2017 Annual Calendar

January 20171 First Day Hikes at Enchanted Rock1 New Year’s Day Celebration at Torre di Pietra Vineyards5-30 “Fresh Pallet” Art Show at Fredericksburg Art Guild6 First Friday Art Walk Fredericksburg6-28 “Welcoming the New Year” Art Show at RS Hanna Gallery7 Port and Pairings at Pedernales Cellars12-14 Gillespie County Youth Livestock Show14 Art & Vino Painting Class “Midnight Bird”14 Jazz in January at Chisholm Trail Winery14 Fredericksburg Chorale “Dialogues & Dances” 15 Fredericksburg Music Club presents Miró String Quartet20-22 Fredericksburg Trade Days 21 10th Annual Luckenbach Blues Festival21 Art & Vino Painting Class “Cross”21-22 Hill Country Gem & Mineral Show28 Hill Country Indian Artifact Show 28 Snack Super Bowl at Armadillo’s Leap28 Salsa Bowl at Pedernales Cellars30 Harlem Ambassadors Exhibition Basketball Team

February 20171-15 Annual Student Art Show at Whistle Pik Galleries1-24 Bruce Greene Solo Exhibition at InSight Gallery2-27 “Who Knew” Student Art Show at Fredericksburg Art Guild3 First Friday Art Walk Fredericksburg 3-19 Texas Hill Country Wineries “Wine Lovers Trail”3-24 “Closer to the Heart” Art Show at RS Hanna Gallery4 Fredericksburg Chorale New Works Concert4-5 Annual Merlot & Chocolate Tasting at Becker Vineyards5 Fredericksburg Band Boosters Turkey Dinner10-11 40th Annual Luckenbach Hug In and Valentine Ball10-May 7 Patriotic Fashions of the 1940’s Exhibit at the National Museum

of the Pacific War11 Volkssportverein Friedrichsburg Volkswalk11 Valentine Luncheon at Becker Vineyards11 Art & Vino Painting Class “Couple’s Trees”11 Valentine’s Dinner & Dance at Messina Hof Hill Country Winery11 Fredericksburg Chorale “Dialogues & Dances” 11-12 Texas Hill Country Home & Garden Expo

11-12 Annual Merlot & Chocolate Tasting at Becker Vineyards 11-12 Valentine’s Jazz on the Lawn at Pedernales Cellars11-12 BFF Celebration at Armadillo’s Leap14 Art & Vino Painting Class “Opposites Attract”17-19 Fredericksburg Trade Days 17-Mar 5 Fredericksburg Theater Company presents “Hello, Dolly!”

(weekends)18 Valentine Vines at Texas Vineyards & Beyond18 “Smokehouse Secrets” at the LBJ State Park & Historic Site18 Art & Vino Painting Class “Love You to the Moon”18-19 Texas Gun & Knife Show 19 Fredericksburg Music Club presents Alamo Metro Chorus24 St. Mary’s Catholic School Mardi Gras Gala25 Mardi Gras Kickoff Celebration at 4.0 Cellars

March 20171-24 8th Annual Texas Masters Group Art Show at InSight Gallery1-Apr 30 Spring Artist Showcase at Whistle Pik Galleries2-May 1 “Hill Country Journey” Art Show at Fredericksburg Art Guild3 First Friday Art Walk Fredericksburg 3-9 The Original Texas Star Trail Ride3-31 “Contemporary Texas” Art Show at RS Hanna Gallery5 Turner Hall Annual Pork BBQ Fundraiser 11 Annual Kite Day at the LBJ State Park & Historic Site11 3rd Annual Spring Break Bash at Fredericksburg

Theater Company 11 Fredericksburg Chorale “Dialogues & Dances” 11 Art & Vino Painting Class “Spring Arrows”11-12 WWII Pacific Combat Program — National Museum of the

Pacific War11, 13-18 Spring Break at the Pioneer Museum11-18 27th Annual Texas Hell Week (Bicycle Tour)12 Brats & Kraut Tennis Social14-16 Nimitz Junior Corps at the National Museum of the Pacific War 15 Junior Ranger Day at the LBJ State Park & Historic Site17-19 Fredericksburg Trade Days 18 Luckenbach Mud Dauber Festival18 Art & Vino Painting Class “Spring Initials”18-19 Fredericksburg Gun & Blade Show 18-19 Fredericksburg Theater Company — “Celebrating Sinatra:

