The 63rd Annual Devine Fall Catcus Festival is set for next weekend October 31-November 2 in downtown Devine.
The Carnival will be here for three days, Thursday, Oct. 31, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2.
Over 100 vendors will be on display for your shopping pleasure as well as the usual Plant Sale, Art Exhibit, kids games and more.
The Parade will kick off at 10:00 AM Saturday morning at the intersection of Hwy 173 and FM 2200 (Medina Glass) as usual. Parade entries are due by this Friday to Morales Realty, as the lineup will be charted this weekend. Floats will line up in the middle school parking lot and wrap around to the high school . The construction company promises to have it ready for use.
Live entertainment from 11 am-midnight, will take place all day on two stages at the festival featuring a FREE dance that evening with Small Town Habit, Jeremy Richards, and the Solis Brothers as the headliners. A pep rally by DHS will take place from 12-1 pm earlier. Claude Morgan and friends will entertain from the second stage. (See ad for details)
Parade Grand Marshall is Lewis Stroud. Theme is Devine Pride. No outside food or drinks will be permitted. Bring Lawnchairs. The “INSIDE SCOOP” of the 2024 Devine Cactus Fall Festival is actually INSIDE the Community Center! The doors open after the parade, around 11am, for everyone to enjoy all the displays and activities until closing at 5:00pm. Check out these displays and sales going on inside the CC, next to the Library.
The INSIDE SCOOP….
*YOUTH ART EXHIBIT – This 4th annual exhibit will have artwork from hundreds of school and day-care kids in Devine, with the theme “Small Town, Big Heart, Bright Future”! Come inside the Community Center to walk through the ‘Tunnel of Art’ & see the beautiful art banners along the walls! This is a real treat, so if you have children or grandchildren that go to school or day-care in Devine, you will not want to miss this exhibit!! (Doors close at 5pm)
*TINY TOWN TEXAS MUSEUM EXHIBIT – Check out the wide variety of unique historical items, including an authentic Dinosaur Egg with an Xray of the baby dinosaur inside! This is a ‘Must-See’ display at the festival, so come inside to get a chance to see it for yourself! (TTTM also will have a very, very, old, historic automobile in the parade, so look for it at the beginning of the parade!)
*HISTORICAL EXHIBIT – This year’s exhibit will include lots of pictures from the early days of Devine, including pictures of downtown Devine before the January 1905 fire, a downtown picture of College Ave. from the early 1920s, and old school pictures. Plus, the always popular pictures of the Devine Cactus Zoo from the 1950s are back again this year, including the picture of the 14 ft cacti-sculpture of “The Three Bears”
The *DEVINE GARDEN CLUB will hold its annual Fall Plant Sale in the Community Center with lots of great plants to purchase. Members of the club will be there also to tell you about the care that is needed for the plants you get. Get a plant for beauty and learn something about it at the same time!
The *FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY Book Sale will have books for all ages – paperbacks, hardback, audio books, and movies. They will have something for everyone! All proceeds benefit the Driscoll Public Library!
There will also be *LOCAL AUTHORS with their books available for sale, so come meet these talented people and check out their books.
Now you have the “INSIDE SCOOP” of INSIDE the Community Center this Saturday, Nov. 2nd from 11am-5pm at the Devine Cactus Fall Festival. So, come to downtown Devine to enjoy a nice day of fun at the festival – inside & out!