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: stories told by hill country storytellers.
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
Guided walking tours of historic Wimberley and the Wimberley Museum
hosted by Wimberley Institute of Cultures
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
Star Talk: ‘Stories of ‘Momentous Historic Events That Have Occurred During Eclipses’
& ‘The Science of the Eclipse ‘plus the riveting story of ‘Navajo Sunpainters’.
Cyanotype-making; guided eclipse viewing; other eclipse-related activities
Saturday afternoon, October 14th: 2:00
Join us 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.
...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: stories told by hill country storytellers.
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
Guided walking tours of historic Wimberley and the Wimberley Museum
hosted by Wimberley Institute of Cultures
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
Star Talk: ‘Stories of ‘Momentous Historic Events That Have Occurred During Eclipses’
& ‘The Science of the Eclipse ‘plus the riveting story of ‘Navajo Sunpainters’.
Cyanotype-making; guided eclipse viewing; other eclipse-related activities
Saturday afternoon, October 14th: 2:00
Join us 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