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Texas Festivals & Events in November 2026 by Weekend

Written by the USA Fest Bot team with AI help. · Published · Updated

Red, orange and gold maple trees below a green wooded ridge under a pink and violet sky
Fall color in late November at Lost Maples State Natural Area in the Texas Hill Country (not one of the events below). Photo: G. Lamar, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

November in Texas brings food and music festivals, air shows, Veterans Day and Thanksgiving parades and the start of the holiday season. This guide covers 40 festivals and other public events listed on USA Fest Bot for November 2026, grouped by weekend, from Halloween weekend through Thanksgiving weekend. You’ll find Wurstfest in New Braunfels, Wings Over Houston and the Texas Capital Air Show in San Marcos, the Texas Book Festival in Austin, the International Quilt Festival in Houston, Veterans Day parades in San Antonio, Austin and Grapevine, the H-E-B Thanksgiving Day Parade in Houston, turkey trots in Dallas, San Antonio and Austin, and holiday parades in Fort Worth and San Antonio. Each one links to its listing page and to the event’s own website.

Pick a weekend, then open the listing page and the event’s website for hours and details. USA Fest Bot doesn’t sell tickets.

Dates can change, so check the event’s website before you go.

Weekend of October 30 – November 1

Four events on our list fall on this weekend, in Dallas and Houston. Halloween falls on Saturday, October 31, this year.

November 6–8

Fourteen events on our list fall on this weekend, including events in San Antonio, Dallas and Galveston. Veterans Day is Wednesday, November 11. Three Veterans Day listings fall on this weekend.

Downtown Austin towers above trees along Lady Bird Lake, framed by hanging branches
Downtown Austin from Lady Bird Lake in December (not one of the events below). Photo: ajay_suresh, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

November 13–15

Seven events on our list fall on this weekend, including events in San Antonio, Houston and Grapevine. Still running from an earlier weekend: Wurstfest (November 6 - 15).

Red, orange and yellow trees below pale canyon cliffs
Fall color in McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, in West Texas (not one of the events below). Photo: Leaflet, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

November 20–22

Five events on our list fall on this weekend, including events in Sugar Land, San Antonio and El Paso.

November 27–29 (Thanksgiving weekend)

Two events on our list fall on this weekend, in San Antonio and McKinney. Thanksgiving is Thursday, November 26. Also included here: Dallas YMCA Turkey Trot (Thursday, November 26), H-E-B Thanksgiving Day Parade (Thursday, November 26), San Antonio Food Bank Turkey Trot 5K (Thursday, November 26) and ThunderCloud Subs Turkey Trot (Thursday, November 26), which fall on weekdays before this weekend. See more turkey trots and Thanksgiving parades across the country.

Running all season

These holiday listings open in November and run into December or January, so they are not tied to one weekend. The dates show the full season, so check the organizer’s page for which nights they are open.

Before you go: a short checklist

  • Open the event’s website the week you go. Each listing page links to it, and organizers post hours and updates there.
  • Check which days are event days. Some listings here cover a long span, such as Celebración del Día de Muertos at the Hughes Family Tribute Center (October 17 – November 2) and Wurstfest (November 6 - 15). Our listings show the full span, so check the organizer’s page for the exact days.
  • Add it to your calendar. Every listing in this guide has an “Add to calendar (.ics)” link and a map link.

Find more events near you

The rest of the site covers more of Texas. Texas events collects every Texas listing on USA Fest Bot, and Texas this weekend shows what’s on in the next few days. City pages: Austin and Houston. More parades, including Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas parades, are on parades. More runs and walks, including Thanksgiving Day turkey trots, are on charity runs and walks. Weekly markets are on farmers markets. For plans across the country, see this weekend. Missing an event you know? Submit a listing.

Quick answers

Can these dates change?

The dates in this guide match each event’s listing page on USA Fest Bot, and each listing page links to the event’s website.

Is an event I know missing?

It may not have posted its 2026 dates yet. You can submit a listing with a link to the event’s website.

USA Fest Bot is not affiliated with any event in this guide and does not sell tickets. Found a date that has changed? Send a correction.