Ebony Hill's Golf Course, 300 W. Palm Drive

Texas Cook’Em has one of the biggest barbecue cookoff purses in the state, awarding $16,000 to the winners. In 2021, Texas Cook’Em drew cooking teams from across the state and over 10,000 citizens attended this state championship event.

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Sames Auto Arena, 6700 Arena Blvd.

Over a span of three days, the Sames Auto Arena is transformed into an indoor mercado featuring artisans from all over Mexico selling a variety of different products from leather goods, home décor, jewelry, clothing, and delicious food and candies from their native city. With an annual average of 200 exhibitors, the festival has grown tremendously over the past couple of years and hit 25,000 visitors in 2019.

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McAllen Convention Center, 700 Convention Center Blvd.

One of the largest shows of its kind, drawing in thousands of people from across South Texas as well as international visitors, the expo has been hosted for 30 years. The event has more than 275 exhibits, experienced guides and outfitters, Yeti brand equipment, featured attractions (Joe Martin’s Diamondback Rattlesnake Pit, the World Class Whitetail Head Display, and first female taxidermist Kristen Ottea), exotic wildlife ranches, major boat and RV dealers, fishing guides, and conservation groups.

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Ruby CIty, 150 Camp St.

As the first reinstallation of Ruby City's permanent collection since the contemporary art center opened in 2019, the exhibition features some 40 works by artists with Texas roots, such as Rick Lowe, Dario Robleto, Alejandro Diaz, Adam Schreiber, Katie Pell, and Chuck Ramirez, as well other national and international artists. Many works represent apparent voids, vestiges of what’s missing, or subjects not pictured–a pair of arms bereft of a body, a woman represented only by her purse, or Miss America seen only as a bobbing crown. Other works represent or incorporate mundane, everyday objects that stand in for big ideas. Admission is free.

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Beeville Art Museum, 401 E. Fannin

Abstract artist Michael Kennaugh's work is exhibited, including selected paintings and sculptures.

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