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RGV Events
2007 EVENT SCHEDULE
APRIL
* Onion Festival, Weslaco, If it can be done with an onion, it’s here.
Watch or enter onion-clipping and onion recipe contests. Food booths,
games, storytellers, bands and entertainment. (956) 968-2102.
* Upper Valley Relay For Life, McAllen, This is a Celebration of life
and hope for those who have been diagnosed with cancer. This annual
event takes place at the McAllen Memorial Stadium and is an all-night
community camp out. (956) 655-0670.
* Riofest, Harlingen, celebrates culture with arts and crafts, art
exhibits, art contests, food and music. Artists of every age can show
their work or just look and learn by taking lessons at no extra charge.
A make believe Western town for kids, complete with a jail, is a
favorite attraction. Dozens of musical acts, both amateur and
professional, are featured. Third week of April. (956) 425-2705.
* Texas Tropics Nature Festival, McAllen, early April, celebrates one of
the richest areas for birding on the continent. Field trips introduce
festival-goers to the natural and cultural delights of the Valley.
Includes seminars, evening keynote speakers, an all day photography
workshop, a children’s program and a full trade show. (956) 682-2871 or
(800) 250-2591.
MAY
* Dragonfly Days, at Weslaco’s Valley Nature Center. Lectures, programs
and exhibits tell all you want to know about dragonflies, with three
days of nature events, field trips, and fellowship with other nature
lovers. (956) 969-2475.
JULY
* Port Mansfield Fishing Tournament, mid-July. Fishing takes the
spotlight in July and August with this annual tournament. (956)
944-2354.
AUGUST
* Texas International Fishing Tournament, South Padre Island, first
weekend in August. This legendary contest draws anglers from all over
the continent. Non-fishermen can come down to the docks for the weigh-in
at the end of each day. (956) 943-8438.
* Ladies Kingfish Tournament, South Padre Island, second weekend in
August. This “women’s only” tournament draws over 200 participants
yearly from all over the country. One of the largest all women’s
tournaments in Texas, it has been around nearly 20 years. (956)
761-4412.
SEPTEMBER
* The Longest Causeway Run and Wellness Walk, Port Isabel to South Padre
Island, last Saturday in September. A 10-kilometer run/walk over one of
the nation’s longest bridges. (800) 527-6102.
OCTOBER
* Texas Butterfly Festival, Mission, mid-October. Workshops, garden
tours, youth and adult seminars, nature trade show. Mission Chamber,
(956) 585-2727.
NOVEMBER
* Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival, Harlingen, early November,
attracts birders from all over North America. Field trips, tours,
seminars by several of the country’s top birding authorities, a
children’s program and a trade show which includes art, optics, birding
supplies and gear, crafts, clothing and more. (956) 423-5440 or (800)
531-7346.
* World’s Championship Shrimp Cookoff, Port Isabel, first Sunday in
November, takes place on one-and-one-half city blocks. Help judge world
class shrimp dishes. Street dances, folk art festival, food booths.
(800) 527-6102.
DECEMBER
* Candlelight Posada, Archer Park, McAllen, first Friday and Saturday
nights in December. Christmas entertainment with a South Texas
flair…food booths, luminarias, twinkling lights, caroling and a live
Nativity scene. (956) 682-2871.
* Christmas Boat Parade, Port Isabel, early December. Don’t miss this
spectacular parade as boats make their way from Port Isabel along the
causeway and along the bay at South Padre Island. (956) 943-2262.
* A Christmas Celebration, Edinburg, second Saturday in December,
celebrates the season with mariachis, dancers, a crafts fair and Las
Posadas production. (956) 383-4974.
* Christmas Street Parade, South Padre Island, early December. Grab your
favorite parking spot on Padre Blvd. for the enchanting Christmas Street
Parade. (956) 761-3000.
* Winter Vegetable Show, Pharr, early December, showcases the Valley’s
many vegetables shown by 4-H and Future Farmers of America members.
(956) 787-1481. |
