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It’s time to Celebrate Bandera in the Cowboy Capital of the World this Labor

Day Weekend. Well known as a small Texas town with real Texas flare, Ban-dera’s history runs deep. In the late 1800s, Ban-dera became the gathering place for more than 10,000,000 head of Longhorn steers that where collected from across Texas to send up the now famous Western Trail to Oglala, Nebraska and railheads north.

Larry McMurtry wrote about that trail in his book “Lonesome Dove. “

Each year Bandera remembers its roots at the annual Labor Day Event, Cel-ebrate Bandera, with plenty of events sure to please everyone in the family.

Friday morning, folks will gather in town to get a good spot to view the morn-ing events. About 9:30 am ,you can grab a breakfast taco at Lowe’s Market parking lot where the excitement begins building during Cow Patty Bingo. That’s right, there will be great prizes and cash to

boot all determined by the proper drop of a cow patty! Then

claim your spot along Main Street, where at 11 am

folks the much anticipated Longhorn Cattle Drive will come right through town, fol-lowed by an awesome pa-rade complete with wagons, Native American Indians, horses and more, transform-ing the Cowboy Capital into a magical time machine.

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Celebrate Bandera kicks off a Labor Day weekend of events with a Longhorn cattle drive through the center of town Friday, September 4, at 11 am, followed by a parade. Photo courtesy Celebrate Bandera.

Court House lawn right after the parade, and be sure to visit Rattle Snake Ridge for shoot out performances by the fa-mous Bandera Cattle Company Gun-fighters.

What else will you find at Celebrate Bandera? Everything having to do with Cowboys and Indians!

At City Park September 4-6, Cele-brate Bandera proudly presents the Cir-cle of Life Inter-tribal Powwow, includ-ing Native American dancers from all over the country. Gates open Friday eve-ning and admission is just $5. (Kids under 12 get in free.)

The Powwow continues through Sunday so you can catch it anytime during the weekend. Featured events include dance competitions; exhibition performances by internationally known Hoop Dancer, Lyndon Alec; and special Hand and Drum and flute demonstrations. Native American arti-sans will be selling their wares and In-dian fry bread will be abundant.

During the Powwow, visit the camps of Mountain Men, and the 1800 Pioneer Camps. Powwows have al-ways been an integral part of Native American history. The Circle of Life Powwow is a place to enjoy the compa-ny of old friends and meet new ones.

Be sure to bring the kids out Satur-day and Sunday when there will be even more going om at City Park on the Medina River, including a chance to participate in the Hoof ‘n Foot Horse-less Ranch Rodeo. This event is fun for the whole family and includes cowboy skills and creative team work to boot.

And who knows? You might even get to dress a goat! There’ll be goat ro-pin’, chicken ropin’, storytelling, inter-active music fun, and more!

Saturday night, head over to Mans-field Park and enjoy the really fast ac-tion by the Cowboy Capital Mounted Shooters as they ride in a high-speed horse Shoot Out.

Gates open at 6:30 pm, admission in-cludes both the Shoot Out and World Champion Trick Roper, Kevin Fitzpat-

Celebrate Bandera Labor Day weekend

rick followed by The Hottest 8 Seconds Of The Year at the National Professional Bull Rider’s Challenge.

The fun continues late Saturday eve-ning, when you can take in great coun-try swing at the “Kings of Western Swing” Concert.

Sunday morning, the action begins anew with a gathering at the Medina River in City Park for a Cowboy Break-fast offered up by the Western Heritage Cowboy Church, followed by some great preaching and cowboy gospel mu-sic.

There will also be gospel music at the Courthouse, plus the Arts and Craft Show and more of the Bandera Cattle Company.

And don’t forget, the Circle of Life Powwow and finals of the National Pro-fessional Bull Rider’s Challenge with the added South Texas Bull Fighting Tour during intermission.

FYI • For complete event schedules and ticket in-formation, call 830-796-4447 or visit the web site at www.celebratebandera.com.

The Circle of Life Inter-tribal Powwow at City Park September 4-6 includes Native American dancers from across the U.S. Photo courtesy Celebrate Bandera.

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A fresh addition to the Wimberley restaurant scene, Jobell Cafe & Bistro is an affair of the heart for

owners David and Jessenia Bober. Stop by the charming eatery on Ranch

Road 12 for lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch. You’re in for a special dining experience, with “simple, freshly made dishes, created with care and served in an intimate, romantic environment.”

