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Global Samaritan Resources is inviting kids and grown-up kids of all ages to build a boat to float/race on Fort Phantom Lake. GSR’s mission is built upon taking donated goods and donating them back out (for resue) to organizations that need them. The challenge is to build a water-worthy boat out of recycled materials. 

READY, SET, SNAP!

Visit our Spring Selfie Station located near Kay Jewelers and snap your best spring selfie for a chance to WIN a spring-time prize!

Middle Schoo lTeams can be made up of school teams, club teams, or just a group of friends wanting to play together.

Thursday Nights Only! 8 game guarantee (2 games per night) $150/team 5 player max per team Boys & Girls Divisions: 2nd-3rd, 4th-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th, AND ADULTS! 3v3 basketball is geared towards helping you get more touches since there will be fewer people on the court.

Get up close and see the voracious Velociraptors, the massive, ferocious Tyrannosaurus Rex, and the soaring Pterodactyl! Jurassic Empire will stimulate your child’s imagination (and yours!) as Dinosaurs come to life right in front of their inquisitive eyes. 

May 24 Primary Run-Off Election Early Voting Schedule: Monday, May 16- Friday, May 20: 10AM-6PM Located in the movie theatre wing between Kay Jewelers & Francesca’s. Contact (325) 674-1216 for details.

Experience downtown Abilene during the week. Enjoy five food tastings (a full dinner), four optional alcoholic drink pairings and a guided walking food tour. 

Join us for our monthly 3rd Thursday cordell's Farm Market (4pm - 6pm). Many of the farms that we work with on a daily basis will be here with products for sale and to answer any questions and meet you! Come shop with us and our local farms and learn more about the local producers in our community.

Come hang with Jak Creek Band and have good food and drinks! Sponsored by Pest Patrol

Enjoy live music a great drinks at the Ice House!

Potosi Live presents Christopher Wright. From the Piney Woods of East Texas, Christopher Wright's Music was borne out of strong conservative Christian values and the influences of Merle Haggard and Hank Williams, Jr.

This is the District 11 Qualifier.

Dogs from all over the country come to Abilene to compete in these annual events. Hundreds of dogs and their owners participate in the daily events which include conformation (dog show), obedience, and rally trials.

Live music from Flatland Cavalry, Jason Boland & the Stragglers, Giovannie & the Hired Guns, and Parkside. Improvements to the show include five entry gates instead of two, reduced lines, more food outlets, and more bathrooms. Bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit on. 

Kick off the weekend with good tunes by Blan Scott.

Great Western Swing and country dance music.

Potosi Live presents Soul Krusher, Friday 8pm-10pm. Bring the house down with a selection of Heavy 70s, 80s, and 90s Rock n Metal covers. 

While Honoring and Remembering Fallen Warriors whose pictures line the run route, there is an opportunity to "Ruck for Vets", filling up rucksacks/backpacks with canned goods to support elderly veterans served by Meals-on-Wheels.

Youth boys and girls basketball tournament with players competing in the Dodge Jones Youth Sports Center. 

CANCELLED: Dyess Big Country AirFest is a celebration of aviation designed to provide an educational and entertaining experience for residents from around the Big Country of Texas. The event fosters a continuation of the strong bond between Dyess Air Force Base, Abilene and the surrounding area.

Join us for annual Zoolute to Dyess! This event is presented by H-E-B. On Saturday, May 21st we honor and say thank you to our military. All military, veterans and their families receive free admission with military or dependent ID. Don’t miss out on food, music and keeper chats.

Guiding locals and visitors on an entertaining walking tour of Downtown Abilene. 

In 1884 the young town of Abilene decided to enforce laws prohibiting gambling and alcohol leading to a shootout at the Cattlemen's Exchange. This event is reenacted in a short drama at high noon on Saturdays on May 21, May 28, June 4, June 25, and July 2.

Crooked Creek Meats is back at Pappy Slokum Brewing Co. for our annual crawfish boil!

Take a short walk and experience some of the absolute best flavors the big country has to offer. Each tour is a unique culinary adventure that combines food with history, architecture, and culture. You’ll stroll through downtown learning and chatting while filling your belly with some delicious food from some of the top eateries in all of Abilene! 

A VIP tour of the SODA District's bar scene. Featuring 5 of the best drinks in the Big Country paired with delicious bites. Find a new appreciation for all that the Southside of Downtown Abilene has to offer. Must be 21+.

Check out Jarod Grice and enjoy good drinks at the Ice House.

Potosi Live's Chuckle Shack presents Rapper, Comedian and Texas native Official Chingo Bling on May 21st with special guest Jesse Peyton Comedy, and host Flo Hernandez! Must be 21+ years old. Doors open at 7 pm, Show starts at 9 pm. Tickets available @ stubwire.com

Aladdin is a lovable street urchin who meets Princess Jasmine, the beautiful daughter of the sultan of Agrabah. While visiting her exotic palace, Aladdin stumbles upon a magic oil lamp that unleashes a powerful, wisecracking, larger-than-life genie. As Aladdin and the genie start to become friends, they must soon embark on a dangerous mission to stop the evil sorcerer Jafar from overthrowing young Jasmine’s kingdom.

Your weekend just got better! Join the Abilene Public Library South Branch for Sunday Fun Day hosted on the fourth Sunday each month.

Start the week off right with good music and drinks.

Enjoy great food and live music by Josh Weathers Music with Kirk House Band.

Enjoy drinks and live music by Jim Sadler and Alex Flores. 

Check out Double Shot live at Fuzzy's!

