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October 16 - 19: East Texas Yamboree
(GILMER )

Phone: (903)843-2413
www.yamboree.com

This festival, an annual event since 1935, is named for the area's history as a producer of yams. Includes queen coronation, two parades, street and barn dances, gospel music, car show, fiddlers contest, yam pie contest, quilt show, livestock show and sale, and arts and crafts. Various locations. E-mail: upchamber@aol.com