David and Jessenia relocated from downtown New York City in the spring of 2013 with “the dream of a quieter life for us and the kids and the idea of opening a restaurant,” David says. “We ended up in Wimberley a bit by chance, having fallen in love with the area on a number of visits. Since then we have only grown more enchanted by the town and its friendly, accepting, eclectic and creative people,” he smiles. Named after their

children Joshua, 8, and Isabella, 4, Jobell Cafe & Bistro is truly a family endeavor.

David, a craftsman and construction manager, spent nearly a year completely renovating and decorating the original building, doing most of the work himself.Guests will find the space completely transformed; the result of hard work and good taste indisputable.

Jobell is at once warm and inviting— a beautiful medley of modern and rustic—with delightful lighting and décor, and an always charming and professional staff.

Details contributed by local artisans add to the ambience. Masterful touches include a scrolling steel railing on the front deck and a magnificent carved walnut door leading there, fabricated by local artist and craftsman Michael Wilson. Joe Waldschmidt designed and built a lovely rock water feature at the entry bridge arching over an existing wet

weather stream. Its sounds provide a relaxing backdrop to guests seated on the outdoor deck.

Jessenia worked with David and the couple’s dear friend and chef, Apollo Andrade of Brazil (who came to Wimberley for six months to help open the restaurant) to develop the menu.

Although largely self taught about food, “Jessenia grew up with the Cuban side of her family in Dallas, and her father is Chinese so she was exposed to many cuisines in her childhood,” explains David. “She became a voracious reader on all things food and began experimenting in the kitchen, over the years really amassing a great knowledge base and a built in knack for getting amazing flavor from everything she touched.”

Both Jessenia and David were also influenced by his mother, Phyllis Pray Bober, a professor of art history who also taught and wrote about the history of food from ancient Greece and Rome through present day in her book, Art History, Culture and Cuisine.

Jessenia creates all of Jobell’s desserts from scratch — cheesecake, chocolate soufflé cake, salted caramel, creme brûlée, fruit cobblers and ice creams. She also makes the paté, many of the sauces, and cures the wild-caught Atlantic salmon that is the basis for the Gravlax, in addition to managing the kitchen.

The menu at Jobell consists of eclectic “French inspired” dishes, with local sourcing of fresh ingredients offering choices truly unique in the area. “Our concept was drawn from the kind of food that we liked to eat when we used to go out in New York City and the feel of some of our favorite places there,” says David.

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The couple’s thoughtful approach is evident in the menu choices, which are varied and pleasing.

The Gravlax is served with pumpernickel, hard-boiled egg, red onion, dill mustard and crème fraiche. The satisfying Charcuterie and Cheese Slate features delicious artisanal cheeses and meats served with pagnotta (round country bread), fruit, olives, apple chutney and whole grain mustard. Apple and Sage Chicken Liver Pate and the soup of the day (made from scratch and rotated daily) round out the appetizers. The delicious Jobell House Salad is a heavenly medley of local lettuce, apples, shallots, caramelized walnuts and blue cheese, served with an apple cider vinaigrette.

The Iceberg Boat Salad marries tomatoes, lardons, brioche croutons, parsley and blue cheese crumbles with a delicious buttermilk blue cheese dressing. New for summer, the light and refreshing Watermelon and Strawberry Salad captivates with Pure Luck goat cheese, mint and chive vinaigrette.

Jobell for lunch, dinner, Sunday brunchWhen in Wimberley, enjoy delightful dining at

Jobell Cafe & Bistro owners, David and Jessenia Bober, at their charming restaurant located on Ranch Road 12 in Wimberley, now open for lunch and dinner Tuesday through Saturday and Sunday for brunch and dinner. Photo courtesy Jobell Cafe & Bistro.

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David and former First Lady, Laura Bush, during her recent visit to Jobell Cafe & Bistro in Wimberley.Photo courtesy Jobell Cafe & Bistro.


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Brunch selections also include croissants, sticky buns, danishes, a hearty cheese and meat slate, granola, bagels and lox, salads and the soup du jour. Mimosas, bellinis or sangria are favorite accompaniments, and delicious coffee, cappucinos and lattes, teas, fruit juices and other beverages are available.

Jobell features a thoughtfully selected wine list and smaller selection of craft beers, designed to provide perfect accompaniment to the culinary delights.

Coq Au Vin—chicken with mushrooms, baby carrots and Yukon Gold mashed po-tatoes. Photo courtesy Jobell Cafe & Bistro.

