Texas Plains Trail Region HERITAGE EVENTS updated 6/8/17Event Month Event Start DateEvent End DateEvent Start TimeEvent End TimeEvent Day Venue Venue Address Venue City Venue Zip CodeVenue CountyContact Contact Phone Contact Email Website Fees Notes Annual Junior Livestock Show 1-January Gail 79738 Borden First Day Hike 1-January 01/01/17 01/01/17 NATIONWIDE One of Lubbock's largest annual events, the Lubbock Arts Festival is a celebration of visual, performing and children’s arts. Home Merc Gala 1-January Nazareth 79063 Castro 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 Moore 806-935-5312 [email protected] www.dumasmuseumandartcenter.orgFree 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 Moore 806-935-5312 [email protected] www.dumasmuseumandartcenter.orgFree 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 Lubbock N/A www.thevillageshoppingcenter.com Free 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 Scurry 325-573-3200 [email protected] www.themanhattancoffeehouse.com$25 Kwahadi Indian Dancers Perform Winter Night Ceremonials2-February 02/15/13 02/15/13 7:30 PM 10:00 PM Friday Kwahadi Museum of the American Indian 9151 I-40 East Amarillo 79118 Potter Charles Ritchie 806-335-3175 [email protected] www.kwahadi.com $5- $9 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 Lubbock Lubbock Lions Club 806-763-4789 www.lubbocklions.org $5 The Day the Music Died 2-February 02/03/17 02/03/17 All day All day Buddy Holly Center 1801 Crickets Ave. Lubbock 79401 Lubbock (806) 775-3560 February 3 marks the annual 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 . This date has affectionately been given the name “The Day the Music Died” by the Buddy Holly Center, after a lyric in the Don McLean song, “American Pie,” that references the deaths of these rock and roll musicians. Patrons are invited to the Center to celebrate the life and legacy of Buddy Holly. 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 Hemphill 806-323-8250 [email protected] www.texascrownhall.org N/A 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 Lubbock 806-745-2258 [email protected] www.llanowine.com $50 Borger Birthday 3-March Borger Hutchinson Charles Goodnight Day 3-March 3/5/17 3/5/17 83(R) HCR 51 Goodnight Armstrong 806-226-2187 [email protected] www.armstrongcountymuseum.com Dust Bowl Marathon Series 3-March 03/18/13 03/18/13 7:30 AM 9:00 AM Monday Rita Blanca Lake FM 281 Dalhart 79022 Dallam 806-244-5511 [email protected] www.dalhart.org N/A St. Patrick's Day Celebration 3-March St. Patrick’s Day Parade (official St. Patrick’s Day 3-March Water Tower Plaza and downtown Shamrock Wheeler Celebration in TX) Taba’na Yuan’e Wind Ceremony 3-March Post Garza Texas Independence Day 3-March 03/02/17 03/02/17 STATEWIDE Viva Aztlan Festival 3-March Lubbock Lubbock Women's History Month 3-March NATIONWIDE 45th Annual Ranch Day 4-April National Ranching Heritage Center 3121 4th St. Lubbock 79409 Lubbock Julie Hodges 806-742-0498 Free Guests can warm up with a cup of hot cider and fresh kettle corn as they tour through the historic site. There is no admission charge for this annual event, but donations are encouraged. ABC Pro Rodeo 4-April City Bank Coliseum 2720 Drive of ChampionsLubbock 79409 Lubbock ABC Pro Rodeo 806.777.3019 Prices vary Spend some time in the Old West during the National Ranching Heritage Center’s 45th annual Ranch Day on Saturday, April 11. 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 Dallam 806-244-5511 [email protected] www.dalhart.org N/A Apple Blossom Celebration 4-April Apple Country at The Orchard 12206 E. Hwy. 62 Idalou 79329 Lubbock Apple Country Orchards 806-892-2961 TBD 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. Big Spring Prospectors Gem & Mineral Show 4-April Big Spring Howard Bluegrass Festival 4-April Littlefield Lamb Bob Wills Day 4-April, Last Sat. 04/25/13 04/27/13 All day All day Thursday- SaturdayTurkey 602 Lyles Turkey 79261 Hall 806-423-1033 http://www.bobwillsday.com/ Free; dance $15 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 Hemphill 806-323-6234 [email protected] www.canadiantx.org N/A 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 Donley 806-874-2421 [email protected] www.clarendonedc.org $20- $25 Chicken Fried Steak Festival 4-April Lamesa Dawson Springs in 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 Randall 806-655-2181 [email protected] http://www.texas-show.com/events.html$22 Cottle County Old Settlers' Reunion and Rodeo 4-April Paducah 79248 Cottle Horned Toad Cookoff 4-April Copper Breaks State Park Intertribal Pow Wow 4-April Big Spring Howard Lubbock Arts Festival 4-April 04/22/17 04/23/17 Friday-SaturdayLubbock Memorial Civic Center 1501 Mac Davis Lane Lubbock 79401 Lubbock Elizabeth Regner, Lubbock Arts Alliance lubbockartsfestival.org Ogallala Quilting Festival 4-April Dimmitt Castro Quanah Rodeo & Quanah Junior Rodeo 4-April Quanah Hardeman 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 Armstrong 806-226-2187 [email protected] www.armstrongcountymuseum.org $15 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 Potter 806-274-3239 www.kwahadi.com N/A Amarillo Business Connection 5-May 05/11/17 05/11/17 Amarillo Civic Center 401 S Buchanan St. Amarillo 79101 Potter 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 Gray Ted Dickman 806-669-7511 [email protected] www.chamberdata.net N/A Canadian River Music Festival 5-May 05/11/13 05/11/13 12:00 PM 10:00 PM Saturday Canadian River Music Festival 1101 N. 6th Street Canadian 79014 Hemphill 806-323-6234 [email protected] www.canadianrivermusicfestival.com$25- $30 Canyon Driving Tour 5-May 05/25/13 05/25/13 3:00 PM 5:00 PM Saturday Palo Duro Canyon 11450 State Highway Park Rd 5Canyon 79015 Randall 806-488-2227 www.palodurocanyon.com N/A Cinco de Mayo 5-May 05/05/14 05/05/14 NATIONWIDE Cinco De Mayo Festivities 5-May 05/05/13 05/05/13 All day All day Sunday Pampa 111 E. Harvester Pampa 79065 Gray 806-669-5750 www.cityofpampa.org N/A Cotton Boll Festival 9-Sept 09/09/17 09/09/17 All day All day Saturday Downtown 808 Ave I Ralls 79357 Crosby Giselle Brock 806-253-2342 [email protected] http://www.rallschamberofcommerce.com/N/A Cruzers Muscle Car Weekend 5-May 05/11/13 05/11/13 All day All day Saturday Rita Blanca Lake FM 281 Dalhart 79022 Dallam Rick 806-244-6622 [email protected] $50 Cynthia Ann Parker Days 5-May Crowell Foard Friends of Southwestern Art Annual Luncheon 5-May 05/04/13 05/04/13 11:30 AM 1:00 PM Saturday Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum 2503 4th Ave Canyon 79015 Randall 806-651-2258 www.panhandleplains.org N/A Gruver Rodeo 5-May 05/18/13 05/18/13 All day All day Saturday Gruver Rodeo Grounds Gruver Rodeo Grounds Gruver 79040 Hansford Tex Copke 806-659-5555 www.spearmanchamber.com $10 Hansford County Parade and Rodeo 5-May 05/18/13 05/18/13 All day All day Saturday Main Street Main Street Spearman 79081 Hansford Tex Copke 806-659-5555 www.spearmanchamber.com $5-$10 Hansford Heritage Days 5-May Spearman 79081 Hansford HCHD Rib Cook-Off and Fishing Tourn. 