His Life in Music”19 Bubbles, Brides & Bouquets at Messina Hof Hill Country19 Fredericksburg Music Club presents Doug Montgomery, Pianist25 Hill Country Indian Artifact Show25 Spring Fling at Chisholm Trail Winery25 Harper Library Saturday in the Park Benefit27 Boys and Girls Club Golf Tournament at Boot Ranch31-Apr 1 American Chuck Wagon Association National Championship

Cookoff31-Apr 2 The Best of Texas Food and Wine Festival31-Apr 16 Texas Hill Country Wineries “Wine & Wildflower Trail”31-Apr 21 Daniel Gerhartz Solo Exhibition at InSight Gallery

Outdoor Events

April 20171 10th Annual LBJ 100 Bicycle Tour1 Gillespie County Country Schools Annual Open House (6 schools)1 Van Der Stucken Music Festival1 Celebrate Texas! Chuck Wagon Dinner at the Texas Rangers

Heritage Center1-21 Jason Rich Solo Exhibition at InSight Gallery2 Gillespie County Country Schools Annual Benefit BBQ2 The Victory Cup “Bluebonnet” Polo Match & Farm-to-Table Dinner 6-8 Lenz Fest 20177 First Friday Art Walk Fredericksburg 7-28 “All Creatures Great and Small” at RS Hanna Gallery8 Hill Country Antique Tractor & Engine Club Bluebonnet

Tractor Ride8 Outlaw Half Marathon and 5K in Luckenbach Texas8 Wine & Wildflower Brunch at 4.0 Cellars8 Art & Vino Painting Class “Wildflowers”8 Fredericksburg Chorale “Dialogues & Dances” 8 Guided Nature/Wildlife Walk at LBJ State Park & Historic Site8-9 2017 Generation Gap Fundraiser Tennis Tournament8-9 WWII Pacific Combat Program at the National Museum of the

Pacific War8-9 Waltstock and Barrel Wine and Music Festival8-23 Wildflower Celebration at Wildseed Farms13-30 Fredericksburg Theater Company presents “Driving Miss Daisy”

(weekends)14-16 Fredericksburg Trade Days 14-16 2017 Texas VW Classic15 Easter Egg Hunt at the Pioneer Museum15 Easter at the Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm15 Art & Vino Painting Class “Bluebonnets”16 Easter Egg Hunt on the Lawn at Pedernales Cellars22 Fredericksburg VFD Annual Benefit Fish Fry22 Art & Vino Painting Class “Vereins Kirche”23 Fredericksburg Music Club — Sonic Escape, Flute & Violin Duo27-30 Hill Country Film Festival28-29 Fort Martin Scott Days28-30 Wings Over the Hills Nature Festival29 Wildflower 5K & 10K Run and Walk29 HCBA Wine Country Division Annual Sporting Clays Tournament30 PCAA Summer Concert Series

May 20174-29 “Pedernales Art Round-Up” at Fredericksburg Art Guild4-Aug 31 Fredericksburg Summer Farmers Market (Thursdays)5 First Friday Art Walk Fredericksburg 5-6 Fredericksburg Chorale Spring Concert5-7 Hill Country Run Motorcycle Rally in Luckenbach Texas5-27 “The Power of Form” Art Show at RS Hanna Gallery6 Gillespie County Country Schools Open House (3 schools)6 Nimitz Junior Corps at the National Museum of the Pacific War 6 Willow City VFD Annual BBQ Benefit6-7 19th Annual Lavender Festival at Becker Vineyards7 Maifest – A German Chorale Concert7 Blankets & Blues at Barons CreekSide13 Texas Flower Country Women’s 5K/10K13 Cherry Mountain Historic School Open House13 Art & Vino Painting Class “Mason Jar”13 Fredericksburg Chorale “Dialogues & Dances” 14 Mother’s Day Luncheon at Becker Vineyards14 Roses and Rosé Mother’s Day Celebration at Pedernales Cellars14 Big Yaaas! For Mom at Armadillo’s Leap18-21 Rockets 201719-20 St. Mary’s Catholic School Benefit Golf Tournament19-21 Fredericksburg Trade Days20 Fredericksburg Community Orchestra Spring Concert20 Art & Vino Painting Class “Abstract Peacock”21 Taco Tennis Social21 Fredericksburg Music Club presents San Antonio Brass Ensemble21 PCAA Summer Concert Series 26-28 Fredericksburg Crawfish Festival 26-Aug 14 Propaganda Art in WWII Exhibit at the National Museum of the

