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JANUARY
Thru February 17, 2008 - OTHER EVENT - San Antonio: Dora
and Diego's Garden Adventure at the San Antonio Botanical Garden.
Join Nickelodeon's #1 explorer, Dora the Explorer, and her Animal Rescuer
cousin Diego Marquez as they embark on an exciting adventure through the
Botanical Garden. In this interactive exhibit, Dora and Diego will be
your guides to plant and animal life at the Botanical Garden. This special
exhibit was created specially for the Garden, and it is the first Dora
and Diego exhibit at a botanical garden, and will be on display through
February 2008 with monthly family events. Time: 9am-5pm daily. Cost: Adults
$6, Kids 3-13 $3. Location: San Antonio Botanical Garden, 555 Funston
@ N. New Braunfels, San Antonio. Region: South Texas Plains. Average attendance:
N/A. For more information, call 210-829-5100 or visit www.tourtexas.com/sabotanical.
Please mention this listing when inquiring.
January 23 - February 24, 2008 - FESTIVAL - Laredo: Washington's
Birthday Celebration. One of the biggest and oldest celebrations
of the first president's birthday. Celebrating since 1898. This event
is a unique mixture of a Mexican fiesta and a Fourth of July celebration
- an opportunity for everyone to experience 29 events in 25 fun-filled
days in pleasant Laredo, TX. Activities include parades, pageants, street
parties in Laredo and Nuevo Laredo, concerts, carnival, children's Fun
Fest, fireworks, Jalapeno Festival and more. Call for times and costs.
Location: Around the city of Laredo. Region: South Texas Plains. Average
attendance: under 50,000. For more information, call 956-722-0589 or visit
www.wbcalaredo.org. Please mention this listing when inquiring. Held annually
around George Washington's Birthday.
January 25-27, 2008 - FESTIVAL - Laredo: 6th
Annual Laredo International Sister Cities Festival. Laredo's
twenty sister cities from around the world include cities from Mexico,
Spain, China, Taiwan, Argentina and Australia. In celebration of Laredo's
unique relationship with these international siblings, the City of Laredo
invites the world to partake in the International Sister Cities Festival.
The festival features an EXPO with products for sale and displays from
each of the participating cities. Exotic flowers, embroidered textiles,
wrought iron, wood furniture, silver jewelry and more will be available
for purchase. Time: 10am. Cost: FREE. Location: 2400 San Bernardo, Laredo.
Region: South Texas Plains. Average attendance: under 50,000. For more
information, call 800-361-3360 or visit www.laredosistercities.com. Please
mention this listing when inquiring. Held annually, last weekend in January.
January 31 - February 17, 2008 - SPORTING EVENT
- San Antonio: Stock Show & Rodeo.
Features a family fair, carnival, livestock shows, rodeo and named entertainers.
Location: SBC Center & Freeman-Coliseum Grounds. For more information
visit www.sarodeo.com or call 210-225-5851. Region: South Texas Plains.
Please mention this listing when inquiring. Held annually.

