LIST: Back The Badge Sporting Clay Classic, Pose with a Plane & other Big Country events this weekend
BIG COUNTRY, Texas (BigCountryHomepage.com) – Looking for something fun to do this weekend in the Big Country? Check out this list of events for this upcoming weekend (May 31 -June 2).
Family-Friendly Fun: Summer activities in Abilene
Throughout the weekend:
Gun and Knife Show
Saturday and Sunday
Abilene Convention Center – 1100 North 6th Street
Southwest Hoops 2024 Big Country Small Town Championship
Saturday and Sunday
Dodge Jones Youth Sports Center – 1042 Loop 322
Abilene Public Library Summer Reading Challenge begins June 1st
Friday, May 31:
Hendrick Blood Drive
11:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Mall of Abilene – 4310 Buffalo Gap Road
An Evening to Preserve
5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Elks Arts Center – 1174 North 1st Street
Art Like a Local: Soft Sculpture with Braeden Kuppin
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Center For Contemporary Arts – 220 Cypress Street
Heff’s Comedy Night
Beginning at 8:30 p.m.
Heff’s Burgers – 4310 Buffalo Gap Road, Suite 1342
Saturday, June 1:
2024 Back The Badge Sporting Clay Classic
Beginning at 7:15 a.m.
Abilene Clay Sports – 1102 East Spur 707
Abilene Farmer’s Market
8:00 a.m. to noon
North 1st and Mesquite (Across From Frontier Texas)
Strike a Pose with a Plane
8:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Dyess Air Force Base – 288 5th Street
National Trails Day
9:00 to 10:00 a.m.
Abilene Cedar Creek Waterway – 170 East South 11th Street
90th Anniversary Celebration
10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Abilene State Park – 150 Park Road 32
Cooking on the Dancefloor
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Abilene State Park – 150 Park Road 32
Venture 19 Military Appreciation Event
10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Venture 19 – 6442 Buffalo Gap Road
Summer Kick-Off Party
Beginning at 11:00 a.m.
Peacock Patio – 536 Hickory Street
Historic Reenactment of the 1884 Pine Street Shootout
Noon to 12:30 p.m.
Frontier Texas – 625 North 1st Street
The Jun Tong Cultural Experience
2:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Mall of Abilene – 4310 Buffalo Gap Road
Read to a Dog Day
2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Abilene Public Library South Branch – 4310 Buffalo Gap Road
Preservation Town Hall
4:00 to 5:30 p.m.
D&W Underground Venue – 1201 South 1st Street
Splash into Summer
5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
YMCA of Abilene – 3125 South 32nd Street
Grain Theory Block Party
5:00 to 10:30 p.m.
Grain Theory – 202 Pine Street
Proctor VFD Annual Fish Fry
Beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Proctor Community Center
Somos Cultura 2024: Performing ARTs Showcase
5:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Abilene Christian University – 1600 Campus Court
Star Party
9:00 to 11:00 p.m.
Abilene State Park – 150 Park Road 32
Randy Travis More Life Tour to play concert at Paramount Theatre
Sunday, June 2:
Key City Dance’s 4th annual concert
Beginning at 2:00 p.m.
2347 North 6th Street
Live music:
Friday at 6:30 p.m. – Basic Truth at Lytle Land & Cattle
Friday at 7:00 p.m. – The Best of Motown & More at the Paramount
Friday at 7:00 p.m. – Terri Knight at Sharon’s Barbeque
Friday at 8:00 p.m. – Jeff Martin at The Ice House
Saturday at 7:00 p.m. – Austin Smith at Betty Rose’s South
Saturday at 7:00 p.m. – Sterling Williams at KAO Lounge
Saturday at 8:00 p.m. – Caleb Sutton Band at Crane’s Craft BBQ at the Wagon Wheel, Tye
Saturday at 8:00 p.m. – Wesley Hanna at The Ice House
Saturday at 9:00 p.m. – 12 Mile at the Dark Horse Dance Hall
Saturday at 9:00 p.m. – Rebel Yell (Billy Idol Tribute) at Heff’s Burgers & Bar South
Saturday at 8:00 p.m. – Eric Logan at Play Faire Park
Saturday at 8:00 p.m. – Wesley Hanna Duo at LSDG Icehouse
Saturday at 8:00 p.m. – Outta the Blue at Railhead Tavern, Baird
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