Pappardelle—house made lamb and pork sausage, with spinach, cherry to-matoes, garlic and parmesan, in a wine butter sauce. Photo courtesy Jobell Cafe & Bistro.

The menu also includes reasonably priced offerings popular with the kids, including spaghetti, a kid’s cheese slate, a chicken plate and more.

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FYI • Jobell Cafe & Bistro is located at 16920 Ranch Road 12 (north of Wimberley heading towards Dripping Springs on the right) in Wimberley. Hours are Tuesday through Sunday from 11 am to 2 pm and 5 pm to 10 pm, Sunday from 10:30 am to 2:30 pm and 5 pm to 10 pm. For more information, call 512-847-5700, or find them on Facebook, where you can see upcoming specials (search for Jobell Cafe & Bistro).

The Jobell House Burger with garlic aioli, lettuce, tomato, red onion with house made pickles on a locally made brioche bun. Photo courtesy Jobell Cafe & Bistro.


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Beginning on Saturday, August 15, appropriately enough in the shad-ow of Ingram’s impressive repro-

duction of the Stonehenge monument, Texas’ Celtic connection will be joyously celebrated in a two-day series of excit-ing (and authentic) cultural events whose deep roots harken back to an ear-lier life found across the Atlantic and especially, from the beloved “Old Sod.”

Aptly entitled the Kerr County Celtic Festival, this first ever Hill Coun-try gathering of the clans will be a showcase for Gaelic sports, music, foods and fun all as bonnie and bright as the tartan plaids that will undoubt-edly be in great abundance. So laddies and lasses, come one, come all (with or without a Scotch-Irish pedigree) for the pipes, they are a calling.

It’s no secret the Lone Star State owes much of its civilizing and domes-

tication to the hardiness of the immi-grants from Ireland, Scotland and other culturally related areas.

Therefore, it’s no surprise that many of today’s Texans can proudly trace their ancestry back to these Celtic strongholds. And, these links are still cherished.

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Kerrville has played host to the very competitive (and well attended) Hill Country Highland Games – a salute to the hardiness and strength of the high-lander as participants threw such things as tree trunks, hammers, stones and oth-er weighty objects – oof!

With the popularity of the games, it was a “natural” to combine the same with a more inclusive affair; hence, this year’s eagerly awaited Celtic Festival.

At this inaugural event, now in In-gram, visitors can still expect the excit-ing sports competitions coupled with a more comprehensive educational im-mersion into the greater Celtic culture.

Various gifted musical performers (including a genuine Scottish singer), from harpists to full pipe bands, will set the tempo as spirited dancers twirl, leap and stomp intricate steps passed down for generations.

A weaver will demonstrate the use of the loom as she creates a clan tartan. Foods and drinks will further add to the ethnic festivity while myriad vendors will be offering exquisite and stunning wares from near and far.

With many in period attire (all are invited to dress for the occasion), the feeling of being at an actual Scottish fair will be pervasive. And, for those wishing to additionally broaden their bond with their Celtic past, various instructive

Kerr County Celtic Fest August 15-16

See KERR COUNTY CELTIC FEST, page 7

A kilted Scotty. Photo by Kim Maxwell.

Molly Kate Maxwell and Gene McDougald enjoy a gathering of the clans. Photo by Kim Maxwell.

See athletes as they compete ABOVE AND BELOW in traditional Scottish games during the Kerr County Celtic Fest August 15-16 in Ingram. Photos by Shaun Maxwell.


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The Kerr County Celtic Festival will use the entire 13-acre site of the Point The-ater/Hill Country Arts grounds located in Ingram on Highway 39 (look for the Stonehenge monument). And, while the facilities on the property are complete and accommodating, event organizers suggest bringing lawn chairs to further

enhance the experience. Pets (on leashes) will be welcome as well. This event is ap-propriate for the entire family.

FYI • Gates open at 9 am Saturday, August 15, and close at 6 pm, then re-open on Sunday, August 16 at 9 am through 5 pm. Those wishing to participate in the workshops are encouraged to arrive at 8 am to sign up. Admission is $10 per day with a two-day pass available for $15. Children six- to 12-years old will be admitted for $5. Children younger than six enter for free. For more information about the Kerr County Celtic Festival, visit the web site at www.kerrcounty-celtic.com.

KERR COUNTY CELTIC FEST, from page 6

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Gates open bright and early Saturday at 7 am, and qualifying races last all day. After the races are over for the day, spectators can go down to the pits and enjoy an-other free concert.

