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Texas Festivals And Events

Here are Texas festivals and events for the entire family for 2023.

We all love festivals and special events, especially when we can bring the whole family. Texas has a slue of them, and Texas Travel Talk is here to deliver. Grab the family and head out to these Texas festivals and events throughout the state.

Family-Friendly Texas Festivals And Events In 2023

This list will continue to be updated throughout the year.

Also, did you know that Texas State Parks turns 100 this year? Several parks will celebrate year-round with special events celebrating turning 100! Think S’mores! Check out your local state park.

 

September 2023

• Rockport-Fulton HummerBird Festival

September 14-17, 2023

Not hummingbird, but HummerBird Festival, but you can bet there will be many hummingbirds fluttering around!

• Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400

Nascar Cup Series Playoffs Race at the Texas Motor Speedway

September 24, 2023

• State Fair of Texas

September 29 – October 22, 2023

Make plans to see Big Tex at Fair Park.

October Texas Festivals And Events 2023

• 49th Texas Renaissance Festival – Houston Area

October 7 through November 26, 2023, + Thanksgiving 

TRF – over 500,000 guests every year, and the Nation’s largest festival in Todd Missions, TX (1 hr north of Houston)

• 2023 Solar Eclipse Festival – Fredericksburg

October 13-14, 2023, 12-4 pm

Grapetown Vineyard

Tickets: $10-$50

• Plano International Festival

October 14th, 11 am – 5 pm, Haggard Park

Plano International Festival is the largest, longest-running multicultural event in North Texas.

Admission: Free

• State Fair of Texas – Dallas

through October 22, 2023

• Cibolofest

October 28, 2023 – 10 am – 10 pm

Expect bands, local performers, a carnival, a petting zoo, food vendors, craft vendors, and much more! Call the city for location – 210-658-9900.

November Texas Festivals And Events 2023

• New Braunfels Wurstfest

November 3-12, 2023

Wurstfest will shine its German food, special events, and everything that has to do with celebrating German culture.

I attended the 2021 festival with my mom and grandson – and look what all we got to do – New Braunfels Wurstfest.

Tickets: $18-$20 (2023 TBA)

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January 2024

• 29th Annual MLK Grande Parade – Midtown Houston

January 

One of the most significant multicultural events in the U.S. in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Location: 1200 Holman St. Celebrating its 29th MLK Grande Parade in Midtown Houston, one of the most significant single-day multicultural events in the U.S.

• Surfside Food and Art Festival

January 

Brazosport puts on the Surfside Food and Art Festival at the Stahlman Park Event Center, 2211 Bluewater Highway. Free Event.

• Dinosaurs Live! in McKinney

Through February 

Encounter a 46-foot tall T-Rex and ten new life-size animatronic dinosaurs at the Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary at 1 Nature Place, McKinney.

 

February 2024

• Jalapeño Festival – Laredo, Texas

February

Jalapeño Festival – a popular recurring event in Laredo is their annual 2-day Jalapeño Festival. It will feature live music, delicious fair foods, and the La Costeña Jalapeño eating contest. Who’s going? Will you enter the contest?

• SPI Kite Fest – South Padre Island

February

SPI Kite Fest is an outdoor event that offers kite shows, food, and family-friendly activities.

• 18th Annual 11th Street Cowboy Mardi Gras – Bandera, Texas

February 

11th Street Cowboy Mardi Gras

• Mardi Gras in Galveston

February 

The 3rd largest Mardi Gras celebration in the country! Who’s going?

• Mardi Gras – Southeast TX – Beaumont

February 

Carnival rides and kid zone, vendors, purse bingo, and Uncle Kracker, among others, live performances. Get tickets at Beaumont Mardi Gras.

• North Texas Auto Show

February 

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center – Dallas

• Dinosaurs Live! in McKinney

Through February 

Encounter a 46-foot tall T-Rex and ten new life-size animatronic dinosaurs at the Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary at 1 Nature Place, McKinney.

