What’s Happening This Weekend in Texas
Check out my picks of the BEST happenings across the state this weekend, and the weeks ahead!
Austin/Hill Country
August 24th BatFest in Austin! Celebrate the amazing Mexican freetail bat colony in Austin, with all things just a little weird!
August 30th Enchanted Rock State Natural Area is hosting a stargazing party!
Blue Starlite Mini Urban Drive In, Austin A fun experience and unique way to watch some of your favorite movies! Click HERE for more information.
FREE Outdoor Screening, Community Loaves and Fishes, Austin Donations accepted. Click HERE for more information.
San Antonio
Now – September 2 Witte Museum presents Survival: the Exhbition.
DFW/North Texas
August 16-18 32nd Annual Highland Village Balloon Festival Come out for the family fun activities and nightly balloon glow on Friday and Saturday night
Now – August 18th UTA Planetarium offers daily movies for Summer, closed Mondays!
Now – September 21st C. R. Smith Museum, Fort Worth invites you to come play at their Big Blue Blocks Exhibit!
Now – August 31st Dallas Arboretum Dollar Days Guest receive reduced admission during August!
September 1st The Dublin Kitchen Sink Music Festival.
September 21st 11am – 5pm Trinity River Kite Festival
September 27-29 McKinney Oktoberfest
Houston/Galveston
Now – September 2 The Houston Zoo presents Dinosaurs with animatronic dinosaurs around the zoo!
August 24th The 33rd Annual AIA Sandcastle Building Competition in Galveston!
September 14th Fall Fun Fest 2019 at Rosenberg Railroad Museum.
Waco/Central Texas
Now – Sept. 2 Bosque Resort Waterpark Summer End Pricing $10/person
Now – Sept. 1 Windy Winery in Brenham celebrates their Grape Harvest with a Grape Stomp each Saturday and Sunday!
Now – Sept 8 The Mayborn Museum Complex presents Be the Astronaut.
Oct. 5th The Sirena Mermaid Festival in Salado!
Coastal Bend
The South Texas Botanical Gardens and Nature Center offers Tortoise Talks with their big tortoises every Saturday and Sunday!
August 17 Corpus Christi Museum Science and History presents How The Grinch Stole Back To School.
West Texas
Now – August 17th The Musical TEXAS in Palo Duro Canyon State Park
East Texas
August 31st The Labor Day Red Grape Stomp and BBQ, Enoch’s Stomp Vineyard and Winery, Harleton
South Texas/South Padre Island/The Valley
Now – Labor Day South Padre Island Birding Center daily Alligator Talks where visitors can watch alligator feeding, demonstrations and even hold a live gator!