Pacific War27 Red, White & BBQ at Messina Hof Hill Country27 Memorial Day Celebration at Chisholm Trail Winery27 USO-Style Hangar Dance at the Hangar Hotel27-28 WWII Pacific Combat Program — National Museum of the

Pacific War29 Memorial Day Program at the National Museum of the

Pacific War

June 20171-23 Cheri Christensen/Jhenna Quinn Lewis Art Show at

InSight Gallery1-28 Archery Clinic at LBJ State Park & Historic Site (Thursdays)1-July 31 “Summer Sizzle” Art Show at Fredericksburg Art Guild1-Aug 31 Fredericksburg Summer Farmers Market (Thursdays)2 First Friday Art Walk Fredericksburg 2-20 “En Plein Air” Art Show at RS Hanna Gallery3 13th Annual Masonic Open Car Show3 Annual Fishing Day at LBJ State Park & Historic Site3 Movies Under the Stars at the LBJ Ranch “Guess Who’s Coming

to Dinner”9-10 10th Annual Thomas Michael Riley Music Festival in Luckenbach10 32nd Annual Hill Country Antique Tractor & Engine Club Show

Film Festival

June 2017 (continued)10 Flag Day Celebration at the Pioneer Museum10 Art & Vino Painting Class “Stained Glass Tree”10 Fredericksburg Chorale “Dialogues & Dances” 11 Surprise Bash Tennis Social15 Nimitz Junior Corps at the National Museum of the Pacific War 15 “Bach at the ‘Bach” Fredericksburg Community Orchestra in

Luckenbach Texas16-17 56th Annual Stonewall Peach JAMboree & Rodeo16-18 Fredericksburg Trade Days 16-July 2 Fredericksburg Theater Company Summer Musical (weekends)17 Art & Vino Painting Class “Flag”24 4th Annual Hill Country Food Truck Festival25 PCAA Summer Concert Series

July 20171 Summer BBQ at 4.0 Cellars1-2 WWII Pacific Combat Program — National Museum of the

Pacific War1-2 Live Pari-Mutuel Horse Racing 1-29 Wine ‘til Nine at Pedernales Cellars (Saturdays)4 4th of July Community Parade and Program4 July 4th at the Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm4 July 4th Chili Cook-off at Becker Vineyards4 “Live Free & Fly” July 4th Celebration in Luckenbach Texas4 City of Fredericksburg July 4th Fireworks Display6-27 Archery Clinic at LBJ State Park & Historic Site (Thursdays)6-Aug 31 Fredericksburg Summer Farmers Market (Thursdays)7 First Friday Art Walk Fredericksburg 7-Aug 26 “Written in Stone” Art Show at RS Hanna Gallery8 Art & Vino Painting Class “Rooster”8 Fredericksburg Chorale “Dialogues & Dances” 14-16 Fredericksburg Trade Days 15 Night in Old Fredericksburg at the Gillespie County Fairgrounds15 Movies Under the Stars at the LBJ Ranch “You Only Live Twice”15 Art & Vino Painting Class “Hello Summer”15-16 Live Pari-Mutuel Horse Racing 16 Mini Wimbledon Tennis Social23 PCAA Summer Concert Series

27-30 Freddyburg Youth Theater Summer Presentation28-30 40th Annual Hill Country Auto Swap Meet28-30 Fredericksburg Dr. Pepper/Babolat Junior Open Tennis Tournament29-30 Gillespie County Bundes Schuetzenfest

August 20173-31 Fredericksburg Summer Farmers Market (Thursdays)3-Oct 2 “Harvesting Color” Art Show at Fredericksburg Art Guild4 First Friday Art Walk Fredericksburg 5 Texas Ranger Day at the Texas Rangers Heritage Center5-6 WWII Pacific Combat Program at the National Museum of the