Early-birds arrive Sunday at Lakeside Park at 7 am to get a great seat for opening ceremonies at 11 am. Immediately following, top-fuel boats will thrill the crowd with astonishing speeds that can top 260 miles per hour. The day culminates with more than $100,000 in prize money awarded to the winners.

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A lone piper stands in the shadow of the Stonehenge monument at the Point Theater/Hill Country Arts grounds in Ingram on Highway 39. Photo courtesy Kerr County Celtic Festival.

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“A park is more than just a place — it can be a feeling, a state of mind, or a sense of national pride,” says Chris Holmes, director of Outreach and Inter-pretation for Texas State Parks.

”The community of parks shares a common mission. Parks are vitally im-portant to establishing and maintaining the quality of life in a community, ensur-ing the health of families and youth, and contributing to the economic and envi-ronmental well-being of a community and a region.”

Texas has 15 national park areas, 95 state parks, and hundreds of county, city and private parks.

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It won’t be hard to Find Your Park in our little piece of outdoor heaven: na-tional, state, and local.

We have Lyndon B. Johnson Nation-al Historical Park in Johnson City, and we have our nation’s newest, Waco Mammoth National Monument.

The Waco Mammoth Site joined the National Park Service on July 10 and is operated in partnership with the City of Waco and Baylor University.

That’s a pretty fine hundredth birth-day present to our National Park Ser-vice.

In late June, we spent a week on the Frio River – we always means me and a grandkid or two, this time the three-year-old and my all-grown-up travelling buddy, who is now 22.

A week of outside enjoying birds, fish, trees, cool water, being together.

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My little granddaughter has her pink dump truck and her bulldozer all lined up to make the trip with us, so I’m pretty sure there will be afternoons of building in the beach sand.

And the big boy has made a couple of trips this summer to East Texas to a favorite camping site – he and his bud-dies love hanging out under the huge pine trees on a quiet lake.

All that to say, go Find Your Park and help Texas Parks and Wildlife wish a big happy birthday to the National Park Service as it turns 100.

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FREDERICKSBURG H The 127th annual Gillespie County Fair — the Oldest Con-tinuous County Fair in Texas— kicks off with a parade along Main Street Friday, Au-gust 21, at 10 am and continues through August 23. More than 150 entries including floats, marching bands, riding clubs, community groups and more will participate in the parade, so come early to claim your spot and bring your lawn chairs.

A weekend of Hill Country hospitality with fun for the whole family follows. En-joy four big days filled with great events–exciting carnival and midway, fair food, live-stock judging, agricultural and household exhibits, arts and crafts, antique tractor shows, and live pari-mutuel horse racing. Enjoy dancing under the stars to live enter-tainment with performances by Jake Hooker Friday night and Wade Bowen (with spe-cial guest star, Johnny Rodriguez) Saturday night.

FYI • For more information, visit the web site at www.gillespiefair.net.

DRIPPING SPRINGS H August 9, don’t miss the premiere benefit concert — Texas Flood of LOVE — at The Nutty Brown Cafe & Amphitheater. The event will aim to make a difference to the Wimberley community and families who have endured loss in the epic Memorial Day weekend flooding, with proceeds to Barnabas Connection, a non profit organization dedicated to helping the area rebuild.

A stellar lineup musicians includes Ray Wylie Hubbard, Bob Schneider, John Full-bright, Jimmie Vaughan, Hayes Carll, William Clark Green, Jason Boland, Wade Bow-en and Robyn Ludwick. A silent and on-line auction using Text2Bid will be held start-ing Friday, August 7. This auction offers unique and autographed items from The Eagles, Willie Nelson, The Dixie Chicks, Merle Haggard, Garth Brooks, Nolan Ryan, Delbert McClinton, Alejandro Escovedo and more.

Brookshire Brothers Grocery, Wimberley’s main grocery store since 1996, along with their vendors, will sponsor the biggest benefit concert in Wimberley’s history. Ac-cording to the event web site, Texas Flood of LOVE is not just a concert, but a way to remember there’s love and laughter, family and community, even after the storm.

FYI • Doors open at 1 pm for this all ages event. General admission (standing room only) tickets are $20, available online at www.nuttybrown.com. All food at the event will be donated by vendors and sold for charity. Food may be purchased on a walk-up basis from these vendors, and no outside food, drinks, or containers are allowed. One small folding chair per person is allowed. For more information, visit the web site at www.texasfloodoflove.com.

