LIST: Labor Day cookouts, carshows & 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 (August 29-31).

Throughout the weekend:

43rd Annual Chili Super Bowl
Saturday and Sunday
Old Settlers Grounds, Buffalo Gap

Fiber Art Exhibit: The Threads that Bind Us
August 28 through October 1
Brownwood Art Association – 215 Fisk Avenue

Texas LULAC 2025 50th Labor Day Softball Tournament
Friday through Sunday
Nelson Park

40th Annual Big Country AA Conference
Friday through Sunday
North 6th Street, Abilene

Abilene Christian University 2025 Wild Cat Classic
Saturday and Sunday
Abilene Christian University

Toil & Trouble
August 29-31 and September 5-7
Abilene Community Theatre

Friday, August 29:

Sneak-Peek Hike
8:30 to 11:00 a.m.
Lake Brownwood State Park

Wilderness Survival Hike
9:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Lake Brownwood State Park

Quilter’s Hideout Knit & Crochet Group
2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Quilter’s Hideout, Early

LEGO Afternoons
3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Abilene Public Library Mockingbird Branch

Drum Circle
4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Brownwood Art Center

Saturday, August 30:

BCCOA Claybird Shoot Fundraiser
8:00 a.m. to noon
Brownwood Claybird Club

Abilene Farmers Market
8:00 a.m. to noon
Mesquite and North 1st Street

Buffalo Gap Farmer’s Market
9:00 a.m. to noon
2026 FM 89

Saturday Seminar
9:00 a.m. to noon
Taylor County Extension Office

Grain Theory End of Summer Party
9:00 to 10:00 p.m.
Grain Theory Brewery

Cars and Coffee
9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Up in Smoke BBQ, Early

D’avion’s 3 on 3 5th Annual Basketball Tournament
9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Brownwood Middle School

Mel’s Community Market
9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Mel’s Treats & Eats, Brownwood

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

The Drive for Independence Car Show
Starts at 10:00 a.m.
Wisteria Place Independent Living Center

Wildflower Walk
9:30 to 10:15 a.m.
Lake Brownwood State Park

Labor Day Cookout and Cornhole Tournament
Starts at noon
Primal Brewing Company

Sabrina Carpenter “Man’s Best Friend” Release Party
Starts at noon
Record Guys

Reptiles with a Ranger
2:30 to 4:00 p.m.
Lake Brownwood State Park

Dine and Ride #5
Starts at 5:00 p.m.
Lone Star Powersports

Sunday, August 31:

Free Women’s Intro to Jiu Jitsu Class
Starts at 2:00 p.m.
Killer Bee Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy Abilene

Square Dancing Lessons
2:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Abilene Public Library South Branch

Pot Luck Gathering
4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Spirit of Texas Winery, Early

International Overdose Awareness Memorial (Hunters Hope) 2025
5:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Abilene Absolute Recovery Solutions

Live music:

• Friday at 6:00 p.m. – Back in Black AC/DC Tribute at Potosi Live
• Friday at 7:00 p.m. – Abby French at The Mill, Abilene
• Friday at 7:30 p.m. – Jody Nix at the Brownwood Lyric Theatre
• Friday at 8:00 p.m. – Vandoliers at the Big Country Beer Garden
• Friday at 8:00 p.m. – Summer Dean at the Ice House
• Friday at 8:00 p.m. – The Remedy at Wild Duck Marina
• Saturday at 7:00 p.m. – Orlando Estrada at Betty Rose’s South
• Saturday at 7:00 p.m. – Luke Powell at The Mill, Abilene
• Saturday at 8:00 p.m. – Outta the BLUE at The Big Country Beer Garden
• Saturday at 8:00 p.m. – FreeRide at Potosi Live
• Saturday at 8:00 p.m. – Cash & The Change at the Ice House
• Saturday at 7:00 p.m. – South of Mayhem at Fatboy’s
• Saturday at 7:30 p.m. – Reagan Quinn & Garrett Bryan at Goodnight Steakhouse, Albany

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