Fireworks display at dark Sunday at Lake Rita Blanca State Park south of town.
Sat., July 4, 7am Lions Club Pancake Breakfast Cole Community Center, 300 16th Street 10am July 4th Parade, 4th Avenue 9am - 3pm Fair on the Square 9, 4th Ave & 5th Ave. 1:30pm Patriotic Music Celebration, First Baptist Church 5pm - 11:00pm Kickin' It Up at Kimbrough Little Texas Fireworks Show Buffalo Stadium Rd. at US Hwy. 87 $5 per person Sat., July 4, 7am Lions Club Pancake Breakfast Cole Community Center, 300 16th Street 10am July 4th Parade, 4th Avenue 9am - 3pm Fair on the Square 9, 4th Ave & 5th Ave. 1:30pm Patriotic Music Celebration, First Baptist Church 5pm - 11:00pm Kickin' It Up at Kimbrough Little Texas Fireworks Show Buffalo Stadium Rd. at US Hwy. 87 $5 per person
Parade line-up begins at 9 a.m. at the end of Main Street, and the parade starts at 10 a.m. Ceremony on the courthouse lawn following the parade will honor veterans and active military. A color guard will post the colors, and Micah Ruthardt will sing the National Anthem and “God Bless America.” Other activities include a hot dog eating contest, as well as events unique to the city – such as Muleshoe pitching. Fireworks at City Park at dark. Call (806) 272-4248 Pampa Annual fireworks overseen by The Pampa Fire Department at Recreation Park, east of town on Texas Highway 60 at dark.
Three days of Fourth of July activities are on tap in Wheeler. Saturday Co-ed softball at 9 a.m. at Tom Britt Field, 518 S. Osage St.; goat roping at 10 a.m. at Wheeler City Park, Seventh and Stanley streets; clay target shoot at the rodeo grounds, 3/4 mile east of the intersection of Texas Highways 152 and 83; and barbecue cook-off at 6 p.m. and dance with the Texas Pearl Snaps at 9 p.m. on the courthouse square, 401 Main Street. Sunday Goat roping at 10 a.m. at City Park, the Mr. and Miss Firecracker Pageant at 3 p.m. Wheeler ISD, 1 Mustang Drive; a soccer tournament at 6 p.m. on the Wheeler football field; and a 8 p.m. horseshoe tournament at City Park. Monday Breakfast burritos at 7 a.m. at courthouse, the Ben Britt Fun Run at 7:35 a.m. at courthouse; parade at 9 a.m. down Main Street to City Park; turtle races, bounce houses, dunk tanks food and more from 10 a.m. on at City Park; high dive competition at 4 p.m.; the Moore FMX Stunt Show at 7 p.m.; Chamber of Commerce presentations at 8 p.m; and fireworks at dark. Call 806-826-3408. Slaton's 4th of July Festival, 10am-3pm. Slaton Park. Bands performing throughout the day. Inflatables and water activities. Slaton Sound Stage presents: Cathy Whitten, Texas Cadillac Jack Band. Special guests include Danielle Henzler, John Hendrick, Mary Beth Ashburn, and David Mitchell.
The 75th Anniversary of the Kwahadi Dancers (1944-2019) will be celebrated on July 5 and 6. An alumni and friends dinner to celebrate the anniversary will be at the museum on July 5. Various activities will occur during the day on Saturday, July 6, for alumni and friends. The 75th Anniversary performance of Song of the Eagle will be Saturday evening, with dinner at 6:00 pm and the show at 7:00 pm. Old timers from across the generations of Kwahadis will join in dancing! The public is invited to the anniversary events.
Pops In The Park at Comanche Trail Park Ampitheater. 5 pm: Gates Open, food, novelty booths. 6 pm: Jimmy and the Johnsons 8 pm: Symphony and Flag Ceremony 9:45 pm: Symphony and Fireworks. No dogs, except guide dogs in the amphitheater, please.
Elks Crafts Show at City Park 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Fireworks at Dusk
Red, White, and Moo Parade, starts at 10 a.m. 10:30 to 1:30 Festival downtown 1:30 Captain America Movie -Fair Theater- $2 Plainview Fireworks show at Running Water Draw Park – At dark.
