Events

We invite you to join us for the 10th Annual Baby Expo for all things Mom and baby. Connect with community resources and check out our fabulous vendors!

Bring the whole family to connect and support local organizations, businesses, and each other.
Annual Latch-On photo will be at 11 a.m.!

Puck’s Awakening Renaissance Faire & Gathering comes to Fritch Community Park on Saturday, October 10!

Step through the portals into a magical day filled with knights, pirates, mermaids, Highland dancers, live music, interactive storytelling, contests, quests, vendors, food, and family-friendly adventures.

Gates open at 10 a.m. —come in costume and join the quest to close the portals!

Celebrate good food, strong community, brighter tomorrows with the Centennial edition of Boomtober Fest!

* Big Texas Little Film Tour at the Ranch, 425 N. Main St., 4:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9
* Car cruise and burnout contest on Main Street at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9
* Air Fly-In and Rose Rock Classic Car Show at Hutchinson County Airport, 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 10
* Battle of the Bands Competition at the Dome, 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10 featuring celebrity judge Mike Jones
* Borger Chamber of Commerce fish fry at the Dome, 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 11

Peddler's Jingle Mingle Marketplace is a fresh twist on a timeless classic bringing everything shoppers love about The Peddler Show into a refreshingly elevated holiday shopping atmosphere in the Amarillo Civic Center!

Our huge collection of pop-up shops will impress and inspire shoppers to curate their very own Christmas delights this season!

Shoppers will enjoy photos with Santa and hourly giveaways all weekend long, over a dozen brand new booths joining the lineup, and a chance to win a custom holiday home makeover!

FREE admission for teachers & faculty, active military & veterans, and first responders & medical staff (with photo ID at the door).

For tickets and more info visit www.shopjinglemingle.com. Shopping hours are Friday from Noon to 6 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Join us for a family-friendly festival every second full weekend in October! Stay for a day or camp for up to 8 days.

Experience three stages featuring local, national, and international music, youth competitions, and an open mic stage. Plus, enjoy workshops, camping, jam sessions, food trucks, and local art.

See ya at the Flats!

Join us at Chapterhouse Bookstore for a Banned Books Week Read-In and Letter Writing event! Attendees will get to choose from 2 free audiobooks while supplies last: "Banned Together" by Ashley Hope Pérez or "How To Defend Books and Why" by Danny Caine.

READ-IN:
Bring your favorite banned book or one from your TBR, or choose one from our display! Sit and read for as long as you like. We will also have banned book trivia scattered around the room to test your banned book knowledge! Get at least 5 trivia questions right or answer our featured question correctly to get your choice of a free ARC (advanced reading copy) or a coupon to Chapterhouse Bookstore.

LETTER WRITING:
Write to your reps about the three federal book banning bills making their way through legislation, or the numerous state bills that have been passed or proposed. Let your representatives know that the Freedom to Read is a priority and an issue that could affect their (re)election! Letter writing materials and representative info will be provided.

Free audiobooks courtesy of Libro.fm.

A FREE afternoon of evocative music, from impressionist Paris to the Welsh countryside, is created by

Chamber Music Amarillo Artistic Director Kathleen Carter Bell, together with members of the Harrington String Quartet and Amarillo Symphony Orchestra.

Featured artists:
Kathleen Carter Bell, oboe
Evgeny Zvonnikov, violin
Brenton Caldwell, viola
Nick Pascucci, cello
Sarah Rushing, piano

Repertoire:
Charles Martin Loeffler: Deux Rhapsodies for Oboe, Viola and Piano
Benjamin Britten: Phantasy Quartet 
Hilary Tann: The Walls of Morlais Castle
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata

Live music, poetry, food trucks, silent Auction, pass the Boot, and Bake Sale

The public is invited to a FREE celebration of recovery from drug and alcohol dependence Saturday, Oct. 10 at New Chance, Inc.

This annual Break the Cycle event has a Death to Dawn theme and begins at 3 p.m. with games and activities for the whole family, including a bouncy house, ring toss and face painting.
Special guest speakers will share their stories at 4 and 5:30 p.m.
A free meal and dinner will be served at 5 p.m.
A raffle/auction will be from 6:30 to 7 p.m.

New Chance, Inc., is a non-profit organization that has been helping folks recover from addition for more than 50 years.

There will be live demonstrations of glassblowing, torch working, raku firings, aluminum casting, and fire art.

The Amarillo College Fire Academy will be joining us for some very large demonstrations! This will be the best year yet, and you don’t want to miss it.

- October 10 from 6 to 10 p.m. at the new Street Gallery at Arts in the Sunset (Northwest Corner)
- Admission is FREE
- Food Trucks
- Vendors
- Family Friendly