United States Texas Texas Guide Things To Do Essentials Where to Stay Getaways All Texas Texas Food Festivals By Danno Wise Danno Wise Facebook Instagram Danno Wise has lived on the Texas Gulf Coast his entire life, and has been writing about Texas travel, fishing, and the outdoors since 1994. TripSavvy's editorial guidelines Updated on 06/26/19 Share Pin Email Due to the vastly varied cultures which comprise Texas, practically every type of food is available in the Lone Star State. And, those various types of food are inevitably celebrated with a variety of festivals each year. 01 of 14 WurstFest WurstFest View Map Address 178 Landa Park Dr, New Braunfels, TX 78130-7946, USA Get directions Phone +1 830-625-9167 Web Visit website For over four decades, the German-influenced Hill Country town of New Braunfels has held their annual Wurstfest, which features plenty of sausage, strudel, pretzels, polka music, and more. 02 of 14 Floresville Peanut Festival Floresville Peanut Festival View Map Address 1420 3rd St, Floresville, TX 78114-2249, USA Get directions Phone +1 830-393-7303 Web Visit website Claiming to be the "Peanut Capitol of Texas," Floresville backs up its boast with the annual Peanut Festival, held the second weekend of October each year. 03 of 14 Terlingua International Chili Championship View Map Address Mariposa Mine Rd, Terlingua, TX 79852, USA Get directions Phone +1 214-802-9618 Web Visit website Held the first Saturday of November, the Terlingua International Chili Championship is the "grandaddy" of all chili cookoffs. This CASI-sanctioned event is actually a four-day festival that culminates with the chili cookoff on Saturday. 04 of 14 Poteet Strawberry Festival View Map The annual Strawberry Festival draws over 100,000 visitors to the tiny town of Poteet. This event, which has been held for nearly 60 years, attracts nationally-known country music stars and Tejano entertainers in addition to the carnival, art show, rodeo, dances, parade, and “Taste of Texas” food show. Continue to 5 of 14 below. 05 of 14 Texas Hot Sauce Festival Texas Hot Sauce Festival View Map Address Houston, TX 77045, USA Get directions The Texas Hot Sauce Festival is the Bayou City's showcase event for any type of sauce with a little "kick" in it, including hot sauce, salsa, barbecue sauce, Bloody Mary mix, and more. 06 of 14 Czhilispiel Czhilispiel Based in the Czech settlement of Flatonia, Czhilispiel (pronounced 'chili spill') has been held annually for over 30 years, drawing some of the best chili and BBQ cook-off teams from across the state. 07 of 14 Luling Watermelon Thump Luling Watermelon Thump View Map Address 319 E Davis St, Luling, TX 78648, USA Get directions Phone +1 830-875-3214 Web Visit website Luling's annual Watermelon Thump is a four-day celebration of everyone's favorite summer treat—watermelon. The festival includes a carnival, kiddie rides, food booths, live entertainment, watermelon seed spitting contest, watermelon eating contest, and more. 08 of 14 Texas Mushroom Festival kentwang/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0 Held in Madisonville, the Texas Mushroom Festival features a cooking contest, mushroom growing demonstrations, wine tasting, children's activities, photography contest, live music, and more. Continue to 9 of 14 below. 09 of 14 Austin Ice Cream Festival austins_only_paper/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0 View Map Address 500 E 12th St, Austin, TX 78701, USA Get directions Phone +1 512-974-6700 Web Visit website Held at Waterloo Park, the Austin Ice Cream Festival is a great way to cool off from the summer heat. The festival itself includes games, activities, live entertainment and, of course, ice cream. 10 of 14 Texas Rice Festival View Map Address 307 E Le Blanc Rd, Winnie, TX 77665, USA Get directions Phone +1 409-296-4404 Web Visit website Winnie's annual Texas Rice Festival is held each October to help celebrate the harvest of the rice crop. The event features food, a carnival, livestock show, arts & crafts, and live music from top Texas and Nashville entertainers. 11 of 14 Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival Offering great music, food, and exhibits, the Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival draws over 40,000 spectators on an annual basis. 12 of 14 Pasadena Strawberry Festival cmartin82/Flickr/CC BY 2.0 View Map Address 7902 Fairmont Pkwy, Pasadena, TX 77505, USA Get directions Phone +1 281-487-4331 Web Visit website Pasadena's annual Strawberry Festival has been a Texas favorite for over three decades and features a wide variety of activities and entertainment including skydiving, bingo, live music, strawberry eating contests, strawberry cooking, barbecue cookoff, mud volleyball, a carnival, and more. Continue to 13 of 14 below. 13 of 14 Dublin Dr Pepper Birthday Celebration Held each year in Dublin, the Dr. Pepper Birthday Celebration pays homage to a true Texas original—Dr. Pepper. During the birthday celebration, visitors are treated to free tours of the bottling plant and museum. Carnival games and food booths are also on site during the celebration. 14 of 14 Texas Reds Festival Texas Reds Festival View Map Address 3350 S Texas Ave, Bryan, TX 77802, USA Get directions Phone +1 979-822-4346 Web Visit website Held each October in Bryan, the Texas Reds Festival is an ode to red wine and steak. With more than 20 wineries participating, this steak and wine festival features wine tasting, a steak cook-off, live entertainment, a 'KidZone' and more. Started in 2007, the Texas Reds Festival also showcases the arts and historic downtown Bryan. Although tickets must be purchased for steak and wine, there is no admission charge to the Texas Reds Festival, qualifying it as one of Texas' best "free" festivals. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Share Pin Email Tell us why! Submit