February
Thru February 17, 2008 - OTHER EVENT - San Antonio: Dora
and Diego's Garden Adventure at the San Antonio Botanical Garden.
Join Nickelodeon's #1 explorer, Dora the Explorer, and her Animal Rescuer
cousin Diego Marquez as they embark on an exciting adventure through the
Botanical Garden. In this interactive exhibit, Dora and Diego will be
your guides to plant and animal life at the Botanical Garden. This special
exhibit was created specially for the Garden, and it is the first Dora
and Diego exhibit at a botanical garden, and will be on display through
February 2008 with monthly family events. Time: 9am-5pm daily. Cost: Adults
$6, Kids 3-13 $3. Location: San Antonio Botanical Garden, 555 Funston
@ N. New Braunfels, San Antonio. Region: South Texas Plains. Average attendance:
N/A. For more information, call 210-829-5100 or visit www.tourtexas.com/sabotanical.
Please mention this listing when inquiring.
(January 31) thru February
17, 2008 - SPORTING EVENT - San Antonio: Stock
Show & Rodeo. Features a family fair, carnival, livestock
shows, rodeo and named entertainers. Location: SBC Center & Freeman-Coliseum
Grounds. For more information visit www.sarodeo.com or call 210-225-5851.
Region: South Texas Plains. Please mention this listing when inquiring.
Held annually.
(January 23) thru February 24, 2008 - FESTIVAL
- Laredo: Washington's Birthday Celebration.
One of the biggest and oldest celebrations of the first president's birthday.
Celebrating since 1898. This event is a unique mixture of a Mexican fiesta
and a Fourth of July celebration - an opportunity for everyone to experience
29 events in 25 fun-filled days in pleasant Laredo, TX. Activities include
parades, pageants, street parties in Laredo and Nuevo Laredo, concerts,
carnival, children's Fun Fest, fireworks, Jalapeno Festival and more. Call
for times and costs. Location: Around the city of Laredo. Region: South
Texas Plains. Average attendance: under 50,000. For more information, call
956-722-0589 or visit www.wbcalaredo.org. Please mention this listing when
inquiring. Held annually around George Washington's Birthday.
February 23, 2008 - EXHIBIT - Munday: 13th
Annual Knox Prairie Cotton Pickin' Quilt Show. We have
over 100 quilts, many vendors, an excellent home cooked meal for $5 per
person, and we also offer some classes and demonstrations. While you are
in Munday, be sure and stop in at our local antique, craft, and quilt
stores. We also have local lodging as well. Time: 10am-4pm. Cost: $2 per
person. Location: Munday Elementary School, 1111 West Main Highway 222,
Munday, Texas 76371. Region: South Texas Plains. Average attendance: under
250,000. For more information, call 940-422-4540. Please mention this
listing when inquiring. Held annually, last Saturday in February.
February 28 - March 2, 2008 - FESTIVAL - Hidalgo: BorderFest.
The largest music, culture and heritage celebration in South Texas, now in
its 30th year. BorderFest is dedicated to the Rio Grande Valley, with its
great diversity, and vast resources of talent, arts and crafts, food and color,
and happy smiling faces. Time: 12 noon - 12 midnight. Cost: $6 and $8. Location:
Dodge Arena and grounds SH 336 (10th Street). Region: South Texas Plains.
Average attendance: 50,000 - 200,000. For more information, call 956 843-2734.
Please mention this listing when inquiring. Held annually.

March
(February 28) thru March
2, 2008 - FESTIVAL - Hidalgo: BorderFest.
The largest music, culture and heritage celebration in South Texas, now
in its 30th year. BorderFest is dedicated to the Rio Grande Valley, with
its great diversity, and vast resources of talent, arts and crafts, food
and color, and happy smiling faces. Time: 12 noon - 12 midnight. Cost: $6
and $8. Location: Dodge Arena and grounds SH 336 (10th Street). Region:
South Texas Plains. Average attendance: 50,000 - 200,000. For more information,
call 956 843-2734. Please mention this listing when inquiring. Held annually.

April
April 5, 2008 - FESTIVAL
- Weslaco: Texas Rio Grande Valley Onion Fest.
Onion Fest celebrates the development of the world famous Texas 1015 Onion
which was developed in Weslaco, Texas by Dr. Leonard Pike. Events include
the Arts & Crafts Tent with 25 booths, 25 food vendors, and 12-15 commercial
vendors. Other events include the onion eating contests, a carnival for
kids, and La Gran Cebolla Cook-Off. There will be musical performances on
four stages and two horse shows by Mid-Valley Stables. Time: 10am-7pm. Location:
Weslaco City Park 300 N. Airport Dr. Weslaco, TX 78539. Region: South Texas
Plains. Average attendance: under 250,000. Free admission. For more information,
call 888-968-2102. Please mention this listing when inquiring. Held annually.
April 6, 2008 - FESTIVAL - Bryan: 3rd
Annual Marian Anderson String Quartet Chamber Music Insitute Live
Auditions. Live Audition for the Marian Anderson String Quartet
Chamber Music Institute for violin, viola and cello. One solo selection.
Winning Audition performs with the Marian Anderson String Quartet at the
end of the session. Walk ups accepted and welcomed. Time: 10am-7pm. Cost:
$15. Location: Bryan High School Fine Arts Building 3450 Campus Drive
Bryan Texas 77803. Region: South Texas Plains. Average attendance: N/A.
For more information, call 979-574-6999 or visit www.marianandersonstringquartet.com.
Please mention this listing when inquiring. Held annually 1st week in
April.
April 11-13, 2008 - FESTIVAL - Poteet: Poteet
Strawberry Festival. The Festival is recognized as the
largest agricultural fete in Texas. The 95-acre site which is located
on Hwy. 16, 30 minutes south of San Antonio, offers free parking, clean
public restrooms, handicapped accessibility, complete RV facilities, and
tent covered activities. The Festival includes ten areas of continuous
family entertainment featuring concerts with nationally known Country & Western
and Tejano stars, dancers, gunslingers, clowns, puppets, regional bands,
various contests, and rodeo performances. Admission: $7, children under
10 are free. Grounds will open at 6pm Friday and at 10am both Saturday
and Sunday. Region: South Texas Plains. For more information, call 830-742-8144.
Please mention this listing when inquiring. Held annually in April.
April 22-25, 2008 - FESTIVAL - San Antonio: A
Night in Old San Antonio. Annual celebration of San Antonio's
heritage held each year during the week of Fiesta. International cultures,
foods and entertainment are featured in 15 areas of the historic downtown
village of La Villita along the River Walk. Time: 5:30-10:30pm. Cost:
$8 in Advance, $10 at Gate. Location: La Villita. Region: South Texas
Plains. Average attendance: under 50,000. For more information, call 210-226-5188.
Please mention this listing when inquiring. Held annually in April.
April 25-26, 2008 - FESTIVAL - Freer: Rattlesnake
Round Up. Join us at the Freer Cactus Corral for the biggest
Party in Texas featuring concerts with nationally known country western
and Tejano artists. Fun for the whole family including carnival, parade,
arts/crafts, stage shows, dare devil snake show, fried rattlesnake meat,
talent contest & much more. Region: South Texas Plains. Time: Fri
5:30pm - Midnight, Sat 10am-1am, Sun 10am-6pm. Cost: $10 adult, $5 under
age 12, parking $2. Admission and parking are free on Sunday. For More
Information, please call 361-394-6891. Held annually.

