LIST: Abilene Zoo Wild Days, Women’s Expo & other Big Country events this weekend

BIG COUNTRY, Texas (BigCountryHomepage.com) – Looking for something fun to do this weekend in the Big Country? Check out this list of events for this upcoming weekend (March 7-9).

Throughout the weekend:

Wild Days at the Abilene Zoo
March 8-16
Abilene Zoo – 2070 Zoo Lane

Free Tax Help with VITA
9:30 a.m. to 1:30 pm.
202 Cedar Street

Free Trees for Earth Day (Sign-Up)
February 1 through March 15
South Branch Library – 4310 Buffalo Gap Road

Abilene Independent School District 2025 Abilene Invitational Baseball Tournament
Thursday through Saturday
Abilene High School & Cooper High School

Texas High School Powerlifting Assn. 2025 Region 1 Division 1 & 2 Championship
Friday and Saturday
Wylie High School The Dawg House – 4502 Antilley Road

Texas Tennis Coaches Assn. 2025 State 2A Team Tennis Tournament
Friday and Saturday
Rose Park Tennis Center – 810 Portland Avenue

Friday, March 7

First Friday Vendor Market
6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
The Winery at Willow Creek4353 South Treadaway Boulevard

Jo Koy – Just Being Koy Tour
8:00 to 10:00 p.m.
Abilene Auditorium – 1100 North 6th Street

Saturday, March 8:

Women’s EXPO
11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Abilene Convention Center – 1100 North 6th Street

Family Fun Saturday
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
NCCIL – 102 Cedar Street

Historic Reenactment of the 1884 Pine Street Shootout
Noon to 1:00 p.m.
Frontier Texas! – 625 North 1st Street

Spring Fling
6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Potosi Live – 897 FM 1750

The Gatlin Brothers 70th Anniversary Concert
7:00 to 9:30 p.m.
Abilene Auditorium – 1100 North 6th Street

Sunday, March 9:

TX License to Carry Class
1:00 to 6:30 p.m.
Double Diamond Gun Range – 2065 U.S. Highway 277 South

World Ballet Series: The Great Gatsby
Starts at 6:00 p.m.
Abilene Auditorium – 1100 North 6th Street

Live music:

• Friday at 7:00 p.m. – Little Beat Featuring John Sprott at the Big Country Beer Garden
• Friday at 8:00 p.m. – Wesley Hanna at The Ice House
• Friday at 9:00 p.m. – Strange Whiskey Project/R&R Jukebox Duo at The Stairs
• Saturday at 7:00 p.m. – Gage and The Grease Monkeys at the Big Country Beer Garden
• Saturday at 7:30 p.m. – Jim Sadler & Adam Flores at Betty Roses South
• Saturday at 8:00 p.m. – Jackson Hatch at The Ice House
• Saturday at 10:00 p.m. – Caleb Sutton Band at The Stairs
• Sunday at 4:00 p.m. – Sunday Night Blues Jam at the Big Country Beer Garden

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