Texas Forest Country Living

4th of July Celebration
2022-07-04 16:00 - 23:00 (America/Chicago) | Ellen Trout Zoo, 402 Zoo Circle, Lufkin, TX, 75904, United States
Come on down to the Ellen Trout Zoo on Monday, July 4th, from 4pm-11pm to celebrate with fireworks and have fun with family and friends! There will food trucks and vendors!
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Junior Engineer Days
2022-06-30 10:00 - 12:00, 2022-06-16 10:00 - 12:00, 2022-06-02 10:00 - 12:00 | Nacogdoches Railroad Depot, 428 W Main St, Nacogdoches, TX, 75961, United States
Join us at the Nacogdoches Railroad Depot for our summer Junior Engineer Days!
We will have crafts, games, coloring, free play and light refreshments.
The event is free!
Thursdays 10am-12pm: June 2nd, 16th, 30th and July 14th, 28th

Trade Day - Coldspring square
2022-06-25 08:00 - 16:00 | coldspring square, Coldspring, TX, 77331, United States
Saturday June 15
8:00am – 4:00pm
Located at the Coldspring square

Summer Market
2022-06-24 17:00 - 2022-06-25 17:00 | 420 S 1st St, 420 S 1st St, Lufkin, TX, 75901-3870, United States
Go shop at this cool Indoor Market on June 24th at 5pm or on June 25th at the same time! They have local artisans, foodies, curated collections and more!
Image courtesy of Summer Market

Creepy Critters
2022-06-24 11:00 - 15:00 | Kurth Memorial Library, 706 S Raguet St, Lufkin, TX, United States
Come listen to and watch retired zookeeper, Mike Lewis, entertain and inform you with his awesome collection of creepy critters on Friday, June 24th, at 11am – 12pm or 2pm – 3pm! All ages are welcome!

SFA Summer Stage Festival
2022-06-24 10:00 - 20:00 | Kennedy Auditorium, 1906 Alumni Drive, Nacogdoches, TX, 75962, United States
SFA Summer Stage Festival
June 24, 2022
10:00 AM – 8:00 PM CDT
Kennedy Auditorium, 1906 Alumni Drive, SFA campus

3rd Annual Smoke in the Pines BBQ Cook-off
2022-06-24 - 2022-06-25 | Pedigo Park, 925 U S 59 , Livingston, TX, 77351, United States
Friday Jun 24, 2022 – Saturday Jun 25, 2022
Pedigo Park – Trade Days Pavillions
925 US 59 Loop N
Livingston, TX 77351

Pollinator Party
2022-06-23 10:00 - 11:00 | Texas Forestry Museum, 1905 Atkinson Dr. , Lufkin, TX, 75901, United States
Angelina Beautiful/Clean & the Texas Forestry Museum are partnering to host a Pollinator Party! Join us on June 23rd from 10 am – 11 am as we celebrate pollinators, and learn how to create a better environment for them.
Free pollinator-friendly flowers are available, arts and crafts, and so much more!
Admission is FREE!
Call 936-632-5326 if you have any questions!

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Summer Sylvans Forest Animals - Texas Forestry Museum
2022-06-20 13:00 - 2022-06-24 17:00 | Texas Forestry Museum, 1905 Atkinson Dr. , Lufkin, TX, 75901, United States
Daily from 1 pm – 5 pm; Price $40; Scholarships available upon request
Camp at the museum for kids entering 2nd – 5th grade in the fall. Kids will learn about several forest animals through stories, crafts, lessons, and games. While at camp, the kids will have time to play in the museum/outside, enjoy a snack, and listen to short stories.
2021 Example: turtles, owls, worms, animal adaptations, etc.
2022 Sponsors: CMC Recycling

Timber Tots Forest Animals - Texas Forestry Museum
2022-06-20 09:00 - 2022-06-24 12:00 | Texas Forestry Museum, 1905 Atkinson Dr. , Lufkin, TX, 75901, United States
Daily from 9 am – 12 pm; Price $40; Scholarships available upon request
Camp at the museum for 4 years old – 1st graders. Kids will learn about several forest animals through stories, crafts, lessons, and games. While at camp, the kids will have time to play in the museum/outside, enjoy a snack, and listen to short stories.
2021 Example: turtles, owls, worms, animal adaptations, etc.
2022 Sponsors: CMC Recycling

Dog Days of Summer Golf Tournament
2022-06-17 | Crown Colony Country Club
The Dog Days of Summer Golf Tournament benefits the Winnie Berry Human Society of Angelina County.

Angelina County Republican Party State Convention
2022-06-16 08:00 - 2022-06-19 17:00 | George R. Brown Convention Center, 1001 Avenida De Las Americas, Houston, TX 77010, Houston, TX, 77010, United States
The STATE CONVENTION is June 16th – 18th, 2022. It will be held at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston.

