Events Calendar: Texas

November 2009

• Featured: Fall Festival of Roses, Independence, November 6-8. Gardening experts from around the country teach visitors to grow roses, herbs, and perennials. 979-836-5548
• Featured: 12th Annual Kite Competition and Festival, South Padre Island, November 7-8. Color fills the sky during this American Kiteflyers Association sanctioned  event. 800-767-2373
• Featured: Tom Thumb Texas Stampede, Dallas, November 13-14. The rodeo comes to Dallas. Wear your boots to watch the action and dance to country star Pat Green.

Chocolate Festival of Texas, Houston, November 7. 832-515-3860
Art in the Garden, “For the Birds,” San Antonio, Botanical Garden, November 7. 210-207-3270
Utopia Fall Arts Fair, Utopia, Texas, November 7.
Festival by the Bay, Port Lavaca, Bauer Community Center, November 7-8. 361-552-6070
Buttons & Bows Bazaar, Kerrville, November 13-14. 830-895-5355
Southeast Texas Fall Blowout Dinner & Dance, Port Arthur, November 14. 409-962-3011
Hill Country Home Tour, Wimberley, November 20-21. 512-847-2467
Winter Landscape Color Workshop, San Antonio, Botanical Garden, November 22. 210-207-3270
 

October 2009

• Featured: Austin City Limits Austin, October 2-4 Join other Texas music lovers at the famed festival in Zilker Park for a lineup of Southern legends and indie rockers.
• Featured: Scarecrow Festival Chappell Hill, October 10-11 This non-scary scarecrow harvest celebration offers juried arts and crafts, live music, and a children’s area with pony rides and a petting zoo. 1-800-225-3695.
• Featured: International Quilt Festival Houston, October 15-18 Even if you don’t know batting from binding (actual quilting terms), you’ll have a great time at this four-day festival that features some of the finest quilts in the world. (713) 781-6864.

Oktoberfest Fredericksburg, Oct. 2-4 (830) 997-8515).
33rd Annual Scarecrow Festival Chappell Hill, Oct. 10-11 (979) 836-6033).
Autumn Fest Brenham, The Monastery of St. Clare, Oct. 10 (979) 836-3695).
Texian Day Anderson, Fanthorp Inn State Historic Site, Oct. 10 (936) 873-2633).
Fiesta de la Paloma Coleman, Rodeo Grounds, Oct. 3 (325) 625-2163).