Texas Hill Country Regional Christmas Lighting Trail

Come home to the Hill Country for the Holidays! Lighting displays, pageants, festivities of all kinds, for all ages.

Enjoy the Christmas ride through the Hill Country. Events and admissions vary per city, please call or email for brochure and map.

Hours: Determined by city.

Musical acts include: Eklectic Swing Trio, Fredericksburg Middle School Choir, Fredericksburg High School Choir, Gale Reddic & Elaine Bigelow, Nutcracker by Ms. Rhonda's Dance Troupe, Quincy Harper, Raggedy Cats, Thomas Michael Riley, Tubameisters

Weihnachten in Fredericksburg, a Christmas Market and Festival, is a three-day festival that combines traditional and new events, officially kicking off with a lighted parade along Main Street, decked in thousands of twinkling white lights.

A Christmas Market and Christmas Tree Forest will be open all weekend. The Christmas Tree Forest, packed full of beautifully decorated trees.

Food vendors will also be on hand.

Fri: 4-10pm, Sat: 10am-10pm, Sun: Noon-4pm

• annual New Year's Eve party
• live music
• kids welcome

St. Patrick's Day Festival

International and local Irish music acts, The Irish Dance Center, the Clickety Cloggers, Pipe bands and more.

The largest St. Patrick's Day event in Central Texas.

Wildflower Celebration welcomes the arrival of spring and wildflower blooming season! Colorful fields, the Butterfly Haus opening, and other special events are planned.

Musical acts: TBD

Good times, food, bike games, "Hill Country road trip," non-competitive leisurely ride in Hill Country, great music line-up, Cowboy Breakfast (Saturday & Sunday morning), Sunday service and other good times. Sponsored by the Fredericksburg Optimist Club.

Fredericksburg Crawfish Festival

Louisiana styled music & food. Crawfish, jambalaya, boudain plus red beans and, of course, some Texas favorites, too. Second annual gumbo cook-off! Horseshoe and washer pitching, arts and crafts, fun children's area with jumping castles, face painting, and rock wall.

Fri: 6pm-Midnight, Sat: 11am-Midnight

Night in Old Fredericksburg

Where the Fun Never Sets!

Great German food & drink, German & Texas music both days on two stages, arts and crafts, kids area, historical exhibits.

Fri: 6pm-Midnight, Sat: 11:30am-Midnight

Gourmet Chili Pepper & Salsa Festival

A summer celebration of hot and spicy foods, great live entertainment, hot air balloons and more!

A weekend at Wildseed Farms featuring planting demonstrations and lectures designed to remind folks to plant in the fall for spring blooms!

Wildseed Farms celebrates the migration of Monarch butterflies, and joins the University of Kansas program called "Monarch Watch" by tagging the monarchs to track their migration patterns.

16th annual Austin Film Festival

For fifteen years the Austin Film Festival has been dedicated to celebrating the art of storytelling through film.

The AFF features a four-day conference, eight days of films and parties with one-of-a kind networking opportunities for filmmakers, screenwriters and film lovers.

Austin Celtic Festival