Experience downtown Abilene during the week. Enjoy five food tastings (a full dinner), four optional alcoholic drink pairings and a guided walking food tour. 

Good food, good tunes, and good drinks! Sponsored by Pest Patrol.

Thursday night music with good drinks!

Potosi Live presents Joe Dean. Enjoy great food and music!

Softball tournament with 6-Open, 8-Open, 10-Open, 12-Open, 14-Open, and 16/18-Open divisions. 5 GG -3 pool, double elimination.

My ER 24/7 wants to say thank you to our Abilene Hometown Heroes for always being available for our community. We're offering FREE lunch to Police, Fire, EMS, Teachers, Military and City employees.

Celebrate the last Friday in May with great drinks and live music!

Potosi Live presents 5 N Dimers a mix of musicians from different bands, who have joined forces to bring a fun, energetic, and family-friendly show!

Pop up Vendor Market! There will be clothing, soaps, cups, candles, crocheted goods, baby booties, headbands, bows, t-shirts, etc. No pets allowed.

In 1884 the young town of Abilene decided to enforce laws prohibiting gambling and alcohol leading to a shootout at the Cattlemen's Exchange. This event is reenacted in a short drama at high noon on Saturdays on May 21, May 28, June 4, June 25, and July 2.

Take a short walk and experience some of the absolute best flavors the big country has to offer. Each tour is a unique culinary adventure that combines food with history, architecture, and culture. You’ll stroll through downtown learning and chatting while filling your belly with some delicious food from some of the top eateries in all of Abilene! 

A VIP tour of the SODA District's bar scene. Featuring 5 of the best drinks in the Big Country paired with delicious bites. Find a new appreciation for all that the Southside of Downtown Abilene has to offer. Must be 21+.

Enjoy good food and music by Cassidy Sooter!

Potosi Live presents Brad Russell Band. Brad Russell Band is a high-flying honkytonk band!​ 

A night of rock and blues.

Kick off your week with good music and drinks.

Open to the community - Hosted by the Big Country Human Trafficking Coalition (housed at RVCC). 

Wednesday night drinks and music at the Ice House!

Experience downtown Abilene during the week. Enjoy five food tastings (a full dinner), four optional alcoholic drink pairings and a guided walking food tour. 

Live music and great drinks at the Ice House!

An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie (Whoopi Goldberg), an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing 'Mister' Albert Johnson (Danny Glover), things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres, holding on to her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa. Based on the novel by Alice Walker.

Country dancing at it’s best with Ariel Hutchins!

The Master Coaches Clinicians are Bob Bertucci, Brian Gimmillaro, Mick Haley, and Ruth Nelson. These four clinicians each have 40+ years of experience coaching volleyball.

In 1884 the young town of Abilene decided to enforce laws prohibiting gambling and alcohol leading to a shootout at the Cattlemen's Exchange. This event is reenacted in a short drama at high noon on Saturdays on May 21, May 28, June 4, June 25, and July 2.

Take a short walk and experience some of the absolute best flavors the big country has to offer. Each tour is a unique culinary adventure that combines food with history, architecture, and culture. You’ll stroll through downtown learning and chatting while filling your belly with some delicious food from some of the top eateries in all of Abilene! 

A VIP tour of the SODA District's bar scene. Featuring 5 of the best drinks in the Big Country paired with delicious bites. Find a new appreciation for all that the Southside of Downtown Abilene has to offer. Must be 21+.

Come travel the states with us at Turning Pointe's 2022 Recital: Roadtrip USA! This will be a fun-filled night with dances performed by Turning Pointe's students and our award-winning competition team. Tickets are available at etix.com through the link provided.

Join us for a unique al fresco culinary celebration on Cypress Street. Courses presented by Black Cur & Rancho Loma, Cypress Street Station, Salty Roan Bakery, The Local, and The Shed. Handcrafted cocktails and wine pairings prepared by Kao Lounge and Rancho Loma.

Benefiting United Way of Abilene.

Come see super-fast "TOMS" Touring Outlaw MODIFIED dirt track racing, along with all our regular classes. Great food, great fun and great racing.

The WWTGA tournament is a four to five day women's golf tournament. The location rotates among the Host Club members. On the first day, the ladies play a qualifying round. It includes the 16 (or 32) low handicap index players and any other players who elect to qualify that have an index of no higher than 15.9. The format is then match play divided by flights.

Air It Out Passing Camp provides young quarterbacks, receivers, running backs and tight ends with the best instruction in skill development. The football camp also focuses on faith, character and leadership development, drug and alcohol awareness that will help young men be successful both on the playing field and in the game of life. 

Come get a week of good workouts in, learn better takeoff and landing techniques on your form, work on some balance and injury prevention techniques, and have A BLAST!

Air It Out Passing Camp provides young quarterbacks, receivers, running backs and tight ends with the best instruction in skill development. The football camp also focuses on faith, character and leadership development, drug and alcohol awareness that will help young men be successful both on the playing field and in the game of life. 

Experience downtown Abilene during the week. Enjoy five food tastings (a full dinner), four optional alcoholic drink pairings and a guided walking food tour. 

Come hang out and enjoy live music and good food! Sponsored by Pest Patrol

Watch as girls compete for the state championship held at the Lake Kirby Softball Complex.

Hundreds of quilts made by regional quilters will be on display. Attendees may vote for their favorites on Friday. Quilt shops and other vendors will be there and food will be presented for purchase.