• Dallas Blooms at Dallas Arboretum

February 25 through April 

Dallas Blooms is the largest annual floral festival in the Southwest.

• Texas Independence Day Celebration – Washington

February 

Texas Independence Day Celebration celebrates Texas becoming a republic 187 years ago.

March 2024

 

• Vintage Market Days Denton/Fort Worth

March 24-26, 2023

NRS Event Center & Arena in Decatur

• Texas Dogwood Trails Celebration – Palestine

March 17 – April 1, 2023

See the history of dogwoods and all about the celebrations here – History Blooms At TX Dogwood Trails Celebration

• Tyler County Dogwood Festival – Woodville 2023

March 18-April 1, 2023

Each weekend has a different theme. Check it out at TCDF.

• The Promise Of Passover – Glen Rose

March 31 – April 8, 2023

The Promise in Glen Rose is a one-of-a-kind musical production performed annually at the Texas Amphitheater.

Price Range: $10-$40

• Texas Forever Fest – Plano

March 25, 2023, 11 am to 6 pm

Celebrate food, art, and the people of Texas. Enjoy live music, food trucks, and Texas-themed vendors at Texas Forever Fest at Haggard Park. FREE

Spirits of Texas Tasting is for adults 21+ and requires advance purchase of a $40 ticket.

April 2024

• 10th Annual Main Street Fest – Grand Prairie

April 21-13, 2023

Free parking and admission. Main Street Fest.

• Poteet Strawberry Festival

April 14-16, 2023

Tickets: $5-$30 (buy online); ticket prices at the gate are higher; free parking.
Poteet Strawberry Festival is a famous festival in South Texas.

• Annual Lonestar Crawfish Festival – Austin

April 15, 2023

• Red Poppy Festival – Georgetown

April 28-30, 2023

Georgetown’s annual Red Poppy Festival is for three days of fun, food, art, music, and much of the color red!

• 32nd University of Houston Offshore Industry Crawfish Boil

April 30, 2023

May 2024

• Scarborough Renaissance Festival – Waxahachie

April – May 8, 2023, 10 am to 7 pm.

The 42nd Scarborough Renaissance Festival will again fill the grounds in Waxahachie with live entertainment, vendors, food, and fun for the whole family.

• 37th AnnualTexas Scottish Festival – Decatur, TX

May 5-7, 2023

Texas Scottish Festivals & Highland Games at Wise County Fairgrounds, Decatur, TX.

• Main Street Fest – Grapevine

May 10-21, 2023

39th Main Street Days will be all up and down Main Street with rides for kids, vendors, food, and fun. We love this one!

• Fredericksburg Crawfish Festival

May 26-28, 2023

Held on Memorial Day weekend at Marktplatz, this family-friendly event will feature live music, vendors, food and drink, and a carnival for the kids. Entertainers will be Josh Ward on Friday night and Kyle Park on Saturday night!

June

Texas Route 66 Festival & Events

June 1-10, 2023

Route 66, the road that shaped America, will celebrate its centennial in 2026. BUT Amarillo is not waiting that long to get down with the festivities. This year’s festival will be held June 1-10, 2023, and it’s packed with events along the Texas route, including classic car shows, Texas Route 66 bus tours, cattle drives, parades, music festivals, and a grand finale festival on Amarillo’s Route 66 Historic District.

• Puluxy River Fest

June 2-3, 2023, 10 am – 10 pm

Float the river at the Puluxy River Fest as you listen to live music, and don’t forget about the catfish cookoff, fishing tournament, food trucks, & vendors.

• Texas Blueberry Festival – Nacogdoches

Second Saturday in June

Check out the Texas Blueberry Festival in Nacogdoches (East Texas)

  • Farm fresh blueberries for sale
  • blueberry pancake breakfast
  • lots of quilts
  • Pick your own blueberries
  • entertainment
  • pet parade
  • and so much more

Free Admission.

• Denton Juneteenth Celebration

June 16-17, 2023

FREEDOM t-shirts are on sale now to wear during the parade on Saturday. Denton Juneteenth Celebration. The location is Fred Moore Park.

