From: Hammond, Ken [Ken.Hammond@chron.com] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 2:12 PM To: guy@cybersquad.com Subject: April festivals, Texas -----Original Message----- From: unknown@libsrv01.magichron [mailto:unknown@libsrv01.magichron] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 1:46 PM To: Hammond, Ken Subject: 21802 -ACCESS- 3640405 -UPD- 20030331 -UPT- 1529 -STAT- A -PAPER- Houston Chronicle -HEAD- APRIL FESTIVALS -DAY- SUN -DATE- 20030330 -SECTION- TEXAS MAGAZINE -PAGE- 5 -EDITION- 2 STAR -ZONE- -BYLINE- -CREDIT- Staff -WHONOTE- -ENOTE- A listing of Texas festivals appears monthly in Texas Magazine. Festival information and color photographs for May festivals must be received by April 4. Information must include a phone number for the public and admission costs. Send to Festivals, Texas Magazine, P.O. Box 4260, Houston, TX 77210. Fax 713-354-3051. Or e-mail information and high-resolution photos to festivals.features@chron.com. -DATELINE- -CAPTION- -ART- Photos: 1. Yolanda Estrada samples a fried onion blossom last year at the Texas Rio Grande Valley Onion Festival in Weslaco. (color, p.6); 2. Home economist Barbie Wymore of Alice dips strawberries in chocolate during the Strawberry Festival in Poteet. (color, p.6); 3. Blacksmith Larry Newborn demonstrates his craft for the annual Katy Folklife Festival. (color, p.6); 4. Depot Day in Magnolia on April 26 will feature live and silent auctions, entertainment, food, crafts and a car show. (color, p.8); 5. The Ballet Folklorico de Tuxtepec will perform during the downtown Houston International Festival. (color, p.8) -PHOTOG- 1. James Nedock / The Monitor, 2. Karen L. Show / San Antonio Express-News -CORRECT- -COLUMN- -CATEGORY- -TYPE- -KEYS- -EKEYS- -PROC- liberk -ELECTION- -RSEC- 0 -SLUG- TMag.Shoup.x1 -LENGTH- 54 -LEAD- WILDFLOWER CAPITAL OF TEXAS When: April 1-30. -TEXT- WILDFLOWER CAPITAL OF TEXAS When: April 1-30. Where: Cuero. Contact: 361-275-9942; www.dewittwildflowers.org Admission: free. Recognized by the 76th Texas Legislature as the wildflower capital of Texas, DeWitt County also recognizes April as Wildflower Month, celebrating with a wildflower exhibit at De Witt County Historical Museum, wildflower bus excursion ($5), maps for self-guided tours, 5K fun run and scenic cycling through the country. FEATHER FEST When: April 3-6. Where: Galveston. Contact: 888-425-4573. Admission: free and varies by event. The island's new birding festival will coincide with spring migration when more than 300 bird species travel up the coast. Events include seminars, keynote speaker Victor Emanuel, "Birds of Prey" demonstration, children's events, field trips and nature art and photography exhibits. RIOFEST When: April 4-6. Where: Harlingen. Contact: 956-425-2705. Admission: $7, free for ages 12 and younger Friday and Saturday; free admission Sunday. An international celebration of arts and culture featuring concerts, stage shows, art displays and craft demonstrations from northern Mexico and the Rio Grande Valley. DEEP ELLUM ARTS FESTIVAL When: April 4-6. Where: Dallas. Contact: 214-855-1881. Admission: free. Once the home of blues legends, the Deep Ellum neighborhood is the site for this ninth annual showcase of local and regional talent. TEXAS SANDFEST When: April 4-6. Where: Port Aransas. Contact: 800-452-6278; www.texassandfest.com. Admission: free. Master sculptors from across the United States, Canada and Wales will create works of art at the sixth annual official state of Texas sand-sculpting festival. The event stretches along a half-mile of beach that includes contests for amateurs, pro-ams and masters, music, fashion show, youth and seniors activities' tents, vendors' tents and food. SPRING ROUND TOP/CARMINE ANTIQUES FAIR AND ROUND TOP FOLK ART FAIR When: April 4-6. Where: Round Top and Carminie. Contact: 281-493-5501; www.roundtopantiquesfair.com. Admission: $10, good for all days and both locations. The 35th annual antiques fair will feature more than 300 antiques dealers from coast to coast with country and formal antiques from New England, the American West and Europe. The Folk Art Fair will feature 75 booths of wood carving, tinwork, pottery, weaving, textiles and folk dolls. GALVESTON COUNTY FAIR & RODEO When: April 