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Bedford Labor Day Blues & BBQ Festival
City: Bedford Date:
September 4-5
1613 Hospital Parkway
Music lovers with an appetite for tasty blues and mouth-watering barbecue will find the 2010 City of Bedford Labor Day Blues & BBQ Festival a feast for the senses. The two-day event returns Sept. 4-5 with blues legends Robert Cray and Taj Mahal and an $8,000 barbecue cook-off. Entry forms and complete details can be found on the event web site:
www.bedfordbluesbbq.com. For additional information, contact City of Bedford Special Events Coordinator Wendy Hartnett 817-952-2128.
West Texas Fair & Rodeo
City: Abilene Date: Sep 4-13
Includes exhibits, rodeo, livestock shows and a carnival. Parade is 10:30 a.m. Sept. 6 in historic downtown Abilene.
46th Annual National Championship Powwow
City: Grand Prairie Date: September 5-7
Features colorful tribal dance contests, arts & crafts, cultural heritage demonstrations,
teepees and Indian food.
www.tradersvillage.com
GrapeFest
City: Grapevine Date: Septemberp 11-14
Join wine novices and connoisseurs at the largest wine festival in the Southwest.
www.grapevinetexasusa.com
Hummer/Bird Celebration
City: Rockport Date: September 11-14
Offers informative and educational programming centering around the migrating hummingbirds.
www.rockport-fulton.org
Fiestas Patrias Celebration
City: Richmond Date: September 13
Commemorates the day when Mexican patriot Father Hidalgo y Costillo's cry for liberty -- El Grito de Dolores -- called for an end to the Spanish tyranny in Mexico and started the movement for Mexican Independence.
www.fortbendmuseum.org
Bartlett Friendship Festival
City: Bartlett Date: September 19
Bartlett comes to life in September with it's Friendship Festival.
There are activities for all ages. When the schedule permits the Bartlett Bulldogs have a home game on Friday night and B-B-Q cookers begin setting up for the sanctioned competition. On Saturday the fun begins with a parade featuring bands, horses, floats, bicycles, motorcycles, farm equipment, 4x4s, antique cars, clowns and more.
www.bartletttexas.net/bartletts_friendship_festival.htm
Washington County Fair
City: Brenham Date: September 17-20
Includes a stock show, craft and food booths, entertainment and a rodeo.
www.washingtoncofair.com
Flights of Our Fathers Fly-In
City: Terrell, Texas: When: September
18, 2010
Cost: $5-$10
The BFTS Museum is hosting a Fly-In to honor the WWII British pilots who trained here and the American officers and civilians who assisted with that training. This year the theme will include a salute to veterans of all branches of the services, recognizing the honor and valor of our fallen service men and women, and including the ultimate sacrifice of five young men from the City of Terrell.
Contact: Freda Freeman 972-524-1714 or no1bftsmuseum@yahoo.com
East Texas State Fair
City: Tyler Date: September 18-27
For 93 years, this event has provided East Texas a world of fun and excitement.
www.etstatefair.com
EDS Credit Union Plano Balloon Festival
City: Plano Date: September 19-21
Includes entertainment on two stages, Saturday evening spectacular fireworks
show.
www.planoballoonfest.org
State Fair of Texas
City: Dallas Date: September 26-October 19
Features 24 days of food and family fun, including many free-with-admission attractions
and. concerts.
www.bigtex.com
Bayfest
City: Corpus Christi Date: September 26-28
Includes a colorful explosion of music on multiple stages, art in many forms, special events entertainment and great, family fun.
www.bayfesttexas.com
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