Raw States
East Texas Yamboree
Gilmer, TX · Odd
- When
- October 14–17, 2026
- Where
- Downtown Gilmer and Upshur County courthouse square · Gilmer · TX
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule
A sweet potato festival held in Gilmer since 1935, among the oldest continuously running festivals in Texas. Four days of parades, a queen's coronation, a fiddlers' contest, and yam-judging; 2026 is the 89th.
The history within reach
- East Texas Yamboreesame spot
A sweet potato festival held in Gilmer since 1935, among the oldest continuously running festivals in Texas.
A leak of odorless natural gas beneath the school detonated on March 18, 1937, killing nearly 300 students and teachers.
The regional fair for the twenty three counties of East Texas has run since 1915, with livestock judging, a midway, and nightly concerts.
- Texas Rose Festival35 mi
Tyler crowns a Rose Queen and her court each October in a festival that has run since 1933, anchored by a parade of flower covered floats through downtown and tours of the fourteen acre Tyler Rose Garden.
Marshall throws a festival honoring the fire ant, the East Texas pest the town has embraced as a mascot, with a parade, a cook-off, and a Miss Fire Ant pageant around the historic Harrison County Courthouse.