Join Young Audiences of Abilene at their Enchanted Eatery during the CALF, Friday and Saturday, June 10-11. Registration ahead of event at www.abilenecalf.com is required for food reservation and seating. 

Guiding locals and visitors on an entertaining walking tour of Downtown Abilene. 

Take a short walk and experience some of the absolute best flavors the big country has to offer. Each tour is a unique culinary adventure that combines food with history, architecture, and culture. You’ll stroll through downtown learning and chatting while filling your belly with some delicious food from some of the top eateries in all of Abilene! 

A VIP tour of the SODA District's bar scene. Featuring 5 of the best drinks in the Big Country paired with delicious bites. Find a new appreciation for all that the Southside of Downtown Abilene has to offer. Must be 21+.

The world-famous Classical Mystery Tour Returns to Abilene! Hear all your favorite Beatles hits such as Penny Lane, Yesterday, Imagine, I am the Walrus and much more! From early Beatles music on through the solo years, Classical Mystery Tour is the best of The Beatles like you‘ve never heard them: with a live symphony orchestra!

Check out Second Hand Prophets at Fuzzy's!

Air It Out Passing Camp provides young quarterbacks, receivers, running backs and tight ends with the best instruction in skill development. The football camp also focuses on faith, character and leadership development, drug and alcohol awareness that will help young men be successful both on the playing field and in the game of life. 

Come get a week of good workouts in, learn better balance, takeoff, and landing techniques, as well as injury prevention techniques, and HAVE A BLAST!

Great music for a great cause. The largest fundraiser to benefit Harmony Family Services, Inc. an organization that provides foster care and emergency shelter for children. Students and teachers from Abilene and the surrounding area perform ensembles, solos, and original compositions on eight pianos on stage. Pianos are provided by Lubbock Piano Gallery and First Baptist Church Abilene.

Air It Out Passing Camp provides young quarterbacks, receivers, running backs and tight ends with the best instruction in skill development. The football camp also focuses on faith, character and leadership development, drug and alcohol awareness that will help young men be successful both on the playing field and in the game of life. 

Texas Showcase League offers showcase tournaments throughout the summer and fall. Their venues include various colleges, universities, and professional stadiums throughout the state. Divisions 15U/16U & 17U/18U, 4 game guarantee, *pool winners advance to championship play. 

Be a part of one of the biggest used book sales around by attending the Friends of the Abilene Public LIbrary's Annual Book Sale at your Abilene Convention Center. You'll find the best deals around on a wide selection of books, movies, music, children's books, and more. All proceeds from the sale go towards benefiting your Abilene Public Library. The majority of all the materials in the sale come from your donations to the library and you will be able to build your personal library at a fraction of the cost.

Experience downtown Abilene during the week. Enjoy five food tastings (a full dinner), four optional alcoholic drink pairings and a guided walking food tour. 

Live Music and a good time! Sponsored by Pest Patrol

Professional Disc Golf Association presents the Abilene Wild Hair Disc Golf Tournament.

Guiding locals and visitors on an entertaining walking tour of downtown Abilene. Highlighting history, local businesses, and art, this tour is informative, fun, and a great way to find out what’s happening downtown. Samples, of course, are a must. This tour covers the Eastern parts of N Downtown.

Join Global Samaritan for a day on the lake watching members of the community attempt to float/race a boat made entirely from recycled materials.

Take a short walk and experience some of the absolute best flavors the big country has to offer. Each tour is a unique culinary adventure that combines food with history, architecture, and culture. You’ll stroll through downtown learning and chatting while filling your belly with some delicious food from some of the top eateries in all of Abilene! 

A VIP tour of the SODA District's bar scene. Featuring 5 of the best drinks in the Big Country paired with delicious bites. Find a new appreciation for all that the Southside of Downtown Abilene has to offer. Must be 21+.

Houston Boychoir concerts delight audiences of all ages. Their music spans the centuries and the globe as boys sing music from the Western European tradition and music of many lands, languages and cultures. 

Come get a week of good workouts in, work on landing and takeoff jumping form, balance and injury prevention techniques, and HAVE A BLAST!

Experience downtown Abilene during the week. Enjoy five food tastings (a full dinner), four optional alcoholic drink pairings and a guided walking food tour. 

The Shed will be catering a feast that include foul, fish and wild game. There is an auction filled with unique items specifically with men in mind, especially those who enjoy the great outdoors, hunting, fishing and the sporting life.

Live music and great food. Sponsored by Pest Patrol.

Enjoy a 2-night outdoor show taking place under the new Taylor Electric Pavilion on the Lithia Toyota Stage! Artists include Randy Rogers Band, Casey Donahew, Mike Ryan and Stoney Larue. 

Divisions featuring breaking, demos, forms, Kung Fu, grands, handicapable Kata, handicapable weapons, self-defense, sparring, stick combat, weapons.

Area 1 Class A/B 8U State Tournament Regional Qualifier. Softball teams compete for championships.

Hosted at Hardin Simmons Shelton Stadium.

Youth boys and girls basketball tournament with players competing in the Dodge Jones Youth Sports Center. 

Take a short walk and experience some of the absolute best flavors the big country has to offer. Each tour is a unique culinary adventure that combines food with history, architecture, and culture. You’ll stroll through downtown learning and chatting while filling your belly with some delicious food from some of the top eateries in all of Abilene! 

A VIP tour of the SODA District's bar scene. Featuring 5 of the best drinks in the Big Country paired with delicious bites. Find a new appreciation for all that the Southside of Downtown Abilene has to offer. Must be 21+.

