Port Aransas Days:
Sponsored by the Port Aransas Rotary Club as a fund-raiser for public park facilities and college scholarship funds, Port Aransas Days features the "Weiner Nationals," a Dachshund dog race. Other activities include a carnival, live entertainment, arts and crafts, gumbo judging, beauty contest and champagne cruise. Held at Robert's Point Park.
Fiesta En La Playa:
Rockport's festive seaside activities include live music and folklorico dancers, carnival, arts and crafts, along with fajitas, tacos, tamales and other fine Mexican foods. Held at Rockport Festival grounds.
Aransas Pass' Annual Shrimporee:
Located on 12 acres of Community Park on Highway 361 and Johnson Avenue, this event is sponsored by the Aransas Pass Chamber of Commerce to benefit nonprofit organizations in Aransas Pass. This festival features continuous live entertainment, arts and crafts, a children's area, carnival and, of course, shrimp cooked in a multitude of ways: fried, boiled, Cajun boiled, skewered and in gumbo. Visitors will enjoy a parade and outhouse racers vying for The Captain of the Head Award. Included are a run and a walk, a shrimp-eating contest, a men's sexy legs contest and a coloring contest for kids. A beauty pageant held the week before names Miss Shrimporee.
Diez y Seis:
A celebration of Mexico's independence from Spain that includes el grito, the re-enactment of the shout that signaled the beginning of Mexico's revolt, at Memorial Coliseum. Mariachi festivals and several parades are held in Corpus Christi and surrounding areas.
Bayfest:
A Corpus Christi weekend festival celebrating its 20th anniversary in 1996 with fireworks, a sailboat regatta, tugboat race, Team Rollerblade, regional cheerleading competitions, a Scooby Doo show, a multicultural area and a children's area with demonstrations. There's also top-name entertainment during this event, which covers nine blocks and draws about 160,000 visitors to the bayfront. Bayfest is a tastefest, too, with dozens of food booths offering everything from smoked turkey legs to corn-on-the-cob to gorditas. Folksy to far-out creations of more than 100 exhibitors are for sale.
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