5-May 05/11/13 05/11/13 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 Hansford Tex Copke 806-659-5555 www.spearmanchamber.com N/A High Plains Wine and Music Fest 5-May Canadian Hemphill Memorial Day Observance 5-May Paducah 79248 Cottle 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 Hansford Tex Copke 806-659-5555 www.spearmanchamber.com Entry fee $50-$100 National Preservation Month 5-May NATIONWIDE National Tourism Week 5-May 05/02/15 05/10/15 NATIONWIDE Old Settlers’ Day 5-May 05/27/17 05/27/17 All day All day Saturday Courthouse Square Floydada Floyd 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 Potter Charles Ritchie 806-274-3239 [email protected] www.kwahadi.com N/A Preservation Month 5-May 05/01/13 05/31/13 All day All day Wednesday- FridayDowntown 1101 Ave H Levelland 79336 Hockley 806-894-3157 www.levelland.com N/A Run for the Wall 5-May Colorado City Mitchell St. Jude’s Trail Ride 5-May Dalhart Dallam Veterans Day Program 5-May, Memorial Day Memorial Day Stratford Sherman Cemetery Washington Cattle Co. Bluegrass Festival 5-May Flomot 79234 Motley XIT Rangers St. Jude's Hospital Benefit Ride 5-May 05/15/13 05/15/13 All day All day Wednesday XIT Rangers' Clubhouse FM 281 Dalhart 79022 Dallam 806-244-5511 [email protected] www.dalhart.org N/A Bar-None Rodeo 6-June Plainview Hale Big Spring Cowboy Reunion & Rodeo 6-June Big Spring Howard CC Riders Car Show 6-June Colorado City Mitchell Cookin' on the Bricks BBQ Cook-off 6-June Pampa Gray 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 Potter 806-376-7767 http://www.coorsranchrodeo.com/ $7- $12 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 Hardeman David Turner 940-839-4331 [email protected] www.tpwd.state.tx.us/state-parks/copper-breaksGate fee D’Town BBQ Cookoff 6-June Dumas Moore 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 Hutchinson Lynn Hopkins 806-273-0130 [email protected] www.hutchinsoncountymuseum.orgN/A Dumas Noon Lions Dogie Days 6-June 06/14/17 06/17/17 All day All day Wednesday–SaturdayMcDade Park McDade Park Dumas 79029 Moore Dumas Noon Lions Club N/A [email protected] www.dumasnoonlions.com $8- $20 Frontier Follies 6-June Miami Roberts 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 Hockley N/A [email protected] http://highplainswinegrowers.org/ $30-$60 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 Potter Charles Ritchie 806-335-3175 [email protected] www.kwahadi.com N/A 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 Hardeman David Turner 940-839-4331 [email protected] www.tpwd.state.tx.us/state-parks/copper-breaksGate fee pluse $10 Llano Wine & Clay Festival 6-June 06/08/13 06/09/13 All day All day Saturday-SundayLlano Estacado Winery 3426 East FM 1585 Lubbock 79404 Lubbock 806-745-2258 [email protected] www.llanowine.com Free 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 Oldham 806-267-2828 [email protected] Free National Cow Calling Contest And Annual Steak Cook-Off 6-June 06/02/17 06/04/17 All day All day Saturday Miami 100 E. Commercial St Miami 79059 Roberts Kathy Thompson 806-868-4791 http://www.miamitexas.org/cowcalling.htm$50 to cook $12 wristband $50 poker National Trails Day 6-June 06/03/17 06/03/17 Saturday NATIONWIDE nationaltrailsday.americanhiking.org 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 Garza 806-495-3461 http://www.postcitytexas.com/chamber.htmlFree 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 Hale 806-296-1119 https://www.facebook.com/redwhitemoomilkfestN/A 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 Motley 806-348-7231 Free 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 Hockley 806-894-3157 www.levelland.com Free St. Anthony’s Fiesta Jamaica 6-June Dalhart TEXAS Outdoor Musical Drama 5-May–August 06/02/17 08/17/17 8:00 PM 10:00 PM Saturday Palo Duro Canyon 11450 State Highway Park Rd 5Canyon 79015 Randall 806-655-2181 [email protected] http://www.texas-show.com/events.htmlVaries Texas’ Last Frontier Heritage Celebration and Buffalo 6-June 06/29/13 06/30/13 All day All day Saturday-SundayCochran County Park Cochran County Park Morton 79346 Cochran Dorothy Barker 806-266-5484 [email protected] http://texaslastfrontier.com/ N/A Soldier Encampment Tour de Muleshoe 6-June, Father’s Day Father’s Day weekend Muleshoe 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 Crosby Margot Hardin 806-675-2301 [email protected] www.route62yardsales.com Free 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 Cochran Justin 806-523-0156 [email protected] www.waylonfest.com $30-$35 Western Swing Festival 6-June 06/07/17 06/10/17 All day All day Wednesday–SaturdayScurry County Invenergy Coliseum 900 E. Coliseum Dr. Snyder 79549 Scurry XIT Trail of Sales 6-June Channing, Hartley, Dalhart, and Texline 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 Oldham Deborah Sue McDonald 806-267-2828 [email protected] N/A Explode! Don Harrington Discovery Center Amarillo Potter 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 Potter Amarillo Parks & Rec 806-378-3021 N/A Globe News Fireworks Festival 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 5:30 PM 10:30 PM Thursday 4800 Bell Amarillo 79109 Potter Amarillo Parks 806-378-3036 www.amarilloparks.org N/A National Day of the American Cowboy 7-July 07/27/16 07/27/16 6:00 PM 9:00 PM Saturday Working Ranch Cowboys Association 408 SW 7th Amarillo 79109 Potter Victoria Saker 806-651-2249 [email protected] N/A 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 Potter Amarillo Zoo 806-381-7911 [email protected] http://www.amarillozoo.org/index. Zoo admission Pops In The Park at Comanche Trail Park Ampitheater. 