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Grand Saline Salt Festival
Grand Saline, TX · Quirky
- When
- September 24–26, 2026
- Where
- Salt Festival Grounds, Frank Street · Grand Saline · TX
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule
Grand Saline sits atop one of the largest salt deposits in the world, and its Salt Festival marks that history each September with a street dance, a gospel night, and a parade through the small East Texas town. The festival has run for more than fifty years and is organized by the town's Salt Festival Heritage Association. Morton Salt still operates a mine beneath the town.
The history within reach
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Grand Saline sits atop one of the largest salt deposits in the world, and its Salt Festival marks that history each September with a street dance, a gospel night, and a parade through the small East Texas town.
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