8:30pm Fireworks after the show
3rd Saturday of July annually. Fourth of July Celebration runs from 5 to 10:30 p.m. Monday in McKenzie Park, west of softball fields on South Austin Avenue. Activities include horseshoe tournament, a car and bike show, a washer pitch tournament, bounce houses for the kids and more. The night culminates in a fireworks display and a concert by Amarillo band Shotgun Rider.
$75 conference admission; $25 museum admission The Old Route 66 Association of Texas is excited to announce Texas Welcomes the World Shamrock 2018 International Route 66 Festival July 12 - 15, 2018 Parade, noon, starting at Cactus Elementary School, 100 South Drive. Festival at Cactus Park, petting zoo, pony rides, vendors, a magician, food, bingo and bouncy houses Parking available at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, 501 S. Cherry Ave.
Turn off US 82 three blocks south on TX 207
1st weekend in August, annually
Rodeo Parade, Aug. 10
Admission $6; children 3 and under free
Closed on Mondays Tuesday – Fridays: 6-9 pm Saturdays: 10am – 9pm Sundays: 2-9 pm Last Tickets are sold at 9:00 Grounds close at 10:00 Join us on the Canyon Square for Autumn Street Fest! This will be the last Canyon Farmers’ Market of 2019! Take advantage of sales and specials. An all-day music event featuring some of Texas' greatest Americana and Texas country music artists, all to benefit the Texas State Bison Herd at Caprock Canyons State Park
This year marks the 75th annual Boys Ranch Rodeo +adventureFEST! Stay tuned for more on this exciting event commemorating our 75th year of rodeo fun and 80th year of serving children and families. Musical events and activities for the whole family, in honor of Lubbock's most famous son, the late Buddy Holly. Join the Buddy Holly Center on Saturday, September 7, 2019 for our annual Buddy Holly Birthday Bash in honor of the 83rd birthday of Buddy Holly.
Celebrate Buddy’s life with free admission all day, snacks, cupcakes, children’s activities, and a live music performance by Jason Feller from 2:00pm-4:00pm. Cookoff, vendors, music, and more!
Flatland Film is a program of LHUCA that aims to cultivate an appreciation for film, video, and the digital moving- image expression and to support artists working in this mode of expression.
Take in a magnificent view of the full moon with us! Join us to for a magnificent view of the full moon with us! Astronomy volunteer Arthur Schneider will provide us an amazing view of the full moon with his large telescope as we celebrate newly established Quanah Parker Day and discuss the history of the Comanche and their influence here in the Caprock Canyonlands!
Annual Festival with crafts, jewelry, furniture, western decor, food booths, contests, children's fun area and much more! Live entertainment and dancing on the square in the evening hours. Come join us for a fun filled time!
4th Saturdays, March through September Fridays 5-9, Saturdays 10-9, and Sundays 1-9 With indoor presentations, performances, and vendors and an outdoor parade and chuck wagon cookoff, NCSC celebrates Western heritage and cowboy culture for those who know and love it — and introduces new audiences to the heritage and culture of the American Southwest.
Come join us as Civic Lubbock honors talented individuals who will be inducted into the West Texas Walk of Fame.
Celebrate autumn's beauty with fall foliage touring, an arts and crafts show, car show, quilt show, and nature showcase and outdoor classroom.
Join Llano Estacado Winery in celebrating 43 years of Texas winemaking. You will be able to enjoy self-guided tours, art booths, local vendors, food, bounce houses and live music by Bo Garza and friends. For just $15, guests can purchase a commemorative wine glass which includes tickets good for 6 wine tastings or 2 glasses of wine.
Since 2000, the Hub City BBQ Cook-Off has been a staple in the Lubbock Community and an opportunity for to come together and listen to good music, mingle with good company and eat good BBQ!
