Annual festivals
The tentpoles. These come back every year and the whole Valley calendar is built around them. We list the season, never a date we cannot confirm.
The Valley year
- JanCitrus Fiesta, the causeway run, peak Winter TexanTexas Citrus Fiesta
- FebCharro Days takes over Brownsville; Fiesta EdinburgCharro Days Fiesta
- MarThe livestock show and rodeo in Mercedes; spring breakRGV Livestock Show and Rodeo
- AprThe Winter Texan season winds down; the island picks upSPI BikeFest — Roar by the Shore
- MayGraduations, school programmes, the last cool weekends
- JunSummer sets the schedule; city rec programmes start
- JulThe thinnest month. The island and the pulgas carry it
- AugBack to school; the calendar starts filling again
- SepIndependence, school fundraisers, jamaica season opens
- OctFall migration and the butterfly festival; parish festivalsTexas Butterfly Festival
- NovWinter Texans arrive; 500+ park calendars switch on
- DecPosadas, guadalupanas, holiday parades — the fullest weekends
Months, not dates. Annual events move and organizers announce their own — we will never guess one for you.
Texas Citrus Fiesta
A Mission tradition celebrating the Valley's citrus harvest, with a parade, a coronation, and the Product Costume Style Show in which g…
Charro Days Fiesta
Running since 1938 and spanning two countries, Charro Days is the Valley's signature festival — multiple parades, a rodeo, mariachi and…
RGV Livestock Show and Rodeo
One of the largest annual gatherings in the region, combining a youth livestock competition with a professional rodeo, carnival, and co…
Fiesta Edinburg
A multi-day community festival at Edinburg Municipal Park with live music, carnival rides, food, and family programming.…
SPI BikeFest — Roar by the Shore
South Padre Island's motorcycle rally, bringing concerts, vendor rows, and beachfront programming to the island for a long weekend.…
Texas Butterfly Festival
Based at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, with guided field trips across the Valley's best butterfly and birding sites during peak…
Longest Causeway Run & Wellness Walk
A run and walk across the Queen Isabella Causeway between Port Isabel and South Padre Island, one of the Valley's best-attended athleti…
McAllen International Travel Show
A travel and tourism show at the McAllen Convention Center, timed to the peak of the Winter Texan season.…
Also in the Valley: PalmFest International Folklife Festival, Latin Jazz Festival, Taste of Harlingen. Their dates move year to year and we do not have a confirmed season, so they do not get a page until we do.
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