GoFred 2021 Fall/Winter Visitor's Guide

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Steering Visitors in the Right Direction

Chamber, CVB, EDC have distinct roles.

Visitor Bureau and the Gillespie Visitors to Gillespie County and Fredericksburg are served by three County Economic Development Commission. organizations which each have distinct roles in the community. The Fredericksburg Chamber of Information needed to make the Commerce is located next door at 306 East Austin Street in a historic most out of any Fredericksburg home remodeled into an open visit is readily available at the Fredericksburg Visitor Information business space. Center, 302 East Austin Street (one The Fredericksburg Convention block north of Main Street across and Visitor Bureau is a marketing, from the National Museum of the sales and service organization, Pacific War). funded by a portion of the city’s The site offers free parking for vehicles, including RVs and buses, and public restrooms. The building is home to both the Fredericksburg Convention and

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and county’s hotel/motel occupancy tax.

FCVB promotes Fredericksburg and Gillespie County as a leisure destination for group tours,

reunions, weddings and meeting sites. The FCVB staffs and operates the Visitor Information Center, which is open to assist visitors every day except Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. In the center, visitors can watch a free, 10-minute video in the building’s 48-seat theater. Visitors also can gather information on potential activities, accommodations and businesses of interest through magazines and brochures in the lobby area, including info on walking tours, historic sites, an events calendar,

The Visitor Information Center, which houses the Fredericksburg Convention and Visitor Bureau, points visitors toward area attractions as well as coordinates publicity for the town to media outlets. It also has public restrooms on site.

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Steering Visitors in the Right Direction

3min
pages 142-152

Hill Country Higher Ed

3min
pages 136-141

Library Houses ‘Good Reads’

2min
pages 134-135

Vereins Kirche Keeps Current with Exhibits, Activities

3min
pages 130-133

City Parks Offer Variety of Camping, Day Use Amenities

9min
pages 124-127

Museum Honors Sacrifice Service of WWII Pacific Vets

5min
pages 122-123

Old Tunnel State Park Goes Batty Each Evening

3min
pages 114-117

Roll, Roll, Roll Your Board

1min
pages 128-129

Brewing Up the Hill Country

6min
pages 118-121

36th President Lives on at LBJ National Historical Park

3min
pages 112-113

Living History Found at LBJ State Park

4min
pages 108-111

Wine Me Up

13min
pages 100-107

‘Everbody’s Somebody” When Visiting Luckenbach Texas

2min
pages 96-99

‘Volkssport’ Brings Germany to Your Feet

3min
pages 94-95

The Bright Side of Life

2min
pages 90-93

View the Heavens at Enchanted Rock

2min
pages 86-87

Country Schools

2min
pages 88-89

Texas Rangers Heritage Center

2min
pages 82-85

Pioneer Museum

1min
pages 80-81

Fort Martin Scott

3min
pages 78-79

Lace up for Benefit Runs

1min
pages 74-75

A Hunter’s Paradise

1min
pages 76-77

Die Künstler Art Show & Sale

1min
pages 64-65

Fredericksburg Theater Company

4min
pages 66-69

First Friday Art Walks

4min
pages 70-73

Music Club Hosts Concerts by Global Talents

2min
pages 62-63

German Choirs Keep Tradition Alive

1min
page 61

FISD Band Boosters Turkey Dinner

1min
page 60

Gem & Mineral Shows

1min
pages 58-59

LBJ Christmas Tree Lighting

2min
page 53

Singing Christmas Tree

1min
page 52

Gillespie County Youth Livestock Show

1min
pages 56-57

Fredericksburg’s ‘Second Christmas’

1min
pages 54-55

Kinderfest

1min
pages 50-51

Bethany Christmas Journey

1min
page 49

Christmas Home Tour Tannenbaum Ball

1min
page 48

Santa Day Parade Ahead

1min
page 47

Peddler Show

1min
pages 38-41

Holy Ghost Lutheran Church Nativity Display

1min
page 46

Marktplatz Will Light Up for the Holidays

1min
pages 42-43

Light the Night Christmas Parade

1min
pages 44-45

Indian Artifact Show

1min
page 37

Knights of Columbus’s BestFest

2min
pages 34-35

Finding Sanctuary in the Japanese Peace Garden

6min
pages 22-27

Fredericksburg Food & Wine Fest

2min
page 36

Oktoberfest Marks 40 Years

4min
pages 18-21

Historian Reflects on 175 Years

4min
pages 30-31

Introduction from the Editor

5min
pages 4-17

Fredericksburg Farmer’s Market

1min
pages 28-29

Texas Mesquite Arts Festival

2min
pages 32-33
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