Historic Llano Cemetery is very much alive with the memories of people and families who helped shape Amarillo, the republic of Texas, and the nation, and the annual Twilight Tour is an excellent opportunity to learn more, in this scenic, historic setting. Enter at 34th Street gate. Lubbock's first-ever, all-day book festival features more than 40 authors, from headliners such as John R. Erickson, Karin McCay, S. C. Gwynne, Jodi Thomas, Adán Medrano, to local and regional favorites in all genres. The Golden Spur recognizes outstanding contributions to the ranching and livestock industry. Agricultural heritage runs deep in Floydada, known as “Pumpkin Capital, USA" — where its annual harvest festival features loads of pumpkins and pumpkin-themed fun (from guessing the weight of a truckload of pumpkins, to a decorating contest). a variety of food, a chili and BBQ cook-off, car show, vendors, pumpkin pie eating contest, museum open house, rope-making demonstration, and more. Held at the historic Four Sixes Ranch in Guthrie, Texas, this annual autumn sale produced in partnership between the Four Sixes Ranch, Pitchfork Land & Cattle Co., Tongue River Ranch, and Beggs Cattle Co. attracts American Quarter Horse enthusiasts and the general public alike.
For 50 years now, a secret-recipe German sausage has been served in Slaton at Saint Joseph Hall. Come taste and enjoy the fun!
To help usher in the Christmas season, the Dumas/Moore County Chamber of Commerce holds an annual event at the Moore County Courthouse featuring Christmas lights, holiday themed lighted displays, food booths, arts and crafts booths, a Santa's House and free pictures with the jolly old elf himself, wagon rides, school choirs and bands and many more wonderfully magical things. To kick off the holiday, Santa Claus throws the switch that turns on the Christmas lights throughout downtown! This event brings out the kid in young and old alike, so help us spread good cheer and join the fun!
Over 300,000 Christmas lights, pictures with Santa, hot chocolate served
Looking as if thousands of fireflies have swarmed Childress Fair Park, its seven grassy acres, and historic lake, dam and bridge are attired in thousands of crystal lights. It's Childress’ Christmas In The Park, a winter wonderland complete with Santa & elves, a gingerbread house, angels, ice skaters, toy soldiers, trains and planes....plus cowboys and Longhorn steers, as well as a volcano and a sea monster rising out of the lake....not to mention the sparkling princess castle. The whole fantasy scene is accompanied by Christmas carols resounding from your car radio as your family tours the park, thanks to the Boles family & KCTX Radio. And it starts downtown opening night with a lighted parade on Friday or Saturday night after Thanksgiving (depending on Childress Bobcat football!). In all its sparkling glory, it’s happening at no cost to the public for the enjoyment of Childress and the area, from the day after Thanksgiving 2019 through New Year’s Day 2020. Stop by the Heritage Museum of Big Spring from November 12th to December 21st to see this years Christmas Tree Forest. Different people and groups decorate a Christmas Tree that highlights who they are. There is also an opportunity for visitors to vote for their favorite tree with cash donations. The historic St. Mary's Catholic Church, with its POW-created murals, is open for viewing during this long-running annual festival featurings sausage, sauerkraut, bread, and trimmings. Baked goods, baby quilts, gift items, canned goods, and handmade religious items are some of the products made by members to sell on Festival day.
Activities in this collection of restored old-time buildings will include games, live entertainment, a bake sale, and a visit from Santa Claus.
Holiday Happening - 'Tis The Season! Market Hall shopping. Tickets $10 Children under 5 are free and do not need a ticket. The Junior League of Lubbock is proud to present Holiday Happening 2019 - celebrating our 40th year.
Come visit with vendors and Santa Claus. Hot chili will be served as well. NO STAR LIGHTING EVENT FOR 2019 -- Although the light will be lit nightly starting Nov. 29.The Borden County Courthouse and Borden County Museum will open at 5:30 p.m. for viewing, reminiscing, fellowship, and refreshments. Santa Claus will be available to visit with the children. Join us for Christmas Music provided by local musicians, story time for children, ornament contest and door prizes, before folks gather to watch the 7 p.m. illumination of the star atop the mesa that bears the town's name. Head over to Town Square on November 29th from 5 to 9 PM to celebrate the ceremonious lighting of their 45' tree. Shop for all your loved ones in their Holiday Market and enjoy the Christmas attractions including free pictures with Santa and milk and cookies, holiday activities like writing letters to Santa, beer, and wine, food trucks and photo ops with your favorite Christmas characters! Join Ranger Lindsay and let the canyon inspire your next novel
National Bison Day is an annual commemoration of the ecological, cultural, historical and economic contribution of the American bison to the United States. It has been held each year since 2012 on the first Saturday in November.
Mon. 11/11 from 10am-5pm @ Silent Wings: Veterans Day Commemoration and Celebration. Free admission all day. Kids activities 2-5pm. The Silent Wings Museum invites the community to join us as we commemorate our country's veterans this Veterans Day, Monday, November 11.