5 pm: Gates php 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. Pops in the Park 7-July 07/03/16 07/03/16 5:00 PM Sunday Comanche Trail Park Big Spring Howard (432) 263-7641 Funtastic Fourth 7-July Big Spring Howard Quilt Show 7-July Borger Hutchinson Boomtown with a Bang 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 Borger Hutchinson 806-273-0902 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. Firecracker Run road race (oldest in TX) 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 Brownfield Terry 7-July 07/03/16 07/03/16 Sunday Cactus 806-421-1283 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. 128th Annual July 4th Rodeo 7-July 07/01/16 07/04/16 All day All day Thursday Canadian Chamber of Commerce 119 North 2nd Street Canadian 79014 Hemphill 806-323-6234 [email protected] www.canadiantx.org N/A 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 Hemphill 806-323-6234 [email protected] www.canadiantx.org Free July 4th Rodeo 7-July Canadian 79014 Hemphill Independence Day Celebration 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 All day All day Thursday Square Downtown Canyon 79015 Randall 806-655-7815 [email protected] www.canyonchamber.org Free July 4th Celebration 7-July Canyon Randall 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

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 Randall TEXAS Musical Drama 806-655-2181 [email protected] http://www.texas- $10 8:30pm Fireworks after the show show.com/home.html TEXAS Outdoor Drama Fireworks 7-July Canyon Randall 8th Annual Tourism & Preservation Roundup 7-July 07/30/16 08/01/16 All day All day Wednesday-ThursdayChildress Event Center Childress Chlldress Barbara Brannon 806-747-1997 [email protected] www.TexasPlainsTrail.com N/A Old Settlers Rodeo and Reunion 7-July Childress Chlldress 940-937-2567 Elks Crafts Show at City Park 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Fireworks at Dusk Saints' Roost Celebration 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 All day All day Thursday Downtown 110 S. Kearney St. Clarendon 79226 Donley 806-874-2421 [email protected] www.clarendonedc.org Free Saints’ Roost July 4 Celebration & Rodeo 7-July Clarendon Donley Caprock Roundup & Rodeo 7-July Claude Armstrong Freedom Parade 07/02/16 07/02/16 10:00 AM High School Park Coahoma Howard Fly-In and Festivities 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 7:00 AM 10:30 PM Thursday Colorado City Colorado City Colorado City 79512 Mitchell City of Colorado City 325-728-3403 http://www.coloradocitytexas.org/ N/A Calendar.aspx?EID=473 J. O. Dockrey Fly-In 7-July 4th 07/04/17 07/04/17 Colorado City Mitchell 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 Dallam Dalhart Chamber of Commerce806-244-5646 http://www.dalhart.org/visit/ANNU Free Fireworks display at dark Sunday at Lake Rita Blanca State Park south AL%20EVENTS.htm of town. Celebrate Freedom community party 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 Monday Lake Rita Blanca FM 281 Dalhart 79022 Dallam Dalhart Chamber of Commerce806-244-5646 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. Deutsches Fest 7-July Darrouzett Lipscomb Old-Fashioned Fourth of July 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 All day All day Thursday McDade Park McDade Park Dumas 79029 Moore 806-935-4101 www.ci.dumas.tx.us Free Farwell Border Town Days 7-July Farwell Deaf Smith Cheeseburger Festival 7-July Friona Parmer 806-350-3491 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. Fourth of July Celebration 7-July Lake Meredith National Recreation AreaFritch Hutchinson 806-857-3151 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.

4th of July Festivities 7-July 07/02/16 07/02/16 Saturday Gruver 79040 Hansford 806-570-7452 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. 4th of July Festivities 7-July 07/02/16 07/02/16 Saturday Saturday Hale Center Hale 806-839-2642 The Hale Center Chamber of Commerce is having its annual July 4th Celebration on Saturday, July 2nd. Festivities will kick off at 10:45 that morning with opening ceremonies, followed by the parade at 11 a.m. Following the parade, the public can eat and visit the booths in the city park. Freedom Celebration 7-July 07/03/16 07/03/16 4:00 PM Sunday Dameron Park Hereford 79045 Deaf Smith Knights of Columbis 806-364-3333 http://www.hereford-tx.gov/ 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. Fourth of July Celebration 7-July Lamesa Dawson (806) 872-2181 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. Early Settlers’ Day Festival 7-July, 2nd Sat. 2nd Sat. All day All day Saturday Downtown 1709 Ave H Levelland 79336 Hockley 806-894-3157 www.levelland.com N/A Littlefield Celebration 7-July Littlefield Lamb 4th on Broadway 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 All day All day Thursday Broadway and Ave. K Lubbock 79401 Lubbock Broadway Festivals 806-749-2929 http://www.broadwayfestivals.com Free / Buffalo Springs Lake 3rd of July Fireworks Extravaganza 7-July 07/03/16 07/03/16 9:30 PM Sunday Buffalo Springs Lake Lubbock Lubbock Free and open to public Amigos La Raza on the Plaza 7-July 07/02/16 07/02/16 Saturday Lubbock County Courthouse Square Lubbock Lubbock 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. 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 Lubbock Gerald Dolter 806-742-2270 [email protected] http://www.lubbockmoonlightmusi $17-$25 cals.org Hall County: Fireworks Display 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 6:30 PM 10:30 PM Thursday 1501 High St. Memphis 79245 Hall 806-359-3144 N/A 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. Old Mobeetie Music Festival 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 All day All day Friday-SundayMobeetie Courthouse Square Square Mobeetie 79061 Wheeler Old Mobeetie TX Association806-845-2028 [email protected] www.mobeetie.com $10-$18 July 4th Celebration 7-July Muleshoe Bailey 806-669-5800 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.