4-12. Where: Santa Fe. Contact: 409-986-6010. Admission: $7 ages 13-61, $3 ages 6-12 and 62 and older; $1 family nights (April 7-9). The 65th annual festival offers rodeo events, exhibits, a carnival, contests, barbecue cook-off and music by Cooder Graw, Joe Nichols, Bleu Edmundson and others. FOLKLORICO FESTIVAL When: April 4-11. Where: Dallas. Contact: 972-788-0604. Admission: free. The bilingual event brings together multiethnic artists to share traditional folkloric music, dance, art and customs. CRAWFISH FESTIVAL When: April 5. Where: Clear Lake Park. Contact: 281-488-7676. Admission: $3 adults, $1 children. Crawfish take center stage with a crawfish race, a gumbo cook-off and crawfish-eating contests, plus music, kids' games, a silent auction and a Crawfish Crawl 5K Walk. TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY ONION FESTIVAL When: April 5. Where: Welasco. Contact: 956-968-2102; www.weslaco.com. Admission: free. The 14th annual celebration of the 1015 onion presents a variety of entertainment, music, a horse show, Miss Onionfest Pageant, kids' activities, arts and crafts, and contests for raw onion-eating and fastest onion clipper. BRAZOS RIVER MUSIC FEST When: April 5. Where: Glen Rose. Contact: 254-897-4509. Admission: $20-$25. Benefiting the Boys & Girls Clubs, the all-day concert will feature performances by Asleep at the Wheel, Radney Foster, Cooder Graw, Deryl Dodd, Sonny Burgess and others. FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL When: April 5. Where: Katy. Contact: 281-396-6000 ext. 460. Admission: $1. Learn more about Texas pioneer life from re-enactors demonstrating blacksmithing, quilting, spinning and crafts. Visit cowboy and military camps and try roping, dulcimer lessons, cow-milking, tin-punching and corn-shelling. BEE BOOK BONANZA When: April 5. Where: Beeville. Contact: 361-362-4901. Admission: free. Held at the Bee County Courthouse Square, the event will include talks by Texas authors of children's and adult books, author signings and a book sale. VIVA BOTANICA! When: April 5-6. Where: San Antonio. Contact: 210-829-5100; www.sabot.org. Admission: $5 adults, $1 children. Tips from gardening experts, a plant sale, garden gifts, entertainment and children's gardening activities are lined up for the 23rd annual spring garden festival at the San Antonio Botanical Garden. ANNUAL JAPANESE FESTIVAL When: April 5-6. Where: Japanese Gardens in Hermann Park. Contact: 713-963-0121. Admission: $3 adults, free for ages 12 and younger. Sample the Japanese culture with a tea ceremony, koto music, calligraphy, bonsai and origami demonstrations, youth games, martial arts and authentic Japanese performing groups. BLUEBONNET KITE FESTIVAL When: April 5-6. Where: San Marcos. Contact: 888-200-5620. Admission: free. Sponsored by the Bluebonnet Lions Club, the event will feature competitions, demonstrations, 5K run, entertainment, arts and crafts. BLUEBONNET TRAILS ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW When: April 5-6, 12-13. Where: Buchanan Dam. Contact: 512-793-3102. Admission: free. After bluebonnet viewing, watch demonstrations, and shop for handmade items and baked goods. PRARIE DOG CHILI COOK-OFF When: April 5-6. Where: Grand Prairie. Contact: 972-647-2331; www.tradersvillage.com Admission: free. Enjoy food and music at the 27th annual North Texas chili cook-off and World Championship Pickled Quail Egg Eating Contest. FOLKFEST When: April 5-6. Where: New Braunfels. Contact: 830-629-6504. Admission: $5 adults, $2 ages 6-18. Folkfest is designed to entertain adults and children, while teaching modern-day Texans how their forefathers lived. The Kindermaskenball (children's masquerade) parade, 10 a.m. April 5, kicks off the two-day celebration. Includes folk dancers, music, antiques and collectibles, chuck-wagon fare, Mexican and German foods. SPRING GARDENING FESTIVAL & NATIVE PLANT SALE When: April 5-6. Where: Austin. Contact: 512-292-4200; www.wildflower.org. Admission: $7 adults, $5.50 ages 60 and older, $2.50 ages 5-12. Lectures, demonstrations and a native-plant sale are scheduled for this annual event at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. HERB FAIR When: April 6. Where: Galveston. Contact: 409-762-3933. Admission: free. Sponsored