Grab your calendars, y’all! We’ve rustled up a curated regional list of 2019 events sure to ignite your wanderlust.
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We did a bit of sleuthing, pondering, and curating–all to come up with this elegant list of noteworthy 2019 events in towns both BIG and small. Our annual Texas Hill Country calendar will give you a good idea of what’s to come in the year ahead.
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REMEMBER: Dates change and events can be cancelled—sometimes at the last minute. Wise Wildflowers check times, locations, and ticket information/availability carefully before heading out, especially if the weather is poor or when traveling long distances. We do our best to keep this Texas Hill Country calendar up to date, but things do slip past us.
Looking for events in a particular town on a specific weekend? See our round up of community visitors’ centers and chambers of commerce, our collection of free cultural events, and area market and trade days.
JANUARY
Jan. 5: San Antonio Coffee Festival
Jan. 14 – 21: San Antonio Cocktail Conference
Jan. 19: Luckenbach Blues Festival, Luckenbach
Jan. 21: MLK Grande Parade, San Antonio
Jan. 25 & 27: Kerrville Renaissance Festival, Kerrville (repeats on Feb. 2 & 3)
FEBRUARY
Feb. 7 – 24: San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, San Antonio
Feb. 8 – 24: Wine Lover’s Celebration, Various locations
Feb. 9: Carnaval Brasileiro, Austin
Feb. 9: Hill Country Jazz Festival, San Marcos
MARCH
March 15 – 18: Llano Earth Art Fest (LEAF), Llano
March 8 – 17: SXSW Conference and Festivals, Austin
March 29 & 30: Fort Martin Scott Days, Fredericksburg
March 30: Llano Art Studio Tour (LAST), Llano
March 31 – April 6: Paint the Town, Marble Falls
APRIL
April 4 – 6: Llano River Chuck Wagon Cook Off, Llano
April 5-7: Llano Fiddle Fest, Llano
April 11-14: Old Settler’s Music Festival, Lockhart
April 12-14: Bluebonnet Festival, Burnet
April 13 & 14: Folkfest, New Braunfels
April 18 – 29: Fiesta, San Antonio
April 20: Easter Egg Hunt at the Pioneer Museum, Fredericksburg
April 21: Easter Sunday Observed, Various locations
April 24-27: Moontower Comedy Festival, Austin
April 27: Catkins Ball, San Saba
April 27 – 29: Wimberley Arts Fest, Wimberley
April 29: Red Poppy Festival, Georgetown
MAY
May 3 – 5: Vintage Market Days of Greater San Antonio, Comfort
May 4: Hauptstrasse Quiltfest, Boerne
May 4 & 5: Spring Pecan Street Festival, Austin
May 8 – 11: MayFest, Marble Falls
May 23 – June 9: Kerrville Folk Festival, Kerrville
May 25 – 26: Kerrville Festival of the Arts, Kerrville
May 27: Memorial Day Program at the National Museum of the Pacific War, Fredericksburg
JUNE
June 7 – 8: Llano Pro Open Rodeo, Llano
June 7-9: Blanco Lavender Festival, Blanco
June 21: Peach Jamboree, Stonewall
June 14-16: Boerne Berges Fest, Boerne
JULY
Dates TBA at press time: Cactus Pear Music Festival, Various locations; National Day of the American Cowboy, Bandera
July 4: Independence Day Parade & Fireworks, Various locations
July 12-14: Spring Ho Festival, Lampasas
AUGUST
Aug. 27: LBJ Birthday Celebration, Stonewall
Labor Day Weekend: Oatmeal Festival, Bertram; World Championship BBQ Goat Cookoff, Brady
SEPTEMBER
Sept. 14: Bluebonnet Air Show, Burnet
Sept. 21: Boerne Retailers’ Style Show & Shopping Event, Boerne; Comfort Art Festival, Comfort; Downtown Mermaid Promenade, San Marcos
Sept. 21-22: Fall Pecan Street Art Festival, Austin
Sept. 22: Wildflower Seed Stomp @ LBJ Ranch, Stonewall
Sept. 26 – 29: Culinaria, San Antonio
Sept. 27 – 29: Boerne Oktoberfest, Boerne
OCTOBER
Oct. 4 – 13: Austin City Limits Music Festival, Austin
Oct. 5: Boerne Book Festival, Boerne
Oct. 10 – 13: Gruene Music & Wine Festival, Gruene; Burnet Art Festival, Burnet; Kerrville Chalk Festival, Kerrville
Oct. 12: Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Festival, Chalk It Up (Artpace), San Antonio; Monarch Festival at Wildseed Farms, Fredericksburg
Oct. 18: Annual Harvest Classic Motorcycle Rally, Luckenbach
Oct. 26: Día de los Muertos Festival, New Braunfels; Fredericksburg Food & Wine Fest, Fredericksburg
Oct. 26 – 27: Muertos Fest (Hemisfair Park), San Antonio; Texas Book Festival, Austin
NOVEMBER
Dates TBA at press time: Old West Christmas Light Fest, Boerne; Lights Spectacular, Johnson City
Nov. 1 – 3: Day of the Dead (La Villita and various other locations), San Antonio
Nov. 1 – 10: Wurstfest, New Braunfels
Nov. 9 – 10: Luminaria Contemporary Arts Festival, San Antonio
Nov. 29 – 30: Dickens on Main, Boerne
DECEMBER
Dec. 5: Wassailfest, New Braunfels
Dec. 14: Christmas Extravaganza, San Saba
Dec. 31: Midnight Ball Drop, Fredericksburg
