The City of Edinburg Parks and Recreation Department is gearing up to welcome the community to its loteria-themed Fall Festival on Thursday, October 29. Attendees are encouraged to wear their favorite Halloween costumes as they join city staff for what promises to be a spooktacular event.
Read more: City of Edinburg invites community to thrilling Fall Festival
The Mission Historical Museum invites the community to celebrate and honor the memories of loved ones by visiting its 2026 Community Altar Exhibit, a Día de los Muertos exhibition running through November 13.
Read more: Mission Historical Museum hosts community altar exhibit
The McAllen Wind Ensemble is proud to announce its upcoming 2026–2027 concert season, inviting audiences throughout the Rio Grande Valley to experience another year of exceptional wind band music, community connection, and live performance at the McAllen Performing Arts Center.
Read more: McAllen Wind Ensemble announces 2026–2027 concert season
The Mission Historical Museum invites the community to celebrate Día de los Muertos at the Día de los Muertos Folklife Festival on Saturday, October 24, from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Mission Historical Museum, located at 900 Doherty Ave., in Mission.
Butterflies, costumes and Halloween fun come together on South Padre Island when Hallowings: A Monarch Migration Celebration takes over the South Padre Island Birding, Nature Center & Alligator Sanctuary on Sunday, October 25, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Read more: Monarch migration meets Halloween fun at Hallowings celebration
Hello Winter Texan Friends! This here is our Volume 40 – 40 years of the Winter Texan Times!
It’s amazing how things have changed in the last 40 years. I began working for Mission Publishing in 1996. Back then we used our computers mostly for writing our stories and formatting it for our column width. We would use clip art from CD’s and make it the size we needed or border tape for building ads – along with using the computer to format text. Then, nearly everything was built using lined paper and a light table, and a lot of melted wax.
Runners and walkers can follow the rhythm of live mariachi music all the way to the finish line when the 8th Annual South Padre Island Muzicians Run returns Saturday, October 24.
The Edinburg World Birding Center (EWBC) is brewing up a howling good time! Join them for Spooktacular 2026, a spellbinding evening of family-friendly thrills and chills on Friday, October 23 from 6 to 9 p.m. Enjoy a night of ghostly games and fang-tastic festivities – all for free.
Hello and welcome back to South Texas and the great Rio Grande Valley! We are always excited to see you return, or visit us for the first time, each year. And if it is your first time here – we want to wish you a great big Texas welcome. We know you are going to love your time here.
Also, if you aren’t in the Valley yet, we hope you find your way here soon and get here safely to your Texas home.
The Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas invites the community to their 56th Annual Dakee Si (Fall Gathering) Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas Powwow on Saturday, October 24, from 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Alton Recreation Center, 349 Dawes Ave. in Alton. Dancing and presentations will be held throughout the day. The event is free.