German Fest 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 Nazareth Castro Sandhills Celebration 7-July/August Olton Lamb July 4 Celebration & Fireworks 7-July Paducah Cottle Annual Fireworks Display 7-July 07/01/16 07/04/16 All day All day Thursday Pampa Rec. Park and Rodeo Grounds Hwy 60 Pampa 79065 Gray 806-669-5750 www.cityofpampa.org Free JOY 4th of July 7-July Panhandle Carson 4th of July Festivities 7-July Perryton Ochiltree 806-435-6575 Fireworks at dark at Lake Fryer and Wolf Creek County Park Fiesta de Campesina 7-July Plainview Hale Red, White, and Moo Parade 7-July 07/02/16 07/02/16 Saturday Plainview Hale 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. Roaring Springs: 100th Anniversary and 4th of July Celebration7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 All day All day Thursday Downtown 209 Broadway Roaring Springs 79256 Motley Teresa Woolsey 806-269-9615 Free July 4th Festival 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 5:00 PM 10:00 PM Thursday Sanford Sanford 79078 Hutchinson N/A N/A Shamrock Wheeler 806-256-2501 Fireworks display at dusk Monday from the Shamrock Rodeo Arena, west of town on Interstate 40. July 4th Festival 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 10:00 AM 3:00 PM Thursday Slaton Park Slaton 79364 Lubbock Slaton Chamber of Commerce806-828-6238 http://www.slatonchamberofcomm F Slaton's 4th of July Festival, 10am-3pm. Slaton Park. Bands erce.org/default_229_3251893424. performing throughout the day. Inflatables and water activities. jpg Slaton Sound Stage presents: Cathy Whitten, Texas Cadillac Jack Band. Special guests include Danielle Henzler, John Hendrick, Mary Beth Ashburn, and David Mitchell. Fourth of July Celebration 7-July 07/03/16 07/03/16 Sunday Towle Park Snyder Scurry Fourth of July Celebration/Fireworks 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 Monday Towle Park Snyder Scurry * 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 Block Party & Street Dance 7-July, Last Sat. Last Sat. Stratford 79084 Sherman Old Timers Reunion 7-July, Last Fri.-Sat. Last Fri.-Sat Stratford 79084 Sherman Stratford Classes Reunion 7-July, Last Fri.-Sat Last Fri./Sat. All day All day Saturday Main Street Stratford 79084 Sherman Kathy Allen 806-366-2897 [email protected] http://www.shermancountytx.org/ N/A Stratford Jamboree Parade 7-July, Last Sat. Last Sat. Stratford 79084 Sherman Swisher County Picnic 7-July Tulia Swisher 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. Comancheros de Vega & Bluegrass Festival 7-July Vega Oldham Flag Parade 7-July 07/04/16 07/04/16 9:00 AM 10:00 AM Thursday West I-40 Overpass Vega 79092 Oldham Deborah Sue McDonald 806-231-3479; [email protected] Free 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. 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 Oldham 806-267-2828 [email protected] N/A 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 Collingsworth 806-447-5848 July 4th Celebration 7-July Wheeler Wheeler 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. Old Settlers Reunion and Rodeo 7-July/August Wheeler Wheeler Kick Back Day and Rodeo 7-July White Deer Carson Fourth on the Fifth 7-July 07/05/16 Wolfforth Lubbock 806-855-4159 Fourth on the Fifth Celebration 6 p.m. Patterson Park, kids activities, food vendors, music by Ground Floor and Justin Robinett, fireworks at dark National Day of the Cowboy 7-July, 4th Sat. 07/22/17 07/22/17 Saturday Center City Block Party 8-August Amarillo Potter County Birthday Celebration & Rodeo 8-August Silverton Briscoe Earth Ranch Rodeo 8-August Earth Lamb Foothills Saturday Night 8-August Matador Motley Groom Days and Ranch Rodeo 8-August Groom Carson Hang Gliding Championships 8-August Big Spring Howard Happy Days 8-August Happy Randall/Swisher Howard County Fair 8-August Big Spring Howard 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 Lubbock Foster-A-Life 806-792-3182 [email protected] http://www.fosteralife.org/ $15-$20 Lions Club Rodeo and Rodeo Parade 8-August 08/16/13 08/17/13 5:30 PM 9:00 PM Friday-SaturdayDowntown 808 Ave I Ralls 79357 Crsoby Ralls Chamber of Commerce806-253-2342 [email protected] www.rallschamberofcommerce.com/index.htmlN/A 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 Lubbock Gerald Dolter 806-742-2270 [email protected] http://www.lubbockmoonlightmusicals.org$17-$25 Motley-Dickens Old Settlers Reunion Rodeo 8-August/September Roaring Springs Motley 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 Hockley 806-894-3157 www.levelland.com Free Mule Days 8-August Muleshoe Bailey Old Fashion Saturday 8-August Lockney Floyd Oldham County Roundup 8-August, 2nd Sat. 2nd Sat. 08/10/13 All day All day Saturday Downtown 904 Main Vega 79092 Oldham 806-267-2828 [email protected] N/A Post Stampede Rodeo 8-August 08/08/13 08/10/13 All day All day Thursday-SaturdayPost Rodeo Grounds Post Post 79356 Garza 806-495-3461 http://www.postcitytexas.com/ N/A Post Stampede Rodeo & Parade 8-August Post Garza Annual Sandhills Celebration 8-August 08/02/17 08/05/17 Olton Lamb Olton Chamber of Commerce806-285-2292 [email protected] www.oltonchamber.org Seminole Trade Days 8-August Seminole Gaines Smokin’ in the Park BBQ Cook-off 8-August Post Garza Spicer Gripp Memorial Roping 8-August Hereford Deaf Smith Sunray Funday 8-August Sunray Sunray 79086 Moore Taste of Terry County 8-August Brownfield Terry Texas Plains Trail Tourism & Preservation Round-Up 7-July 08/09/14 08/09/13 All day All day Wednesday-FridayCanadian Elementary School 500 Dogwood St. Canadian 79014 Hemphill Barbara Brannon 806-747-1997 [email protected] www.TexasPlainsTrail.com $75 conference admission; $25 museum admission Top o’ Texas PRCA Rodeo 8-August Pampa Gray Town & Country Jubilee 8-August Hereford Deaf Smith Wheatheart of the Nation Festival 8-August Perryton Ochiltree White Buffalo Bikefest 8-August Snyder Scurry Will Rogers Day 8-August Higgins 79046 Lipscomb Wines & Vines Festival 8-August 08/02/13 08/03/13 All day All day Friday- SaturdayMcPhearson Cellars 1615 Texas Ave. Lubbock 79404 Lubbock Emily Simpson 806-687-9463 [email protected] www.mcphersoncellars.com TBD XIT Rodeo and Reunion 8-August 08/01/13 08/03/13 All day All day Thursday-SaturdayXIT Rodeo Arena Tennessee Ave & East 8th St.Dalhart 79022 Dallam XIT 806-244-5646 http://www.xit-rodeo.com/index.htmlN/A Apple Butter Festival 9-September 09/13/13 09/14/13 10:00 AM 5:00 PM Friday- SaturdayApple Country Orchards 12206 E. Hwy. 62 Idalou 79329 Lubbock 806-781-1753 [email protected] http://www.applecountryorchards.com/N/A Art Center- Museum Day 9-September 09/29/13 09/29/13 9:00 AM 4:00 PM Sunday The Art Center 1810 S. Dumas Ave Dumas 79029 Moore 806-935-5312 [email protected] www.dumasmuseumandartcenter.orgFree Assiter Pumpkin Patch 9-September Floydada Floyd At’l Do Farms Corn Maize 9-September-Nov. 09/14/13 11/30/13 All day All day Saturday- SaturdaySimpson Farm FM 1294 Lubbock 79401 Lubbock James and Patti Simpson 806-763-5594 [email protected] www.atldofarms.com $4-$8 children 4 and under free Borger: Adobe Walls Trek 9-September 09/07/13 09/07/13 9:00 AM 12:00 PM Saturday Hutchinson County Museum 618 North Main Borger 79008 Hutchinson Lynn Hopkins 806-273-0130 [email protected] www.hutchinsoncountymuseum.orgFree Boys Ranch Rodeo and Adventure FEST 9-September, Labor Day Labor Day All day All day Sunday-TuesdayBoys Ranch US 385 Boys Ranch 79010 Oldham 800-687-3722 [email protected] www.calfarley.org $10- children under 6 fre Buddy's Birthday Bash 9-September Buddy Holly Center 1801 Crickets Ave. Lubbock Lubbock Buddy Holly Center 806-775-3560 Free The Golden Spur recognizes outstanding contributions to the ranching and livestock industry. Calf Fry Cookoff 9-September 09/28/13 09/28/13 10:00 AM 12:00 PM Saturday Canadian Chamber of Commerce 1101 N. 6th Street Canadian 79014 Hemphill Kimbra Julian 806-323-9413 [email protected] www.canadiantx.org TBD Castro County Harvest Days 9-September Dimmitt Castro Chautauqua 9-September Pampa Gray Colonel Charles Goodnight Chuck Wagon Cook Off 9-September 09/28/13 09/28/13 All day All day Saturday Downtown Clarendon Clarendon 79226 Donley 806-874-2421 [email protected] www.clarendonedc.org N/A Comanche Warrior Triathlon 9-September Big Spring Howard Cotton Boll Fest 9-September Ralls Crosby Cowboy Days Festival 9-September Plainview Hale Coyote Opry 9-September Gail Borden 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 Moore 806-935-5312 [email protected] www.dumasmuseumandartcenter.orgN/A Fall Festival 9-September Quanah Hardeman Fiesta Night 9-September Booker 79005 Lipscomb/Ochiltree Fiestas Patrias 9-September Lubbock Lubbock Friona Maize Days 9-September Friona Parmer Goodnight Under the Stars 9-September Goodnight Armstrong 806-226-2187 [email protected] www.armstrongcountymuseum.com Hall County Picnic 9-September Memphis Roberts Harvest Festival 9-September Tahoka Lynn Harvest Moon concert 9-September 09/21/13 09/21/13 7:15 PM 11:00 PM Saturday Paul Johnson's House 3707 94th St. Lubbock 79423 Lubbock Paul Johnson 806-535-0303 www.hubcitymusic.com $20 Howdy Neighbor Day 9-September Fritch Borger Hub City BBQ 9-September 09/26/13 09/26/13 5:00 PM 8:00 PM Thursday Downtown Broadway and Ave. K Lubbock 79401 Lubbock 806-761-7000 www.lubbockchamber.com $10-$30 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 Lubbock Emily Wilkinson 806-742-0498 [email protected] http://nrhc.ttu.edu/ N/A Labor Day Annual Rotary Steer Roping 9-September Muleshoe Bailey Landmark After Dark 9-September 09/14/13 09/14/13 All day All day Saturday Lubbock Lake Landmark 2401 Landmark Dr. Lubbock 79415 Lubbock 806-742-1116 http://www.depts.ttu.edu/museumttu/lll/N/A Maxwell's Pumpkin Patch 9-September Amarillo Mexico Independence Day (Diez y Seis) 9-September 09/16/17 09/16/17 NATIONWIDE Mitchell County Reunion 9-September Colorado City Mitchell Molly Goodnight Day 9-September 09/12/17 09/12/17 Goodnight Armstrong Museum Day 9-September Dumas Moore Museum Day 9-September Panhandle Carson National Cowboy Symposium & Celebration 9-September 09/05/13 09/08/13 All day All day Thursday-SundayLubbock Civic Center 1501 Mac Davis Ln. Lubbock 79401 Lubbock 806-798-7825 [email protected] http://www.cowboy.org Varies National Golden Spur Award 9-September National Ranching Heritage Center 3121 4th St. Lubbock Lubbock Julie Hodges 806-742-0499 TBD Luminarias light the paths around the National Ranching Heritage Center’s historic structures, where Ranch Host volunteers recreate holiday scenes of trimming trees with home-made decorations, playing traditional music and gathering around the campfire on a cold winter’s night. Old Settlers’ Reunion 9-September, Labor Day Labor Day Mobeetie Wheeler Royal Splash Corn Maze 9-September-Nov. Plainview Hale South Plains Fair 9-September 09/20/13 09/28/13 All day All day Friday-SaturdaySouth Plains Fairgrounds 1012 Ave. A Lubbock 79401 Lubbock 806-763-2833 www.southplainsfair.com See website Tri-State Fair and Rodeo 9-September 09/13/13 09/21/13 All day All day Friday-SaturdayTri State Fair Grounds 3301 SE 10th Ave. Amarillo 79104 Potter 806-376-7767 www.tristatefair.com TBA 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 Lubbock Big Brothers Big Sisters 806-763-6131 $40 