KERRVILLE H The Kerrville Fall Music Festival, Labor Day weekend September 4-6, features three days of songwriters from around the country, including John Gorka, Peter Case, Eric Taylor, Dana Cooper, Chuck Pyle, Gretch-en Peters and Shake Russell.

There will also be perfo-mances by exciting newcom-ers, including Dana Louise and the Glorious Birds. (Dana is the daughter of Ezra Idlet, one half of the famed duo Trout Fishing in America. He and Keith Grimwood will both be playing with Dana as ‘The Birds.’)

Returning after time back in their home of Aus-tralia is Bluehouse, a duo with independent record sales exceeding 100,000 and a self-sustaining and highly successful national and international touring circuit for more than 20 years. The Tejas Brothers close out Friday night with fun Tex-Mex Honky Tonk get up and dance music.

The event also includes seminars and tasting booths for Texas wines and Texas Microbrews. A seminar for Texas wines and food pairings is Saturday from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm, and the seminar for microbrews is Sunday at the same time. The Crafts Booths in the Kennedy Theater Main Stage will be staffed with winemakers and brewmasters offering a choice of tastings during the evening concerts.

A VIP Party ticket package is also available, including tickets for the three day Festival, heavy hors d’oeuvres buffet, adult beverages all three nights and private ac-cess to a hosted area in the rear of the main Kennedy Outdoor Theater. Also included is a gift bag with Festival memorabilia, new and historic.

FYI • For a complete schedule of performers at the Kerrville Fall Music Festival, or to purchase tickets, visit the web site at www.kerrvillefolkfestival.com

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NOTE: Dates or locations for the events listed in the Calendar may change. Some require admission fees or reservations. Please call ahead to confirm information.EVERY DAYGRUENE: Live music at Gruene Hall. Free music shows Monday through Thursday nights, Saturday and Sunday afternoons. www.gruenehall.com.EVERY SUNDAYBEE CAVE: Thundering Paws Pet Adop-tion Event. Noon to 4 pm at PetSmart, 12812 Shops Parkway #400. [email protected], 512-402-9725.SECOND SUNDAYBANDERA: Cowboy Camp. Live cowboy music at Frontier Times Museum. Free. 1 pm to 5 pm. 830-328-0321.JOHNSON CITY: Taste Wine + Art. Rock-in’ gospel to Latin music at the Kirchman Gallery. 830-868-9290.EVERY MONDAYCANYON LAKE: Seniors Bingo. 12:30 pm at Habitat for Safe Seniors, 2174 Old Road, Startzville. 830-899-2256.CYPRESS MILL: The Bunkhouse Gang at Wenmohs Ranch. Paint and enjoy fellow-ship of other artists. 830-825-3465.WIMBERLEY: Hill Country Community Band Meets. First Baptist Church. 512-858-7960.EVERY TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAYWIMBERLEY: A premier hand blown glass lighting and art glass studio since 1992, Wimberley Glassworks hosts glass blowing demonstrations for travelers

and art glass enthusiasts from around the world. wgw.com, 512-213-2110.FIRST TUESDAYSBANDERA: Cowboy Capital Opry. Silver Sage Senior Center. 830-796-4969.SECOND TUESDAYSWIMBERLEY: Art Society of Wimberley (ASW) Meeting. 6:30 pm at the Art Room, 100 Melody Way, Suite H. Please email [email protected] for more infor-mation.THIRD TUESDAYSNEW BRAUNFELS: Country Music. Knights of Columbus. 830-629-4547.LEANDER: Low Cost Pet Spay, Neuter and Vaccination. 512-260-3602, ext. 101.EVERY WEDNESDAYDRIPPING SPRINGS: Farmers Market. 3 pm to 7 pm at Highway 290 and Ranch Road 12. March to December, rain or shine. www.cityofdrippingsprings.com.WIMBERLEY: Farmers’ Market. Senior Citizen’s Activity Center on Ranch Road 12. 512-264-1637.THIRD WEDNESDAYSDRIPPING SPRINGS: Cook Off Club. 6:30 pm. VFW Hall. Email [email protected] for more information.FOURTH WEDNESDAYSWIMBERLEY: Hill Country Neighbors. 10:30 am at the Wimberley Community Center. 512-847-2849.EVERY WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAYWIMBERLEY: Live music at Cypress Creek Cafe. Check listings at www.cy-