Experience downtown Abilene during the week. Enjoy five food tastings (a full dinner), four optional alcoholic drink pairings and a guided walking food tour. 

Come on out to Live at Lytle to close out June with good music and good food! Sponsored by Pest Patrol.

Save the date for "Make Your Mark" benefitting Big Brothers Big Sisters on June 30, 2022 at the the Abilene Convention Center. An inspiartional evening to celebrate the spirit of Mark Rogers. 

Tournament with 8-O, 10-O, 12-O, 14-O, and 16/18-O divisions. 

College Show Case tournament with high school teams all over Texas. Skills camp Friday night directed by 20 college coaches. Teams play Saturday and Sunday. 5 GG, held at Lake Kirby Softball Complex.

Take a short walk and experience some of the absolute best flavors the big country has to offer. Each tour is a unique culinary adventure that combines food with history, architecture, and culture. You’ll stroll through downtown learning and chatting while filling your belly with some delicious food from some of the top eateries in all of Abilene! 

A VIP tour of the SODA District's bar scene. Featuring 5 of the best drinks in the Big Country paired with delicious bites. Find a new appreciation for all that the Southside of Downtown Abilene has to offer. Must be 21+.

Basketball tournament with the top boys and girls grassroots teams the Southwest region has to offer.

Air It Out Passing Camp provides young quarterbacks, receivers, running backs and tight ends with the best instruction in skill development. The football camp also focuses on faith, character and leadership development, drug and alcohol awareness that will help young men be successful both on the playing field and in the game of life. 

Team Showcase League will run a Showcase at all three Universities in Abilene. All teams will play 4-7 inning games in front of college coaches. At the conclusion of the game, college coaches will visit with each team to provide insight and knowledge and answer any questions players may have. 

Experience downtown Abilene during the week. Enjoy five food tastings (a full dinner), four optional alcoholic drink pairings and a guided walking food tour. 

After hired hand Tom Chaney (Jeff Corey) murders the father of 14-year-old Mattie Ross (Kim Darby), she seeks vengeance and hires U.S. Marshal 'Rooster' Cogburn (John Wayne), a man of 'true grit,' to track Chaney into Indian territory. As the two begin their pursuit, a Texas Ranger, La Boeuf (Glen Campbell), joins the manhunt in hopes of capturing Chaney for the murder of a Texas senator and collecting a substantial reward. The three clash on their quest of bringing to justice the same man.

Guiding locals and visitors on an entertaining walking tour of Downtown Abilene. 

Take a short walk and experience some of the absolute best flavors the big country has to offer. Each tour is a unique culinary adventure that combines food with history, architecture, and culture. You’ll stroll through downtown learning and chatting while filling your belly with some delicious food from some of the top eateries in all of Abilene! 

A VIP tour of the SODA District's bar scene. Featuring 5 of the best drinks in the Big Country paired with delicious bites. Find a new appreciation for all that the Southside of Downtown Abilene has to offer. Must be 21+.

Little League Baseball tournament. 

Softball District tournaments are complete and now it's time for the State Championship. The winners of this tournament will head to regionals and play on a national stage. Abilene has hosted this tournament for the past 5 years. 5 age divisions will compete over 4 days.

Experience downtown Abilene during the week. Enjoy five food tastings (a full dinner), four optional alcoholic drink pairings and a guided walking food tour. 

Little League Baseball tournament. 

The Best In The West is a two-day Freshman/JV  tournament to help prepare players for their upcoming season. 

Abilene Youth Sports Alliance hosts the Jon Smith Annual Memorial Volleyball Showcase. This tournament consists of high school teams - Girls: 9th - 12th, 18U. There is a 2 game guarantee. College coaches have been invited.

Guiding locals and visitors on an entertaining walking tour of downtown Abilene. Highlighting history, local businesses, and art, this tour is informative, fun, and a great way to find out what’s happening downtown. Samples, of course, are a must. This tour covers the Eastern parts of N Downtown.

Take a short walk and experience some of the absolute best flavors the big country has to offer. Each tour is a unique culinary adventure that combines food with history, architecture, and culture. You’ll stroll through downtown learning and chatting while filling your belly with some delicious food from some of the top eateries in all of Abilene! 

A VIP tour of the SODA District's bar scene. Featuring 5 of the best drinks in the Big Country paired with delicious bites. Find a new appreciation for all that the Southside of Downtown Abilene has to offer. Must be 21+.

Joe is a middle-school band teacher whose life hasn’t quite gone the way he expected. His true passion is jazz—and he’s good. But when he travels to another realm to help someone find their passion, he soon discovers what it means to have soul.

Experience downtown Abilene during the week. Enjoy five food tastings (a full dinner), four optional alcoholic drink pairings and a guided walking food tour. 

Youth boys and girls basketball tournament with players competing in the Dodge Jones Youth Sports Center. 

Cowboy Up/Keep Smilin’ Tour Concert and dance.

The 39th Annual Tour de Gap ride benefiting Big Brothers Big Sisters will take place the fourth weekend of July in Buffalo Gap, TX. This ride draws in over 300 riders across the state and beyond to enjoy three different route distances on Saturday as well as a time trial event on Sunday.

Take a short walk and experience some of the absolute best flavors the big country has to offer. Each tour is a unique culinary adventure that combines food with history, architecture, and culture. You’ll stroll through downtown learning and chatting while filling your belly with some delicious food from some of the top eateries in all of Abilene! 

A VIP tour of the SODA District's bar scene. Featuring 5 of the best drinks in the Big Country paired with delicious bites. Find a new appreciation for all that the Southside of Downtown Abilene has to offer. Must be 21+.

