Art Center Waco Play & Create

Art Center Waco 701 S 8th St, Waco, TX 76706

Join Art Center Waco on the first Tuesday of every month from 9:00 – 10:00am, for stories, songs, and art activities for preschool-aged children, babies, and their parents!   Click here to register! Classes are FREE and for 0-5 year olds.

FREE

Texas Elvis Weekend

Waco Convention Center Waco Convention Center, 100 Washington Avenue, Waco, TX 76701, USA

Join us in October 2023 in the Heart of Texas for a one-of-a-kind weekend, celebrating the King of Rock and Roll in style! Showcasing the talent of several Texas Elvis Tribute Artists and World-Renowned Elvis Tribute Artists, we will bring you 6 different stage productions paying tribute to the legacy of Elvis himself! Features favorites...

Baylor Libraries Author Series featuring Dr. Greg Garrett & Robert P. Jones in Conversation on Race, History and James Baldwin

Moody Memorial Library Moody Memorial Library, South 3rd Street, Waco, TX, USA

The Baylor Libraries Author Series proudly welcomes Dr. Greg Garrett, the Carole Ann McDaniel Hanks Chair of Literature & Culture at Baylor University, and Dr. Robert P. Jones, president and founder of Public Religion Research Institute, for a conversation on race in America informed by their recently published “The Gospel According to James Baldwin” and...

Free and Open to the Public

inWaco Job Fair

Waco Convention Center Waco Convention Center, 100 Washington Avenue, Waco, TX 76701, USA

Greater Waco is the place to start or further your career with new and growing businesses in every sector and industry. Join us for the inWaco Job Fair where we connect people with employment and training opportunities!

Free

Waco Symphony Orchestra: Breaking Boundaries featuring Lawrence Loh

Waco Hall - Baylor University 624 Speight Ave, Waco, TX 76706, USA

Breaking Boundaries Lawrence Loh Finalist, WSO Music Director/Conductor Puerto Rican-born composer Angélica Negrón’s genre-defying music transports the listener to another world. American Composer Aaron Copland wrote Lincoln Portrait during the early years of World War II, combining music and spoken word in a groundbreaking way to raise the spirit of our country. This program concludes with...

$131 – $311

Pumpkin Carving Workshop

Black Oak Art Downtown Studio 1619 Franklin Ave, Waco, TX 76701-1719, United States

Whether you’re a beginner or have some familiarity with clay, all are welcome to our annual Pumpkin Carving Workshop! During the workshop, one of our expert instructors will provide you with a hand-thrown pumpkin for you to carve and decorate. After the workshop, we will glaze your pumpkin in a color of your choosing, and fire it....

$75

Texas Tech Red Raiders vs Baylor Bears

McLane Stadium 1001 S M.L.K. Jr Blvd, Waco, TX 76704, USA

The Baylor University Bears host the Texas Tech Red Raiders at McLane Stadium in Waco. Game time to be announced.

Halloween Weekends

Camp Fimfo 1000 Chickadee Ln, Waco, TX 76708

Trick-or-treating meets the great outdoors – a perfect blend of scares and s’mores. Bring your candy and sit outside your site to join in! Site decorating contests, costume contest, golf cart and bicycle parade and decorating, haunted trail, magic pumpkin patch, and more. 

$50

3RD Annual Sancho Rancho Pumpkin Patch!

Sancho Rancho 981 Coyote Run, Waco, TX, USA

Fun local Pumpkin Patch for the whole family!  Hay Rides, Bounce houses, Food trucks, horse rides, petting zoo and more!

$20.00

Halloween Mini-Retreat at Paper Crown

Paper Crown 601 Franklin Ave, Waco, TX 76701

The final workshop in our late summer/early fall lineup is this spooky workshop with Halloween-loving artists, Julie Collings & Lisa Waring. Saturday, Oct. 7th & Sunday, Oct 8th. Cost for the weekend is $450 and includes 2 full day classes and all supplies, Halloween swag, and a Saturday evening soirée with artists’ market, discounted shopping...

$450
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