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Galveston

Island Oktoberfest

Oct. 25-26

Enjoy a full weekend of food,

drinks, live performances, and

dancing. Attendees are encour-

aged to dress in traditional German

costumes. First Lutheran Church,

2415 Winnie St. islandoktoberfest.com

Galveston

Lone Star Motorcycle Rally

Oct. 31-Nov. 3

Experience the largest four-day

biker rally in the country. The event

features bike shows, live concerts,

and celebrity appearances. Down-

town Galveston, Strand Street and

Seawall locations. lonestarrally.com

Houston

Korean Festival

Oct. 5

The Korean American Society of

Houston presents its 11th annual

festival. Partnering with dozens

of global and local sponsors, the

festival includes amazing food, in-

teractive games, and special guest

performances on the main stage

for more than 40,000 visitors.

Discovery Green, 1500 McKinney.

713-400-7336; kfesthouston.com

Houston

Bayou City Art Festival

Oct. 12-13

Houston’s largest art festival trans-

forms the streets of downtown as it

spotlights 300 artists represent-

ing 19 disciplines. Meet artists,

view original works, and purchase

world-class art, prints, jewelry,

and sculptures. Enjoy live music,

entertainment, beverage stations,

and food trucks. Downtown Hous-

ton, 901 Bagby St. 713-521-0133;

artcolonyassociation.org

Lake Jackson

Sea Center Spooktacular

Oct. 27

Dress up in a Halloween costume

and enjoy crafts, games, and other

special programs around the fish-

filled, floor-to-ceiling aquariums.

Sea Center Texas, 302 Medical

Drive. 979-292-0100; tpwd.texas

.gov/fishing/sea-center-texas

Port Aransas

Beachtoberfest

Through Oct. 27

Activities include the Port A Live

Music Fest, the Texas Super Chef

Throwdown Series, Beach Pumpkin

Hustle Fun Run, the Harvest Moon

Regatta, Shorty’s 36th annual Pig

Party, Old Town Fest, the Sand

Pumpkin Patch, Haunted Hayrides,

and Surf Fest. Various locations.

361-749-5919; portaransas.org/

beachtoberfest

Richmond

Texian Market Days Festival

Oct. 26

Discover more than 150 years of

Texas history at the 36th annual

festival with battle reenactments,

live music, pioneers, cowboys, and

historic home tours. George Ranch

Historical Park, 10215 FM 762. 281-

343-0218; texianmarketdays.com

Rockport-Fulton

Rockport-Fulton Seafair

Oct. 10-13

Right on the Aransas Navigation

District grounds, the 45th annual

festival has live big-name and local

entertainment, including headliner

Tracy Byrd on Friday night. Enjoy

a gumbo cookoff, hilarious crab

races, arts and crafts, a market,

food vendors, an outdoor expo,

a car show, and a kayak race.

Festival Grounds at Rockport Harbor,

101 Seabreeze Drive. 361-729-6445;

rockportseafair.com

South Padre Island

Sandcastle Days

Oct. 3-6

More than 30,000 fans watch sand

artists qualify for the World Champi-

onship of Sand Sculpting. Clayton’s

Beach Bar & Grill, 6900 Padre Blvd.

956-761-3000; sopadre.com

Victoria

Bootfest

Oct. 4-5

The free festival features Texas

country music, Western crafts and

performers, a free kids’ corral, and

food and merchandise vendors.

DeLeon Plaza, 101 N. Main St. 361-

485-3116; bootfest.org

Victoria

The Texas Mile

Oct. 18-20

Named one of the top speed

events in the world, drivers from

around the country push the limits

of their vehicles on the airport’s

1-mile track. Victoria Regional

Airport, 609 Foster Field Drive.

281-303-1844; texasmile.net

West Columbia

Hogg-toberfest

Oct. 5

Celebrate the season and

learn about harvest time on an

1800s plantation with hayrides,

crafts, sugar cane, storytell-

ing, and more. Varner-Hogg

Plantation State Historic Site,

1702 N. 13th St. 979-345-4656;

visitvarnerhoggplantation.com

HILL COUNTRY

Austin

Austin City Limits Music Festival

Oct. 4-6, 11-13

One of the country’s largest

celebrations of live music, this two-

weekend, six-day festival brings the

magic of the famed public TV series

Austin City Limits outside the studio

and into Austin’s most beloved park.

More than 150 musical acts—in-

cluding Billie Eilish, Mumford &

Sons, and Tame Impala—take over

eight stages, along with local food

vendors, brewers, artists, and pop-

up shops. Zilker Park, 2100 Barton

Springs Road. aclfestival.com

Austin

Gem Capers

Oct. 18-20

This gem and mineral show includes

members’ mineral collections, a

touch table, and a fluorescent mineral

display of rocks that glow under spe-

cial lighting. Enjoy demos on stone

faceting, wire wrapping, and cabbing.

Don’t miss jewelry making and

gemstone Wheel of Fortune. Palmer

Events Center, 900 Barton Springs

Road. 512-458-9546; agms-tx.org

Austin

Texas Book Festival

Oct. 26-27

Known as one of the largest and

most prestigious literary festivals

in the country, the annual event

features more than 250 nationally

and critically recognized authors,

more than 20 venues including the

State Capitol, 100-plus exhibitors,

local food trucks, and countless

opportunities to meet authors and

fellow book lovers. Various loca-

tions. texasbookfestival.org

Boerne

Antique Tractor Pull and

KurbisFest

Oct. 12

This is a special KurbisFest

(“Pumpkin Fest” in German) that

includes the annual “Key to the

Hills” Tractor Pull. The AgriCultural

Museum, 102 City Park Road. 210-

445-1080; visitboerne.org/calendar

Cedar Park

Fable Fest

Oct. 26

Jousting knights and costumed

characters abound at this festival

offering food truck fare, musical

performances, story time, a shop-

ping bazaar, a petting zoo, and a

jousting show. Elizabeth Milburn

Park, 1901 Sun Chase Blvd. 512-401-

5600; cedarparkbooks.org/fable-fest

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