Join us March 5th through March 13, 2010, as we ride The Original Texas Star Trail through Fredericksburg, Luckenbach, Stonewall, Johnson City, Blanco, Fischer, Wimberley and Driftwood. Each year, about 300 people take part in the 112 mile ride. It's the experience of a lifetime, and one you will not forget. We cross 40 cattle guards through more than 20 hill country ranches, including the LBJ Ranch.
Friday, March 5: Fredericksburg
*Gather at Gillespie County Fair & Festival Grounds on Hwy 16 S.
*3:30 pm: Check-in/Registration begins. MUST HAVE ORIGINAL NEGATIVE COGGINS PAPERS.
Saturday, March 6: Fredericksburg to Luckenbach -- 17 miles
*9:00 am: Ride out.
*12:30 pm: Lunch - Manchaca Fire Hall Kitchen.
*5:00 pm: Arrive at camp.
*6:00 pm: Dinner—Manchaca Fire Hall Kitchen.
*8:00 pm: Wagon Medallion Presentation/Dance at Luckenbach Dance Hall. Band: "Dusty Britches & the Rhythm Ranch Hands."
Sunday, March 7: Luckenbach to Stonewall -- 13 miles
*8:45 am: Church service on horseback.
*9:00 am: Ride out.
*11:45 am: Lunch - barbecue at Halpin Ranch.
*3:00 pm: Arrive at Woodrose Winery campsite.
*4:00 pm: Shooting Exhibition/Winery tours and wine tasting.
*6:30 pm: Dinner — Barbarita Chicken Ranch.
*8:00 pm: Live music.

Monday, March 8: Stonewall to Johnson City -- 14 miles
*9:00 am: Ride out. Tour LBJ's Texas White House @ Lunch break.
*5:00 pm: Arrive at 5 Hands Ranch campsite.
*6:00 pm: Dinner — Ronnie's Barbeque.

Tuesday, March 9: Johnson City to Blanco -- 18 miles
*9:00 am: Ride out.
*5:00 pm: Arrive at Yett Memorial Park. RV hookups $25 per night.
*6:00 pm: Dinner — Barbarita Chicken Ranch.
*7:30 pm: BENEFIT RAFFLE - Susan G. Komen Foundation.

Wednesday, March 10: Blanco to Fischer -- 15 miles
*9:00 am: Ride out.
*4:30 pm: Arrive at Cowboys for Jesus campsite.
*6:00 pm: Dinner — Cowboys for Jesus Church.
*7:00 pm: Church service/Christian entertainment. Everyone welcome.

Thursday, March 11: Fischer to Wimberley -- 17 miles
*9:00 am: Ride out.
*5:00 pm: Arrive at VFW Grounds.
*6:00 pm: Dinner — Manchaca Fire Hall Kitchen.
*8:00 pm: Dance at VFW Hall -- "David Vogel's Music Machine."

Friday, March 12: Wimberley VFW Rodeo Arena
*10:00 am: Play Day at VFW Rodeo Arena -- Ranch sorting and wagon driving
*6:00 pm: Dinner -- Manchaca Fire Hall Kitchen.

Saturday, March 13: Wimberley to Driftwood -- 17 miles
*9:00 am: Ride out.
*1:00 pm: Lunch -- Manchaca Fire Hall Kitchen.
*5:00 pm: Arrive at Camp Ben McCullough. Overnight camping, $10/night; RV Hookups, $15/night.
Cattle call will be at 6:00 am daily and riders will move their rigs at 7:30 am daily, unless otherwise specified. Chartered Bus provided back. Dinner is included in cost of ride Saturday through Friday. Weekend rate includes 2 lunches and 1 dinner. Each rider is responsible for his/her own breakfast and lunch each day, except Saturday & Sunday lunches, which are included in cost of ride. Each rider is responsible for his/her own dinner Friday, March 6th, & Saturday, March 14th. Beverages will be provided at lunch each day. Fee: $150 week, $65 weekend, $30 daily rate Monday through Saturday. Driving route for moving rigs differs from riding route. Detailed routes provided at registration.

Jimmy Lee Jones, a living legend known throughout the state of Texas, was once referred to by Willie Nelson as "the best kept secret in Texas"...this coming from the icon of Texas music known the world over.

Real Ale is a great destination for a day trip in the Hill Country. Our facility is located just minutes from the Blanco town square and the Blanco River. Currently our tasting room is open on Fridays from 2 - 5 pm with tours starting at 3 and 4. If you have a large group please give us a heads-up. For directions and more information, please call 830.833.2534 or send us an email
See you soon!

The Real Bill Lewis is a singer, songwriter, guitar player, pianist, playwrite, novelist, and musician’s musician. You can find him jamming with the stellar hill country musicians who show up for his regular gig under the trees in Luckenbach, Texas, leading the danceable antics of the Stoneyridge Playboys (along with Will Owen Gage, Chris Adams, and Doug Davis), or touring the vicinity with his solo troubadour act.

Whether he is crooning songs from his folk opera about addictions both legal and illegal or stunning the audience by accommodating most any request they can throw to the stage, his voice, phrasing, and musical originality is always unmistakably Bill Lewis.

Ben Beckendorf was born in Austin Texas in the 50s. Texas was already in the groove of the Blues - with the likes of T-Bone Walker, Lightnin' Hopkins, Freddie King, and many more. Little did they know another bluesman had been born. Ever since he knew what a guitar was, Ben wanted one, and in 1964 Ben picked up his first guitar and never put it down. He learned all kinds of music - He liked the Blues, Jazz, Rock, Folk, & Pop. He listened to his music heroes with a yearning ear. In 1968 Ben wrote his first song ( Beautiful Day-which he still plays for live audiences) and has since written and recorded over 800 songs in many different styles and textures. Ben paints a very vivid picture with his lyrics, and his guitar sometimes seems to speak in words instead of notes. He writes songs for everyday people about everyday things. His melodic ballads can touch and soothe even the most stringent hearts and his rock and blues tunes produce irresistable rhythms with backbone beats. Ben started his first band in 1967, and has played and toured with bands,worked in studios, written, recorded, produced, and engineered ever since. Ben has made the beautiful Hill Country of Fredericksburg Texas his home for over forty years.