presscreekcafe.comEVERY THURSDAYDRIPPING SPRINGS: Coffee House with Light Dinners, Desserts and Open Mic. Hours are 6 pm to 9 pm. Thyme and Dough. 512-894-0001.DRIPPING SPRINGS: Thursdays with Doug Moreland and Flying Armadillos. www.mercerstreetdancehall.com.DRIPPING SPRINGS: Live Music at Smoke ‘N Hops. smokenhops.com.FIRST THURSDAYDRIPPING SPRINGS: First Thursday. Participating businesses offer special events, food and music plus sale items. 5 pm to 9 pm. www.drippingspringstx.org.FIRST AND THIRD THURSDAYCANYON LAKE: Noon Lions meet at Canyon Lake Golf Club. 830-899-4406.SECOND THURSDAYWIMBERLEY: Hill Country Bead Society. Meeting. Wimberley Community Center. 1 pm. Marilyn Pierce at [email protected] THURSDAYWIMBERLEY: Susanna’s Kitchen Coffee-house presents some of the best in the Hill Country’s musical talent. For listing of performers, visit the web site at www.wimberleyumc.org.EVERY THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAYWIMBERLEY: Live Music at Linda’s Fine Foods. Delicious food, beautiful music at 500 Farm Market 2325. 512-847-5464. www.facebook.com/LindasFineFoods.EVERY FRIDAYBLANCO: Tasting Room Open and Brew-ery Tours at Real Ale Brewing Company. www.realalebrewing.com.GRUENE: Friday Afternoon Club at Gru-ene Hall. Broadcast live KNBT-92.1 FM Radio. 4 pm to 7 pm. 830-629-5077.WIMBERLEY: Bingo. VFW Hall on Ja-cobs Well Road. 512-847-6441.WIMBERLEY: Celebrate Recovery. First Baptist Church Youth Building. 7 pm to 9 pm, with pizza at 6:30 pm. 512-847-9035.SECOND FRIDAYCASTROVILLE: Friday Night Fever.

Cars, trucks, bikes, food, shopping. 6 pm to 10 pm. Lundquist Automotive. www.castroville.com, 830-931-2479.UVALDE: Four Square Friday Enjoy late night shopping, food, live music and art at the event named for town’s original de-sign with four town squares. 6 pm to 9 pm. Downtown. www.visituvalde.com.WIMBERLEY: Wimberley Community Civic Club Meeting. (September through November, January through May) 11 am at Chapel in the Hills, 14601 Ranch Road 12. Milly Maxey at [email protected] or Aurora LeBrun at 512-847-3595.THIRD FRIDAYWIMBERLEY: Wimberley Parkinson As-sociation Meets at Chapel in the Hills Community Church. Speakers on subjects pertaining to Parkinson, members share happenings. 11 am at 14601 Ranch Road 12. Call Gae Koen at 512-847-7953.FOURTH FRIDAYBANDERA: Fourth Friday Jam. At the Silver Sage Corral starting at 6:30 pm. Call 830-796-4969 for information.EVERY FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAYFREDERICKSBURG: Rockbox Theater. Variety, music, and rock ‘n roll show, great family fun. 866-349-6688.EVERY SATURDAYAUSTIN: Austin Farmers Market. Repub-lic Square. 512-236-0074.AUSTIN: Sunset Valley Farmers Market. Barton Creek Mall. 512-280-1976.BANDERA: Flying L Ranch Chuck Wag-on Dinner. Barbecue, wagon rides, roping lessons, branding, and more. Details at www.flyingl.com.COMFORT: Area Farmer’s Market. 8 am to 1 pm. Comfort Park, Highway 27.DRIPPING SPRINGS: Texas Music and Wine. www.solaroestate.com.FISCHER: Jackson Open Air Market. Hours are 9 am to 5 pm. 6341 Farm Market 32. 830-935-2781. NEW BRAUNFELS: Canyon Trail Chuck-wagon Supper and Cowboy Music Show. 830-626-8200, 888-408-7245.