Pacific War11-20 Fredericksburg Theater Company Summer Finale (weekends)11-27 Grape Stomp at Pedernales Cellars (weekends)12 Art & Vino Painting Class “Sunset Fields”12 Fredericksburg Chorale “Dialogues and Dances”12-13 Gillespie County Fair Livestock Shows12-13 Live Pari-Mutuel Horse Racing 12-13 Grape Stomp at Armadillo’s Leap13 PCAA Summer Concert Series 18-20 Fredericksburg Trade Days 19 Gillespie County Fair Livestock Shows19 Art & Vino Painting Class “Feathers”24-27 129th Annual Gillespie County Fair24-27 Hill Country Antique Tractor & Engine Club Heritage Show25 129th Annual Gillespie County Fair Parade26 Grape Stomp at Chisholm Trail Winery26 Classic Car Show in Luckenbach Texas26-27 21st Annual Grape Stomp at Becker Vineyards26-27 Live Pari-Mutuel Horse Racing27 109th Birthday Celebration for President Lyndon B. Johnson

September 20171 First Friday Art Walk Fredericksburg 1-3 Grape Stomp at Pedernales Cellars 1-24 9th Annual Fall Group Show at InSight Gallery1-Oct 31 Fall Artist Showcase at Whistle Pik Galleries1-Jan 14 Portraits & Stories of WWII Veterans Exhibit at the

National Museum of the Pacific War2 53rd Annual Harper Frontier Day Celebration2 Grape Stomp at Chisholm Trail Winery2 34th Annual Doss VFD Benefit Fish Fry & Prize Giveaway2 USO-Style Hangar Dance at the Hangar Hotel2-3 WWII Pacific Combat Program at the National Museum of the

Pacific War2-3 Grape Stomp at Armadillo’s Leap2-3 21st Annual Grape Stomp at Becker Vineyards3 “Lucy & The Italian Woman” Costume Contest at Becker

Vineyards8-10 Fall Planting Days Kick-off at Wildseed Farms9 14th Annual Fredericksburg Boys & Girls Club Shopping

Tournament9 Art & Vino Painting Class “Bloom”

July 4th Events

9 Fredericksburg Chorale “Dialogues and Dances” 9 Gillespie County Country Schools Open House (3 schools)9 8th Annual Fredericksburg PBR10 Subs & Tennis Social10 PCAA Summer Concert Series 15 Admiral Nimitz Foundation Special Film Screening15-17 Fredericksburg Trade Days 16 Lutheran Fall Festival and 5K Run16 Admiral Nimitz Foundation Annual Symposium16 Wrede Historic School Open House16 Art & Vino Painting Class “Fall Trees”16-17 Annual Seed Stomp at the LBJ State Park & Historic Site17 Lower South Grape Creek Historic School Open House and

Benefit BBQ17 Fredericksburg Music Club presents a Van Cliburn Piano Finalist23 “Daily Farm Chores” at the Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm23 21st Annual Scholarship Fest24 St. John Lutheran Annual Homecoming and BBQ29 Fredericksburg Wine Road 290 “Kiolbassa & Kabernet”

October 20171-31 Texas Hill Country Wineries “Texas Wine Month Trail”5-16 “Sweet Treats” Art Show at Fredericksburg Art Guild5-Nov 16 Fredericksburg Fall Farmers Market (Thursdays)6 First Friday Art Walk Fredericksburg 6-8 37th Annual Oktoberfest 6-14 Richard Loffler Solo Exhibition at InSight Gallery6-21 Mark Haworth Solo Exhibition at InSight Gallery7 8th Annual Oktoberfest Kraut Run 8K/5K Walk7 St. Joseph’s Halle Craft Show 7 Williams Creek (Albert) and Junction Historic Schools

Open House7 Oktober Fiesta in Luckenbach Texas7-8 WWII Pacific Combat Program at the National Museum of the

Pacific War13-15 Texas Mesquite Arts Festival13-15 HCBA Parade of Homes 13-29 Fredericksburg Theater Company Fall Drama (weekends)14 Fall Fun at Chisholm Trail Winery14 Monarch Celebration at Wildseed Farms14 Art & Vino Painting Class “Three Pumpkins”14 37th Annual Stonewall VFD Fall Fish Fry14 Fredericksburg Chorale “Dialogues and Dances” 14-15 Dr. Pepper/Babolat Classic Open Tennis Tournament15 Fredericksburg Music Club presents Jennifer Kim, Classical Guitar15-16 Hill Country University Center Golf Tournament at Boot Ranch20-21 70th Annual United Methodist Women’s Bazaar 19-Jan 1 “Ode to Joy” Art Show at Fredericksburg Art Guild20 Art & Vino Painting Class “Glass Half Full”20-21 14th Annual Harvest Classic Bike Rally in Luckenbach Texas20-21 5th Annual Frontier Days at Fort Martin Scott20-22 Fredericksburg Trade Days 20-22 HCBA Parade of Homes 21 8th Annual Knights of Columbus Bestfest21 Art & Vino Painting Class “White Pumpkin”

