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Live Music
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Nov 2, 2026
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10 min read
Downtown Elgin's Día de los Muertos Festival leads a stacked Saturday with a parade, mariachis and a fire dancer | Plus Meet Me at the Depot, Wildlife Habitat Day, and two new classes at the Botanical Gardens.
+11
Oct 26, 2026
Every trunk or treat, costume contest and haunt in Bastrop, Elgin, Smithville, Cedar Creek, McDade, Paige and Rosanky, plus Sunday's Día de los Muertos Honor Walk.
+9
Oct 22, 2026
9 min read
Three days of Hogeye in downtown Elgin, a Smithville haunt and trail run, and a Bastrop weekend of trunk-or-treats and a free movie.
+10
Oct 19, 2026
Elgin's biggest weekend of the year, a Night Court masquerade, pumpkins everywhere and your free Fall Guide.
Food & Drink
Oct 15, 2026
14 min read
Tableside churrasco on Chestnut Street, a pug parade in McDade, a Smithville fall festival and a Saturday that stretches from the river to the vineyard.
Oct 12, 2026
Smithville's Fall Festival and Home & Garden Show, El Camino Real Day at the museum, Shakespeare at the Opera House and live music from Bastrop to McDade.
Oct 5, 2026
Oktoberfest and King V in McDade, the Rescheduled Día de los Muertos grand opening in Bastrop, Rednecks & Rockers, OctoberFAST racing and Elgin's Great Pumpkin Bash.
+4
Sep 28, 2026
The first big fall weekend is here: two days of free music in Smithville, Día de los Muertos opens at the museum, the pumpkin patch returns, plus fall festivals in Elgin, Rosanky and Bastrop.
Sep 21, 2026
Fall arrives Tuesday, Saturday stacks a rec rally, a rhinestone gala, museum music and a star party, and Newsies takes its final bow.
+12
Sep 17, 2026
12 min read
Two Hispanic Heritage festivals on back-to-back nights, 65 artists in a parish hall, the last chance to see Soul Circuit, and fall officially arrives Tuesday evening.
Sep 14, 2026
11 min read
Downtown Bastrop and Elgin both throw their first big Hispanic Heritage celebrations, Calvary Art Fest fills a weekend, and the Soul Circuit exhibit takes its final bow at the county museum.