Tickets are $10 at the Gate

The results are in...thanks to the Tejas Brothers, the accordion is now "Cool"! In countries all over the world, closet accordion players are being revered as national treasures! Not really, but... someday...maybe? Musical boundaries are being broken, and sonic cultures come together at every performance. While their show is packed with original tunes, containing catchy melodies and unforgettable hooks, fans are also amazed at their ability to add a great new flavor to familiar classic songs. Live shows are fun, funny, amazing, breathtaking, inspiring, and honest. The Tejas Brothers are masters at making the audience fall in love with them at each and every performance!

It has been said that persistence always pays off. In this business, it’s not an option. Success rarely comes without the constant grind of working the business. Add talent to the formula, and you’ve got Stephanie Urbina Jones. She has a mesmerizing style that can lend brilliance to a latin-laden love song, and then add fire to a dance hall favorite. Stephanie will be releasing her new CD "Texicana Sessions" Don't miss this show. All ages welcome. No BYOB please

Spring Break at the Pioneer Museum means old fashioned fun for the whole family!
All week you will enjoy historic crafts, activities, and demonstrations. Try your hand at quilting, stoking the forge at the blacksmith shop, making rope, or biting into a biscuit cooked in a Dutch oven over an open campfire. Stroll through all of our historic buildings, and stop for fresh-baked goodies at Elsie’s Country Store.
Spring Break activities take place during regular museum hours of 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. unless noted.
Schedule subject to change - please call 830-990-8441 to confirm daily activities.

Living History Program
This popular living history program uses objects from the museum`s education collection to bring World War II to life for visitors as re-enactors demonstrate the weapons and discuss the tactics and strategy that won the war. The Pacific Combat Zone is located two blocks northeast of the museum complex on E. Austin Street between Elk and Lee.
Three programs each day: 10:30 am, 1:00 pm and 3:30 pm

Doug Moreland is a west Texas fiddler, songwriter, entertainer, and chainsaw artist, and in 2007 was awarded a Will Rogers Cowboy Award for Western Music Male Performer of the Year and was also named Entertainer of the Year at the Texas Music Awards. Moreland has released 3 live albums and 3 studio albums, and travels throughout the state and abroad performing with a top-notch band, ala The Doug Moreland Show.

Dub Miller has been playing and singing with the best in Texas for many years. He writes his own material as well as performs various cover tunes.

The Doug and Dub afternoon will be filled with song and lots of stories...funny stories. These two are no strangers to the world of comedy and together.. watch out. You just might find your belly hurtin and cheeks bustin after a few hours with these guys.

Children of all ages are invited to come make old-fashioned, 1900s kites. We will supply the materials and enthusiasm to help the kids let their creations soar. Kites from home also welcome. Some areas are accessible for the mobility impaired. Donations gratefully accepted. 1:30-3:30 PM 830.644.2252.

Spend Saturday afternoon at the Torre di Pietra Winery and gift shop located ten miles east of Fredericksburg, Texas on US Hwy 290 in the Texas Hill Country. Come and enjoy our wine, shop for unique gifts, and relax to music in the piazza, patios and enclosed pavilion. This Saturday: Spare Parts. "All the songs we play were popular at one time or another," explained Graham Pearson, who rummaged through existing bands to put the new group together. "They’re the kind of songs you sing in the shower, dance to in the kitchen. A little bit of country & western, rock and roll, swing, Motown, blues. Mainly, we just play stuff you kind of recognize but haven't heard for a year."

Enjoy great music and a great selection of gourmet Texas cuisine at Hondo's on Main! Tonight Gary Claxton!
Classic Country, esp. 60's country. Rock and Roll. I like it. Gospel, blues, punk, classical. All kinds of music really. Gary has been singing in clubs in California, Nashville, and Texas for the past 20 years. He's been fortunate to have been in some good bands. Since moving to Austin he's played with Heybale at the Continental Club every Sunday nite for the past eight years. In case you don't know about the band it includes guitar master Redd Volkaert(Merle Haggard) and piano man/ cosmic cowboy Earl Poole Ball(Johnny Cash Band). I consider myself the luckiest vocalist in Austin to have logged in so many hours of musical enjoyment with these guys. There are fleeting moments at each show when I close my eyes and believe we are playing the best country music on the planet.

Come on out and help us praise the Lord and all his majesty. Everyone is invited to join in the service!

Susan Gibson is always happiest on the move. Even though she’s settled into a home in the Texas Hill Country, she still puts upwards of 60,000 miles a year on her customized Freightliner van. And her latest trip, to satisfy that travelin’ itch, is Outer Space.

Jamie Wilson - Her name might ring a bell as you can find her on stage with her long time group The Gougers, her all chick band The Trishas, her ‘country hits’ group Johnny and the Footlights or just by her awesome self solo. With a hypnotic voice, impressive songwriting, seasoned showmanship and a killer sense of humor Wilson puts on a show that will make you a fan for life.

It’s a celebration that’s been long overdue. Terri Hendrix is one of the most strikingly original singer-songwriters working today.

Luckenbach’s Legendary Picker Circle w/Cowboy Doug Davis. Come on out and join in the music and fun!

Cowboy Doug Davis is a Luckenbach regular and honest to goodness, deep-down Texas Cowboy...and a great musician too!