Experience downtown Abilene during the week. Enjoy five food tastings (a full dinner), four optional alcoholic drink pairings and a guided walking food tour. 

USA Softball of Texas U16 & U18 State Qualifying Tournament.

Take a short walk and experience some of the absolute best flavors the big country has to offer. Each tour is a unique culinary adventure that combines food with history, architecture, and culture. You’ll stroll through downtown learning and chatting while filling your belly with some delicious food from some of the top eateries in all of Abilene! 

A VIP tour of the SODA District's bar scene. Featuring 5 of the best drinks in the Big Country paired with delicious bites. Find a new appreciation for all that the Southside of Downtown Abilene has to offer. Must be 21+.

Experience downtown Abilene during the week. Enjoy five food tastings (a full dinner), four optional alcoholic drink pairings and a guided walking food tour. 

Softball tournament with divisions: 8-Open, 10-Open, 12-Open, 14-Open and 16/18-Open.

Take a short walk and experience some of the absolute best flavors the big country has to offer. Each tour is a unique culinary adventure that combines food with history, architecture, and culture. You’ll stroll through downtown learning and chatting while filling your belly with some delicious food from some of the top eateries in all of Abilene! 

A VIP tour of the SODA District's bar scene. Featuring 5 of the best drinks in the Big Country paired with delicious bites. Find a new appreciation for all that the Southside of Downtown Abilene has to offer. Must be 21+.

Experience downtown Abilene during the week. Enjoy five food tastings (a full dinner), four optional alcoholic drink pairings and a guided walking food tour. 

High School teams compete in this invitational volleyball tournament.

Imprisoned during World War II in a German POW camp, a group of Allied soldiers are intent on breaking out, not only to escape, but also to draw Nazi forces away from battle to search for fugitives. Among the prisoners determined to escape are American Captain Virgil Hilts (Steve McQueen) and British Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett (Richard Attenborough). Outwitting their captors by digging a tunnel out of the prison grounds, the soldiers find the stakes much higher when escape becomes a reality.

Guiding locals and visitors on an entertaining walking tour of Downtown Abilene. 

Take a short walk and experience some of the absolute best flavors the big country has to offer. Each tour is a unique culinary adventure that combines food with history, architecture, and culture. You’ll stroll through downtown learning and chatting while filling your belly with some delicious food from some of the top eateries in all of Abilene! 

A VIP tour of the SODA District's bar scene. Featuring 5 of the best drinks in the Big Country paired with delicious bites. Find a new appreciation for all that the Southside of Downtown Abilene has to offer. Must be 21+.

Experience downtown Abilene during the week. Enjoy five food tastings (a full dinner), four optional alcoholic drink pairings and a guided walking food tour. 

Guiding locals and visitors on an entertaining walking tour of downtown Abilene. Highlighting history, local businesses, and art, this tour is informative, fun, and a great way to find out what’s happening downtown. Samples, of course, are a must. This tour covers the Eastern parts of N Downtown.

Take a short walk and experience some of the absolute best flavors the big country has to offer. Each tour is a unique culinary adventure that combines food with history, architecture, and culture. You’ll stroll through downtown learning and chatting while filling your belly with some delicious food from some of the top eateries in all of Abilene! 

A VIP tour of the SODA District's bar scene. Featuring 5 of the best drinks in the Big Country paired with delicious bites. Find a new appreciation for all that the Southside of Downtown Abilene has to offer. Must be 21+.

Experience downtown Abilene during the week. Enjoy five food tastings (a full dinner), four optional alcoholic drink pairings and a guided walking food tour. 

The Madrigals are an extraordinary family who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia in a charmed place called the Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift—every child except Mirabel. However, she soon may be the Madrigals last hope when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is now in danger.

Take a short walk and experience some of the absolute best flavors the big country has to offer. Each tour is a unique culinary adventure that combines food with history, architecture, and culture. You’ll stroll through downtown learning and chatting while filling your belly with some delicious food from some of the top eateries in all of Abilene! 

A VIP tour of the SODA District's bar scene. Featuring 5 of the best drinks in the Big Country paired with delicious bites. Find a new appreciation for all that the Southside of Downtown Abilene has to offer. Must be 21+.

Experience downtown Abilene during the week. Enjoy five food tastings (a full dinner), four optional alcoholic drink pairings and a guided walking food tour. 

The Texas arm of the League of United Latin American Citizens will meet in Grover Nelson Park Labor Day weekend to play its 46th Annual Softball Tournament to raise funds for scholarships, enjoy fellowship and build goodwill. Men's, women's and mixed teams to compete.

Spend your Labor Day weekend playing softball under the stars and helping raise money for the March of Dimes. Games may go past midnight. Bonus: No early morning games! 8-O, 10-O, 12-O, 14-O, 16/18-O Tournament.

Take a short walk and experience some of the absolute best flavors the big country has to offer. Each tour is a unique culinary adventure that combines food with history, architecture, and culture. You’ll stroll through downtown learning and chatting while filling your belly with some delicious food from some of the top eateries in all of Abilene! 

A VIP tour of the SODA District's bar scene. Featuring 5 of the best drinks in the Big Country paired with delicious bites. Find a new appreciation for all that the Southside of Downtown Abilene has to offer. Must be 21+.

Experience downtown Abilene during the week. Enjoy five food tastings (a full dinner), four optional alcoholic drink pairings and a guided walking food tour. 