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Area. www.brightleaf.org.FOURTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAYJohnson City: Market Days. Food, arti-sans, vendors and more. 830-868-7684, JohnsonCityTexasChamber.com.AUGUST 1BANDERA: Market Days. Local arts and crafts on the Courthouse Lawn, 500 Main Street. www.banderatexasbusiness.com/market-days.BOERNE: Moondance Concert. Enjoy music under the oaks and stars at the Ci-bolo Nature Center. Cibolo Nature Cen-ter. www.cibolo.org.GRUENE: Dirty River Boys. Live music at Gruene Hall. www.gruenehall.com.LUCKENBACH: Hill Country Food Truck Festival. Food-lovers’ paradise of food trucks, wine, live music. www.luck-enbachtexas.com.WIMBERLEY: Wimberley Lions Market Day. Stroll along a shaded path to more than 475 booths filled with a wide variety of arts, crafts, antiques, gift items, cloth-ing and more. Wimberley Lions Field. www.ShopMarketDays.com.AUGUST 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 BANDERA: Flying L Ranch Chuck Wagon Dinner. Includes barbecue, wagon rides, roping lessons, hat and pistol branding, archery, old-fashioned photos, a cowboy stage show, gunslingers, line dancing and other entertainment. 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. www.flyingl.com.AUGUST 1-2 FREDERICKSBURG: “Annie, Jr.” Steve W. Shepherd Theater. www.fredericks-burgtheater.org.NEW BRAUNFELS: Lone Star Gourd Festival. See gourds transformed into re-markable works of art at the New Braun-fels Civic Convention Center. Classes, demonstrations, vendors and more. www.texasgourdsociety.org. AUGUST 1-23 KERRVILLE: Kerr Arts and Cultural Center Exhibits. Includes the annual ju-ried “Images” show, works by Joleen Franklin and Stephanie Stone Perry, and 2 Gypsyz Art. Kerr Arts and Cultural Center. www.kacckerrville.com.AUGUST 1 - JANUARY 16, 2015 AUSTIN: “Ladies and Gentlemen ...The Beatles.” Traveling exhibit explores Bea-tles’ impact on American pop culture, in-cluding fashion, art, advertising, media and music from 1964-66, when British boy band was at its peak. LBJ Presidential Library. www.lbjlibrary.org.AUGUST 5-7AUSTIN: Teachers’ Day Out at Hill Country Science Mill. For three days, all K-12 teachers, administrators and em-ployees get free admission to the Hill Country Science Mill, a non-profit science center offering a fun, interactive learning environment for the whole family. Ex-plore unique exhibits and learn more about the Science Mill’s field trips and online Explorer Zone with field trip info sessions at 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm. Just show your employee ID at the front desk. Plus, register online to win four free passes and $100 credit in the Science Store! science-mill.org.

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aschamber.org.WIMBERLEY: Second Saturday Gallery Trail More than a dozen galleries offer wine, snacks and art displays from 4 pm to 7 pm. Wimberley Square. www.wim-berleyarts.org.AUGUST 8-9AUSTIN: Citywide Garage Sale. An-tiques, collectibles and vintage items at Palmer Events Center, 900 Barton Springs Road. www.cwgs.com.BOERNE: Market Days. Hundreds of festive booths display everything from collectibles and nostalgia to modern in-novations. Also enjoy food and live en-tertainment. Main Plaza. www.boerne-marketdays.com.AUGUST 8-9, 22-23 FREDERICKSBURG: Live Pari-Mutuel Horse Racing. Watch live quarter horse and thoroughbred races at Gillespie County Fairgrounds. www.gillespiefair.com.AUGUST 9AUSTIN: Texas Flood of Love Concert at the Nutty Brown Cafe & Amphitheatre. (See story, page 9.) Sponsored by Brook-shire Brothers and its vendors to benefit families and the Wimberley community affected by Memorial Day weekend flooding. www.texasfloodoflove.com.BANDERA: Cowboy Camp. Enjoy tradi-tional cowboy music, or bring your own guitar and join in the song circle. Fron-tier Times Museum. www.frontiertimes-museum.JOHNSON CITY: Art, Wine and Live Mu-sic. 1:30 pm to 4 pm the second Sunday of each month. Taste Wine + Art, 213 North Nugent. www.tastewineart.com.AUGUST 13-15 JOHNSON CITY: Blanco County Fair and Rodeo. This 85th annual event includes rodeo action, carnival, parade, live music and dancing, games, pageantry and ven-dors. Blanco County Fairgrounds, www.johnsoncity-texas.com.

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AUGUST 14 UVALDE: Four Square Friday Enjoy late night shopping, food, live music and art at this monthly event named for the town’s original design with four town squares. Downtown. www.visituvalde.com.AUGUST 14-16 DRIPPING SPRINGS: Hill Country Rally for Kids. Event with a car and motorcycle show, washers tournament, motorcycle fun run, food and live music benefits five local youth charities. Camp Ben McCull-och. www.hcrally.com.

