Fredericksburg Events & Seasons

Luckenbach Blues Festival

• Weekend of live blues music
• Held at the iconic Luckenbach dance hall/stage
• Casual, dance-friendly atmosphere

Wine Lovers Celebration (Texas Hill Country Wineries)

• Winter/Valentine-season self-guided wine trail
• Tastings, food pairings and discounts
• Romance-themed winery visits

Luckenbach Hug-In & Valentine's Ball

• Long-standing Valentine-themed celebration
• Live music and dancing
• Quirky, laid-back Luckenbach vibe

Luckenbach Mud Dauber Festival & Chili Cook-off

• Chili cook-off with music and revelry
• Includes Luckenbach's parody mayoral 'election'
• Classic small-town Luckenbach fun

Wildflower Season (visitor-planning window)

• Peak bluebonnet and wildflower blooms
• Scenic drives and photo opportunities
• Wildseed Farms fields and the spring Wine & Wildflower Journey

Easter Fires of Fredericksburg Pageant

• Outdoor pageant reenacting the Easter Fires legend
• Hundreds of costumed cast, hillside bonfires, music and narration
• Retells local settlement history

Wine & Wildflower Journey (Texas Hill Country Wineries)

• Springtime self-guided winery driving tour
• Tastings and discounts paired with peak wildflower blooms
• Meet winemakers and live music

Fredericksburg Car Fest

• classic & custom car show
• charity auto festival

Fredericksburg Restaurant Week

Week of prix-fixe dinners at participating restaurants plus pop-up dining events. 2026 venues included Hill & Vine, Elk & Main, Leroy's TexMex BBQ, K Bistro at K Estate, Stout's at Grape Creek, Mesquite at the Warehouse, El Quincho and Eaker Barbecue.

Fredericksburg Crawfish Festival

• Boiled crawfish, Cajun food and cold drinks
• Live music across multiple days
• Family and community activities

Hill Country Film Festival

• Multi-day independent film festival
• Screenings, panels and filmmaker Q&As
• Awards and networking events

Lavender Festival at Becker Vineyards

• Celebration of the vineyard's blooming lavender fields
• Lavender products, food, wine and live music
• Vendors and photo-friendly purple fields

Hill Country Run Motorcycle Rally

• scenic Hill Country group rides
• live country music
• biker community gathering

Summer Season Pass (Texas Hill Country Wineries)

Summer-long (June–August) self-guided wine passport from Texas Hill Country Wineries — a complimentary tasting plus member discounts at 35+ participating Hill Country wineries; a portion of proceeds funds Texas wine-industry student scholarships.

Peach Season (visitor-planning window)

• Prime window for fresh Hill Country peaches
• Roadside stands, orchards, cobbler and peach ice cream
• Overlaps the Stonewall Peach JAMboree

Stonewall Peach JAMboree & Rodeo

• Peach-themed festival celebrating the harvest
• Rodeo, mutton bustin', parade and dances
• Fresh peaches, cobbler, peach ice cream, vendors

Night in Old Fredericksburg

• Gillespie County Fair & Festivals Association summer festival
• live pari-mutuel horse racing, CASI chili cook-off, BBQ cook-off
• 42 tournament, washer pitching, wiener-dog races, live music

Fredericksburg Summer Horse Races

• Live pari-mutuel horse racing on select summer weekends
• Culminates during the Gillespie County Fair

Fourth of July Parade & Fireworks

• Independence Day parade through downtown
• Evening fireworks display
• Community festivities

Gillespie County Fair

• Traditional county fair with livestock, exhibits, carnival and food
• Live pari-mutuel horse racing
• Dances, parade and vendors

Fredericksburg Oktoberfest

• Fredericksburg's largest festival celebrating its German roots
• Multiple stages of oompah/polka and Texas music
• Beer gardens, German food, arts & crafts, Kinderpark for kids

Texas Wine Month Passport (Texas Hill Country Wineries)

• Month-long passport for self-guided tastings and discounts
• Access to 50+ member wineries
• Fall harvest-season wine touring

Fredericksburg Food & Wine Fest

• Showcase of Texas wineries and Hill Country food producers
• 75+ Texas wineries plus food vendors
• Live music and culinary demos

Fredericksburg Brewfest / Bestfest

• Craft beer and polka celebration
• Texas and regional breweries pouring samples
• Live music and food

Christmas Wine Affair (Texas Hill Country Wineries)

• Holiday-season self-guided wine trail
• Festively decorated wineries with lights, tastings and discounts
• Winter wine touring

Christmas Nights of Lights (Weihnachtszeit)

• Marktplatz transformed with hundreds of thousands of lights
• Lighted 26-foot German Christmas pyramid and tree
• Nightly holiday displays

Eisbahn Outdoor Ice Skating Rink

• outdoor holiday ice skating since 2008
• run by Heritage School (community-volunteer)
• Christmas-season tradition

Light the Night Christmas Parade

• Nighttime lighted Christmas parade down Main Street
• Followed by an 'afterglow' with shopping and festivities

Historic Fredericksburg Candlelight Tour of Homes

• self-guided tour of decorated historic homes
• German-heritage architecture

Fredericksburg MusikFest

The Fredericksburg Community Orchestras is launching a new collegiate-level orchestral and chamber music festival that brings visiting university musicians together with the local chamber orchestra for a week of performances culminating in a grand finale concert.

Fredericksburg's Inaugural Book Festival

Pioneer Memorial Library debuted a new free book festival featuring author presentations, panels, book signings, children's activities, and a statue dedication honoring the library's first librarian.

Texas Mesquite Arts Festival

The Texas Mesquite Arts Festival is a free, juried fine-art fair held annually on the second weekend of October at Marktplatz in downtown Fredericksburg (100 block of W. Main St.). Sponsored by the Texas Mesquite Association and running since 1992, it showcases handcrafted mesquite-wood pieces—furniture, turned bowls and lamps, sculpture, and other fine crafts—from leading artisans.

First Friday Art Walk

• Evening gallery and shop crawl
• Featured artists, receptions and live music
• Self-guided and free to stroll

Fredericksburg Food & Wine Festival

The Fredericksburg Food & Wine Festival is an annual event held in late October at Marktplatz in Fredericksburg, celebrating Texas Hill Country wine, food, and craft beverages.

Fredericksburg Farmers Market

• Seasonal open-air market with local produce, peaches and goods
• Local food vendors and often live music
• Community gathering on Thursday evenings

Fredericksburg Trade Days

• 350+ vendors across seven barns plus outdoor space
• Antiques, crafts, home goods and more
• Food vendors, beer garden and live music

Fredericksburg Music Club Concert Series

• Season of classical and chamber music concerts
• Regional and guest performers
• Community-oriented performances

Luckenbach Live Music & Sunday Pickers' Circle

• Free-flowing live and impromptu music daily/weekly
• Guitar pickers gather under the trees behind the old store
• The 'everybody's somebody' Luckenbach experience

The Peddler Show

• hundreds of handmade/artisan vendors
• regional makers & gifts