-Wimberley StoryFest 2023 Hill Country Heritage Gathering
...featuring the stories, songs, culture, history, cuisine & art of the Wimberley Valley
October 12-14, 2023
Historic Pioneer Town
Wimberley, Texas
Wimberley StoryFest is set to host another in its series of events celebrating 'Story in all its Forms.'
The three-day festival at Pioneer Town will be centered on the hill country heritage,
with music, film, storytelling and more...
Thursday, October 12th: Doors Open at 5:30
The best of Texas and Americana music featuring local rising stars Sierra Brown and Sam Downing, perennial favorite Jill Jones and her band, and headliners Michael Hearne and South by Southwest,
with special guests Don Richmond of The Rifters, and Jimmy Stadler of The Jimmy Stadler Band .
We'll begin the evening with scrumptious cowboy cuisine and beverages at the Opera House.
Friday, October 13th: 10:00
Meet in front of the Museum.
Guided walking tours of historic Wimberley and the Wimberley Museum
hosted by Wimberley Institute of Cultures.
Free to the public, the tour starts at the museum and the Zach House and for those interested, continues through town to seven historic locations made up of the sites of Wimberley's gristmills, the Saunder's Store, the Saunders homestead, the 100-year-old Christian Church and the original blacksmith shop.
For the tour please RSVP to Wimberleystoryfest@gmail.com
Friday evening, October 13th: 6:00
Film: ‘Honky Tonk Heaven: The Legend of the Broken Spoke’ - Documentary of the iconic landmark;
Q&A / Reception with the filmmakers following the film.
Following the film experience we'll have ghost stories around the campfire.
Saturday morning, October 14th: 10:30-12:30
Join us to celebrate a once-in-a-generation event - the annular ring-of-fire solar eclipse. During this eclipse, the Moon is centered in front of the Sun but doesn’t completely obscure it, instead leaving a ring of sunlight visible around the Moon’s edges – the annulus or ‘ring of fire.’
Hear ‘Stories of
‘Momentous Historic Events That Have Occurred During Eclipses’
& ‘The Science of the Eclipse ‘plus the riveting story of ‘Navajo Sunpainters’.
We’ll commemorate this historic event by making cyanotypes – a type of photograph made by placing objects directly on a specially treated cloth that is then exposed to the sun. Wherever the object blocks out the light the cloth will remain white, and the area exposed to the sun will turn blue.
Bring a special object and join with your friends in creating a one-of-a-kind
community memory of the annular eclipse at StoryFest.
...featuring the stories, songs, culture, history, cuisine & art of the Wimberley Valley
October 12-14, 2023
Historic Pioneer Town
Wimberley, Texas
Wimberley StoryFest is set to host another in its series of events celebrating 'Story in all its Forms.'
The three-day festival at Pioneer Town will be centered on the hill country heritage,
with music, film, storytelling and more...
Thursday, October 12th: Doors Open at 5:30
The best of Texas and Americana music featuring local rising stars Sierra Brown and Sam Downing, perennial favorite Jill Jones and her band, and headliners Michael Hearne and South by Southwest,
with special guests Don Richmond of The Rifters, and Jimmy Stadler of The Jimmy Stadler Band .
We'll begin the evening with scrumptious cowboy cuisine and beverages at the Opera House.
Friday, October 13th: 10:00
Meet in front of the Museum.
Guided walking tours of historic Wimberley and the Wimberley Museum
hosted by Wimberley Institute of Cultures.
Free to the public, the tour starts at the museum and the Zach House and for those interested, continues through town to seven historic locations made up of the sites of Wimberley's gristmills, the Saunder's Store, the Saunders homestead, the 100-year-old Christian Church and the original blacksmith shop.
For the tour please RSVP to Wimberleystoryfest@gmail.com
Friday evening, October 13th: 6:00
Film: ‘Honky Tonk Heaven: The Legend of the Broken Spoke’ - Documentary of the iconic landmark;
Q&A / Reception with the filmmakers following the film.
Following the film experience we'll have ghost stories around the campfire.
Saturday morning, October 14th: 10:30-12:30
Join us to celebrate a once-in-a-generation event - the annular ring-of-fire solar eclipse. During this eclipse, the Moon is centered in front of the Sun but doesn’t completely obscure it, instead leaving a ring of sunlight visible around the Moon’s edges – the annulus or ‘ring of fire.’
Hear ‘Stories of
‘Momentous Historic Events That Have Occurred During Eclipses’
& ‘The Science of the Eclipse ‘plus the riveting story of ‘Navajo Sunpainters’.
We’ll commemorate this historic event by making cyanotypes – a type of photograph made by placing objects directly on a specially treated cloth that is then exposed to the sun. Wherever the object blocks out the light the cloth will remain white, and the area exposed to the sun will turn blue.
Bring a special object and join with your friends in creating a one-of-a-kind
community memory of the annular eclipse at StoryFest.
After all these FREE activities on Saturday morning, purchase your tickets and join us:
Saturday afternoon at 2:00
for an afternoon of traditional storytelling as Hill Country yarn-spinners tell their tales of courage, family, UFOs, bootleggers, clairvoyants, divine intervention, and the vortex phenomenon.
***Join us Friday and Saturday evenings around the campfire for song and story swaps.
It’ll be a big weekend for story, made even bigger by the Solar Eclipse on Saturday.
Historic Pioneer Town
The Opera House
The Chapel at Pioneer Town
October 12-14, 2023
Pioneer Town @ 7A Ranch
333 Wayside Drive
Wimberley, TX 78676
Pioneer Town @ 7A Ranch
333 Wayside Drive
Wimberley, TX 78676
Throughout 2023 Wimberley StoryFest will host numerous events, all designed to highlight ‘story in all its forms’:
visual, literary, performing and culinary.
We hope you’ll join us on this year-long journey celebrating:
• Wimberley’s designation a ‘State Cultural District’ - by the Texas Commission on the Arts
• Wimberley’s designation as a ‘Film Friendly Community’ - by the Texas Film Commission
• Wimberley’s recognition as ‘Dark Sky Community’ - by International Dark Sky Association
• Wimberley’s designation as a ‘Music Friendly Community’- by the Texas Music Office
We’re on a quest to make StoryFest an ongoing part of life in Wimberley:
‘The Story Capital of Texas’
visual, literary, performing and culinary.
We hope you’ll join us on this year-long journey celebrating:
• Wimberley’s designation a ‘State Cultural District’ - by the Texas Commission on the Arts
• Wimberley’s designation as a ‘Film Friendly Community’ - by the Texas Film Commission
• Wimberley’s recognition as ‘Dark Sky Community’ - by International Dark Sky Association
• Wimberley’s designation as a ‘Music Friendly Community’- by the Texas Music Office
We’re on a quest to make StoryFest an ongoing part of life in Wimberley:
‘The Story Capital of Texas’
The Wimberley Valley Arts and Cultural Alliance (WVACA) in an umbrella non-profit
organization with a mission to bring together visual, performing, literary and culinary artists,
local arts and cultural organizations, local businesses, and individual art appreciators
to collaborate, educate, and promote Wimberley Valley as a vibrant cultural arts community.
A 501 (c)(3) Public Charity
organization with a mission to bring together visual, performing, literary and culinary artists,
local arts and cultural organizations, local businesses, and individual art appreciators
to collaborate, educate, and promote Wimberley Valley as a vibrant cultural arts community.
A 501 (c)(3) Public Charity