WRCA World Championship Ranch Rodeo is the real deal. Cowboys from ranches across the West are in town for this serious rodeo.
Gather your family along Scurry Street for the Annual Big Spring Herald's Christmas Parade. The parade will feature many groups from our community. Each child enjoys a breakfast of doughnuts and milk while decorating a Christmas Sugar Cookie as they wait for a visit with Santa and Mrs. Clause. Christmas crafts and treats are enjoyed on the second level of the museum. A wonderful activity for the entire family. Reservations must be made by calling the museum at 432-267-8255 If you love Christmas music, then you’ll really love this Christmas theater extravaganza! Join the Cactus stars as they take the stage for a spectacular Christmas celebration with traditional holiday classics and contemporary favorites. Bring your entire family for a wonderful night that will make memories of a lifetime. This show will run for two nights – but get your tickets early – this is traditionally one of our most popular shows! If you have never seen a Caldwell Kids Christmas Concert, you are in for a real treat from students of Caldwell Kids music program directed by Terri and Cami Caldwell. Kids from this program have appeared on national television programs such as “America’s Got Talent” and “X Factor”. You will be blown away by the talent as they are backed by the stellar Caldwell Collective band in this full-blown professional show! Visitors to the National Ranching Heritage Center will step into a "living Christmas card" from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Dec. 13-14 when the 41st Annual Candlelight at the Ranch recreates a frontier holiday similar to those on the open prairie from 1780 to 1950. The event will include more than 4,000 luminaries lining the paths of the historic park as volunteer Ranch Hosts dress in period clothing to recreate holiday scenes from another era. Guests enter through the front doors and proceed to Campbell Patio, where they can buy kettle corn, hear Christmas carols provided by the Lubbock High School choir, and access the park trails of their choice. Santa Claus greets visitors in the Pitchfork Pavilion, and Brazos West provides cowboy Christmas music with a Texas swing in the 6666 Barn. All lighted pathways are stroller and wheelchair accessible. With a flip of the switch, 25,000 colored lights illuminate 18 buildings around Tech's historic campus in an tradition that dates to 1959. For visitors unable to attend the opening ceremony and concert, lights can still be enjoyed nightly from dusk till midnight through January 1, 2020.
Center City welcomes the holidays with a lighted parade starting at 11th Ave. & Polk St. at 6 p.m. on December 6. The parade continues down to Third Avenue and over to Centennial Plaza at the Amarillo Civic Center for the lighting of the city of Amarillo Christmas Tree, music, food vendors and free visits with Santa Claus & Mrs. Claus. This year's theme will be "March of the Toys". Free pictures with Santa,cookes and homemade cocoa, caroling, shopping, door prizes, Ugly Sweater Contest The West Texas A&M University Choirs and Symphony Orchestra with special guests will celebrate the music of the holiday season at 4 and 7 PM.
Shopping, storytime, and Santa
Parade starts at the First United Methodist Church/Happy State Bank Parade will travel west on 4th Avenue towards the Downtown Canyon Square, turn south onto 15th Street, then continue east on 5th Avenue ending back at the First United Methodist Church/Happy State Bank. The Crosbyton Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture is inviting vendors to set up a “pop up shop/bazaar.”
