Bandera, TX Articles

Bandera Library Celebrates 10th Annual Wild Hog Explosion

Bandera, Texas | March 2012

Get ready! It’s that time again for squeals and spills at the 10th annual Wild Hog Explosion and All Bike Rally set to kick off March 16th and 17th! This fun - filled weekend includes the hilarious Wild Hog Catch, the always crowd pleasing BBQ Cook-Off, and an awesome All Bike Rally! Read More

Celebrate Bandera

Bandera, Texas | August 2011

Come visit Bandera this Labor Day weekend, when the Cowboy Capital of the World becomes transformed into a magical time machine to celebrate Bandera’s 159th birthday! This event, called Celebrate Bandera, turns back the clock on the pages of history to the mid to late 19th century. This small, classic, Old-West town, with its honky-tonks, cowboy culture, surrounding dude ranches, and horse-friendly hitching posts, will have cattle drives, rodeo skills, Native American Indians, and Buffalo Bil ... Read More

11th Street Cowboy Bar

By Heather Wagner | Bandera, Texas | July 2011

In Texas, traditions are as big as the state, and nothing says Texas tradition like good music, ice cold beer, and great friends gathering at a good ol’ cowboy bar. One of the best ones – it’s been confirmed by the American Cowboy magazine – in Texas is 11th Street Cowboy Bar, located in downtown Bandera. Only three bars in Texas received the honor, and once you’ve been to 11th Street Cowboy Bar, you know exactly why this unassuming watering hole made that list. From the street, on ... Read More

National Day of the American Cowboy

By Heather Wagner | Bandera, Texas | July 2011

Working from sunup to sundown, taming the wilderness so that we could make our homes and build our lives, the American Cowboys are the pioneers who worked hard and persevered so that future generations might enjoy this great country of ours. A resolution passed by United States Senate in 2005 began the tradition of celebrating our Western heritage and the pioneering spirit of the first cowboys, as well as those who carry on: ranchers, present-day cowboys, Western musicians and artists, cowboy ... Read More

Bandera Celebrates 14th Annual Riverfest

Bandera, Texas | June 2011

Cookers from around the State of Texas will gather at the 14th Annual Bandera Riverfest for an opportunity to show off their culinary cooking skills and win some great prizes! Sanctioned by the Central Texas Bar B Que Association this is sure to produce some awesome BBQ!

CTBA was formed to establish fair and equal guidelines for all competitive BBQ cooks who insist on well-run and organized barbeque cookoffs. Read More

Bandera Library Celebrates 9th Annual Wild Hog Explosion

Bandera, Texas | March 2011

Get Ready! It’s time for Squeals and Spills at the 9TH-Annual Wild Hog Explosion and All Bike Rally! Set to kick off the last weekend of Spring Break, March 18TH AND 19TH. This fun-filled weekend includes the hilarious Wild Hog Catch, the crowd-pleasing Pork Rib Cook-Off and an awesome All Bike Rally. Read More

Mardi Gras in the Cowboy Capital

By Heather Wagner | Bandera, Texas | February 2011

Once again, the 11th Street Cowboy Bar is bringing the dancinest, liveliest Mardi Gras celebration to the Texas Hill Country. Located in downtown Bandera, the 11th Street Cowboy Bar has an unassuming storefront that doesn’t appear to be much more than a little local hangout. Step inside and around back, and you will find the largest outdoor dance floor in Texas! Read More

The Cowboy Capital of the World Celebrates Bandera

Bandera, Texas | August 2010

Each year, for the past eight years, the history of one of the Hill Country’s most colorful towns comes alive. This year is no exception. Bandera, Cowboy Capital of the World, wakes up Labor Day Weekend, to a world that existed more than 150 years ago. It is a Texas Brigadoon: drovers drifting into town for their first cup of coffee; a herd of longhorns gathering on the banks of the Medina; wranglers getting them ready for the drive north, through downtown Bandera. Read More

Bandera to Celebrate National Day of the American Cowboy

By Ernie Altgelt | Bandera, Texas | July 2010

America loves its cowboys. Those ruggedly independent, straight shooters who can ride, rope, throw and tie (and never tell a lie) have been publicly celebrated in countless ways since the cattle culture of the Old West first thundered across the prairies. In paintings and on film, in histories and novels alike, and especially at rodeos and other daring demonstrations, these (past and present) hard riders of the round up still generate awe and admiration for their remarkable skills and abilities ... Read More

Taking a Leap of Faith

By Heather Wagner | Bandera, Texas | July 2010

Love’s Antiques and Collectibles Mall, located just off of Hwy 16 north of Bandera, boasts over 100 vendors. Offering a vast array of collectibles, antiques, furniture and much more. Owner Pamela Lange opened the doors on May 22, 1998. Lange relocated from Kerrville, leaving behind her job at Radio Shack and took a leap of faith into the world of antiques that has proven to be an amazing adventure. The building, formerly a feed store, has been transformed into a huge antique mall that featur ... Read More