CALENDAR

Red River BBQ Battle

Oct. 19-20

Wilbarger County Events Center and Bradley Arena, 301 Wilbarger, Vernon, TX. If you are a food coinsure or a self-proclaimed foodie, than make your way out Oct. 19-20 to watch the best barbecuer’s battle it out for bragging rights! For more information call 940-552-7362 or 940-55arena.

Chandor Gardens Autumn Art Walk

Oct. 21

Chandor Gardens, 711 W. Lee Ave., Weatherford, TX 76086. For more information call Stephanie Cross at 817-613-1700 or email [email protected] and visit chandorgardens.com.

28th Annual Red Steagall Cowboy Gathering

Oct. 26-28

Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District, Fort Worth, TX. Attend the Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District for the Red Steagall Cowboy Gathering and Western Swing Festival. This premiere celebration of the nation’s premier western heritage event has been voted ‘Best Gathering and Best Family Event’ by the readers of American Cowboy Magazine. Come enjoy these great events during the weekend: wagon train and trail ride from Jacksboro, TX, exciting ranch rodeo action, chuck wagon camp and competition, trappings show, cowboy poetry and cowboy music, Ranch Cutting Horse Assn. Rodeo Finals, youth poetry contest, youth fiddle contest, youth chuck wagon cook-off, Texas Trail of Fame, Cowboy Church, Cowboy Gospel Concert, western swing dances and the Texas Lone Star Open Live Bid Calling Contest. For more information visit www.redsteagallcowboygathering.com.

40th Triangle Fall Sale

Oct. 26-27

Heart of Oklahoma Expo Center, Shawnee, OK. Visit trihorse.com for online catalogs or call 405-275-2196 for more information.

Goblins in the Garden

Oct. 28

Chandor Gardens, 711 West Lee Ave., Weatherford, TX, 76086. Annual spook-free, day-time, trick or treat, family friendly Halloween event. Admission $2 for adults, children in costume free! Costumes are encouraged! Goblins in the Garden will be from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. For more info call Stephanie Cross at 817-613-1700 or visit chandorgardens.com.

Christmas Magic 2018

Nov. 1-4

MPEC, 1000 5th Street, Wichita Falls, TX 76301. In 1981, a group of local volunteers, led by president Sue Crosnoe and chairpersons Sharon Fiscus and Gail Thompson Natale, began a new project to fund the Junior League of Wichita Falls’ (JLWF) Community Plan.
With a mission to create something that the community could benefit from not only through funds raised but through a family experience that they could share together, the ladies came together to create a little magic and raise over $33,000. At that time, it was the most money any event had raised in the history of the League.

Thirty five events later, the JLWF has gone on to raise over $3.2 million through Christmas Magic, and turned those profits over to community projects like YMCA’s Miracle League, Hospice of Wichita Falls, Patsy’s House, Safe Place, Wichita Falls Area Food Bank, Habitat for Humanity, Rathgeber Hospitality House, Foster Care Advocacy Services, Wichita Falls Symphony, Drug Free North Texas, MSU, WFISD, Rainbow House Emergency Resource Center, CASA, Beacon Lighthouse for the Blind, First Step, and Crimestoppers, among other local organizations.
This year’s Christmas Magic market will take place Thursday, November 1 through Sunday, November 4, 2018 at the Wichita Falls MPEC Exhibit Hall, 1000 5th St, Wichita Falls, Texas. We hope you will join us as we celebrate our 37th annual Christmas Magic and once again help give back to this wonderful community!

For more information on Christmas Magic 2018, call 940 692-9797.

Gene Watson, Penny Gilley and The Farewell Party Band

Nov. 3

The Texas Opry Theater, 315 York Ave., Weatherford, TX 76086. High energy, power packed and real country with flash! That’s Penny Gilley! See Penny with Gene Watson and on The Penny Gilley Show on RDTV. The Texas born and bred legend did not know what the future held in 1962, but he does now. His ageless voice sounds exactly as it did when he first recorded in the 1970s and 1980s. Performances such as “Fourteen Carat Mind,” “Love in the Hot Afternoon,” “Farewell Party,” “Memories to Burn,” “Got No Reason Now for Going Home,” “Speak Softly,” “Paper Rosie” and “Sometimes I Get Lucky and Forget” have forged Gene Watson’s reputation as a “Singer’s Singer.” Gene, himself, views his remarkable vocal talent as a matter of course. All seven Watson children sang, as did his parents. “I can remember singing as far back as I can remember talking. Singing was something that was not out of the ordinary for me. It wasn’t unique. My whole family were singers.” Even in a musical genre noted for its hard-luck stories, Gene Watson’s stands out. For more information call Marilyn Carter at 817-341-1000 or email [email protected] or visit www.texasoprytheater.com.