Fall in Texas is a strange and wonderful thing. One day it is 95 degrees, the next day you are digging a sweater out of the back of your closet.
But the festivals do not care about the temperature. They show up anyway, ready to celebrate everything autumn brings, pumpkin patches, craft fairs, live music, fried food on sticks, and small-town traditions that have been going for decades.
These eight festivals are worth marking on the calendar now, before the good weekends fill up and the weather finally decides to cooperate. Some are big and loud, others are quiet and charming, but all of them offer a chance to get outside, eat too much, and pretend summer is finally over…