Davy Crockett Music & Arts Festival
2022-06-11 - 2022-06-12 | Davy Crockett Memorial Park, 617 Wells Street Crockett TX, Crockett, TX, 75835, United States
Saturday Jun 11, 2022 – Sunday Jun 12, 2022
All day
Davy Crockett Memorial Park

Texas Blueberry Festival
2022-06-11 | Charles Bright Visitors Center, 200 E. Main St., Nacogdoches, TX, 75961, United States
The Texas Blueberry Festival is the most delicious festival in the Lone Star State. June 11, 2022 marks a day-long celebration of the blueberry harvest. As the only state-sanctioned blueberry festival in Texas, this delicious annual event attracts more than 19,000 people to downtown Nacogdoches on the second Saturday in June.
Stay for the week or weekend and fill your calendar with a smorgasbord of activities. Visitors will enjoy live music, blueberry picking, auto exhibits, shopping and restaurant specials that will entertain and delight people of all ages!
Image from: https://tbf.nacogdoches.org/photogallery.php

EEK Week - Texas Forestry Museum
2022-06-06 08:00 - 2022-06-10 17:00 | Texas Forestry Museum, 1905 Atkinson Dr. , Lufkin, TX, 75901, United States
Daily from 8 am – 5 pm
Price: $75; Scholarships available upon request
Field trip camp around East Texas for 6th-8th graders. We take kids in a rental van and travel to different fun/educational sites in East Texas.
2021 Example: East Texas Oil Museum in Kilgore, Richard O. Barham Super Tree Nursery in Bullard, John D. Parker Stat Fish Hatchery in Brookeland, Boykin Springs, and more.
2022 Sponsors: CMC Recycling

Scooby-Doo! and the Lost City of Gold
2022-06-05 15:00 - 17:00 | Temple Theater on the Angelina College campus, Temple Theater on the Angelina College campus, 3500 South Street, Lufkin, TX, 75901, United States
One of the most beloved international franchises of all time, Scooby-Doo and his meddling, mystery-solving friends will embark on a new adventure to solve a brand new mystery brought to life with cutting-edge technology, original music, puppetry, magic, singing, dance, interactive video, aerial arts, acrobatics, and video mapping.

In Scooby-Doo! and The Lost City of Gold, fans of music, discovery, and gh-gh-ghosts! won’t need a passport to travel with Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Daphne, Fred, and Velma to Alta Luz, a fictitious South American town where ghostly sightings of La Dama de Oro (The Lady In Gold) threaten to scare attendees away from the annual music festival and Incan sun god celebration.

VIP PACKAGE AVAILABLE:
If you purchase the ZOINKS! Scooby-Doo Premium VIP Package you will receive;
1) One Premium reserved ticket in the first 5 rows
2) Scooby-Doo merchandise item – exclusive to VIP packages
3) Limited edition VIP laminate
4) Crowd free merchandise shopping opportunity
5) On Site VIP host

Seating Prices
General Admission
Adults: $11
Youth: $6
(17 & under)

Flea Market Fabulous - Nacogdoches
2022-06-04 08:00 - 17:00 | 1304 NW Stallings Drive, Nacogdoches, Tx 75964, 1304 NW Stallings Drive, Nacogdoches, 75964, United States
We have the most fabulous collection of TEXAS VENDORS around! We have truckloads of creative inspiration from clothing & boots to lace and roots (plants) and everything in between!
Let us feed you, fill up your truck and send you home with some of the funkiest goods from Texas’ best vendors!
HANDMADE? We got it! CLOTHING? Try some on! JUNKTIQUES? Absolutely! COLLECTIBLES? Yep!
Grab your friends and head on out to FLEA MARKET FABULOUS! We will NOT disappoint!

Maker Camp - Texas Forestry Museum
2022-05-31 08:00 - 2022-06-03 12:00 | Texas Forestry Museum, 1905 Atkinson Dr. , Lufkin, TX, 75901, United States
Daily from 8 am – 12 pm; Price $40; Scholarships available upon request
Camp at the museum for 3rd – 5th graders. This camp remains at the museum and has the children learn skills like sewing, hammering nails, painting, using power tools safely, etc. while building their own wooden house. This is our newest camp that we hope will encourage children to use their imagination while they learn skills they may not encounter in a typical classroom.
2022 Sponsors: CMC Recycling, TimberPro Forest Service

Full Moon Concert Weekend
2022-05-28 - 2022-05-29 | Festival Park, 507 S Pecan St, Nacogdoches, TX 75961, Nacogdoches, TX, 75961, United States
Join us Memorial Day Weekend in Nacogdoches for back-to-back shows starting with Nac Snack Friday on the 27th and ending Sunday night with Texas Flood, a Stevie Ray Vaughan Tribute Band.
Saturday night features the Joe Cuellar Band followed by Full Moon Concert alum The Spicolis, bringing back the best of the 80’s!
Come back Sunday for more fun with the Brick Street Blues Band and Texas Flood.
Tickets are $15 in advance ($5 for under 18) and $20 at the gate. Tickets are PER EVENT, not for the whole weekend.
Food trucks and adult beverage vendors will be on site, all you need to bring is blankets and chairs.
Coolers are not permitted.
Tickets available on Eventbrite