Watermelon Roundup 9-September, Labor Day Labor Day weekend Plains Yoakum weekend BisonFest 9-September 09/23/17 09/23/17 Quitaque/Caproc Briscoe/Hall k Canyons State Park Celebrate Seagraves 10-October Seagraves Gaines 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 Hardeman David Turner 940-839-4331 [email protected] www.tpwd.state.tx.us/state-parks/copper-breaksGate fee Cowboy Gathering 10-October Crosbyton Crosby Fair on the Square 10-October 10/05/13 10/05/13 All day All day Saturday Square Downtown Canyon 79015 Randall 806-655-7815 [email protected] www.canyonchamber.org Free Fall Fest of Cultural Heritage 10-October 10/12/13 10/13/13 All day All day Saturday-SundayLubbock Lake Landmark 2401 Landmark Dr. Lubbock 79415 Lubbock 806-742-1116 [email protected] www.depts.ttu.edu N/A Fall Festival 10-October Stratford High Sherman School Fall Foliage Festival 10-October 10/19/13 10/19/13 All day All day Saturday Canadian Chamber of Commerce 119 North 2nd Street Canadian 79014 Hemphill 806-323-6234 [email protected] www.canadiantx.org Varies Fall Foliage Festival 10-October 3rd weekend Canadian Hemphill Grape Day 10-October 10/19/13 10/19/13 All day All day Saturday Winery 3426 East FM 1585 Lubbock 79404 Lubbock 806-745-2258 [email protected] www.llanowine.com $5 Harvest Festival 10-October Gail Borden 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 Lubbock Emily Wilkinson 806-742-0498 [email protected] http://nrhc.ttu.edu/ Free Homecoming 10-October Spur Dickens Howdy Neighbor Day 10-October 10/05/13 10/05/13 All day All day Saturday Downtown Fritch Fritch 79036 Hutchinson 806-857-3143 [email protected] www.fritchcityhall.com Free Irish Craft Fest 10-October Shamrock Wheeler Llano Cemetery Tour 10-October 10/19/13 10/19/13 3:30 PM 7:00 PM Saturday Llano Cemetery 27th and Arthur Amarillo 79109 Potter Stephanie Price 806-651-2235 [email protected] www.panhandleplains.org $7 per person-children 4 and under free Lubbock Book Festival 10-October 10/28/17 10/28/17 All day All day LHUCA Lubbock Lubbock Kay Ellington 806-773-5445 [email protected] www.lubbockbookfestival.org Free, except ticketed meal events Punkin Day 10-October Floydada Floyd Quanah Parker Trail Meeting 10-October 10/19/12 10/19/13 All day All day Tuesday Wichita Brazos Museum and Cultural Center200 East Hayes Benjamin 79505 Knox Holle Humphries 806-231-3479 [email protected] www.quanahparkertrail.com Free Return to the Remuda Horse Sale 10-October Guthrie King St. Anthony’s Oktoberfest 10-October Dalhart St. Joseph’s Sausage Festival 10-October Slaton Lubbock Terry County Harvest Festival and Parade 10-October, 1st Sat. 1st Sat. Brownfield Terry Texas Month 10-October STATEWIDE Texas Plains Trail Board Meeting 10-October 10/18/12 10/18/12 All day All day Monday Perry Patten Community Center 131 West Cisco Munday 76371 Knox Deborah Sue McDonald 806-231-3479 [email protected] www.texasplainstrail.com Free Tom Butler Memorial Bronc Ride 10-October Post Garza 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 Lubbock Dr. Elizabeth Louden 806-252-3026 [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/HistoricPreservationCOATTU#Free White Buffalo Festival/Heritage Celebration 10-October Snyder Scurry Wild Hog Cook-off 10-October/Nov. Crowell Foard Woody Guthrie Days 10-October Pampa Gray Candy Cane Lane & Celebration of Lights 11-November 11/26/16 11/26/16 5:30 PM 8:00 PM Saturday Moore County Courthouse 715 S. Dumas Ave. Dumas 79029 Moore Sam Cartwright 806-935-4101 [email protected] www.dumaschamber.com/content/upcoming-eventsFee Canyon Merchants Holiday Style Show 11-November 11/22/13 11/22/13 All day All day Friday TBD TBD Canyon 79015 Randall 806-655-7815 [email protected] www.canyonchamber.org N/A Christmas in November 11-November 11/10/16 11/10/16 Knox City, Knox 806.655.7815 Yes Munday Christmas in the Park 11-November 11/25/16 11/25/16 5:30 PM Friday Childress Childress Cowboy Christmas Show with Michael Martin Murphey 11-November 11/30/16 11/30/16 7:30 PM 9:30 PM Wednesday Cactus Theater Lubbock Lubbock Dia de los Muertos 11-November Oct. 31-Nov. 2 NATIONWIDE Do Gooders Fall Bazaar & Quilt Raffle 11-November 11/11/16 11/11/16 Roaring Springs Motley Downtown Merchants’ Christmas Open House 11-November Borger Hutchinson German Sausage Festival 11-November 11/13/16 11/13/16 Umbarger Randall High and Dry: A Photographic Exhibition of Peoples and 11-November/Jan 11/23/17 01/25/17 International Cultural Center 601 Indiana Avenue Lubbock 79409-5004 Lubbock Amarillo 806.742.3667 [email protected] Places of the World's Dry Lands Holiday Affair Craft Show 11-November Vega Oldham Late Night Christmas Shopping 11-November 11/11/16 11/11/16 Roaring Springs Motley Lighting of the Star on Gail Mountain 11-November 11/25/16 11/25/16 5:30 PM 8:00 PM Friday Gail Borden www.facebook.com/Lighting-of-the-Star-on-Gail-Mountain-282065738472235/ 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 Oldham 806-267-2828 [email protected] Free; booths $20 Polish Sausage Dinner 11-November 11/13/16 11/13/16 White Deer Carson Santa’s Land Drive-Thru Christmas Park 11-November/December 11/24/16 12/25/16 South 11th and Ave O Tahoka Lynn Free, donations accepted Swisher County Christmas Arts and Crafts Show 11-November 11/25/16 11/25/16 9:00 AM 5:00 PM Saturday Swisher Veteran’s Day Program 11-November Crowell Foard Veterans Day program 11-November Benjamin Knox "A Christmas Concert"at the Top of the Wallace Theater 12-December 12/17/16 12/17/16 Saturday Wallace Theater Levelland Hockley "Joseph the Carpenter" 12-December 12/19/16 Ragtown Gospel Theater Post Garza 12th Annual