Texas · 2026 Dance Calendar
Every Texas dance event worth the drive, on one page. Festivals, church picnics, honky-tonk nights, and more. New here? Read our guide to Texas Czech church picnics or catch up on the latest honky-tonk news.
| August 2026 | ||||
Aug 26Wednesday4-Day Fest · Aug 26-29 |
Four days of live country dance bands including Jake Hooker and The Outsiders, Jody Nix & The Texas Cowboys, and Brady Honeycutt Band. Free welcome party Aug 26; $30/person/day covers both evening bands. Benefits the Heart of Texas Country Music Museum.
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BradyEd Davenport Civic Center | Honky-Tonk | 2 hr 45 min from Austin |
Aug 30Sunday |
Austin Chronicle's Hot Sauce Festival returns 3-9pm with 25+ bottlers, the Hot Sauce Competition and People's Choice voting, plus live music from Lauren Lakis, The Latin Dukes, and Libby and the Loveless. Benefits the Central Texas Food Bank.
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Radio/East, East Austin | Special | |
Aug 30Sunday |
Fried chicken and stew dinner starting 10:30am at the KC Hall, with traditional Czech polka bands. A different Hallettsville event from the September Kolache Fest.
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Hallettsville | Polka / Czech | 1 hr 45 min from Austin |
| September 2026 | ||||
Sep 4Friday |
The biggest Czech festival in Texas. Multiple stages of polka and waltz bands, Polka Mass, kolache contest, taroky tournament. Runs Sep 4-6, 2026.
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West, TX | Polka / Czech | 1 hr 30 min from Austin |
Sep 6Sunday |
Classic Texas Czech parish picnic. Polka and waltz on the dance floor, plus a barbecue plate, auction, and games.
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Shiner | Polka / Czech | 1 hr 45 min from Austin |
Sep 12Saturday |
Polka pavilion on Fox St. with live polka all day. SPJST youth beseda folk dancers. Czech food, kolache competition.
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Caldwell, TX | Polka / Czech | 1 hr from Austin |
Sep 25Friday2-Day Fest · Sep 25-26 |
Chili and BBQ cook-off, vendors, and contests at the historic 1870s dance hall, with real social dancing both nights. Friday dance 8-11pm; Saturday dancing 5:30pm to midnight with multiple bands. Proceeds go to preserving the hall.
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Twin Sisters Dance Hall, Blanco | Honky-Tonk | 50 min from Austin |
Sep 25Friday |
Two-day Texas country and roots festival at Buda City Park. Friday: Gin Blossoms, Fastball, Y'all Out Boy. Saturday: Clay Walker, Cory Morrow, Deana Carter, Django Walker, Kathryn Legendre, and more.
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Buda | Honky-Tonk | 25 min from Austin |
Sep 26Saturday |
Czech kolaches and polka at the K.C. Hall. Bands through the day and an evening Kolache Fest dance.
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Hallettsville | Polka / Czech | 2 hr from Austin |
Sep 26Saturday |
Louisiana and Texas Cajun and zydeco bands, two-step and waltz, and a gumbo cook-off. All ages, under 10 free.
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Lakehillsnear Bandera | Cajun / Zydeco | 2 hr from Austin |
Sep 26Saturday |
Two-step and live music at Contigo Ranch in Fredericksburg. Southern Living's annual outdoor Texas party.
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Fredericksburg | Honky-Tonk | 1 hr 15 min from Austin |
Sep 27Sunday |
Live polka by the Jodie Mikula Orchestra. Wendish food and folklife. The Wends are the Sorbian Slavic settlers of Lee County, TX. A genuinely unique Texas heritage event.
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Serbinnear Giddings | Polka / Czech | 1 hr from Austin |
| October 2026 | ||||
Oct 2Friday3-Day Fest · Oct 2-4 |
Five covered stages of oompah, polka and waltz. Polka contest and open dancing. Happy Hour OktoberfestBand (Germany), Jodie Mikula Orchestra, Seven Dutchmen, Walburg Boys. One of the best dance weekends in Texas.
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Fredericksburg | Polka / Czech | 1 hr 15 min from Austin |
Oct 8Thursday4-Day Fest · Oct 8-11 |
One of the largest free Cajun and zydeco music festivals in Louisiana. Free admission, Bayou Food Festival, Louisiana Craft Fair, and real Cajun/zydeco dancing all weekend. Part of the Smithsonian's "Of the People" Festival of Festivals 2026.
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Girard Park, Lafayette LA | Special | 4 hr 30 min from Austin |
Oct 8Thursday4-Day Fest · Oct 8-11 |
Honky-tonk and western swing at the oldest dance hall in Texas. Multi-day fall festival on the Guadalupe River.
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New BraunfelsGruene | Honky-Tonk | 45 min from Austin |
Oct 16Friday2-Day Fest · Oct 16-17 |
Texas Czech Heritage & Cultural Center's fall weekend of Czech music, food, and cultural demonstrations. Starts Friday afternoon on the TCHCC grounds.
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La Grange | Polka / Czech | 1 hr 15 min from Austin |
Oct 18Sunday |
Traditional German dance-hall festival with polka and dance music at the historic Germania Farmer Verein hall. Noon-6pm, free admission.
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Anhalt Hall, Spring Branch | Honky-Tonk | 1 hr from Austin |
Oct 22Thursday4-Day Fest · Oct 22-25 |
Magnolia's annual fall festival at the Silos: three days of live music (The Fray, Dylan Gossett), 90+ vendors, and family fun, free to attend. Runs Oct 22-25.
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Waco | Special | 1 hr 40 min from Austin |
Oct 23Friday3-Day Fest · Oct 23-25 |
Flatonia's German and Czech heritage festival. Biergarten, polka and waltz dancing, a parade, and a carnival. Fourth weekend of October every year.
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Flatonia | Polka / Czech | 1 hr 20 min from Austin |
Oct 23Friday3-Day Fest · Oct 23-25 |
Red Steagall's Stockyards gathering with a Western swing dance tent. Two-steppin' and swing under the Fort Worth sky.
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Fort Worth | Western Swing | 3 hr from Austin |
Oct 30Friday |
The best Cajun and zydeco festival in the South. Multiple stages. Lafayette, Louisiana road trip. Worth every mile.
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Lafayette, LA | Cajun / Zydeco | 5 hr from Austin |
| November 2026 | ||||
Nov 6Friday |
Ten days of polka, waltz, and Bavarian dancing. 40+ bands on five stages. Opening ceremonies Nov 6, runs through Nov 15. "A 10-Day Salute to Sausage" and the best ten days in sausage history.
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New Braunfels | Polka / Czech | 45 min from Austin |
Nov 12Thursday |
Fort Worth honors the music that started it all. Western swing bands, dancers, and history in the original home of Bob Wills.
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Fort Worth | Western Swing | 3 hr from Austin |
Nov 14Saturday |
A full day of honky-tonk bands on two stages, two-step lessons, chicken shit bingo, art, and vintage shopping. Moved venues for 2026 (previously Jester King Brewery).
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Star Hill Ranch | Honky-Tonk | 45 min from Austin |
| December 2026 | ||||
Dec 4Friday |
All-day social dancing to Texas fiddle music in a historic 1870s dance hall. Waltz, two-step, polka, and schottische, plus dance workshops.
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BlancoTwin Sisters Dance Hall | Special | 50 min from Austin |
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