Teenage Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) was educated in Africa by her scientist parents. When her family moves to the suburbs of Illinois, Cady finally gets to experience public school and gets a quick primer on the cruel, tacit laws of popularity that divide her fellow students into tightly knit cliques. She unwittingly finds herself in the good graces of an elite group of cool students dubbed "the Plastics," but Cady soon realizes how her shallow group of new friends earned this nickname.

Guiding locals and visitors on an entertaining walking tour of Downtown Abilene. 

Take a short walk and experience some of the absolute best flavors the big country has to offer. Each tour is a unique culinary adventure that combines food with history, architecture, and culture. You’ll stroll through downtown learning and chatting while filling your belly with some delicious food from some of the top eateries in all of Abilene! 

A VIP tour of the SODA District's bar scene. Featuring 5 of the best drinks in the Big Country paired with delicious bites. Find a new appreciation for all that the Southside of Downtown Abilene has to offer. Must be 21+.

Experience downtown Abilene during the week. Enjoy five food tastings (a full dinner), four optional alcoholic drink pairings and a guided walking food tour. 

Girl's fastpitch tournament. 4GG, 2-pool, double-elimination bracket. 8,10,12,14-Open. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Every year USA Softball chooses a local family or charity to donate a portion of the registration fees toward. The beneficiary is always someone affected by childhood cancer.

Guiding locals and visitors on an entertaining walking tour of downtown Abilene. Highlighting history, local businesses, and art, this tour is informative, fun, and a great way to find out what’s happening downtown. Samples, of course, are a must. This tour covers the Eastern parts of N Downtown.

Guiding locals and visitors on an entertaining walking tour of downtown Abilene. Highlighting the history, local businesses, and art. This tour is informative, fun, and a great way to find out what’s happening downtown. Samples, of course, are a must. 

Take a short walk and experience some of the absolute best flavors the big country has to offer. Each tour is a unique culinary adventure that combines food with history, architecture, and culture. You’ll stroll through downtown learning and chatting while filling your belly with some delicious food from some of the top eateries in all of Abilene! 

A VIP tour of the SODA District's bar scene. Featuring 5 of the best drinks in the Big Country paired with delicious bites. Find a new appreciation for all that the Southside of Downtown Abilene has to offer. Must be 21+.

Experience downtown Abilene during the week. Enjoy five food tastings (a full dinner), four optional alcoholic drink pairings and a guided walking food tour. 

Texas Golf Association 39th Texas Mid-Amateur. Entries are open to male amateur golfers who reside in the state of Texas, age 25 or older as of the first round of tournament play, with a certified WHS Handicap Index of 8.4 or less. Play will be contested over 54 holes of individual stroke play.

Played at Abilene Country Club, Abilene High School, Hardin-Simmons University, McMurry University, & Rose Park Tennis Center.

Take a short walk and experience some of the absolute best flavors the big country has to offer. Each tour is a unique culinary adventure that combines food with history, architecture, and culture. You’ll stroll through downtown learning and chatting while filling your belly with some delicious food from some of the top eateries in all of Abilene! 

Join us for our second annual festival of the music, dance, art, cuisine, and culture of Africa and the African community in Abilene at the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest. Our celebration will be on Saturday, September 24th. 

A VIP tour of the SODA District's bar scene. Featuring 5 of the best drinks in the Big Country paired with delicious bites. Find a new appreciation for all that the Southside of Downtown Abilene has to offer. Must be 21+.

Experience downtown Abilene during the week. Enjoy five food tastings (a full dinner), four optional alcoholic drink pairings and a guided walking food tour. 

Take a short walk and experience some of the absolute best flavors the big country has to offer. Each tour is a unique culinary adventure that combines food with history, architecture, and culture. You’ll stroll through downtown learning and chatting while filling your belly with some delicious food from some of the top eateries in all of Abilene! 

A VIP tour of the SODA District's bar scene. Featuring 5 of the best drinks in the Big Country paired with delicious bites. Find a new appreciation for all that the Southside of Downtown Abilene has to offer. Must be 21+.

Experience downtown Abilene during the week. Enjoy five food tastings (a full dinner), four optional alcoholic drink pairings and a guided walking food tour. 

This is a double-elimination bracket tournament held at the Lake Kirby Softball Complex benefitting Hope for a Cure.

Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison for the murders of his wife and her lover and is sentenced to a tough prison. However, only Andy knows he didn't commit the crimes. While there, he forms a friendship with Red (Morgan Freeman), experiences the brutality of prison life, adapts, helps the warden, etc., all in 19 years.

Held annually in more than 600 communities nationwide, the Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimer's® is the world's largest fundraiser for Alzheimer's care, support, and research. This inspiring event calls on participants of all ages and abilities to join the fight against the disease.

Guiding locals and visitors on an entertaining walking tour of Downtown Abilene.

Take a short walk and experience some of the absolute best flavors the big country has to offer. Each tour is a unique culinary adventure that combines food with history, architecture, and culture. You’ll stroll through downtown learning and chatting while filling your belly with some delicious food from some of the top eateries in all of Abilene! 

A VIP tour of the SODA District's bar scene. Featuring 5 of the best drinks in the Big Country paired with delicious bites. Find a new appreciation for all that the Southside of Downtown Abilene has to offer. Must be 21+.

Experience downtown Abilene during the week. Enjoy five food tastings (a full dinner), four optional alcoholic drink pairings and a guided walking food tour. 

Guiding locals and visitors on an entertaining walking tour of downtown Abilene. Highlighting the history, local businesses, and art. This tour is informative, fun, and a great way to find out what’s happening downtown. Samples, of course, are a must. 