Miracles Christmas Parade 12-December 12/10/16 12/10/16 6:00 PM Saturday Avenue Q to Indiana Avenue Lubbock Lubbock www.miraclesparade.com 26th Annual Lighted Christmas Parade 12-December 12/8/16 12/8/16 Thursday Seminole Gaines 28th Annual Christmas Hot Dog Cook-out; Photos with 12-December 12/14/16 12/14/16 11 am-1:30 Wednesday First State Bank Spearman Hansford Santa pm Candlelight at the Ranch 12-December 12/8/17 12/9/17 6:30 PM 9:00 PM Friday–SaturdayNational Ranching Heritage Center 3121 4th St. Lubbock 79409 Lubbock Julie Hodges 806-742-0498 [email protected] http://nrhc.ttu.edu/ Members free, non-members $5 58th Annual Carol of Lights 12-December 11/26/16 2500 Broadway Lubbock Lubbock Lighted dusk to midnight through Jan. 1 A Very Texas Lighted Christmas Parade 12-December 12/10/16 12/10/16 5:30 PM Saturday on the Square Snyder Scurry Annual Lighted Christmas Parade 12-December 12/8/17 12/8/17 6-7 pm Thursday Main Street Denver City Yoakum "Candy Canes & Christmas Carols" Big Spring Christmas Parade 12-December 12/03/16 12/03/16 Saturday Big Spring Howard Hayley Lewis www.bigspringchamber.com Borger Annual Christmas Parade 12-December 12/05/16 12/05/16 6:30 PM 8:00 PM Monday Borger Chamber of Commerce Borger Borger 79008 Hutchinson 806-274-2211 [email protected] www.borgerchamber.org Free Breakfast with Santa at the Heritage Museum 12-December 12/03/16 12/03/16 Saturday Big Spring Howard Hayley Lewis www.bigspringchamber.com Brownfield Keep the Cheer Here Late Night Shopping 12-December 12/06/16 12/06/16 5:00 PM 8:00 PM Tuesday Brownfield Terry Cactus Kids Christmas Celebration 12-December 12/18/16 12/19/16 Cactus Theater 1812 Buddy Holly Ave. Lubbock Lubbock Carol of Lights at Texas Tech University 12-December 12/02/16 12/02/16 6:30 PM 7:30 PM Friday Texas Tech University 2500 Broadway Lubbock 79409 Lubbock Texas Tech Student Housing806.742.2661 [email protected] http://www.depts.ttu.edu/housing/ Free The lights will be turned on every night from dusk until midnight from December 2, 2015 through January 1, 2016 Carol of Lights at WTAMU 12-December 12/02/16 12/02/16 5:30 PM 6:30 PM Friday West Texas A&M University Canyon 79015 Randall Free Carriage Rides at Kingsgate Shopping Center 12-December Kingsgate Shopping Center Lubbock Lubbock Center City Christmas Tree Lighting 12-December 401 S. Buchanan St. Amarillo Potter Santa Claus photos 4 to 6 pm; Tree lighting at 5:45 pm Center City Electric Light Parade 12-December 12/02/16 12/02/16 6:00 PM 8:00 PM Friday Downtown; start 11th Ave. & Polk St. 11th Ave. & Polk St. Amarillo Potter Beth Duke 806-372-6744 [email protected] www.centercity.org/lightparade Chamber Christmas Open House 12-December 12/12/13 12/12/13 TBD TBD Thursday TBD TBD Canyon 79015 Randall 806-655-7815 [email protected] www.canyonchamber.org N/A Christmas Craft Bazaar & Tour of Homes 12-December Dalhart Christmas in Canyon/Parade/Tree Lighting 12-December 12/03/16 12/03/16 Saturday Downtown Square Canyon Randall www.canyonchamber.org/events Christmas in the Barn 12-December 12/8/16 12/8/16 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday Ericson Pioneer Farm and Ranch Museum 211 E. Aspen Crosbyton Crosby

Christmas in the Canyon, with Balloon Glow 12-December 12/17/16 12/17/16 5-8 PM Saturday Palo Duro Canyon State Park Palo Duro Randall Canyon State Park Christmas in the Gardens 12-December 11/26/16 12/24/16 6:00 PM 8:00 PM daily Amarillo Botanical Gardens 1400 Streit Dr. Amarillo 79106 Potter (806) 352-6513 [email protected] www.amarillobotanicalgardens.org Christmas in the Park 12-December Childress Chiilress Christmas in the Park 12-December Fritch Hutchinson Christmas Lights Viewing 12-December Bishop Hills Potter with Limousine Tours Christmas on the Square 12-December Vega Oldham Christmas on the Square 12-December 12/15/16 12/15/16 4:00 PM 7:00 PM Thursday Lamesa Dawson Christmas Open House 12-December Wheeler Wheeler Christmas Pageant (odd-numbered years) 12-December Nazareth Castro Christmas Parade 12-December 12/02/13 12/02/13 All day All day Monday Borger Chamber of Commerce Borger Borger 79008 Hutchinson 806-274-2211 [email protected] www.borgerchamber.org Free Christmas Parade 12-December 12/10/16 12/10/16 5:30 PM Saturday Big Spring Howard Christmas, Crafts, and Claus 12-December 12/03/16 12/03/16 10:00 AM 5:30 PM Saturday Lake Meredith Aquatic & Wildlife Museum 104 N Robey Ave. Fritch 79036 Hutchinson Abby White 806-857-3143 www.fritchcityhall.com Free Comanche Trail Festival of Lights 12-December 12/15/16 12/31/16 Comanche Trail Park Big Spring Howard Hayley Lewis www.bigspringchamber.com Free; donations appreciated Cowboy Christmas Ball with dinner and dance 12-December 12/17/16 12/17/16 6:00 PM Saturday Unity Center Muncy Floyd Cowboy Christmas Ball with Michael Martin Murphey 12-December 12/01/16 12/01/16 7:00 PM 9:00 PM Thursday Kwahadi Museum of the American Indian 9151 I-40 East Amarillo 79118 Potter Charles Ritchie 806-335-3175 [email protected] www.tix.com/event.aspx?eventcode=918681 Drive Thru Nativity at First Church of the Nazarene 12-December 12/09/16 12/11/16 Big Spring Howard Hayley Lewis www.bigspringchamber.com 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 Amarillo Potter Celebration Dumas: Christmas Open House 12-December 12/03/16 12/03/16 Noon 4:00 PM Saturday The Art Center 1810 S. Dumas Ave Dumas 79029 Moore 806-935-5312 [email protected] www.dumasmuseumandartcenter.orgN/A Fa La La La Te Da 12-December 12/8/16 12/8/16 6:30 - 9:30 Thursday Mallet Event Center 2320 S. State Highway Levelland Hockley AGES 15+, tickets $75 Dinner, drinks, style show, entertainment, pm 