Events
Escape the heat with annual Blazin’ Beer Crawl
Kaitlyn Wilkes
Tickets for the 2024 Blazin’ Beer Crawl on the Square are now on sale, with both VIP and General Admission options. Both ticket options are for those 21 and up, identification will be checked at pickup. The event, which takes place on Saturday, August 3, from 3-6 p.m.
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Juneteenth celebrations around Georgetown
Kaitlyn Wilkes
A Georgetown tradition for 72 years, the city’s Juneteenth celebration will take place over two days on June 14-15. Juneteenth marks the day that slaves were freed in Texas.
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Will Mallick, as Jimmy Ray Dobbs, and Carolyn O'Brien, playing Alice Murphy, are pictured in a Thursday, May 30, 2024 photo from the dress rehearsal of the Georgetown Palace production of "Bright Star," playing through June 30th on the Springer Stage. Photo by Andy Sharp.
Bright Star shines at the Palace Theatre
Andy Sharp
Friday, May 31, 2024
Taste of the town: Matzo for Passover
Linda Dwyer
Mazel tov! Passover 2024 began at sundown on April 22 and ends after nightfall on April 30. The weeklong spring festival of Passover commemorates suffering and celebrates liberation.
Friday, April 26, 2024
Lynn Kessell, WCAG president, student Caitlyn Smith and Brigid Cooley, Coordinator of The Georgetown Project NEST Empowerment Center.
ArtScapes: Art Guild hosts first student art show
Ellen Greeney
“Art Must Survive” is the theme of the first student art show hosted by The Williamson County Art Guild. The public is invited to the opening reception for these young and talented artists at the WCAG Gallery on Friday May 3 from 5-7 p.m., 708 Rock Street.
Friday, April 26, 2024
Celebrate Star Wars day at the park with the Georgetown Public Library
Kaitlyn Wilkes
Celebrate the unofficial Star Wars Day, May 4, from 2-4 p.m. at the Legacy Pavilion in San Gabriel Park with the Georgetown Public Library.
There will be a Jedi training course, battles with lightsabers and the chance to destroy the Death Star.
Friday, April 26, 2024
From left, Bach Festival Executive Director Mark Humphrey, First United Methodist Church Music Director Marc Profant and Barry Williamson, Texas Bach Festival founder, at the festival’s new home inside First United Methodist Church. Photo by Katherine Anthony
2024 Texas Bach Festival moving to First United Methodist Church
Katherine Hamilton
The Texas Bach Festival — on its way to becoming a Georgetown musical institution — will settle into a new home in its 2024 season, First United Methodist Church.
This year is also FUMC’s 175th anniversary in Georgetown.
Friday, April 26, 2024
Georgetown Parkinson's Awareness Month meeting is April 25
Ellen Greeney
April is Parkinson's Awareness Month. At the April 25 meeting, the Georgetown Area Parkinson’s Support group will share information about the disease and provide results from new research. Alejandra Lopez Nweke is a representative from the Michael J Fox Foundation and the featured speaker.
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Prepare for Two Step Inn this weekend
Kaitlyn Wilkes
The second annual Two Step Inn country music festival takes place this weekend, April 20-21, in San Gabriel Park. Music at this year’s festival will begin both days at noon and will last until about 10 p.m.
Friday, April 19, 2024
Two Step Inn, Red Poppy Fest are some of the events happening in Georgetown through the end of April
News Staff
Disaster! The Musical
Through April 21
The Georgetown Palace Theatre presents Disaster!
Thursday, April 11, 2024