• Luling Watermelon Thump

June 22-25, 2023

Honoring our Veterans since 1954 at the Watermelon Thump Pavillion – live music at the beer garden, kid’s activities, food, market vendors, and the crowning of the thump queen!

Tickets: Free on the 22nd. Weekend $30, $35-$200

 

July Texas Festivals

• 75th McDade Watermelon Festival – Bastrop

July 8, 2023, 11 am (Always the 2nd Saturday in July)

The entire family will enjoy the McDade Watermelon Festival and all the events. The Street Dance kicks off on Friday night from 8-11:30 p.m. Saturday morning kicks off at 7 am for the watermelon weigh-in, where locals compete for prize melon status.

Enjoy these events at the festival on Saturday:

  • Car show at 8 am – 1 pm
  • Parade in Uptown at 10 am
  • Concessions, vendors, and live music
  • Cornhole & washer pitching tournaments
  • Bingo watermelon eating contest and seed spitting contest
  • Riding mower rodeo obstacle course
  • Sandy area with water misting stations and picnic tables under the big oak trees
  • Prize melon action happens at 5 p.m. with a free melon feast for all—large slices, too!

Free Admission.

• Parker County Peach Festival – Weatherford

July 8, 2023, from 8 am to 4 pm

Parker Country Peach Festival

August 2023

• Hatch Chile Fest – Grand Prairie

August 12th at the Grand Prairie Farmer’s Market

Hatch Chile Fest

• North Texas Book Festival – Denton

August 12, 2023

NTBF

 

FACT: Parents and Grandparents – Peppa Pig Theme Park is coming to North Richland Hills, TX, sometime in 2024.

FACT: Universal Studios has been approved to build in Frisco, TX, and is scheduled for 2025. The theme park is designed for children up to 11 years old. However, residents nearby are trying to ban this from happening.

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About Kim Croisant

Travel writer & blogger, freelance writer, and road trip enthusiast Kim Croisant is a proud native Texan passionate about seeing Texas and beyond by car. Kim takes her grandson, which she has raised since birth on as many trips as possible. When she's feeling the love, she lets her darling 85-year-old mother come along as well. But her favorite way to travel is solo. When Kim's not writing, she is hiking through nature and camping in the woods in a cabin full of amenities.

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  1. Tracy Roberds says

    March 1, 2023 at 7:30 pm

    Am a vendor looking for festivals,fairs, in and around Kingwood, Lufkin, Marshall, woodlands

    Reply
    • Kim Croisant says

      March 2, 2023 at 8:41 am

      Hi Tracy, I hope you find some good ones!

      Reply
  2. Stan Boyle says

    April 23, 2023 at 11:42 am

    Cibolo veterans Pow Wow november
    Lulling watermelon thump june
    Sabinal hogfestival march
    Cibolofest october
    Schertz jubilee july 4th

    Reply
  3. Stan Boyle says

    April 23, 2023 at 11:44 am

    Great website. Thanks for sharing the various festivals

    Reply
    • Kim Croisant says

      April 23, 2023 at 12:40 pm

      You are very welcome!

      Reply
  4. Steven K says

    July 16, 2023 at 12:59 pm

    Why does this website show past events?

    Reply
    • Kim Croisant says

      July 16, 2023 at 1:14 pm

      That’s because I haven’t updated the info for 2024. I’m working on it.

      Reply
  5. Jennifer says

    July 16, 2023 at 1:03 pm

    Delete the Float Fest in Gonzales. That is a past event from 2022.

    Reply
    • Kim Croisant says

      July 16, 2023 at 1:15 pm

      Thank you for catching that!

      Reply
  6. Jennifer says

    July 16, 2023 at 1:04 pm

    Very old data on your website.

    Reply
    • Kim Croisant says

      July 16, 2023 at 1:16 pm

      I’m working as fast as I can to update to the next year’s info.

      Reply

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