Leander / NW Austin KOA Holiday

Austin City Limits Music Festival

Starts: 10/04/2025 - Ends: 10/13/2024

The ACL Music Festival has eight stages where musical groups from genres including rock, indie, country, folk, electronic, and hip hop perform. The concert starts at 10am and ends 10pm on each day during the festival at various stages spread out in the park. Approximately 450,000 people attend the festival each year.

10/4-10/6
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10/11-10/13

Annual Chili Cook-Off & Halloween Bash.

Starts: 10/26/2025 - Ends: 10/26/2024

Spice up your weekend at our annual chili cook-off..... Bring your best recipe and compete for the title of Chili Champion. Join us for a day of delicious food, fun, and friendly competition. Whether you're a chef or just love chili, this event is for you. Don't miss out on the chance to taste a variety of mouthwatering chilis and vote for your favorite. Mark your calendars for a day of flavor and fun! See you there!

Then join us for a hauntingly good time that will send shivers down your spine. Enter our costume contest, brave the terrifying haunted house, and test your courage with some classic apple bobbing. The night promises to be filled with spine-tingling entertainment that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Don't miss out on the most hair-raising event of the season!  We dare you to join us!

What's Your Favorite Flavor?...Make it, Bring it....Oh My....
1. Traditional Beef Chili
2. White Chicken Chili
3. Vegetarian Chili
4. Spicy Turkey Chili
5. Black Bean Chili
6. Pork Chili Verde

Awards for the
Spiciest, Most Creative, Best Overall Flavor, People Choice Award

Toppings Bar will be Provided.

Texas Pumpkin Fest

Starts: 10/02/2025 - Ends: 10/31/2024

Join us for another family fun-filled event with new and exciting attractions that embody all things fall and Halloween, wrapped up in one magical experience. Now open until 9pm! 

Annual Christmas Party With White Elephant Gift Game

Starts: 12/14/2024 - Ends: 12/14/2024

You're invited to our annual White Elephant Gift Exchange Party
Join us for our annual Christmas. We will have Hors D' Oeuvres, punch and wine and plenty of laughter.  Bring a wrapped gift (new or gently used) to participate in the gift exchange. 
All of us at the Leander Campground are excited to spend some holiday time with you.
The spirit of Christmas is always in the KOA campgrounds waiting to brighten the closing of the year.

Two Step Inn Weekend of GREAT Music

Starts: 04/05/2025 - Ends: 04/06/2025

Just announced: Alan will be headlining at @twostepinn in Georgetown, Texas! We're thrilled to see everyone there! Presale starts this Friday, 10/25 at 12 PM CT. Don't miss out—sign up for presale access at twostepinn.com! 

Saurday April 5th
Alan Jackson, Miranda Lambert ++++
Sunday, April 6th
Sturgil Simpon & Lynyrd Skynyrd ++++

Annual Thanksgiving Potluck

Starts: 11/28/2024 - Ends: 11/28/2024

Thanksgiving Potluck at KOA - You're invited to our annual camping potluck on the 23rd! Let's celebrate and share a delicious meal together. Looking forward to seeing you there!  Pies, Turkey, Stuffing - OH MY!  Let's take a moment to be grateful, enjoy time together and talk camping. We will have a nice fire in our fire pit going for anyone wanting to hang out afterward and enjoy some hot cocoa.

November 2024 Fun Finder

Starts: 11/01/2024 - Ends: 11/30/2024

November Fun Finder

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Miracle on Fifth Street

Starts: 11/14/2024 - Ends: 12/28/2024

WHEN: November 15th - December 28th, 2024
WHERE: The Eleanor, 307 W 5th Street, Austin, TX 78702
WHAT: The eighth annual multi-room, multi-level, over-the-top interactive Christmas pop-up experience!
Miracle is a Christmas-themed pop-up cocktail bar that serves holiday cocktails in the most festive and nostalgic setting in the city - featuring wall-to-wall Christmas decor, multiple bars, cheery social experiences, and a whole lot of Christmas spirits! Sip one of the many Christmas cocktails crafted by our jolly staff, take your next profile picture on Santa's Throne, and connect with friends & family in the most decked-out holiday bar in the city. It's Christmas cheer like you've never seen it before.
It's Miracle on 5th Street!

Leander High Craft Market

Starts: 11/23/2024 - Ends: 11/23/2024

Join in  for the 19th Annual Craft Market! A fun-filled day of shopping and food. $5 entry fee, kids under 12 free, and LISD employees free with LISD badge. Fundraiser for the Leander High School Baseball Program

Leander Old Town Christmas Festival

Starts: 12/07/2024 - Ends: 12/07/2024

Come join us for Leander's most festive event!

Old Town Rudolph Run - 10 a.m.

Christmas Marketplace - 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Holiday Community Parade - 1 p.m.Tree Lighting & Holiday Movie in the Park - 6:30 p.m.

Christmas Tree Farms

Starts: 11/23/2024 - Ends: 12/31/2024

Breathe in the fresh air and crisp scent of pine as you stroll the acres of Elgin Christmas Tree Farm, opening Nov. 23, 2024, or nearby Evergreen Farms, open for the holiday season beginning Nov. 29, 2024. Kids will love exploring the countryside and getting to cut down their very own Texas-grown Christmas tree. Don't want to cut your own tree? No worries—the farms offer pre-cut trees that are ready to go. Christmas tree sales begin the day after Thanksgiving at both farms.

