Wichita Falls CVB

Calling all bargain hunters, flea market lovers, explorers and treasure hunters! Don’t miss this yearly event centered around a traveling yard sale that covers 387 miles along the Red River Valley highways. The yard sale has been held for 15 years and continues to grow each year! Join the fun and find your treasured yard sale item!

How It Works: 
Participating towns will have maps available guiding shoppers to the special sales sites throughout their communities.  Some towns will have yard sales set up at a central location, or spread throughout the town.  Others will showcase their downtown merchants or their flea markets/trade days/farmers markets.

Participating Towns with Map Pick-Up Locations:

HWY 82 East to West
New Boston T&P Trailhead Park
HWY 82 & Ellis Street
www.newboston.org

Clarksville Chamber of Commerce
101 N. Locust Street
www.redrivercoc.com

Detroit Community Center
105 SW 1st Street

Reno City Hall
160 Blackburn Street
www.renotexas.us

Paris Chamber of Commerce
8 West Plaza
www.paristexas.com

Honey Grove Downtown Gazebo
402 6th Street
www.honeygrovechamber.com

Bonham Visitor Center Downtown
327 N. Main
www.visitbonham.com

Denison Chamber of Commerce
313 West Woodard Street
www.denisontexas.com

Muenster Antique Mall
405 E. Division Street
www.muensterchamber.com

Saint Jo Dairy Queen
309 N. Broad Street
www.saintjochamber.com

Nocona Tails N’ Trails Museum
1522 E. HWY 82
www.nocona.org

Bowie Chamber of Commerce
101 E. Pecan Street
www.cityofbowietx.com

Henrietta Chamber of Commerce
202 W. Omega Street
www.hccchamber.org

Wichita Falls World’s Littlest Skyscraper
511 7th Street
www.wichitafalls.org

Seymour Chamber of Commerce
916 E. McClain
www.cityofseymour.org

HWY 287
Quanah Chamber of Commerce
220 S. Main Street

Check out the first ever Wichita Falls Tattoo Expo, hosted by Ink Masters Tattoo Show! Live tattooing all weekend by over 100 award-winning tattoo artists! There will be artists to help you with the style of tattoo you’ve been looking for! All different styles from realistic to traditional or black and grey to color!

Tickets will be available at the door only! Get there before 5pm on Friday for a $5 discount!

Friday: 1:00pm – 5:00pm = $15
Friday: 5:00pm – 11:00pm = $20

Saturday: 11:00am – 11:00pm = $20

Sunday: 11:00am – 9:00pm = $20

Three-day weekend pass = $35

Check out the first ever Wichita Falls Tattoo Expo, hosted by Ink Masters Tattoo Show! Live tattooing all weekend by over 100 award-winning tattoo artists! There will be artists to help you with the style of tattoo you’ve been looking for! All different styles from realistic to traditional or black and grey to color!

Tickets will be available at the door only! Get there before 5pm on Friday for a $5 discount!

Friday: 1:00pm – 5:00pm = $15
Friday: 5:00pm – 11:00pm = $20

Saturday: 11:00am – 11:00pm = $20

Sunday: 11:00am – 9:00pm = $20

Three-day weekend pass = $35

Check out the first ever Wichita Falls Tattoo Expo, hosted by Ink Masters Tattoo Show! Live tattooing all weekend by over 100 award-winning tattoo artists! There will be artists to help you with the style of tattoo you’ve been looking for! All different styles from realistic to traditional or black and grey to color!

Tickets will be available at the door only! Get there before 5pm on Friday for a $5 discount!

Friday: 1:00pm – 5:00pm = $15
Friday: 5:00pm – 11:00pm = $20

Saturday: 11:00am – 11:00pm = $20

Sunday: 11:00am – 9:00pm = $20

Three-day weekend pass = $35

The Oil Bowl started as a simple summertime West Texas vs. East Texas high school all-star football game back in 1938.  Today the Oil Bowl is one of the most prestigious postseason all-star games in the United States.

From 1945 through 2012, with the exception of one year, the format was  Texas vs. Oklahoma.  The top high school players from the two states went head-to-head every June for football bragging rights.  The game format in 2013 was East vs. West Texas.  Beginning in the 2014 game, players come from Texas and surrounding states.

Many Oil Bowlers have gone on to be stars in college and professional football. Steve Owens went from here to win the Heisman Trophy. Others such as Jack Mildren, J. C. Watts, and Steve Largent have not only made names for themselves in football but also in politics.The game has also featured some coaching legends, both in the high school and college ranks.  Texas high school coaching legends such as Gordon Wood, Joe Golding, and G. A. Moore all have coached in the Oil Bowl, as well as Grant Teaff (Baylor), Matty Bell (SMU), Blair Cherry (Texas), Dutch Meyer (TCU), and Jess Neely (Rice).  Another coaching legend, Hayden Fry once played in the Oil Bowl.

Since its inception, the Oil Bowl has raised thousands of dollars for less fortunate children. From 1945 through 2011 (except for one year) net proceeds were divided between Texas and Oklahoma with Texas’ share going to the North Texas Rehabilitation Center in Wichita Falls and Oklahoma’s share going to the Oklahoma Coaches Association charities.  Beginning with the 2012 game, all net proceeds go to Shriners Hospitals for Children.

If Turnpike Troubadours are playing in your town, you’ll know it. A block or two from the venue, you’ll see the crowds lining up. Get closer and you’ll start to hear the music — rockin’ hard, lashed by burnin’ fiddle and guitar, maybe a little rough on the edges but with a deep-rooted soul that’s impossible to resist. And if you make it through the door, you’ll witness one of the best shows you’ll ever see.

Audiences in their home state of Oklahoma and down in Texas have known this for years. It’s no longer news when they draw 5,000-plus at Billy Bob’s in Fort Worth, sell out three nights in a row at Gruene Hall or turn several hundred away at the Legendary Stubb’s Bar-B-Q in Austin.
Word has spread, though: Their shows in Chicago, St. Louis and elsewhere have pulled in more than 1,000 fans. And they’ve drawn full houses at Joe’s Pub in New York and The Troubadour in L.A., among many other nightspots from coast to coast.

So is that the story? “The Turnpike Troubadours Tear It Up Night After Night”? Actually, no. There’s another side to singer/guitarist Felker, bassist RC Edwards, fiddler Kyle Nix, steel and electric guitarist Ryan Engleman and drummer Gabe Pearson. Maybe you don’t notice it as much at their shows, where their blazing performances tend to obliterate detached reflection. But you’ll definitely notice it on their new album, The Turnpike Troubadours, to be released September 18th on their Bossier City imprint. Away from the intensities of their show, the music speaks more intimately. Details of their arrangements clarify. Above all, the lyrics become the center of attention, spinning stories so compelling that you realize you’d almost forgotten how powerful the message of a song could be.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.wfmpec.com/events

Art and Soul combines the magic of music with the allure of art. The festival, hosted by Downtown Wichita Falls Development, features live music, food vendors, artists and artisans. Art and Soul will be Saturday, June 23 in Historic Downtown Wichita Falls.

Experience the charm of Downtown Wichita Falls at this evening event. Browse our eclectic, locally owned boutiques and antique shops on Indiana Avenue. Enjoy culinary creations from area food vendors. Explore new forms of art or just relax and let the music carry you away.

The festival benefits Downtown Wichita Falls Development, a 501(c) 3 non-profit, whose mission is to improve the downtown, entice new business and residents, and grow the economic base of our community and current businesses.

More details here