Stock Show & Rodeo 
City: San Antonio Date: Jan 31-Feb 17 
Includes entertainment, rodeo, carnival, horse show and livestock. 
www.sarodeo.com

Mardi Gras Upriver 
City: Jefferson Date: Feb 1-3 
Includes a Doo Dah Parade on Friday, grand parade on Saturday, a children's parade on Sunday, live music, street vendors, street dances, and more. 
www.jefferson-texas.com

San Angelo Stock Show & Rodeo 
City: San Angelo Date: Feb 21-Mar 1 
At the San Angelo coliseum. 

Land of Leather Days 
City: Yoakum Date: Feb 22-23 
Celebrates Yoakum's leather industry with factory tours, leather demonstrations, carnival, arts & more. 
www.yoakumareachamber.com

Charro Days Fiesta 
City: Brownsville Date: Feb 24-Mar 2 
Experience the spirit of two nations. 
www.charrodaysfiesta.com

Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering 
City: Alpine Date: Feb 29-Mar 2 
Working cowboys and cowgirls present original and classical poetry, music and stories. Daytime is free. 
www.cowboy-poetry.org

71st Star of Texas Fair & Rodeo 
City: Austin Date: Feb 29-Mar 15 
Brings two fun-filled weeks of entertainment for the whole family including ProRodeo, concerts, vittles and livestock show. At the Travis County Expo Center. 
www.rodeoaustin.com

North Texas Irish Festival 
City: Dallas Date: Feb 29-Mar 2 
Features the finest in Irish and other Celtic entertainment, including world famous bands, award-winning dancers, enchanting storytellers and educational workshops. Offers a variety of delicious Irish and international food and drink, cultural crafts and ethnic vendors. Fair Park.
www.ntif.org

71st Star of Texas Fair & Rodeo 
City: Austin Date: Feb 29-Mar 15 
Brings two fun-filled weeks of entertainment for the whole family including ProRodeo.
www.rodeoaustin.com

Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering 
City: Alpine Date: Feb 29-Mar 2 
Working cowboys and cowgirls present original and classical poetry, music and stories.
www.cowboy-poetry.org

Texas Independence Day Celebration 
City: Washington Date: Mar 1-2 
Celebrates Texas' 172nd birthday. Brings Texas history alive as the park is transformed into the early 1800s. 
www.birthplaceoftexas.com

2008 Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo 
City: Houston Date: Mar 3-22 
This is the world's largest livestock show and the world's biggest prizes.
www.rodeohouston.com

Oysterfest 
City: Fulton Date: Mar 6-9 
This salute to the oyster industry features plenty of food, entertainment, arts & crafts, and a carnival.

River Oaks Garden Club Azalea Trail 
City: Houston Date: Mar 7-9 
Features four private homes and gardens, as well as Bayou Bend, Rienzi and the River Oaks Garden. www.riveroaksgardenclub.org

South by Southwest Multimedia Conference 
City: Austin Date: Mar 7-16 
One of the biggest conferences and festivals in the nation. 
www.sxsw.com

50th Annual Sweetwater Jaycees World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup 
City: Sweetwater Date: Mar 7-9 
Nolan County Coliseum. 
www.rattlesnakeroundup.net

Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show 
City: Mercedes Date: Mar 7-16 
www.rgvlivestockshow.com

Dallas Blooms 
City: Dallas Date: Mar 8-Apr 13 
This year's theme is The Star of Texas, and the best things about the great state. www.dallasarboretum.org 

St. Patrick's Day Celebration 
City: Shamrock Date: Mar 14-16 
Includes a kickoff banquet, Donegal beard-growing contest, two-hour parade, carnival, food, street vendors, arts & crafts, rodeo and more.

Azalea & Spring Flower Trail 
City: Tyler Date: Mar 14-Apr 6 
Enjoy miles of azaleas, dogwoods, flowers and historic homes. 
www.tylerazaleatrail.com

St. Patrick Day 
City: Dublin Date: Mar 15 
Includes a parade, Highland games, crafts, food and entertainment. Dublin City Park on Highland Street.

Texas Dogwood Trails Celebration 
City: Palestine Date: Mar 22-23, 29-30, Apr 5-6 
Includes a kickoff parade and festival with arts & crafts booths, food, live music and children's activities on March 22. 
www.visitpalestine.com

Western Weekend Rodeo & Parade 
City: Woodville Date: Mar 28-29 
Call 409/283-5192 for information.

Statesman Capitol 10,000 
City: Austin Date: Mar 30
In its 31st year, this event attracts the silly to the serious and has become a fun, festive tradition for the whole family. Walk, jog or run. Starts at Congress Avenue at Barton Springs and finishes at Auditorium Shores. 
www.cap10k.com

2011 Tomball German Heritage Festival
March 25 26 27, 2011
Old Town Tomball, Texas---Historical Train Depot Plaza
Beginning with one Oompah band on a flat-bed trailer ten years ago the festival has become an annual tradition in Tomball and one of the best music/street festivals in Texas. Every year, on the last Weekend in March, festival-goers break out their Lederhosen and Dirndls "Go German" for the area's largest festival celebrating the heritage of the original German families that settled this area beginning in about 1840. In other words in the case of German heritage there is much to celebrate in this part of Texas!