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Upcoming Events in Rockport
Rockport
Nautical Flea Market
May 4-5
Rockport Yatch Club, 722 Navigation Circle
Hosted by the Rockport Yatch Club, this flea market offers various items for fishing, sailing, power boating, windsurfing, surfing, and scuba diving. Find new and used parts, tools, motors, rods, reels, sails, nautical art, new and used boats, dinghies, and kayaks to buy, sell or trade.
Wine Festival
May 25
Texas Maritime Museum, 1202 Navigation Circle
Enjoy a wide variety of wines, food demonstrations, and specialty food concessions, plus live bands and fun entertainment.
Downtown Farmers Market
June 8, July 13, Aug. 10
Farmers Market, 105 S. Austin St.
At this monthly farmers market, vendors sell locally grown produce, jams, jellies, cottage canned goods, and pickled items. Visitors often find fresh baked bread, local honey, hen fruit, and freshly made goat soap.
Makers Market
June 8, July 13, Aug. 10
Showcasing local talent, this outdoor market features handmade items from artists in the community and fun, one-of-a-kind home décor items.
Austin Street Art Walk
June 8, July 13, Aug. 10
Downtown , Austin Street
Held on the second Saturday of the month, this art walk is an alfresco art experience featuring an ever-changing mix of participants and art mediums such as paintings, pottery, jewelry, photography, and textiles, as well as live music, artists demonstrations, and food.
Second Saturday in the District
June 8, July 13, Aug. 10
Downtown
The Rockport Cultural Arts District hosts Second Saturday every month with live music and special themes to enjoy along with a self-guided art walk, farmers market, and makers market.
July Fourth Patriotic Boat Parade and Fireworks
July 4
Little Bay at Rockport Beach
Get in a patriotic mood watching the boat parade that gets underway at noon—the best views are from Broadway adjacent to Little Bay or directly across from the north end of Rockport Beach. The Wendell Family Fireworks Show is held at dark later in the evening.
Art Festival
July 6-7
Rockport Festival Grounds, 1500 E. Laurel St.
Founded in 1969 as a way to stimulate the arts economy in Rockport, an emerging art colony on the Texas Gulf Coast, the Rockport Art Festival has since become a staple of the summer season on the coast, with over 120 artists selling their work to over 10,000 art buyers.
Rockin’ Rockport Regatta
July 27-28
Rockport Yacht Club, 722 Navigation Circle
The Rockport Yacht Club hosts this annual Texas Sailing Association-sanctioned youth sailing event, where participants must be under 20 to compete. Potentially 90 boats may be entered in this event that brings families to the Rockport area for a summer weekend.