Take a short walk and experience some of the absolute best flavors the big country has to offer. Each tour is a unique culinary adventure that combines food with history, architecture, and culture. You’ll stroll through downtown learning and chatting while filling your belly with some delicious food from some of the top eateries in all of Abilene! 

A VIP tour of the SODA District's bar scene. Featuring 5 of the best drinks in the Big Country paired with delicious bites. Find a new appreciation for all that the Southside of Downtown Abilene has to offer. Must be 21+.

University Interscholastic League Region 1 4A & 6A Team Tennis tournament held at the Rose Park Tennis Center. High school athletes compete for regional championships. Come and support these athletes.

Experience downtown Abilene during the week. Enjoy five food tastings (a full dinner), four optional alcoholic drink pairings and a guided walking food tour. 

Take a short walk and experience some of the absolute best flavors the big country has to offer. Each tour is a unique culinary adventure that combines food with history, architecture, and culture. You’ll stroll through downtown learning and chatting while filling your belly with some delicious food from some of the top eateries in all of Abilene! 

A VIP tour of the SODA District's bar scene. Featuring 5 of the best drinks in the Big Country paired with delicious bites. Find a new appreciation for all that the Southside of Downtown Abilene has to offer. Must be 21+.

Experience downtown Abilene during the week. Enjoy five food tastings (a full dinner), four optional alcoholic drink pairings and a guided walking food tour. 

This is a double-elimination tournament held at the Red Bud Softball Complex. Details: 8, 10, 12, 14, 16/18 Open tournament. 4 Game guarantee, 2 pool play, double-elimination seeded bracket.

Abilene Independent School District Halloween Classic Girls Golf Invitational. High school girls compete in this golf invitational. October 28th at Diamondback Golf Course starts 1pm. October 29th at Maxwell Golf Course starts 9am.

Take a short walk and experience some of the absolute best flavors the big country has to offer. Each tour is a unique culinary adventure that combines food with history, architecture, and culture. You’ll stroll through downtown learning and chatting while filling your belly with some delicious food from some of the top eateries in all of Abilene! 

A VIP tour of the SODA District's bar scene. Featuring 5 of the best drinks in the Big Country paired with delicious bites. Find a new appreciation for all that the Southside of Downtown Abilene has to offer. Must be 21+.

Phoenix secretary Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), on the lam after stealing $40,000 from her employer in order to run away with her boyfriend, Sam Loomis (John Gavin), is overcome by exhaustion during a heavy rainstorm. Traveling on the back roads to avoid the police, she stops for the night at the ramshackle Bates Motel and meets the polite but highly strung proprietor Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), a young man with an interest in taxidermy and a difficult relationship with his mother.

Experience downtown Abilene during the week. Enjoy five food tastings (a full dinner), four optional alcoholic drink pairings and a guided walking food tour. 

Tennis Showcase brought to you by Abilene Tennis Association.

High School boys compete in this invitational golf tournament.

Take a short walk and experience some of the absolute best flavors the big country has to offer. Each tour is a unique culinary adventure that combines food with history, architecture, and culture. You’ll stroll through downtown learning and chatting while filling your belly with some delicious food from some of the top eateries in all of Abilene! 

A VIP tour of the SODA District's bar scene. Featuring 5 of the best drinks in the Big Country paired with delicious bites. Find a new appreciation for all that the Southside of Downtown Abilene has to offer. Must be 21+.

Members of the Friends are invited to this annual meeting.

Experience downtown Abilene during the week. Enjoy five food tastings (a full dinner), four optional alcoholic drink pairings and a guided walking food tour. 

United Sates Tennis Association Adult Level 5 Tournament hosted by the Rose Park Tennis Center. More information to come at a later date.

A tuneful, heartwarming story, it is based on the real life story of the Von Trapp Family singers, one of the world's best-known concert groups in the era immediately preceding World War II. Julie Andrews plays the role of Maria, the tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey who becomes a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children and brings a new love of life and music into the home.

2022 will find Airstrip Attack returning to the Abilene. This event will be hosted on a incredibly wide and long runway, and we anticipate very fast trap speeds at this venue. Come see some of the fastest street cars in the country as they test their limit in Abilene.

Guiding locals and visitors on an entertaining walking tour of Downtown Abilene.

Take a short walk and experience some of the absolute best flavors the big country has to offer. Each tour is a unique culinary adventure that combines food with history, architecture, and culture. You’ll stroll through downtown learning and chatting while filling your belly with some delicious food from some of the top eateries in all of Abilene! 

A VIP tour of the SODA District's bar scene. Featuring 5 of the best drinks in the Big Country paired with delicious bites. Find a new appreciation for all that the Southside of Downtown Abilene has to offer. Must be 21+.

Pug Parris Invitational Girls Basketball Classic. High school girls compete in this invitational basketball tournament to be held at McMurry University, Abilene ISD and Wylie ISD. Each team is guaranteed four games.

Experience downtown Abilene during the week. Enjoy five food tastings (a full dinner), four optional alcoholic drink pairings and a guided walking food tour. 

District 11 ASA/USA sanctioned girl's fastpitch softball tournament. Open 8U, 10U, 12U, 14U. Each player and coach bring one unwrapped toy for donation. Four-game guarantee, double elimination.

Guiding locals and visitors on an entertaining walking tour of downtown Abilene. Highlighting the history, local businesses, and art. This tour is informative, fun, and a great way to find out what’s happening downtown. Samples, of course, are a must. 