by the Galveston Historical Foundation, the event offers cooking and gardening demonstrations and helpful hints about everything related to herbs. Held at the 1839 Samuel May Williams House. WILDFLOWER CELEBRATION When: April 7-20. Where: Pedernales Valley. Contact: 830-990-8080; www.wildseedfarms.com. Admission: free. Wildseed Farms, located near Fredericksburg, celebrates "Year of the Poppy" with huge displays of poppies and more than 200 acres of wildflower varieties for public viewing. BUCCANEER FESTIVAL When: April 10-May 4. Where: Corpus Christi. Contact: 361-882-3242. Admission: free. The city celebrates the beginning of tourist season taking its theme from its past, when pirates preyed on merchantmen. Activities include an illuminated night parade, ethnic events, athletic tournaments, art festivals, a photo contest, rodeo and music festival. AUSTIN INTERNATIONAL POETRY FESTIVAL When: April 10-13. Where: Austin. Contact: 512-349-9883; www.aipf.org. Admission: free or nominal fee. Published poets, street poets, performance poets, slam poets, and poets of all styles and subject matter share their poetry at this annual nonjuried, open poetry festival. WINDFEST When: April 10-13. Where: Portland. Contact: 361-643-2475; portlandtx.org. Admission: $4 adults, $3 children. The 30th annual celebration will feature a parade, carnival, children's area, chili/bean/rib cook-off, horseshoe tournament, music and petting zoo. TOTALLY TEXAS FESTIVAL When: April 11-12. Where: Deer Park. Contact: 281-478-2050; www.ci.deer-park.tx.us. Admission: varies by event. A kids' rodeo, beauty pageant, kids' fishing, car cruise and show, music talent show, dog show and games are scheduled for this Texas Independence Day celebration. BLUEBONNET FESTIVAL When: April 11-13. Where: Burnet. Contact: 512-756-4297; www.burnetchamber.org. Admission: free. Officially designated the Bluebonnet Capital of Texas, Burnet celebrates the season with a bicycle-decorating contest, pet parade, 5K run, destruction derby, antique car and hot-rod show, carnival and gospel singing. DAYTON OLE TYME DAYS FESTIVAL When: April 11-13. Where: Dayton. Contact: 936-258-4537; www.oletymedays.com. Admission: free. Activities for the 11th annual old-fashioned celebration include a barbecue cook-off, a junior chili cook-off championship, classic car show, a goat-dressing contest, street dance, train rides and Lil' Miss/Mr. pageant. POTEET STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL When: April 11-13. Where: Poteet. Contact: 830-742-8144; www.strawberryfestival.com. Admission: $7, free for ages 9 and younger. One of the oldest events in the state, the 56th annual agricultural festival includes 12 areas of continuous family entertainment with country/Western and Tejano concerts, dancers, gunslingers, clowns, puppets, contests and rodeo performances. INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL When: April 11-12 and 25-26. Where: El Paso. Contact: 915-541-4481. Admission: $15 adults, $12 seniors and military, $8 students. The World on a String guitar festival offers four evenings of guitar performances by Eliot Fisk, Brazilian Guitar Quartet, Boris Gaquere, and Barcelona Guitar Quartet. ANGEL FLIGHT BARBEQUE FLY-IN When: April 12. Where: Baytown. Contact: 281-839-1411; www.angelflightsc.org. Admission: free. Held at the Baytown Aiport, the event will feature barbecue, planes, antique cars and entertainment. CRAWFISH AND SHRIMP BOIL When: April 12. Where: Alvin. Contact: 281-585-6211. Admission: The Kiwanis Club of Alvin will host its 17th annual family festival with Cajun music, children's corner, craft show, antique auto show and lots of food. HUMBLE GOOD OIL DAYS When: April 12. Where: Humble: Contact: 281-446-2128; www.humbleareachamber.org Admission: free. This old-fashioned street festival with crafts, entertainment and food will be on Main Street. BEST IN TEXAS MUSIC FESTIVAL When: April 12. Where: Comfort. Contact: 866-839-3378; www. comfortmusicfest.com. Admission: $15, $3 ages 6-12; advance tickets $10. The new Hill Country music event will highlight "on the way up" Texas music acts, including Tracie Lynn, Josh Peek, Django Walker (son of Jerry Jeff Walker), Sisters Morales and Cooder Graw. Food, Texas wines, beer, handcrafted