Breakfast with Santa at First United Methodist Church 9:00-11:00 am sponsored by Rotary Club; Tulia Chamber of Commerce Annual Arts and Crafts Show at the Senior Citizens Center, open from 09:00 am to 5:00 pm. Tulia Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a free Christmas movie, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. Pictures with Santa, at the Hospital, 3:00 to 4:30 pm. with hot chocolate & cookies. The Annual Light Parade starts at 7:00 pm. Many Tulia businesses will have specials and sales. www.facebook.com/events/christmas-parade-of-lights/113008136057386/ Come join us in celebrating the Christmas season at Christmas on the Square in Wellington, TX, on Sunday, December 1st. The program starts at 6:00 pm with children singing Christmas carols but come early to enjoy the Christmas lights, food, hot chocolate, hay rides, and photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus. The 2019 Collingsworth County Chamber of Commerce Christmas t-shirts designed by local artist, Katy Taylor, depicting the famous Courthouse star, will be available for purchase too. For more information, please check the Collingsworth County Chamber of Commerce Facebook page. Come join us in celebrating the Christmas season at Christmas on the Square in Wellington, TX, on Sunday, December 1st. The program starts at 6:00 pm with children singing Christmas carols but come early to enjoy the Christmas lights, food, hot chocolate, hay rides, and photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus. The 2019 Collingsworth County Chamber of Commerce Christmas t-shirts designed by local artist, Katy Taylor, depicting the famous Courthouse star, will be available for purchase too. For more information, please check the Collingsworth County Chamber of Commerce Facebook page. The museum will be bustling with Christmas activity as role players in Pioneer town invite you step in and step back to Christmas in the 1890’s. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be at Christmas Open House ready to take requests from children who visit them in their sleigh in the snowy woods of Hazlewood Lecture Hall. In the basement, children can make holiday crafts in the craft corner. In the Petroleum Theater, storytellers will weave Christmas stories in a cozy living room setting with a crackling fire while songs by children’s choirs and entertainers fill the rest of the museum with music from the Derrick Room. The event is free of charge. Suggested admission is one can of food per person to benefit the High Plains Food Bank. PPHM’s Christmas Open House began collecting donations for the food drive four years ago and is now one of the area’s largest food drives. Fri. 6-9 pm; Sun. 1-5 pm
Art Center Exhibit: Members' Show & Sale In this German-heritage town of 300, the Nazareth Christmas Pageant is a source of community pride and common purpose for residents who first created and staged itin 1972,filled with home-crafted music and props for a lavish presentation of the Christmas story in 14 scenes and 14 songs. It was performed intermittently 16 times from 1972 to 1994, then languished in prolonged hiatus until 2009, when it was revived with performances through 2015 and is returning in December 2019.
Bring the family to enjoy a leisurely drive through the historic park, illuminated with more than 1 million lights and sculptures. For 2018, visit the newly restored Comanche Springs, and stop in for refreshments and gift shopping at the end of the Trail — with an expanded schedule starting the first Sunday in December.
Come spend a happy evening in the warm ambience of the Kwahadi Museum with Michael Martin Murphey, America’s famous #1 iconic singer and story teller of our cowboy heritage. All tickets include museum exhibits and art show For more than 25 years, acclaimed singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey has been celebrating the Christmas season — “Cowboy-style.” A pioneer of Americana music with a resume that includes hits that have topped the Pop, Country, Bluegrass and Western Music charts, the genre-busting Murphey has announced plans to continue celebrating with his multi-city Cowboy Christmas® tour for the 26th straight year. Ticket purchase enters participants in a drawing to be held on December 14th for $1000 giveaway, sponsored by Happy State Bank. Locations on the tour this year are: La Rita Theatre (Bake Sale location), 311 Denrock; Home of Sheila & Tim Yee, 1814 Creek; Home of Robyn & Claude Johnson, 1309 Prairie; Home of Heidi & Dennis Guffey, #2 Southpark; Home of Neila Williams, 1008 Denrock AGES 15+, tickets $75 Dinner, drinks, style show, entertainment, more
Christmas Parade, Chili Supper, Santa Pics In an annual tradition at the Cactus, The Flying J Wranglers present a fun and family friendly show, from great, traditional music to sketch comedy to homespun humor .
Join us on a night filled with historical figures of the Canyon!