85 more Festival of Trees/Parade 12-December 12/03/16 12/03/16 Saturday Colorado City Mitchell www.coloradocitychamberofcommerce.com Christmas Parade, Chili Supper, Santa Pics Forsan Christmas Parade 12-December 12/03/16 12/03/16 10:00 AM Saturday Forsan Howard HAPPY Holiday Pops 12-December 12/17/16 12/17/16 2 p.m. or Saturday Globe-News Center Amarillo Potter 7:30 p.m. Holland Gardens Christmas Tree Displays 12-December Holland Gardens Lubbock Lubbock Kent County Winterfest 12-December 12/10/16 12/10/16 10 am-5 pm Saturday Emergency Services Building Jayton Kent Shop vendor booths, make crafts and enjoy a live nativity. Following Winterfest there will be a lighted parade and Christmas tree lighting on Town Square. Late Museum Hours and Shopping 12-December 12/8/16 12/8/16 9 am-8 pm. Thursday Canadian River Valley Pioneer Museum Canadian Hemphill With discount on book purchases Late Night Christmas Shopping 12-December Matador Motley Lighted Christmas Parade 12-December 12/08/16 12/08/16 Thursday Seminole Gaines Lighted Christmas Parade 12-December 12/01/16 12/01/16 6:30 PM Thursday Downtown Plainview Hale Lighted Christmas Parade 12-December 12/10/16 12/10/16 6:00 PM Saturday Downtown Post Garza Lighted Christmas Parade 12-December 12/03/16 12/03/16 5:30 Saturday Downtown square Snyder Scurry Lighted Parade/Christmas on the Square 12-December 12/01/16 12/01/16 Levelland Hockley Missy Passmore (806) 894-9079 [email protected] Magic of Christmas 12-December 12/03/16 12/03/16 10:00 AM noon Saturday Snyder Scurry Miss Merry Christmas Pageant 12-December 12/04/16 12/04/16 Sunday Levelland Hockey Missy Passmore (806) 894-9079 [email protected] Saints' Roost Museum Christmas Party 12-December 12/07/13 12/07/13 6:30 PM Saturday Donley County Activity Center Clarendon Clarendon 79226 Donley 806-874-2421 [email protected] www.clarendonedc.org N/A Dinner, Dance Santa Land at Mackenzie Park 12-December 12/10/16 12/23/16 6-9 PM Lubbock Lubbock nightly Santa Land at Mackenzie Park 12-December 12/10/16 12/23/16 6:00 PM 9:00 PM daily Mackenzie Park Lubbock Lubbock Santa on the Square 12-December 12/10/16 12/10/16 1:00 PM 4:00 PM Saturday Floydada Floyd Santa's Land Drive Thru Christmas Park 12-December 12/25/16 S. 11th & Ave. O Tahoka Lynn Seagraves Parade of Lights 12-December Seagraves Gaines rescheduled for Monday Toy Run 12-December 12/10/16 noon Saturday Snider Motorsports 421 W. Kenneth Ave. Spearman Hansford Parade through Spearman on Motorcycles, ATVs, UTVs, 4-wheelers Twelve Days of Christmas Downtown 12-December mid- Plainview Hale plus Carriage Rides December Viewing of Nativity Scenes 12-December 12/10/16 12/10/16 Saturday Lockney Floyd Window on the Plains Museum Open House 12-December 12/03/16 12/03/16 Noon 4:00 PM Saturday Window on the Plains Museum 1810 S. Dumas Ave Dumas 79029 Moore 806-935-5312 [email protected] www.dumasmuseumandartcenter.org Zoo Lights 12-December Dec. 9, 10, 16- 6-8 pm Amarillo Zoo Amarillo Potter 23 nightly

Monthly or seasonal events Adobe Walls Trek 0-As scheduled Borger Hutchinson Easter Eggstravaganza 0-Easter Vega Oldham Fair on the Square 0-Fall Canyon Randall Homecoming Parade 0-Fall Jayton Kent Hunters Appreciation Dinner 0-Fall Colorado City Mitchell West Texas A & M University Homecoming 0-Fall Canyon Randall Art Walk 0-monthly Plainview Hale First Friday Art Trail 0-monthly Lubbock Lubbock First Friday Art Walk 0-monthly Amarillo Potter Post City Trade Day 0-monthly Post Garza Star Parties 0-monthly Copper Breaks State Park Starwalks 0-monthly Copper Breaks State Park Quanah Hardeman Meadow Musical 0-monthly, 2d Sat. 79345 Meadow Terry Broadway Spotlight Series 0-Seasonally Amarillo Civic Center 401 S. Buchanan St. Amarillo 79105 Potter 806-378-3096 www.panhandletickets.com $20- $50 Canyon Farmer's Market 0-Seasonally 8:00 AM Noon Saturday Courthouse Square 4th Ave. and 16th St. Canyon 79015 Randall Fifth Friday Art Walk 0-Seasonally Slaton Lubbock Community Theatre 0-Seasonally Lubbock Community Theatre 4232 Boston Ave Lubbock 79413 Lubbock 806-749-2416 [email protected] www.lubbockcommunitytheatre.org $20-$25 Lubbock Symphony Orchestra 0-Seasonally Lubbock Memorial Civic Center 1501 Mac Davis Lane Lubbock Lubbock Lubbock Symphony Orchestra806-762-1688 Prices vary Classes start on July 13 and end on July 17. This year we have partnered with the International Cultural Center’s K-12 Global Education department, which has expanded the number of classes offered! Students will choose from a variety of fun cultural and heritage education classes where they can learn cowboy life, folklore, pioneer living, American Indian tribes, western art, leather working and more! Classes meet Monday through Friday for 90 minutes each. Tuition is $25 per class, $20 per class for Junior Rough Riders. Plainview Symphony Orchestra 0-Seasonally Plainview Hale Plainview Symphony Orchestra 0-Seasonally Plainview Hale Ragtown Gospel Theater 0-Seasonally Post Garza Summer Showcase Concert Series 0-Seasonally Buddy Holly Center 1801 Crickets Ave. Lubbock Lubbock Buddy Holly Center 806-775-3560 Free The National Golden Spur Award is a joint recognition by some of the industry’s leading organizations, among them the American Quarter Horse Association, National Cattlemen’s Foundation, Ranching Heritage Association, Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, Texas Cattle Feeders Association and Texas Farm Bureau. Tri-City Community Concerts 0-Seasonally Borger Hutchinson TTU Presidential Lecture and Performance Series 0-Seasonally Texas Tech 15th and Akron Lubbock 79416 Lubbock Jo Moore 806-742-0700 www.depts.ttu.edu $15