10/12 - Oktoberfest - Alamo

Oktoberfest will be held in Downtown Alamo on Saturday, October 12th from 2:00 - 10:00 p.m. Festivities will include live music, kiddy rides, games, vendors, beer garden, and plenty of food. The festival will also feature an accordion Throw-Down competition.

9/21 - Let's See What You Got! Palm Boulevard Mile - Alamo

Start & Ends @ far end of Palm Blvd. TTEC Carnival Area Entry Form

Fees: $10.00 Register Online

Groups of 10 or more: $8.00

Late registration September 19th $15.00

Trophies to top 3 on each division (Male & Female)

School Team Trophies: 1st, 2nd & 3rd (Group with most runners to finish race)

T-Shirts to the FIRST 600 to register

Contact Information: (956) 492-8469 & (956) 542-8967

9/8 - Sweet RGV Cupcakes for a Cause - Alamo

A community evenet benefiting the Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley, Sunday, Septembe 8th at the Omni Event Center in Alamo from 1 - 5 p.m.

6/29 - Watermelon Festival - Alamo

The City of Alamo Event & Beautification Committee is planning its Inaugural Watermelon Festival to be held on Saturday, June 29, from 11am to 7pm in Alamo’s Downtown Main Street Central Park Square located in the heart of Alamo on Business 83 between 9th Street and 7th Place.

Alamo’s Central Park Square will be filled with all sorts of watermelon contests and activities including kiddy rides, a carshow, a beer garden, food and vendor booths as well as live entertainment on our newly constructed Central Park Stage. A formal dignitary ribbon cutting ceremony will kick off the event and inaugurate Alamo’s new outdoor stage.

- excerpted from http://www.alamotexas.org/index.asp?Type=B_PR&SEC={F9BF63D9-8003-4D29-8B73-3138645E1581}&DE={56ADCE64-218F-40D8-8486-EBB18EBCC6FF}

- update from the Monitor:
 http://m.themonitor.com/news/local/article_5289fb76-d3c2-11e2-b726-001a4bcf6878.html

An events committee has been planning the event, set for June 29, which will include a morning 5k run, a carnival, vendors, a car show and watermelon eating, seed-spitting, throwing and rolling contests.

It will also include a dedication of the stage mid-morning and music all afternoon and evening on it with a headliner show by Lubbock-based conjunto band The Hometown Boys.

Visit their Facebook event page for more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/414378088659986/?ref=22

1/26 - Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge's 70th Birthday Party - Alamo

Check out this great video the refuge's volunteers made to promote the birthday party. Please enjoy and share, share, share!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2FWvHNpq1Q

Excerpted from their Facebook page : http://www.facebook.com/SantaAnaNWR

1/16 - Natural History Tours of Salineno Birding "Village" & Roma Bluffs - 12/26 & 1/16 - Alamo

Experience a Birding Paradise! Van tours offered from Santa Ana NWR. Tours leave at 7:00am and return around 2:00pm.

Tours to the Salineno Birding "Village" & Roma Bluffs

are on December 26th and January 16th.

Water, insect repellent, and bird list included. Bring your own snacks or lunch if you wish!

Wear sturdy shoes as walking is required.

Pre-register & Pay required

$25 per person

Valley Nature Center

956-969-2475

mlatigo@valleynaturecenter.org

1/9 & 1/30 - Natural History Tours of Palmito Hill Battlefield & Boca Chica - Alamo

Walk a Historic Battlefield with Valley Nature Center. Van tours offered from Santa Ana NWR, on Wednesdays, starting November 21, 2012. Tours leave at 7:00am and return around 2:00pm.

Palmito Hill Historic Battlefield and Boca Chica Tours are on December 19th, January 9th & 30th.

Water, insect repellent, and bird list included. Bring your own snacks or lunch if you wish! Wear sturdy shoes as walking is required.

Pre-register & Pay required

$25 per person

Valley Nature Center

956-969-2475

mlatigo@valleynaturecenter.org

1/2 & 1/23 - Natural History Tours of La Sal del Rey - Alamo

Van tours by Valley Nature Center are offered from Santa Ana NWR and leave at 7:00am and return around 2:00pm.

Salt Lake Tours are on January 2nd and 23rd.

Water, insect repellent, and bird list included. Bring your own snacks or lunch if you wish! Wear sturdy shoes as walking is required.

Pre-register & Pay required

$25 per person

Valley Nature Center

956-969-2475

mlatigo@valleynaturecenter.org