Holiday Movie Screenings

Starts: 11/23/2024 - Ends: 12/31/2024

This holiday season, kick back with a beer at Alamo Drafthouse  and have a laugh as you watch classic holiday comedies such as National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation or A Christmas Story. The Paramount Theatre also offers an annual series of Christmas films in December, so be sure to check the schedule for upcoming flicks.

New Year's Eve Events - Austin

Starts: 12/31/2024 - Ends: 01/01/2025

Say "howdy" to 2025 as you celebrate Austin's New Year, an all-out party held at Auditorium Shores on Dec. 31, 2024. Get down to live music on multiple stages, chow down on tasty cuisine served up by local food trucks, and count down to a fireworks spectacle with the illuminated city skyline as the backdrop. It's one good time you won't want to miss.

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Local Shopping-Austin

Starts: 11/18/2024 - Ends: 01/05/2025

During the Blue Genie Art Bazaar, more than 200 artists and makers showcase their handmade wares from Nov. 15-Dec. 24, 2024. From Nov. 20-24, 2024, shop for holiday gifts while helping a good cause during the A Christmas Affair fundraiser for The Junior League of Austin. Head to the charming town of Fredericksburg to shop for nutcrackers, handmade ornaments and more while enjoying German specialties. Or get your German baked goods and handmade gifts at the annual German-Texan Christmas Market on Dec. 7, 2024. Peruse fine art and handmade gifts by local artisans at the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar, held Dec. 14-23, 2024 at the Palmer Events Center.

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Holiday Performances

Starts: 11/20/2024 - Ends: 01/05/2025

The whole family will be mesmerized by the magic of The Nutcracker, presented by Ballet Austin with live accompaniment from the Austin Symphony Orchestra, Dec. 6-23, 2024 at the Long Center. ZACH Theater is bringing back its uplifting production of A Christmas Carol, featuring all-new music, from Nov. 20-Dec. 29, 2024. Catch special performances of Ventana Ballet's The Watchmaker's Song, an immersive reimagining of The Nutcracker from Dec. 12-21, 2024 at the Neill-Cochran House Museum. 

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Holiday Themed Bars-Austin

Starts: 11/18/2024 - Ends: 01/07/2025

It's always Christmas at Lala's Little Nugget, where the holiday decorations are up year-round and tunes blast from a vintage jukebox. From Nov. 15, 2024 through late December, pop-up bar Miracle transforms The Eleanor (The Roosevelt Room's next-door event space) into Miracle on 5th Street, complete with Christmas-themed cocktails and holiday decor. Visit more Austin holiday pop-up bars. Do some boot scootin' surrounded by snowflakes, ornaments and thousands of glittering lights at Donn's Depot. Other spots sure to get you in the holiday spirit include Hyde Park Bar & Grill,  located in a lovely 1920s converted bungalow, and the kitschy and colorful Ranch 616.

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Holiday Light Displays

Starts: 11/25/2024 - Ends: 01/04/2025

Peppermint Parkway is a drive-through holiday experience, held from late November through December at Circuit of The Americas, complete with millions of twinkling lights synchronized to holiday songs, dancing elves and an appearance by Santa. With more than 2 million lights and 40 displays, it's hard not to be awed by the glorious spectacle of the Austin Trail of Lights at Zilker Park, a dazzling walk-through event held Dec. 10-23, 2024. Join in the annual Downtown Holiday Strollon Dec. 7, 2024, which includes the lighting of the towering tree in front of the Texas State Capitol, live music, shopping and more. At Mozart's Coffee Roasters, sip on a steaming cup of hot chocolate while watching the shop's dazzling lights display choreographed to lively music nightly from November through early January (reservations required).

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Austin City Limits Music Festival

Starts: 10/04/2025 - Ends: 10/13/2024

Austin City Limits Music Festival

Starts: 10/04/2026 - Ends: 10/13/2025

Austin City Limits Music Festival

Starts: 10/04/2027 - Ends: 10/13/2026

Austin City Limits Music Festival

Starts: 10/04/2028 - Ends: 10/14/2027

Candy Bar Bingo

Starts: 11/28/2024 - Ends: 11/28/2024

Candy Bar Bingo

Starts: 12/05/2024 - Ends: 12/05/2024

Candy Bar Bingo

Starts: 12/12/2024 - Ends: 12/12/2024

Candy Bar Bingo

Starts: 12/19/2024 - Ends: 12/19/2024

Candy Bar Bingo

Starts: 12/26/2024 - Ends: 12/26/2024

Annual Chili Cook-Off & Halloween Bash.

Starts: 10/26/2025 - Ends: 10/27/2024

Annual Chili Cook-Off & Halloween Bash.

Starts: 10/24/2026 - Ends: 10/25/2025

Annual Chili Cook-Off & Halloween Bash.

Starts: 10/23/2027 - Ends: 10/24/2026

Annual Chili Cook-Off & Halloween Bash.

Starts: 10/28/2028 - Ends: 10/30/2027

Texas Pumpkin Fest

Starts: 10/02/2025 - Ends: 10/31/2024

Texas Pumpkin Fest

Starts: 10/01/2026 - Ends: 10/30/2025

Texas Pumpkin Fest

Starts: 09/30/2027 - Ends: 10/29/2026

Texas Pumpkin Fest

Starts: 10/05/2028 - Ends: 11/04/2027