Calendar of Events 2011

Monthly Events
1st Weekend Bee County Farmers Market
1st Saturday Kenedy Market Days
2nd Saturday Goliad Market Days
4th Saturday Port Lavaca Market Days

January
Jan. 14 Art Museum of South Texas - Alexandre Hogue:
An American Visionary (runs through April 3)
Jan. 31 Kenedy - South Texas Trail Riders Trail Ride to
San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo
Jan. 20 Port Lavaca - Chamber Award Banquet
Jan. 25-29 San Patricio and Aransas A and H Show
Jan. 31 Port “A” Merchant’s Dine Around

February
Feb. 11-12 Port Lavaca - Valentines Square Dance Convention
Feb. 17 Palacios - Chamber of Commerce Banquet, Recreation Center
Feb.24-27 Port Aransas - Whooping Crane Festival
Feb. 25 USS Lexington - Stage Door Canteen
Feb. 26 Ingleside – The LOO, Live Oak Open Disc Golf Tournament
Feb. 26 Kenedy - Miss Karnes County Pageant
Feb. Alice - Winter Texan Fish Fry

March
March 5 Port Lavaca - Cal County Med Foundation Shamrocks
March 14 Port Lavaca - Circus
March 19-20 San Patricio Rattlesnake Races
March 24-26 George West - Live Oak Country Fair
March Goliad County Fair, Pro Rodeo & Parade
March Goliad Massacre Reenactment
March Alice - Annual Chamber Banquet

April
April 1-2 Ingleside – Round Up Days Festival and IBC Sanctioned Cook-Off
April 9 So. Tx. Botanical Gardens - BIG BLOOM! Plant Sale
April 9-17 Port Aransas - Great Texas Birding Classic
April 15-17 Port Aransas - Texas Sand Fest
April 23 Ingleside – Cruise Your Ride to Ingleside Car Show
April 30 Port Aransas - Adopt-A-Beach Cleanup
April Kenedy - Bluebonnet Days Queens Tea
April Port Lavaca - Beach to Beach Run and Kite Festival
April Alice - Little Olympics/Jr. Olympics
April Port Aransas - Sunset Sounds (run through Oct. 2011)

May
May 5 Art Museum of South Texas - In Search of Norman Rockwell’s America (runs through July 10)
May 5 Goliad - 67th Annual Cinco de MayoMay 6 So. Tx. Botanical Gardens - National Public Gardens Day Mothers Day Free Weekend
May 6-7 Kenedy - Bluebonnet Days Parade/Festival/Roping
May 7 Palacios - Chamber of Commerce Cinco de Mayo-
Texas Hold Em Fundraiser
May 20-22 Ingleside – Rumble in the Park Bike Rally
May 21-22 Port Aransas - Art Fest
May 23 Port Aransas - Songwriter’s Showcase
May Alice - Fiesta Bandana/JWC Family Fun Day
May Alice - Law Enforcement Appreciation Dinner

June
June 11 Kenedy - Karnes County Drug Free Rally in Joe Gulley Park
June 17 Kenedy Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet
June Goliad - Summer Flotilla
June Alice - Chamber Golf Tournament

July
July 1 So. Tx. Botanical Gardens - Flamingo Fandango
(runs through Sept. 5)
July 4 Port Aransas - Annual Fireworks
July 7-10 Port Aransas - Deep Sea Roundup
July 15 Art Museum of South Texas - Beyond Shared Language: Contemporary Art and the Latin American Experience (runs through Oct. 14)
July Port Lavaca - Larry Jo Taylor Doin It on the Deck
July Alice - Fourth of July Celebration

August
Aug. 6 Port Lavaca - Saltwater Redfish Series Fishing Tournament
Aug. 9 Palacios - Chamber of Commerce Family Fishfest Fishing Tournament
Aug. Alice - Lions Road Kill Cookoff

September
Sept. 3 Port Lavaca - Flip Flop Festival/Reels In Heels Ladies Fish Tournament
Sept. 18 Port Lavaca - Our Lady of the Gulf Annual Bizarre
Sept. 24 Port Aransas - Adopt-A-Beach Cleanup
Sept. 30 Port Aransas - Mustang Fest (run through Oct. 2, 2011)
Sept. Alice - Hispanic Heritage Festival/Lions Dove Hunt
Sept. Alice - Tejano ROOTS Hall of Fame Inductions

October

Oct. 1 Port Lavaca - Go Texan Bar B Cue Cook Off

Oct. 8 Palacios - Chamber Foundation Bay Fest Fundraiser

Oct. 11-14 Port Lavaca - Calhoun County Fair

Oct. 14-16 Port Aransas - Harvest Moon Regatta

Oct. 15 Port Aransas - Art About

Oct. 15 Port Aransas - Old Town Festival
Oct. 15 Kenedy - Six Shooter Junction Shoot Out Golf Tournament
Oct. 22 Art Museum of South Texas - The Art of Caring: A Look at Life Through Photography (run through Jan. 17, 2012)
Oct. Goliad - Missions Tour de Goliad Bicycle Ride
Oct. Port Lavaca - Rodeo
Oct. Odem Jubilee
Oct. Alice - Chamber Skeet Shoot/Street Rods of Alice Rod Run/JWC Fair

November
Nov. 5 So. Tx. Botanical Gardens - South Texas Wine, Herb & Art Festival
Nov. 5 George West Storyfest
Nov. 5 Port Aransas - Fallback Festival
Nov. 5-6 Port Lavaca Art Guild Annual Art & Craft Show
Nov. 12 Port Lavaca - Chamber of Commerce Annual Consignment Auction
Nov. 19 King Ranch - Ranch Hand Breakfast
Nov. 26 Palacios - Christmas on Main Street
Nov. Goliad - Fall Flotilla
Nov. Goliad - Rio! Rio
Nov. Alice - Annual Christmas Illuminated Parade
Nov. Alice - Lions Turkey Throwdown/
Lipan Indians Memorial Pow Wow

December
Dec. 1 Port Lavaca - Parade of Lights Parade/
Annual Port Lavaca Tree Lighting
Dec. 3 Christmas in Kenedy/Pony Express Riders
Dec. 3 Palacios - Chamber of Commerce Seaside Holiday/Texas Fisherman Seafood Festival
Dec. 3 Port Aransas - Caroler’s Afloat & Boat Lighting Parade
Dec. 8 Kenedy Chamber of Commerce Annual Live Radio Auction
Dec. 10 Taft Christmas Festival/Tamale Cook-Off
Dec. 10-11 Ingleside Renaissance Faire
Dec. 31 Kenedy New Year’s Eve Fireworks
Dec. Goliad - Christmas
Dec. Alice - Alice A Wonderland of Lights