Austin Event Calendar - November

It is a crisp Monday morning, highly appropriate for the beginning of November. There is plenty to do in Austin this month, along with your traditional holiday events. 

UT Football is in high gear. Riding on a perfect season, the Horns are rounding the corner and in the home stretch of regular season action. Many fans are saying it feels like 2005 again, when UT had a perfect season in route to a National Championship in the Rose Bowl. Home games in November are as follows:

November 7^th, UT v. University of Central Florida, 11a.m. kickoff

November 21^st, UT v. Kansas, kickoff time is TBA

For more information, visit www.TexasSports.com.

On Sunday, November 8^th, The Run for the Water will take place in Downtown Austin. The race features a 10 mile run, 5K run and a 1K run for the kids. Every race participant that enters helps one person in the country of Burundi gain access to fresh drinking water for the rest of their life.

For more information, visit http://gazellefoundation.com/runforthewater2009/.

Veterans’ Day falls on Wednesday, November 11th this year. The Annual Travis County and City of Austin Veterans’ Day Parade will take place Wednesday morning on Congress Avenue. The parade will start at 9am and proceed from Ann Richards Congress Avenue Bridge up to the Texas State Capitol.

For more information, visit http://nov11.org/.

The City of Austin’s Green City Festival will take place Saturday, November 14^th from 10am – 3pm at City Hall. The event will be held to celebrate and learn more about Austin’s Environment. The Mayor will kickoff the event with a speech at 11am. There will be musical acts, presentations and tours throughout the day. 

For more information, visit www.greencityfest.org.

 

The 19^th Annual ThunderCloud Subs Turkey Trot will take place the morning of Thanksgiving, November 26^th. The race starts at 9:30am and begins at Waterloo Park. This is a great Austin tradition and a healthy way to start off Turkey Day! All proceeds raised during the race go to benefiting Caritas of Austin.   

For more information, visit www.thundercloud.com.   

The 21^st Annual Chuy's Children Giving to Children Parade will take place on Saturday, November 28^th in Downtown Austin. This parade is a fun way to give back to your community and share in some holiday fun. Supporting Operation Blue Santa, this parade give back to Austin by asking Austinite’s to bring toys for children who might not otherwise get presents at Christmas.  

For more information, visit http://www.chuysparade.com/.

If you feel like taking a quick trip down I-35, Wurstfest in New Braunfels started up over the weekend and will continue on until November 8^th.  This “Salute to Sausage” is in its 49^th year and features fun for all! Carnival rides, bands and plenty of food and drinks will keep you entertained and invoke your inner-German all day and all night!

For more information, visit www.wurstfest.com.  

What are you doing this month that we should know about?

Patrick Birdsong is a Realtor with West Austin Properties. He is a second generation Realtor with over 7 years of experience in the Austin Real Estate Market. He can be reached at (512) 345-1252 or via email at [email protected]. Follow him on twitter: @patrickbirdsong