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more than 350 salsa entries each year, ranging from mild to nearly nuclear fla-vors. Free entry with donation of three nonperishable food items for the Capital Area Food Bank. Noon to 5 pm at Fiesta Gardens. www.austinchronicle.com.FREDERICKSBURG: PCAA Concert in the Park. Free Sunday evening concert

features the Almost Patsy Cline Band. Marktplatz. www.tex-fest.com.AUGUST 27 STONEWALL: Wreath Laying for the 107th Birthday Observance for President Lyndon B. Johnson. Celebrate the anni-versary of President Johnson’s birth at this free celebration with the laying of a wreath on his gravesite in the Johnson Family Cemetery by representatives from Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio. Plus, enjoy free tours of the Texas White House. 10 am at LBJ Ranch National His-toric Park. www.nps.gov/lyjo/planyour-visit/events.htm. AUGUST 27-OCTOBER 1 KERRVILLE: Photo Quest 2015. The Hill Country Camera Club’s annual photogra-phy competition features natural and dig-ital photography. Kerr Arts and Cultural Center. www.kacckerrville.com.AUGUST 28HELOTES: Zane Williams. Live music at John T. Floore Country Store. www.live-atfloores.com.AUGUST 29AUSTIN: Kelly Clarkson in Concert. Austin360 Amphitheater at Circuit of the Americas. www.Austin360Amphitheater.com.BOERNE: Moondance Concert. Enjoy music under the oak trees and stars. Ci-bolo Nature Center, 140 City Park Road. www.cibolo.org.GRUENE: Bob Schneider. Live music at

Gruene Hall. www.gruenehall.com.HELOTES: Kevin Fowler. Live music at John T. Floore Country Store. www.live-atfloores.com.JOHNSON CITY-- Art Walk. Park, walk and enjoy the Art, Wine, Food at A Smith Gallery, Echo, Taste Wine + Art and Tex-cetera celebrating its one year anniversa-ry with a reception. Downtown Johnson City. www.johnsoncity-texas.com.KERRVILLE: Fall Music Festival. Three days of songwriters from around the country including many favorites John Gorka, Peter Case, Eric Taylor, Dana Cooper, Chuck Pyle, Gretchen Peters, Shake Russell and newcomers like Dana Louise and the Glorious Birds. Plus, seminars and tasting booths for Texas wines and Texas Microbrews. For sched-ule and tickets, visit www.kerrvillefolk-festival.com.SEPTEMBER 4-6BANDERA: Celebrate Bandera. (See story, page 2.) Longhorn cattle drive, parade, Circle of Life Inter-tribal Powwow, Na-tional Professional Bullriders, Cowboy Mounted Shooters and more. www.cele-bratebandera.com. SEPTEMBER 12DRIPPING SPRINGS: Dripping With Taste Wine and Food Festival. Dripping Springs Ranch Park Event Center. www.drippingwithtaste.org.BLANCO: Hill Country Heartbeat. Fund-raiser for Blanco EMS. Barbecue dinner,

music and dancing to Lost Sounds of the Texas Honky Tonk, raffle for guns and jewelry. Dinner 4:30 pm to 7 pm, dancing 7 pm to 8:30 pm. Yett Memorial Park, 1813 South U.S. Highway 281. www.hillcoun-tryheartbeat.org.HELOTES: Robert Earl Keen. Live music from prolific Texas singer-songwriter at John T. Floore Country Store. www.live-atfloores.com.SEPTEMBER 23AUSTIN: Girlstart Game Changers Lun-cheon. A fun, unique celebration honor-ing women who have made a significant impact utilizing their STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) edu-cation. www.girlstart.org. SEPTEMBER 25HELOTES: The Mavericks. Live music at John T. Floore Country Store. www.live-atfloores.com.SEPTEMBER 26LAKEHILLS: 35th Annual Medina Lake Cajun Festival. www.cajunfestival-medi-nalake.com.OCTOBER 31 - NOVEMBER 1NEW BRAUNFELS: Train Show. See a special large Lego layout, on which kids can run the trains. Plus see six more lay-outs, shop more than 350 tables with all train items for sale (including eight ven-dors from out of state). Admission $7 for guests 18 years and older, $2 for kids 5-17 years. For more information, email [email protected].

Robert Earl Keen plays John T. Floore Country Store in Helotes September 12. Photo courtesy Robert Earl Keen.


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