The Matagorda County CBC has been #1 in the bird species count for the Audubon Christmas bird count in 25 of the last 29 years! It is the undiscovered jewel of mid-coast Texas! Our extensive panel of speakers will include many outstanding professionals including speakers from the Audubon, The Smithsonian, and the International Crane Foundation.

Don’t miss the Keynote dinner at the Palacios Pavilion overlooking beautiful Matagorda Bay or the one-of-a-kind Bird Parade along the waterfront that is both fun and fabulous!

This festival:
Connects People, Birds and Nature
Celebrates the diversity of regional bird species as evidenced by Audubon’s CBC
Creates active involvement in science and art
Encourages awareness and stewardship of the Matagorda Bay ecosystem

Enjoy birding and kayak tours, contests, speakers and the Bird Parade!

Photos Courtesy of Bob Fredrichs and the Matagorda Bay Birdfest

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The premier holiday experience in Southeast Texas, join Ford Park in Beaumont for their first ever drive-thru holiday experience. Enjoy a winter wonderland like no other as the magic of the holiday season comes to life through a variety of displays including Barbie TM, 12 Days of Christmas, Big Foot Monster Trucks, Prehistoric Christmas, Winter Wonderland, and the Enchanting Tunnel of Lights.

Buckle up the kids and enjoy the convenient drive-thru at one price per vehicle for the whole family! Special Santa Saver pricing is available at $23 per vehicle, the lowest price of the season.

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A Season of Yuletide Cheer!

Lake Jackson is the first to bring the Yuletide cheer with its Festival of Lights November 17-20, featuring the 32nd Annual Parade of Lights! Enjoy the weekend but don’t forget to enjoy the season too!

Light Up Lake Jackson keeps the holiday season going after the Festival of Lights brings Santa to town!

The Yuletide program that stepped in when COVID shuttered Festival of Lights in 2020 comes back as a new tradition to keep the spirit of the holidays ringing throughout our community, Brazoria County and beyond!

Watch FB for all the reasons to make all of your Holidays in Lake Jackson!

Mallory Doyle
Committee Chair
979-415-2600
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Amy Bruni started her professional ghost hunting career just over a decade ago, but her experience with ghosts started when she was very young. She began as a paranormal investigator in 2007, when she began appearing on Ghost Hunters, in which she starred in 116 episodes. Now, she is the co-star and executive producer of The Travel Channel’s Kindred Spirits, one of the longest-running and highest-rated paranormal television shows, currently airing its sixth season and is in pre-production for its seventh.

Date: September 30

Time:8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

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October 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

On Stage: Music and Art

Join the community on the Lamar State College Campus at the Sam and Linda Monroe Performing Arts Center for a night of live music and art on Saturday, October 8, 2022.

Pianist, Bobby Orozco, will play a concert while artist, Ines Alvidres, paints in front of a live audience. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased here. Concert begins at 7 p.m.

Bobby Orozco is a native of Bridge City, Texas. Over the past decade, he’s written a numerous amount of piano compositions after moving to the Dallas area and he will be showcasing his work alongside live artist, Ines Avidres, on stage with him during the performance. Bobby will also be releasing new arrangements of 3 American Civil War songs arranged for piano and cello and 6 pieces written and recorded by The Driftin’ Outlaw Band, also arranged for piano and cello.

You can hear Bobby’s music on AppleMusic, YouTube, Spotify, AmazonMusic, and all other streaming platforms.

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Take your time at ARToberFEST and enjoy yourself in Galveston’s lovely fall weather. Here’s the chance to stroll past the historic architecture of the historic downtown district (Post Office Street between 20th and 23rd), listen to live music, and enjoy the island’s food and beverage treats.

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Two full days of shrimp, music, friends, and fun held annually in September in Historic Downtown Galveston.

Event activities include a Shrimp Gumbo Cook-Off, Gumbo Tasting, Official 5K, Lil’ Shrimps parade, live music, vendors, kids area, and a Strand Merchant Walk-About. There is plenty for the whole family to enjoy!

Learn more and get tickets HERE

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Read more about the Craft Beer Festival here.

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Thousands of birds take wing to our island each spring during an arduous northward migration across the Gulf from Central and South America. And hundreds of tourists and neighbors follow suit to see more than 200 species of brightly-colored birds strut their stuff around our hometown – a prime location along the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail.

FeatherFest is a fun four days of excellent birding and nature photography field trips. Make plans to enjoy spring migration on Galveston Island at FeatherFest 2022 – April 21– 24!

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Galveston Island is one of the top locations in the country for birding. It has a rich variety of habitats – beaches, wetlands, grasslands, woods, ponds, and bays – in a small area that are home to many common year-round species, as well as numerous others that visit briefly or for part of the year.

Birds visit en-route from and to Central and South America, north in the spring, south in the fall. Most pass through after stopping for food, water and rest, as very few spend their summers on the Island and breed locally. While Galveston is on the western edge of the Gulf of Mexico, it is in the epicenter of the spring migration, as trade winds bring them right to our doorstep.

The Island is also an important wintering ground for numerous species that spend most of the year farther north. More than 300 bird species may be seen throughout the year somewhere on the Island. During FeatherFest, over 200 species are typical, such as common year-round birds, spring migrants and late wintering birds.

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