21 Hill Country Indian Artifact Show21 “Dairy Daze” at the Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm21 Barbecue on the Pedernales at the LBJ Ranch22 St. Mary’s Catholic School Turkey Dinner and Festival28 Bike the Burg 28 Fredericksburg Food & Wine Fest28 Halloween Celebration & Costume Contest

at Torre di Pietra Winery28-29 Texas Gun & Knife Show

November 20172-16 Fredericksburg Fall Farmers Market (Thursdays)3 First Friday Art Walk Fredericksburg 3-24 Jill Carver & Teresa Elliott Art Show at InSight Gallery3-Dec 15 Winter Artist Showcase at Whistle Pik Galleries3-Dec 23 Christmas Art Show at RS Hanna Gallery4 Glöggfest at Pedernales Cellars4 Herbstfest – A German Chorale Concert4 Hunters Ball in Luckenbach Texas4 Harper VFD Opening Day of Hunting Season Fall Fish Fry9-11 20th Annual Texas All-Star Big Band Bash10-12 Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Art Show and Sale11 Veterans Day Ceremony at the National Museum of the

Pacific War11 Red, White and Blues Wine and Music Festival11 A Fall Afternoon of Music at Becker Vineyards11 Fredericksburg Theater Company’s 4th Annual Fundraiser11 Art & Vino Painting Class “Fall Trio”11 Fredericksburg Chorale “Dialogues and Dances”11-12 WWII Pacific Combat Program at the National Museum of

the Pacific War12 BBQ Tennis Social17-19 Fredericksburg Trade Days 18 Art & Vino Painting Class “Floral Antlers”18 Gillespie County Wild Game Dinner19 Fredericksburg Music Club presents Ashu, Saxophonist22 Thanksgiving Dance in Luckenbach Texas24 Annual Lighting of Community Christmas Tree & German Pyramid24-26 The Peddler Show24-26 Fredericksburg Trade Days Holiday Encore24-Jan 2 Eisbahn Outdoor Ice Skating25 Holiday Cookie Decorating & German Traditions at LBJ State Park

& Historic Site25 Hunters Night Out at Fort Martin Scott

December 20171 First Friday Art Walk Fredericksburg 1 Chamber Light the Night Christmas Parade & After Glow Market1-17 Texas Hill Country Wineries “Christmas Wine Affair”1-29 Annual “Small Works” Art Show at InSight Gallery 2 Sip with Santa at 4.0 Cellars2 Santa Snack Celebration at Armadillo’s Leap2 60th Annual Holiday Home Tour and Market2 Fredericksburg Chorale Christmas Concert2-3 Port & Stilton Cheese Tasting at Becker Vineyards

December 2017 (continued)2-3 Fredericksburg Dance Company Holiday Celebration 7 Pearl Harbor Day Observance at the National Museum of the

Pacific War8-9 The Christmas Journey at Bethany Lutheran Church8-17 Fredericksburg Theater Company Christmas Production

(weekends)9 St. Joseph’s Halle Craft Show 9 Kinderfest at the Pioneer Museum9 Pedernales Cellars 9th Birthday Bash9 Art & Vino Painting Class “Ornament”9 2017 Tannenbaum Ball 9 Fredericksburg Chorale “Dialogues and Dances” 9-10 Port & Stilton Cheese Tasting at Becker Vineyards11 Nimitz Junior Corps at the National Museum of the Pacific War 15-17 Fredericksburg Trade Days 16 Art & Vino Painting Class “Christmas Tree Forest”16 Christmas Ball in Luckenbach Texas16-17 Fredericksburg Gun & Blade Show 17 48th Annual LBJ Christmas Tree Lighting26 Annual Boxing Day Celebration at Becker Vineyards26 Candlelight Tour at the Pioneer Museum31 Memorial Volkssport Walk31 New Year’s Eve Ball in Luckenbach Texas31 USO-Style Hangar Dance at the Hangar Hotel31 Turner Hall New Year’s Eve Dance31 Midnight Volkssport Walk

Holiday Festivities

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