Come share your favorite holiday music with family and friends. It's a sparkling celebration with carols, classics, sing-a-long and Santa - Amarillo's new holiday tradition
The Museum of Texas Tech. FREE come-&-go event for the whole family. Holiday @ The Museum features music, crafts, pictures with Santa and other fun family activities. This free event is perfect for your one-stop holiday shopping! Artists, craftspeople and GAC instructors will have a variety of handmade items that make perfect gifts for your family and friends. In Oldham County, Vega- Christmas on the Square on December 2nd from 5-7 p.m. Santa Claus makes an appearance at Vega City Hall. The Oldham County Courthouse and downtown square will have food, fun and family time. Local businesses open throughout the evening so that you can stroll around have hot chocolate, savory foods,sweet treats and S'Mores on the fire pit made by the local FFA Chapter. The sights and sounds of Christmas to start off the season. On Sunday, December 15th, the Wheeler Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a Holiday Tour of Homes. There are 6 homes on the list and tickets will be available at the Wheeler Historical Museum (that day only!) We will have finger foods/snacks and drinks and a lighted village on display. Tickets will be $10 (includes all 6 Homes) and available at 3pm. Homes will be open for viewing from 4:30 - 7:30 pm. When Christmas comes around, the Hollands transform the store into a winter wonderland with all kinds of Christmas trees fully decorated for your enjoyment. Santa will be passing out candy canes to all the boys and girls who've been good this year! Don't forget to bring your camera or camcorder to capture these precious moments of your child or grandchild with Santa Claus. This Christmas, we're going all out with an old fashioned Christmas celebration. The same week of our Christmas parade, come out for some Friday night fun at our 2nd Annual Borger Hometown Christmas. Bella Musica will kick off the night at 6:30 p.m. with Christmas carols as we light our new official downtown Christmas tree (location & actual tree to be determined). The FUMC Bell Choir will perform at Neumann & Bailey at 7 p.m. Our friends at The Coffee Ranch! will host Christmas movies at their new event space The Ranch (the old Serendipity building): 7:45 p.m. - "The Star" & 10:00 p.m. - "Elf." Throughout the evening, there will be a host of fun activities, including a snowball cornhole contest, s'more roasting with the firemen, roasted chestnuts (prepared by Plum Good Food's Jordan Watson-Grounds), pizza by Jesse's Pizza Co. - Borger as well as carriage rides and hot sales at our Downtown Merchant stores & street vendors! Have a spoonful of New Year's luck and join Ranger Jeff on a midnight stroll along the Kiowa Trail
Tickets this year will be $50 and will admit 2. This years menu is “Taste of the Holidays” and will be served up by Chef Kevin Pedroza, the Grub Hub Staff and the Lamesa HS Culinary Arts students along with the Smokin’ Tors! The event is a shop local event. Participating stores are open late from 5pm to 8pm for after hours shopping. Some stores offer discounts, giveaways or refreshments. Everyone who makes a purchase is given an "I kept the cheer here" card which enters them into a drawing of $100 in Brownfield Bucks and other prizes. There will be a noon meal of chili, beans and cornbread by the Junior Class and the EEA Clubs will have a Sweet Shop offering slices of homemade pie. There will be activities for children and a Children's Store where kids can purchase gifts for $1 for family and friends. After the afternoon wraps up at the Emergency Services Building, the Kent County Chamber of Commerce will have soup and a movie for $5 at the Community Center followed by their annual lighted parade and the tree lighting on the Town Square.
Spur’s historic “main drag” lights up with fun, food, and festivities. Start the evening with Cokrs & Columnists at The Texas Spur newspaper office and a Pancacke Supper at the Masonic Lodge, then make your way to the Holiday Tree Lighting at the Visitor Center, Shopping Bazaar at the Community Center, vendor late night hours, and Santa visits at the Palace Theater. Levelland Main Street, the Marigolds of Levelland, and South Plains College (SPC) will partner again to bring you the Levelland Festival of Lights & Christmas on the Square, TUESDAY, December 3, 2019.
The event begins at the SPC entrance with the lighting of the trees. Hot coco will be served and the SPC Symphonic Band will play Christmas music before the ceremonial "flip of the switch" by the SPC President to turn on all the campus Christmas lights! The Lighted Parade route is over a mile long and will start at SPC and travel North on College Ave, turn West onto Houston Street and end at the Square. Santa Claus will lead the parade and arrive at the gazebo to visit with all the children about their Christmas wishes and receive a goodie bag from the Marigolds of Levelland. Many other activities will take place on the Courthouse lawn while families wait to see Santa. Tickets are $40 and seating is limited to 25; may be purchased at the Chamber office. The Spearman HS art teacher will guide the group in painting a Christmas canvas painting
Theme: "Our Christmas Wish" The first Saturday of December brings a full-on celebration for our community and visitors. Great holiday shopping opportunities in our small-town atmosphere are topped off with the annual lighted Christmas parade on Main Street. Dozens of entries – horses, antique tractors, floats, vintage cars and, of course, Santa – all aglow with thousands of lights welcome the holiday season.