May
May 1-4, 2008 - FESTIVAL - Fort Worth: Mayfest.
This is an exciting four-day family festival featuring more than 25 food booths,
6 stages with entertainment, a children's area, sports area, and back by popular
demand, a 5-10k run. All proceeds go back into the community beautifying the
parks, rivers and trails. Time: Th & Fri: 3:30-10, Sat: 10-10, Sun: 11-7.
Cost: $7 adults, $5 kids 12 and up. Location: Trinity Park, 2401 University
Drive. Region: South Texas Plains. Average attendance: 200,000-500,000. For
more information, call 817-332-1055 or visit www.mayfest.org. Please mention
this listing when inquiring. Held annually, 1st weekend in May.
May 24-26, 2008 - FESTIVAL - San Antonio: Return
Of The Chili Queens. A return to that historical and colorful
time in Market Square when the Chili Queens set out their tables in the
open plazas and served their traditional foods and chili con carne. Sponsored
by the El Mercado Merchants Association. Free. Location: Market Square,
514 W. Commerce St. Region: South Texas Plains. For more information,
call 210-207-8600. Please mention this listing when inquiring. Held annually,
Memorial Day weekend.

June
June 13-15, 2008 - FESTIVAL- San Antonio: 37th
Annual Texas Folklife Festival. Ethnic groups representing
40 countries of the world come together to share mouth-watering cuisine,
traditional dances, homespun tales, lively music and more. Location: San
Antonio, Institute of Texan Cultures at the corner of Bowie Street and
Durango Boulevard on HemisFair Park in downtown San Antonio. Region: South
Texas Plains. For additional information, call (210)458-2390. Please mention
this listing when inquiring. Held annually.
June 15-21, 2008 - OTHER EVENT - San Antonio: Miss
Rodeo Texas Pageant. The Miss Rodeo Texas pageant is the
qualifying state of Texas pageant for the Miss Rodeo America pageant.
These Rodeo Queens are the ambassadors for the National Sport of Texas-
Rodeo. The ladies are judged on their horsemanship riding ability, equine
knowledge, rodeo knowledge as well as personality and appearance. Location:
San Pedro Theatre. Region: South Texas Plains. Average attendance: under
50,000. For more information, call 210-349-5935. Please mention this listing
when inquiring. Held annually, third week in June.
June 20-21, 2008 - FESTIVAL - Stockdale: 64th
Stockdale Watermelon Jubilee. One of the oldest watermelon
festivals in Texas, the Jubilee is a refreshing slice of summer time fun.
Friday night- rodeo & concert (Texas Country Entertainers). Saturday-
Parade, food & arts & crafts booths, and entertainment at the
park. Saturday night- rodeo & concert. Come enjoy small town summer
fun. Time: Fri 8pm - Midnight, Sat 10am - 1am. Cost: 1 fee gets you into
both rodeo & concert. Location: at the intersection of Highway 123
and Highway 97. Region: South Texas Plains. Average attendance: under
50,000. For more information, visit www.stockdaletx.org/jubilee.htm. Please
mention this listing when inquiring. Held annually, 3rd full weekend in
June.

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