Can you peel a tomato with your teeth? Pack tomatoes at lightning speed? Gobble them down faster than anyone you know? There\u2019s a competition for you at this East Texas shindig, which is famous for setting the Guinness World Record for the biggest bowl of salsa. Hit up the street dance and the classic car show while you indulge in all the fried green tomatoes and savory tomato tarts you can eat.<\/p>\n
Texas Blueberry Festival<\/a> in Nacogdoches \u2013 June 13 Luling Watermelon Thump<\/a> \u2013 June 25-28 Parker County Peach Festival<\/a> in Weatherford \u2013 July 11 Cheeseburger Festival<\/a> in Friona \u2013 July 18 World Championship Goat Cookoff<\/a> in Brady \u2013 September 4-5 Texas Banana Pudding Festival<\/a> in Slaton \u2013 September 5 Caldwell Kolache Festival<\/a> \u2013 September 12 In a Pickle Festival<\/a> in Helotes \u2013 September 19 Bertram Oatmeal Festival<\/a> \u2013 September 26 Floresville Peanut Festival<\/a> \u2013 October 6-10 Barbacoa and Big Red Festival<\/a> in San Antonio \u2013 October 10-11 Jamburgeree<\/a> in Athens \u2013 October 16-17 Seguin Pecan Fest<\/a> \u2013 October 24 Crystal City Spinach Festival<\/a> \u2013 October 29-November 1
Blueberry pie, blueberry cupcakes, and thousands of blueberry pancakes take over this East Texas town with a sea of blue. People pile onto the sidewalk to cheer at the costumed pet parade and gleefully get messy at the no-hands blueberry pie eating contests. The music is bluegrass, naturally, and free shuttles carry people to nearby pick-your-own blueberry farms.<\/p>\n
Can you hear that thumping sound now? Home of the World Championship Seed-Spitting Contest, this juicy jamboree takes place just east of New Braunfels. Bid on champion-sized melons at the auction, wave hello to the Watermelon Queen, and see adorable tots wheeling in watermelons in wagons for the Lil Growers competition. Texans love our watermelon: You\u2019ll also find the McDade Watermelon Festival<\/a> (July 11), Hempstead Watermelon Festival<\/a> (July 17-18), and the Naples Watermelon Festival<\/a> (July 23-25).<\/p>\n![\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781285470_248_luling-watermelon-thump.jpg\")
Stroll around Weatherford\u2019s historic courthouse square and shop for fresh peaches galore from local growers. Browse 200+ arts and crafts vendors and sample treats like fried peach pies, peach ice cream, and peach wine. Slam down your winning tiles at the 42 domino tournament (the national game of Texas) and shop for just-picked peaches. Many people leave with several bushels! Peachapaloozas also erupt at Stonewall\u2019s Peach JAMboree & Rodeo<\/a> (June 19-21) near Fredericksburg and Fairfield\u2019s Fuzzy Peach Festival<\/a> (July 17-18).<\/p>\n
Just 35 miles from the New Mexico border, Friona is surrounded by cattle ranches, wheat fields, and dairy farms \u2014 which provide three of the essential ingredients for cheeseburgers. Saturday, July 18 is the big cookoff, where teams must make 200 cheeseburgers each, and the week leading up to it includes daily diversions like kite flying, archery lessons, Loteria games, and movie nights at the city pool.<\/p>\n
Labor Day weekend brings more than 200 teams of goat chefs to this tiny town that\u2019s smack in the middle of the state. But it\u2019s not just about shining a light on an underappreciated meat; showmanship is also key. Cooking teams try to outdo each other with elaborate themed camps, giving the event a family-reunion-meets-tailgate-party atmosphere.<\/p>\n
The Banana Pudding Capital of Texas is way out west near Lubbock, and every autumn a local bakery hosts a \u2018nanner puddin\u2019 blowout in the historic town square. The street festival oozes small-town charm (think vintage tractor displays and pinewood derby races) with fantastic b-pudding flavors like Key lime pie and peanut butter.<\/p>\n
With tens of thousands of kolaches, nonstop polka music, and a parade with colorful folk costumes, this celebration honors Czech culture and heritage. Found close to College Station, Caldwell is called the Czech Capital of Texas, and its signature festival also features the Beseda (the national dance of the Czech Republic) and kolache baking and eating contests.<\/p>\n
Does the idea of dogs dressed like pickles tickle your fancy? The pickled pet parade is a highlight of this Hill Country brou-ha-ha, and so is the pickle juice drinking competition. Chug! Chug! Chug! Hungry now? Try pickle pizza, pickle ice cream, and freeze-dried pickles \u2014 and if you still haven\u2019t had enough, there\u2019s a second In a Pickle Festival in Mercedes each spring, and Garland hosts its Pickle Party on the Square<\/a> with a Pickle University every June.<\/p>\n
Head to this Hill Country hamlet to meet Oatie, the festival mascot (a container of 3-Minute Oats) and his masked arch-nemesis, the Grits Guzzler (a corny cornmeal-pushing villain). Watch their shenanigans unfold down the street before you sign up for silly games like the tortilla toss and cow chip kick. Children can get ooey-gooey searching for prizes in the popular oatmeal dig, a kiddie pool filled with oats.<\/p>\n![\"Bertram](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781285470_641_bertram-oatmeal-festival.jpg\")
The enticing aroma of roasting peanuts fills the air at this South Texas fest, which dates all the way back to 1938. It kicks off with Goober Games for children (like sack races and peanut tossing) and a Kiddie Parade with pint-sized floats. Then the serious fun begins: a grand parade, barbecue cookoff, and washer tournament \u2014 plus a panoply of peanutty treats, from old-school peanut brittle to newfangled inventions like fried peanut butter sandwiches.<\/p>\n
Inspired by a Mexican American weekend lunch ritual, this giant fair celebrates the uber-Texas combo of ice-cold Big Red soda and slow-cooked barbacoa. Thousands of fans flock to the Freeman Coliseum grounds and Expo Hall for this full-blown cultural festival with carnival rides and multiple stages of Tejano and country music.<\/p>\n
Turtle races? Check. Mooing competition? Check. Hamburger-building contest? Of course! This Piney Woods party is two food festivals in one: the Black-Eyed Pea Jamboree and the Uncle Fletch Hamburger Festival \u2014 because Athens is the Black-Eyed Pea Capital of the World AND the Birthplace of the Hamburger. Vegetarians and carnivores can walk hand-in-hand through the food fest and enjoy the eats along with a black-eyed pea spitting contest, a farmer\u2019s market, and a cornhole tournament.<\/p>\n
Snap a selfie with the world\u2019s largest pecan in this picturesque town along the Guadalupe River, the Pecan Capital of Texas and one of the state\u2019s leading producers of our favorite nuts. Pecan-themed festivities include a Food Truck Throwdown with pecan-inspired dishes and a Get Crackin\u2019 Contest for masochists who like to shell pecans. Last year\u2019s bash also had llamas.<\/p>\n![\"Pecan](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781285470_43_pecan-fest.jpg\")
Celebrate Popeye\u2019s favorite food for four whole days in Crystal City, located about 100 miles southwest of San Antonio in Zavala County \u2014 Texas\u2019 top spinach-producing county for more than a century. Naturally, there\u2019s a spinach cookoff, as well as a parade, carnival rides, and the crowning of the Spinach Festival Queen. Don\u2019t forget to pay your regards to the statue of Popeye, who popularized spinach during the Great Depression \u2014 transforming Crystal City\u2019s economy and spurring the founding of the Spinach Festival in 1936.<\/p>\n