Take a short walk and experience some of the absolute best flavors the big country has to offer. Each tour is a unique culinary adventure that combines food with history, architecture, and culture. You’ll stroll through downtown learning and chatting while filling your belly with some delicious food from some of the top eateries in all of Abilene! 

A VIP tour of the SODA District's bar scene. Featuring 5 of the best drinks in the Big Country paired with delicious bites. Find a new appreciation for all that the Southside of Downtown Abilene has to offer. Must be 21+.

Experience downtown Abilene during the week. Enjoy five food tastings (a full dinner), four optional alcoholic drink pairings and a guided walking food tour. 

Take a short walk and experience some of the absolute best flavors the big country has to offer. Each tour is a unique culinary adventure that combines food with history, architecture, and culture. You’ll stroll through downtown learning and chatting while filling your belly with some delicious food from some of the top eateries in all of Abilene! 

A VIP tour of the SODA District's bar scene. Featuring 5 of the best drinks in the Big Country paired with delicious bites. Find a new appreciation for all that the Southside of Downtown Abilene has to offer. Must be 21+.

Experience downtown Abilene during the week. Enjoy five food tastings (a full dinner), four optional alcoholic drink pairings and a guided walking food tour. 

Take a short walk and experience some of the absolute best flavors the big country has to offer. Each tour is a unique culinary adventure that combines food with history, architecture, and culture. You’ll stroll through downtown learning and chatting while filling your belly with some delicious food from some of the top eateries in all of Abilene! 

A VIP tour of the SODA District's bar scene. Featuring 5 of the best drinks in the Big Country paired with delicious bites. Find a new appreciation for all that the Southside of Downtown Abilene has to offer. Must be 21+.

As the holidays approach, Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) wants to have a perfect family Christmas, so he pesters his wife, Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo), and children, as he tries to make sure everything is in line, including the tree and house decorations. However, things go awry quickly. His hick cousin, Eddie (Randy Quaid), and his family show up unplanned and start living in their camper on the Griswold property. Even worse, Clark's employers renege on the holiday bonus he needs.

This exhibition will highlight the early history of the State Epileptic Colony in Abilene through over 50 photographs from The Grace’s permanent history collection. 

This exhibition highlights what we now call “traditional” wedding dresses belonging to various individuals in Abilene and the surrounding areas from the late 1890s to the 1930s, most of which are in the permanent collection at The Grace Museum. 

Large panoramic photographs of landscapes or groups have been around since the invention of photography. This exhibition will discuss the history of the early photographic processes of taking and creating panoramic photographs through cameras and photographs from The Grace’s permanent collection.

R. Gregory Christie started his career along an unconventional path. 'I started painting in nightclubs. DJs would spin records, and I would show slides or do a live painting in front of a crowd. Sounds crazy, I know, but coming from a small town in NJ and having no network in NY, it was an idea that turned into an opportunity.' These life painting sessions led to album artwork and then to his first children’s book project with Lee and Lowe books. His first book, Palm of My Heart, earned him a Coretta Scott King Honor award and started him on his prolific career.

Some of his books deal with historical figures, and others are fantastical and abstract. 'Each one has its distinct demeanor, and I get into each separate mindset to create something beautiful and interesting. I’ve always been inspired by any artist who can alter the human form with eloquence and rhythm. I simply can’t get away from the human form and portraiture. Inspiration also comes from living life and keeping the balance of being social.'

R. Gregory Christie is known today as a multi-award-winning illustrator, whose accolades include a Caldecott Honor for Freedom in Congo Square, art for the New Orleans Jazz Festival’s Congo square poster, designer for the 2013 United States Postal office’s Kwanzaa Stamp, six Coretta Scott King Honor awards and even a 2010 NAACP Image Award for his work in the book “Our Children Can Soar: A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change” authored by J. Patrick Lewis.

From album cover designs to children’s books to animating films, Christie continues his inspiring journey of art.

Center For Contemporary Arts Portrait Of A Horse by Keith Carter, Alyssa Hartley, Bank Langmore, Nancy Newberry, Jennifer Nichols, Alison V Smith, Wilfred Dudley Smithers, Bill Wittliff, and Bill Wright. Gallery hours Tuesday through Saturday: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Houston based artist, Cara Barer blurs the line between object, sculpture, and photography. She salvages discarded or obsolete books and transforms the books into sculpture by using water, clamps, string, staples, and glue. Barer hopes to raise questions about the transient, exploitive, and fragile

Center For Contemporary Arts Art In Context by Terry Browder. Exhibit is located in Gallery 3

Please join us for appetizers, wine tasting, beer, music & friends. Enjoy the lovely Swenson House gardens in spring. Buy your tickets early. We sold out last year. Tickets may be purchased online at https://www.swenson-house.org/.

Enjoy spirits and nosh while stitching your own sombrero with hands on instruction from our own Beth Joy!

Art and history collide in an exciting and engaging exhibition this summer at Jody Klotz Fine Art. The gallery will have two series of etchings by the prolific Dallas-based artist Colette Copeland from her project entitled My Jesse James Adventure.

Connecting the East to the West: Butterfield Mail Company to Mail delivered by Rail at Taylor County History Center.

Join the Center for Contemporary Arts as they celebrate the opening of the CCAN 2022 Exhibition. 

Join the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature as they celebrate their 25th anniversary.

For the past 25 years, we have been proud to be the first in the nation to have organized a gallery that is solely dedicated to exhibiting, touring, and collecting the finest picture book art in children's illustrated literature. We've organized and exhibited close to 70 exhibitions.