25th Annual Gospel Blue Grass Festival
2022-05-26 13:00 - 2022-05-28 22:00 | Salmon Lake Park, 247 Salman Lake Rd, Grapeland, TX, 75844, United States
25th Annual Memorial Day Gospel Bluegrass Festival

Evening Brunch with the Bats
2022-05-21 18:30 - 21:00 | Ellen Trout Zoo, 402 Zoo Circle, Lufkin, TX, 75904, United States
A fun night filled with brunch food, cocktails, music, and bats! All proceeds benefit the Ellen Trout Zoo’s Exhibit Master Plan.
Tickets can be purchased by emailing tickets@friendsofellentroutzoo.com

Nacogdoches Home Garden Tour
2022-05-21 - 2022-05-22 | Nacogdoches, Texas, Nacogdoches, United States
The Garden Capital of Texas will showcase some of its most beautifully landscaped gardens during the Tour of Home Gardens, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 21 and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 22.
Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at participating gardens on the day of the event, or in advance from Garden Club members and at the Charles Bright Visitor Center, 200 E. Main St.; The Hotel Fredonia, 200 N. Fredonia St.; Pemberley’s at The Jones House, 141 N. Church St.; The Plant Shed, 3123 Appleby Sand Rd.; Charles Pool Real Estate, 3505 North St.; The East Texas Garden Center, 2887 Hwy 21 W.; and Laine’s Hallmark, 3205 N. University Dr. Tickets can be purchased with cash or check, and this is a rain-or-shine event.

Fredonia Rotary Ramble
2022-05-14 07:30 - 10:00
Join the Fredonia Rotary Club for the Fredonia Rotary Ramble. The event will feature a 1K run for Kids, a 5K, and a morning of fun with family fun activities.
Start time for the 5K is 8:00 AM. The Kids K, starts at 7:45 AM, for our runners aged 10 and under.
This event supports the Fredonia Rotary Club’s civic projects and service activities.
Click Here for registration.
Picture from: Fredonia Rotary

Expo Anniversary Project
2022-05-04 18:00 - 20:30 | George H. Henderson, Jr. Exposition Center, 1200 Ellen Trout Drive, Lufkin
The George H. Henderson, Jr. Exposition Center has been, and continues to be, an incredible asset to Angelina County and has not only provided a great venue for such local events as the Angelina County Benefit Rodeo, the Texas State Forest Festival and the Angelina County Fair, but also the Annual Bull Bash, horse shows, monster truck shows and other events that would otherwise not come to our area!

UBank's Good for Country Concert
2022-04-30 19:30 - 22:00 | UBank Lufkin, 2120 South 1st Street, Lufkin, TX, 75901, United States
UBank’s Good For Country concert is where country music entertainment meets community relief in the East Texas area.
With Drake White headlining the show, along with performances from Noah Hicks and Kasey Tyndall, this event is a family-friendly night that is unlike any other event in the Lufkin area. This is UBank’s 3rd annual Good For Country concert, and we’re thrilled to host a country music concert that’s primary goal is to raise money for the East Texas Food Bank.

Rx Drug Take Back Day
2022-04-30 10:00 - 14:00 | Angelina County Sheriff’s Office, 2311 E Lufkin Ave, Lufkin, TX, 75901, United States
Prescription Drug Take Back Day in partnership with the Angelina County Sheriff’s Office, Abeldt’s Gaslight Pharmacy, The Coalition, and Angelina Beautiful/Clean.
This is a safe way to dispose of all unused and expired medications. Includes prescription, over-the-counter medications, and pet meds! The only forms of medications not accepted are liquids and aerosols.
This event is completely free and anonymous!

Veterans Benefit Golf Tournament
2022-04-30 07:30 - 12:00 | Woodland Hills Golf Course, 359 Co Rd 5021, Nacogdoches, TX, 75964, United States
Four player scramble lunch and player gift bags supporting Local Veterans organizations. 1st, 2nd, 3rd place plagues and cash prizes.

DETCOG April Board Meeting
2022-04-28 12:00 - 14:00 | John D. Windham Civic Center
The Deep East Texas Council of Governments’ Board of Directors will hold their regular monthly meeting Thursday, April 28, 2022, in the Windham Civic Center at 146 Express Blvd in Center, Texas. A Luncheon will be served at noon, and the Board meeting will be held immediately thereafter.
Welcoming members and guests will be Shelby County Judge Allison Harbison, Center Mayor David Chadwick and Shelby County Commissioners Roscoe McSwain, Jimmy Lout, Stevie Smith and Tom Bellmyer also Shelby County Minority Representative, Debra Johnson.
DETCOG’s President, Nacogdoches City Council Member, Roy Boldon would like to extend an invitation to the meeting to all interested parties. Anyone needing information concerning this event may contact the Deep East Texas Council of Governments office on Lufkin at 936-634-2247.
