October · McAllen, TX
Fiesta de Palmas
A weekend-long festival at the McAllen Convention Center and the surrounding Oval Park grounds, presented by the City of McAllen, with live music from local and international acts, dance performances, international food, a carnival and cultural activities.
The Valley year
Festival seasonSummer troughFiesta season
- JanCitrus Fiesta, the Winter Texan Expo, 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 causeway run; the Winter Texan season winds downCauseway Run & Walk
- 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.
Dates change each year. We list the season rather than a date we cannot yet confirm. When Qué Hay opens, the confirmed dates, times and full programme will be here — and we will never publish a date we are guessing at.