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas returns to Amarillo on November 27th starting at 7:30 PM at the Amarillo Civic Center Complex! This year marks the 35th Anniversary of the Christmas Tour, making it the longest-running consecutive concert tour in the entertainment industry! For more than 25 years, acclaimed singer songwriter Michael Martin Murphey has been celebrating the Christmas season — “Cowboy-style.” A pioneer of Americana music with a resume that includes hits that have topped the Pop, Country, Bluegrass and Western Music charts, the genre-busting Murphey has announced plans to continue celebrating with his multi-city Cowboy Christmas tour for the 26th straight year. The Miracles Christmas Parade exists to bring cheer to every spectator, participant, and organizer and to provide families and individuals an event that will build lasting holiday memories.
The beloved annual Ransom Canyon Christmas Tour of Homes tradition continues! There will be four beautifully decorated homes, each with their own unique setting. The Memorial Chapel will be open with delicious homemade cookies, refreshments and live Christmas music! This is the major fundraiser for the Little Chapel of Brookhollow. Riders In The Sky are truly exceptional! For more than thirty years Riders In The Sky have been keepers of the flame passed on by the Sons of the Pioneers, Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, reviving and revitalizing the genre. And while remaining true to the integrity of Western music, they have themselves become modern-day icons by branding the genre with their own legendary wacky humor and way-out Western wit, and all along encouraging buckaroos and buckarettes to live life “The Cowboy Way!” Dinner, Dance with The Martin Band Bring your children and grandchildren to Mackenzie Park and enjoy a Lubbock tradition! Children from Lubbock and surrounding communities are invited to Santa Land’s Opening Ceremony on Monday, December 10, 2018, at 6:00 p.m. Lubbock City Council members will welcome Santa and Mrs. Claus from the North Pole, turn on the Christmas lights in this winter village, and officially open Santa Land. Lubbock Parks and Recreation has hosted Santa Land for the past 63 years, and admission for all ages is free. Santa Land is open every evening from December 10-23, 2018, from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. nightly. Approximately 50,000 people visit Santa Land each year to see the festive holiday village with its huge lighted Christmas tree, animated displays, bonfires, traditional holiday scenes, and of course, Santa and Mrs. Claus. Each evening at 6:00 p.m. during this 14-night event, a sleigh with tiny reindeer bring Santa and Mrs. Claus to Santa Land to hear the Christmas wishes of area children. Don’t forget to look for Bo, Santa Land’s very own Elf on the Shelf each night and message your pictures of him to our Parks and Recreation Facebook page to enter a chance to win a prize! Families will enjoy live entertainment most evenings from 6:30-8:00 p.m. Hot chocolate and other refreshments are available for sale at the concession stand. Join us Thursday, December 5th at 5:30pm downtown Floydada. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be at Nutthouse Designs. There will be hot chocolate, shopping and a beautiful Christmas card picture worthy backdrop. Cathy's Floral & Gifts and Payne Pharmacy will be open to start your Christmas shopping, as well as vendors down California Street. Vendor spaces are FREE. See ya at the Square! rescheduled for Monday Christmas lights dance to music, with shows every 30 minutes from 7 PM through midnight. The Tech Terrace U.N.I.T. Holiday Home Tour offers an excellent way to explore some of Lubbock's finest architecture with great company. Parade through Spearman on Motorcycles, ATVs, UTVs, 4-wheelers The multi-platinum, critically-acclaimed progressive rock group announces its highly-anticipated Winter Tour 2019. Returning with all-new staging and effects is the unforgettable show that started it all, “Christmas Eve and Other Stories.” plus Carriage Rides
The 3rd Annual Yoakum County Tamale Festival (Dec. 5-7) kicks off with dinner Thursday and continues with a Friday night Christmas Parade that leads to Stuffy Moorehead Park, where you’ll find live music, Santa and food and drinks. Saturday brings more bands, food, tamale contests, live dancers, kids activities, Santa and more. The Zoo is going WILD with holiday lights and festive music. See thousands of sparkling holiday lights and animated light displays. Meet Rudolph, the Grinch, Frosty and other holiday characters. Kids can play holiday games, make a craft in the Santa Elves workshop or make a treat for our feather friends. Warm up with hot chocolate or other seasonal treats as you enjoy the sights and sounds of the holidays. Be sure to complete your holiday shopping at the Zootique gift cart for that special animal lover in your family.