goods and collectibles also available. HERITAGE FESTIVAL When: April 12. Where: Klein. Contact: 832-249-4754. Admission: $20 per family, $7.50 adults, $5 children. The festival will feature tours of the Peter Wunderlich House, the Katarina Wunderlich House and the Kohrville School, plus food, exhibits, quilt raffle, crafts and music. CAF BLUEBONNET AIRSHOW When: April 12. Where: Burnet Municipal Airport. Contact: 512-756-2226; www.highland-lakessquadron.com Admission: $8 adults, $4 ages 12-18. Commemorative Air Force Show will begin with a simulation of the attack on Pearl Harbor and conclude with the missing-man formation. Show includes radio-controlled scale models, aerobatic acts, flying aircraft and static displays. WINE & WILDFLOWER TRAIL When: April 12-13. Where: Hill Country. Contact: 830-868-2321; www.texaswinetrail.com. Admission: free. Tour 13 wineries in the Hill Country and taste wine born of the same soil as the beautiful wildflowers. Also food pairings, music, art exhibits, wine seminars and a hayride. SCARBOROUGH FAIRE When: April 12-13. Where: Waxahachie. Contact: 972-938-3247; www.scarboroughrenfest.com. Admission: $16.99 adult, $6 ages 5-12. A 16th-century-themed festival with 10 entertainment stages, performers, full-combat jousting, falconry, music, artisan demonstrations, rides, games and food. AUSTIN FINE ARTS FESTIVAL When: April 12-13. Where: downtown Austin. Contact: 512-458-6073; www.austinfineartsfestival.org. Admission: $7 adults, free for ages 12-6. Celebrating its 53rd year, the festival brings together Texans and 210 national artists for children's art activities ($1), musicians and local cuisine. OFFICIAL BLUEBONNET FESTIVAL OF TEXAS When: April 12-13. Where: Chappell Hill. Contact: 979-836-6033; www.brenhamtexas.com. Admission: free. Amidst fields of bluebonnets as far as the eye can see, the festival will feature more than 250 arts and crafts exhibitors, country-style food, music, hayride tours and children's activity corner. SEABROOK ART FESTIVAL When: April 12-13. Where: Seabrook. Contact: 281-474-5875. Admission: free. The festival will feature more than 100 nationally known artists, plus exhibits, vendors, strolling musicians, bands, food and dance. TEXAS HOT AND SPICY FESTIVAL When: April 12-13. Where: Houston. Contact: 281-416-0964; www.texashotandspicy.com Admission: $3 adults, $2 children (with canned food donation). Presented by Reliant Center, the event will offer cooking demos, salsas, sauces, spices, farmers market and gardening, samplings, products and music. CZECH SPRINGFEST When: April 13. Where: Houston. Contact: 713-349-0500. Admission: $5. The Czech Heritage Society of Texas will host its eighth annual event featuring music, a traditional Czech Sunday dinner (11 a.m.-2 p.m.), cultural exhibits, merchandise, children's activities, and genealogy and reference room for research. OLD SETTLER'S MUSIC FESTIVAL When: April 17-20. Where: Salt Lick BBQ Pavilion and Camp Ben McCulloch, Austin. Contact: 512-370-4630; www.oldsettlersmusicfest.org. Admission: $47 three-day pass, $25 each day Friday and Saturday, $8 Sunday; see Web site for camping passes. Friday and Saturday's concerts will be at the Salt Lick BBQ Pavilion featuring four stages of bluegrass, country, jazz and alternative country along with kids' activities, youth-talent contest, craft and food vendors and barbecue. The lineup includes Yonder Mountain String Band, Del McCoury Band, Patty Griffin, Peter Rowan, Vassar Clements, Fred Eaglesmith and Railroad Earth. The Easter Bunny will visit the campground pavilion on Sunday, when there will be an egg hunt, sunrise Easter services and gospel show. EARTH DAY CELEBRATION When: April 19. Where: Brazos Bend State Park, Needville. Contact: 979-553-5101; www.bbwspvo.org Admission: $3, free for ages 12 and younger. A day of family fun aimed at educating the public on how to protect the Earth. ANTIQUE SHOW & SALE When: April 25-27. Where: The Woodlands. Contact: 936-756-5828, ext. 29 Admission: $5. The Friendship Center's fourth-annual show and sale featuring antiques dealers from Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida will be at Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel & Convention Center. BARBECUE & GOAT COOK-OFF When: April 26. Where: Goldthwaite. Contact: 915-648-3619. Admission: free. Activities during the cook-off include entertainment, arts and crafts and food. DEPOT DAY IN MAGNOLIA When: April 26. Where: Magnolia. Contact: 281-356-8514. Admission: free. The 10th annual event will feature live and silent auctions, entertainment, crafts, collectibles, a car show and food. HERITAGE FESTIVAL AND ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW When: April 26. Where: Baytown. Contact: 281-424-7229. Admission: free. See demonstrations of beekeeping, basket-weaving, rug-hooking, vintage Army vehicles. There will also be a re-creation of a Texas Rangers' campsite, rodeo clowns, cowboys, singers, dancers, small farm animals and children's activities. FESTIVAL OF FLAGS When: April 26. Where: Historic downtown Navasota. Contact: 936-825-8585. Admission: free. Historic downtown Navasota.Downtown will be filled with food, arts and crafts, re-enactments, a model-train exhibit, Wildflower Art Show of Texas, doll show, quilt show, children's area, a 10 a.m. parade down the "Avenue of Flags," antique- and classic-car shows, tour of historical-homes ($12), petting zoo, a Gallery of Flags, and bluegrass, gospel, barbershop and blues music and street dance ($5). TEXAS BLUES FESTIVAL When: April 26. Where: Tyler. Contact: 903-593-6905; www.rix.com Admission: $15. The 10th annual music celebration features local, regional and national blues bands. This year's lineup includes Doyle Bramhall, Chris Duarte, Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps, Larry Garner and Elvis T. Busboy. CAJUN AND SOUL FOOD FESTIVAL When: April 26. Where: Houston. Contact: 281-416-0964; www.tastingtexas.com Admission: $3 adults, $2 children. Bring your appetite for this family event that includes dancing and kids' activities. SPRING FLING & BUTTERFLY RELEASE When: April 26. Where: Wimberly. Contact: 512-847-3909. Hundreds of butterflies raised by Wimberley residents will be released in celebration of spring. Entertainment includes a classical guitarist, puppet shows, silent auction, nature walk and lectures, arts and crafts. SAN JACINTO DAY AND BATTLE RE-ENACTMENT When: April 26. Where: San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site, La Porte. Contact: 281-479-2431, ext. 227. Admission: free. A San Jacinto Day ceremony will be at 10:30 a.m. followed by a re-enactment of the 1836 battle that won Texas' independence from Mexico. SYLVAN BEACH FESTIVAL & CRAWFISH JAM When: April 26. Where: Sylvan Beach Park, La Porte. Contact: 281-471-1123; www.laportecahmber.org Admission: $5 adults, $2 seniors, free for ages 10 and younger with adult. The festival kicks off with a parade followed by musical entertainment, crawfish-eating contests, photo contest, arts and crafts, food, cook-off, carnival, classic-car show and pageant. RED POPPY FESTIVAL When: April 26-27. Where: Georgetown. Contact: 512-930-3545; www.redpoppyfestival.com. Admission: free. Certified by the Texas Legislature as the Poppy Capital of Texas, Georgetown will celebrate the fourth annual event with a parade, Corvette show, arts and crafts, an 8K run and live music on the downtown square. AUSTIN PARKSFEST When: April 26-27. Where: Austin. Contact: 512-477-1566; www.austinparksfest.org. Admission: free. A two-day festival featuring a pledge walk to support Austin parks and the citywide "It's My Park" volunteer service day at parks throughout Austin Saturday morning. The pledge walk will be followed by Earth Day expo, music, athletic events, Texas BBQ Championship, and kids' carnival at Auditorium Shores on Town Lake. HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL When: April 26-27, May 3-4. Where: downtown Houston. Contact: 713-654-8808; www. ifest.org. Admission: $10, free for ages 9 and younger. This year's event, covering a 20-block area, spotlights Mexico with seven entertainment zones themed Zona de Mexico, African, American, kids, international, Latin and Texas with 1,500 regional, national and international performers and international markets and foods. -END- ====================================================== This e-mail message is intended only for the personal use of the recipients(s) named above. 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