Upcoming Events
Tyler celebrates the arrival of spring on weekends March 20-April 5 with its 56th Annual Azalea and Spring Flower Trail. Two driving and walking trails featuring azalea gardens are the main attraction, and the city rounds out the season with dozens of special events. Among the most popular are historic home tours, the Rose City Artisans & Flower Market, and the Beauty and the Beast Bicycle Tour.
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With machine guns, tanks, explosives, and a flamethrower, Fredericksburg’s National Museum of the Pacific War extends its portrayal of World War II to the battlefield with the Pacific Combat Living History Program. About 40 reenactors participate in the staged battle at the museum’s Pacific Combat Zone. The 90-minute presentation starts with a weapons demonstration and discussion of tactics, and culminates with American troops storming a Japanese stronghold. The program is at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. March 14-15, and repeats one weekend per month through November (except June). Call 830/997-8600.
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March 12–15 at the Denton Civic Center, the Texas Storytelling Festival honors the ancient craft of storytelling with performances and workshops for children and adults. The event features about 35 “tellers” weaving tales about everything from ghosts to urban life to American Indians. “It’s very nurturing to have the opportunity to listen and imagine without a lot of visual stimulation, to just embrace the story and make the pictures in your own mind,” says Elizabeth Ellis, a featured storyteller and artistic director for the event. “It’s something humankind has done for hundreds and hundreds of years.” Call 940/380-9320.
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Join the San Antonio Living History Association as it honors the anniversary of the March 6, 1836, Alamo battle with events at Alamo Plaza. The “Dawn at the Alamo” ceremony at 6 a.m. March 6 includes the lighting of 13 candles for the 13 days of the Alamo siege, a reconciliation peace prayer, and a salute to the fallen on each side. On March 7–8, the association will present reenactments of Santa Anna’s order to attack the Texian defenders, as well as a battle reenactment with muskets, cannons, and smoke.
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February 13–May 31, experience an exhibition about an era when the stock market boomed, Prohibition banned alcohol, formality lost, optimism won, women got the vote, and hemlines rose at the Ellen Noël Art Museum in Odessa.
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March 26–April 5, the Young Men’s Business League of Beaumont stages the South Texas State Fair with a rodeo, youth animal auction, boat show, and art, quilt, and photo contests.
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March 22 in Post, Native American groups will perform a traditional sunrise ceremony just after the spring equinox to predict the upcoming crop-growing season.
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Photos: (from top) Courtesy Tyler Convention & Visitors Bureau; Courtesy National Museum of the Pacific War; Courtesy Paul Porter, Texas Storytelling Festival; Courtesy SALHA.
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Don't forget...
All of these events and more can be found at the Texas Highways Events page 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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Canyon of the Eagles
A nature-based destination resort nestled within a 940-acre nature preserve in the Texas Hill Country’s Upper Highland Lakes Region.
Old Gruene Market Days: February thru December
100+ artisans offering handmade items & packaged Texas foods in Historic Gruene. Free parking & admission. Live music.
Visit Old Town Spring
Rich in historic charm, filled with trendy specialty shops, home décor, children's clothing, art galleries and antiques. Restaurants and wine tasting rooms are open for you to relax and enjoy your day!
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