Annual Events
Taylor ISD Theater Performances
There are many different theater performances throughout the year at theaters in Taylor. Go to taylorplaymakers.com to see a list of upcoming shows and get your tickets. The Taylor ISD puts on two theater performances per school year– one in the spring and one in the fall.
Taylor Rodeo
Since 1950, the Taylor Rodeo Association has proudly brought to you the Taylor Annual Rodeo in the hometown of Bill Pickett. The crowds that come to this yearly event have grown because of the enthusiasm and the excitement– but most of all for the entertainment they receive. Over the years the Taylor Annual Rodeo has become the big fish in a small pond. It is one of the biggest and best small-town rodeos anywhere.
Main Street Car Show
The Main Street Car Show is an annual event held in late October/early November. This event is sponsored by the City of Taylor and Main Street Taylor, Texas, and in the past has featured art exhibitions, food, music, raffle prizes, and shopping, along with a wide array of impressive cars.
Patriot Day Parade
The Taylor Fire Department brings the community together every year on September 11th to honor those who lost their lives in the attacks that occurred in 2001. During this event, emergency personnel and vehicles parade through downtown Taylor.
Taylor Fest
First weekend in May
Formerly known as Blackland Prairie Day, this annual festival takes place during the first weekend of May every year. This festival is sponsored by the Main Street Program, a program which focuses on downtown revitalization within the context of historical preservation. The Taylor Main Street Program supports the redevelopment of the downtown area through historical preservation, education, economic development, and heritage tourism. This event includes live music, live multicultural dances, food vendors, and arts and crafts booths.
Fireworks Show
The annual Taylor fireworks show is held in beautiful Murphy Park each year on July 4th at dusk to celebrate America’s independence.
Christmas Parade & Tree Lighting Ceremony
First Saturday in December
The Taylor Ministerial Alliance hosts a Christmas Parade of Lights followed by the official Christmas Tree lighting ceremony by the City of Taylor every year on the first Saturday in December.
Monthly Events
Second Saturday Shopping
Second Saturday of the month
Every Second Saturday, downtown Taylor businesses join together for a full day of food, beer, music, art, movies and shopping. Take a day trip to Taylor!
Farmers Market on Main
At the Heritage Square Pavilion, we have vendors selling fresh fruits and vegetables, pasture-raised meats, fresh eggs, salsas, pickles and relishes, soaps, handcrafted items, bedding plants and more. Support local!
Numerous BBQ Cook-Offs
Taylor hosts numerous BBQ cook-offs throughout the year, including the Taylor International BBQ Cook-Off in August.
Let’s get muddy! It’s Couples Date Night at Art Off Center for a Friday night of pottery making and socializing with friends. Get a group together or make it a date night! Couples are invited to learn to use the pottery wheel for the first time to throw a pair of beer steins/coffee mugs and decorate them with sprigs or with our assortment of texture tools. We’ll help couples learn to use the pottery wheel to make the steins or mugs from scratch and then do some decoratin’.
Great class for couples to experience making pottery together. The first 20 minutes will focus on a studio tour and demonstrations of throwing a cup on the wheel. Participants will get one-on-one time with the instructor(s) throughout. We want you to have a great time creating pottery whether you are a beginner or more advanced. However, please remember this is just an introduction to clay! We cannot guarantee high-quality results for pottery made during the session. Our goal is to provide you with a great evening to remember!
We will fire your pieces in our kiln with a single glaze of your choice from our studio selection. Steins or mugs will be fired and ready for pickup in a few days.
We’ll have some Abba, Kool and The Gang, Earth, Wind and Fire spinning on the boombox. Local beers from Texas Beer Company available for purchase and feel free to BYOB, so please drink responsibly! We’re located on Potter’s Alley, direct entrance off Talbot Street/Main Street on the alley side of the McCrory Timmerman building. Parking on Talbot Street.
Each ticket is priced for a couple (two people). Class includes cost of two steins or mugs, underglazes, glazing and firing.
FAQs
Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event?
This event is suitable for 21+.
How can I contact the organizer with any questions?
Contact us at info@artoffcenter.com or 512-666-9003
What’s the refund policy?
No refunds once purchase is made. Please understand that Art Off Center is a small business, and we rely on customers like you to help this studio thrive!
The Taylor International Barbeque Cookoff will return to Taylor’s Murphy Park on Friday and Saturday, June 7-8. So get ready to bring your rig and get smokin’ in the park or to come by and see who will let you have a sample! Good friends. Good times. Good Q. It’s Taylor Made.
The Real Texas Gun Show is proud to be a place where small mom and pop vendors share the floor with large dealers that buy, sell, and trade firearms at our shows.
Our Vendors are some of the most reputable in the State of Texas! The variety at our shows is extensive and often times, if we don’t have it, they don’t make it.
However, we don’t just sell guns, we provide several items such as:
- Prepper / Survivalist supplies and equipment
- hunting gear
- fishing gear
- camping supplies
- even ATV’s from time to time
- …and much, much more!
We take great pride in providing a clean, SAFE, atmosphere to our public at a reasonable ticket price. Bring the children and the wife, even your mother will enjoy our events.
Admission: $8.00
4 or more adults each get $2 off admission! (Coupon not good with any other offer)
$1 off for NRA memberships & with military ID
Show Hours:
Saturday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
In order to showcase the unique businesses in downtown Taylor, shops are open late (until 9 p.m.) on the second Saturday of every month! Door prizes, music and food make this exciting event something to look forward to every month!
Join Art Off Center to help raise funds for Texas Critter Crusaders during their Pottery for Paws events.
You can purchase a bisque food dish for your pet and raise money for Texas Critter Crusaders to help them support the local Taylor Animal Shelter.
Join us on the sidewalk next to Curb Side Coffee House on a pretty Texas evening. You can purchase a blank pet dish and decorate it for your pet and donate funds to Texas Critter Crusaders.
Dishes:
$20-Small, 1 cup or less, good for cats and small dogs
$25-Medium, 3 cups, good for medium pups
$30-Large, 6 cups, great for big dogs
You’ll decorate the surface, put your pet’s name on, we’ll fire the dish and have it ready for pickup in a few days at Art Off Center on Potter’s Alley.
Junky Hippy will be in the Williamson County Expo in Taylor, TX for one day only! Whether your vintage style is BOHO, retro, farmhouse, industrial, midcentury or sHaBbY, they’ve got it! Always just $5 at the door, kids 13 and under free.
Taylor Public Library welcomes you to Coloring Night the third Thursday of each month 6:30 – 7:30 PM. All ages are welcome for all sorts of coloring. Colors and color pages will be provided, or you may bring your own supplies. For information please call the library at 512-352-3434.
Participants will make chocolate from bean to bar with SRSLY chocolate’s owner and chocolate maker, Bob Williamson. The workshop will go over all aspects of chocolate making. From sorting, cracking, winnowing and grinding cocoa beans to tempering and molding stone ground chocolate, this class does it all! Participants then get to hand craft and customize their own chocolate bars!
*Refund Policy: Unfortunately we are unable to offer refunds to this event but tickets are transferable to other SRSLY Chocolate workshops. If you have any questions please contact SRSLY Chocolate. Thanks!*