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The Texas Hill Country, sun splashed hills rolling into the distance, is home to historic towns bursting with character, personalities, and great things to do. Looking for a fun weekend with festivals, fairs, shopping, food, sightseeing, and more? The Hill Country Current is full of articles, advertising and special events.
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September 18, 2010 Events
Welcome to the Hill Country Current's Events Calendar. We strive to collect events from all over the region to be included in our publication and on our website. If you'd like to see an event added to our calendar, or see an event that needs to be updated, contact us today.
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September 18, 2010 XCarrizo Springs, TX X
Carrizo Springs, Texas, is the county seat of Dimmit County. Carrizo Springs is home to 5,368 people.
September 17-19, 2010
Sep. 17-18, 10am-6pm. Sep. 19, 12pm-5pm. Palmer Events Center, 900 Barton Springs Rd. Presented by Austin Area Quilt Guild. Come see 400+ judged quilts and wearable art made by local artists! Enter for a chance to win an award winning raffle quilt. Take some time to shop over 50 vendors, a boutique and silent auction with items made by members of AAQG. Special exhibits with fabric dolls, mini-quilts by Studio Art Quilt Association and AAQG 2009 Challenge quilts. Fun for the whole family!
Saturdays
1pm-4pm. Bandera County Courthouse, 500 Main Street, Western display and strolling musicians. Sponsored by the Frontier Times Museum's Living History Project.
Saturdays
8pm. Weekly Saturday night rodeo at Twin Elm, 810 FM 470, with bull riding, steer riding, team roping, barrel racing, mutton busting, calf scramble and more. Please verify the schedule with the ranch.
Saturdays
5am-8pm. Flying L Guest Ranch. Family fun & entertainment featuring Duke Davis & Buckshot. Bar-B-Q chuck wagon dinner, wagon rides, roping lessons, and cowboy stage show.
Saturdays
Solo jazz piano every Saturday evening at the Uptown Blanco Restaurant, 317 Main St., 6:30pm-9:30pm. Larry Natwick performs selections from the Great American Songbook. Repertoire includes compositions by Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk.
Saturdays, ending December 31, 2010
9am. Guadalupe River State Park, 3350 Park Road 31. The Saturday morning walking tour of Honey Creek. Call in advance to confirm that the tour will be given on the particular Saturday you wish to visit. Honey Creek State Natural Area is 2293.7 acres located in western Comal County, approximately 30 miles north of downtown San Antonio.
Saturdays
8:30am-12:30pm. Herff Farm, 33 Herff Rd. Texas-produced, high-quality organic or natural foods and products such as vegetables and fruits, herbs, organic and grass-fed meats, baked goods, jams and jellies, honey, eggs, freshly prepared sandwiches and hot food, coffee and tea in bulk and natural beauty products.
Saturdays, ending November 13, 2011
8am-1pm. Veterans Plaza, 102 City Park Rd. A variety of seasonal fruits and veggies, canned items, jellies, pickles, local olive & olive oil soap, granola, fresh baked breads, grass fed beef, pastered chickens, local honey, nuts, farm fresh eggs, flowers, herbs & plants.
Saturdays
9am. A great place to buy home grown fruits and vegetables. Under the Austin Ave & Brady Ave overpass.
September 14-18, 2010
9am-3pm. Texas Olive Ranch, on FM 1557, will be open to the public while mechanical harvesting their orchard. Bring water, hats and boots.
Saturdays
9am-2pm. Alsace Tan & Salon, 503 US Highway 90 W. Featuring fresh locally grown vegetables and fruit both organic and farm grown. Don't miss the blackberries and blueberries!
Saturdays
8am-noon (or sold out). 427 Main at Highway 27 and Broadway. CAFM is one of the oldest Farmers Market in Texas. A must do every Saturday morning.
September 18, 2010
Noon-10:30pm. Comfort Park. Sponsored by Comfort Chamber of Commerce. Last Saturday of Summer Celebration. Lots of music, dancing, vendors, spirits and a huge raffle with tons of prizes. Part of proceeds to go to local food bank sponsored through Stagecoach Ministries. Everyone is invited for a full day of fun and frolic. Witzend Band playing 6:30-10:30pm. Bring your dancing shoes! Visit website for raffle information.
September 18, 2010; September 17, 2011
Texas Hill Country artists display and sell their works in Downtown Historic District and along Hwy 27 at participating shops. For artist participation, visit the website.
