Upcoming Events
The Texas Legislature designated Navasota “The Blues Capital of Texas” in 2005 to honor the city’s rich blues history, particularly the great blues songster Mance Lipscomb. Navasota remembers Lipscomb, a lifelong resident who passed away in 1976, each year with the Navasota Blues Festival (August 12–13). The festival features 10 performers, including such Texas acts as Trudy Lynn, the Peterson Brothers, and Rob Roy Parnell. The festival also includes free workshops focusing on the blues guitar and cigar box guitar.
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Escape the city lights with a trip to the George Observatory in Brazos Bend State Park for the Perseid meteor shower. Starting Friday night, August 12, until 6 a.m. Saturday, the observatory will provide telescopes to view the shooting stars, and astronomers will be on-hand to assist and explain the phenomenon. (Under clear, dark skies, the naked eye is all you need to observe the spectacle; you’ll likely see a few dozen meteors per hour.) Named for the constellation Perseus, the annual phenomenon occurs when debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle collides with earth’s atmosphere. Bring lawn chairs and blankets, along with the entry fee of $7 for adults and $6 for kids.
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Photography takes center stage at the Museum of the Big Bend in Alpine this summer with exhibits capturing the region’s distinctive beauty and the diverse imagery of shooters from around the world. Bagging Light in the Big Bend: Jim Bones features 14 images from Bones, an Alpine resident known for his intuitive portrayals of the Big Bend landscape. TPS 25: The International Competition features 60 photographs recognized in this year’s edition of the Texas Photographic Society’s international competition.
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Located in Comanche County about 100 miles southwest of Fort Worth, De Leon celebrates its agricultural heritage and bountiful fruit crop with the 102nd annual Peach and Melon Festival (August 2–6). A tractor pull and competitions for peach desserts, melons, and seed-spitting reflect the farming theme, while attractions like a carnival, Watermelon Crawl 5k run, parade, and pageant round out the week. On “Golden Saturday” (August 6), the town serves a spaghetti lunch at De Leon High and free watermelon slices downtown.
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Photos: (from top) Courtesy Navasota Blues Festival; J. Griffis Smith; Jim Bones/courtesy Museum of the Big Bend; Will van Overbeek.
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Also in August...
The 108th Anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Birthday in Stonewall (August 27); A Taste of Terry County Vineyard Festival in Brownfield (August 5–6); Shake Your Summer Sillies Out at The Woodlands Children’s Museum (August 19); and the Out of this World UFO Festival (August 12) in Edinburg.
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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