September Market Days

Market Trail Day – Castroville (Houston Square on Angelo Street)
September 9
9 am-4 pm
Arts, crafts and plants. Food booths.

Market Days – Boerne Main Plaza
September 9-10
9am-6pm Friday and Saturday, 9am-4pm on Sunday
Shop arts, crafts, antiques, collectibles and unusual items. Food booths.

Trade Days – Fredericksburg (Hwy. 290 E. across from Wildseed Farms)
September 15-17
9am-6pm Friday and Saturday, 9am-4 pm on Sunday
300+ vendors, five barns, acres of antiques and more, biergarten and music.

Old Gruene Market Days
September 16-17
10am-5pm
Nearly 100 vendors offer uniquely crafted items and packaged Texas foods.

September Texas Festivals

September 1-3, 2006
Kerrville Wine and Music Festival

September 2-3, 2006
Eagle Classic Mountain Bike Festival
Rocksprings, TX

September 9-10
Apple Butter Festival
Idalou, Texas (from Lubbock: 62/82 to Idalou, continue 4 miles east)

September 14-16, 2006
3rd Annual Big Bend Nature Festival
Terlingua, Texas

September 15-17, 2006
Austin City Limits Music Festival

September 22-24, 2006
Seventh Annual Renewable Energy Roundup and Green Living Fair
Fredericksburg, Texas

September 30-November 19
Texas Renaissance Festival
Plantersville, TX

There are more festivals, market days, fairs, historical enactments and birding events in Texas in September. I have selected an assortment that appeal to all tastes. Search for your particular area of interest or geographical location at TravelTex.com, the official tourism website for Texas.

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South Bay Paddling Trail

South Bay Paddling Trail is an eight-mile loop through shallow, tropical water at the very tip of Texas. The trail is bounded by the Rio Grande River, the Brownsville Ship Channel, spoil banks, and Brazos Island.

Christmas Bay Paddling Trail

Christmas Bay Paddling Trail offers outstanding coastal angling and bird watching opportunities within easy commute of Houston. Paddle loops of 3.8, 10.3 and 19.1 miles through the largest stand of sea grass on the upper Texas coast.

Galveston Island State Park Paddling Trail

Galveston Island State Park hosts three paddling trails. Dana Cove (Lake Como) Trail begins at the end of the main park and continues 2.6-miles through the sea grass beds. Jenkins Bayou trail begins at the western end of Clapper Rail Road and takes paddlers 2.8 miles along the bayou and out to the marsh restoration terrace field. The 4.8 mile Oak Bayou Trail, accessed from the park road, covers areas of natural high marsh.

Canoeing and Kayaking Trails from Texas Parks and Wildlife web page.

Mustang Island Paddling Trail

The Mustang Island Paddling Trail consists of the North Trail (8.5 miles), the Shamrock Loop (5.24 miles) and the Ashum Trail (6.8 miles). All of the trails follow the western shoreline of Mustang Island in Corpus Christi Bay, and cover some of the best shallow-water fishing areas in Texas.

Armand Bayou Paddling Trail

The Armand Bayou Coastal Preserve hosts the Armand Bayou Paddling Trail, which wanders through the Armand Bayou Nature Center. Where coastal flatwoods forest and a coastal tall grass prairie meet. View 220 species of birds and alligators up to 10 feet long.

Port O’Connor Paddling Trail

The Port O’Connor Paddling Trail consists of three trails (25+ miles). The Fishpond trail (12.3 miles) travels the edge of Espiritu Santo Bay to Saluria Bayou, where it joins South Loop Trail (8.28 miles). From Mule Slough, the Fish Pond and North Loop (4.82 miles) trails continue east toward the Gulf of Mexico and Lighthouse Cove, near the historic Matagorda Island Lighthouse.

Canoeing and Kayaking Trails from Texas Parks and Wildlife web page.

Lighthouse Lakes Paddling Trail

Please view detailed post about Pristine Paddling Trail on Texas Coast.

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