March 20, 2010; April 3, 2010; April 17, 2010; May 1, 2010; May 8, 2010; May 15, 2010; May 22, 2010; May 29, 2010; June 5, 2010; June 12, 2010; June 19, 2010; June 26, 2010; July 3, 2010; July 10, 2010; July 17, 2010; July 24, 2010; July 31, 2010; August 7, 2010; August 21, 2010; September 4, 2010; September 18, 2010; October 2, 2010; October 16, 2010; November 6, 2010; November 20, 2010; May 7, 2011-October 29, 2011
9am-12pm. Intersection of US Hwy. 290 at RR 12. The Farmers Market will be open rain or shine every Saturday. Booths are located in the grassy area of the Triangle (Veterans Memorial Park).
September 3-18, 2010
5pm-8pm. Artisans at Rocky Hill, 234 W. Main St. Artisans proudly presents "It's a Mosaic World" by Suzan Germond. Artisans' first-ever show featuring the very talented Suzan Germond and her magical mosaics! Suzan's talent through "found objects as art" has been enjoyed by Artisan's visitors for over 5 years. Her work has been wildly popular in the Texas Hill Country and beyond.
September 10-26, 2010
Steve W. Shepherd Theater, 1668 Highway 87 South. Join the Fredericksburg Theater Company as they celebrate another season. FTC's production will be "The Diary of Anne Frank," the story of one young girl's indominitable spirit captured in her diary. This story will touch you deeply. All performances are on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 2pm. No performance on Friday, September 17 in honor of Yom Kippur; alternate on Thursday, September 23.
September 18, 2010
9am-3pm. Marktplatz. Enjoy arts & crafts, children's games and a chili cook-off. Proceeds benefit the Cross Trails Ministry.
Saturdays, Sundays
Pecan Street Brewing, 106 E. Pecan Dr. Enjoy good food, hand-crafted beers, and live music on weekends. Entertainment and menu details online.
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays
106 N Nugent Ave Dining Thu-Sat, 5pm-10pm. Hill Country pickers circle every Sun. from 6pm-11pm, open mic, everyone invited to play and/or sing, plus home style meal with beer and wine specials. Schedule at website.
Saturdays
1pm-4pm. Farmer's Market. Michaelis Ranch, 3600 W FM 150. Come savor Local, Hill Country, and all-Texas foods!
May 17, 2010-January 1, 2011
Life-sized, artistically rendered deer will be on display all about the Llano area.
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays
10am-5pm, Thursday through Saturday. 905 Third St. Group tours available by appointment.
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays
6pm-9pm. Reopens upon the return of the bats.
Saturdays
Open every Saturday, rain or shine, 9am to 1pm. 148 S. Castell Ave. 50 plus vendors featuring locally grown fresh produce, cheeses, meats, jams and jellies, flowers, art and much, much more! Enjoy live music and onsite chef demonstrations. “Yoga at the Market” – Every Saturday, free yoga classes on-site. 9am for the experienced student, 10am for first timers and beginners. Bring a mat, water bottle and towel.
September 18, 2010
Parade, LBJ-style BBQ picnic, LBJ & Sauer-Beckmann exhibits, antique tractor show, and pumper races. Music by Gary Burg and Chad Reilly.
September 18, 2010
9am-5pm. LBJ Ranch. Visitors get up-close and personal with historic Bird Dog planes.
Saturdays
Wimberley Valley Watershed Association offers tours every Saturday at 10am (except holidays). 221 Woodacre Drive.
Saturdays
Old Oaks Ranch, 601 Old Oaks Ranch Rd. Every Saturday at 11am and 1pm, the ranch will be offering ranch tours to see the alpacas, sculptures, and fibers.
September 10, 2010-October 2, 2010
Friday & Saturday nights, 8pm-10pm. Presented by The EmilyAnn Theatre, 1101 FM 2325. William Shakespeare's great comedy involves a beautiful and gentle Bianca, who has no shortage of admirers but her father insists that she will not marry until her shrewish sister, Katharina, is betrothed as well. Only the wild Petruchio is up for the task, and even that has its price. The audience is in for a rollercoaster of crazy and hilarious antics, witty sarcasm, and a bout of wildness that can only be tamed by true love.
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Events and more.
 Wimberley Glassworks celebrates 20 years, Blanco Lavender Festival slated for June, Green Expo comes to the heart of Texas, Texas Masters of Fine Art and Craft to exhibit in Kerrville, Bluegrass, Bluebell Festival to be double the fun, Johnson City, Kerrville will be the focus of art and culture aficionados on Memorial Day weekend.
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