Texas Rice Festival

Winnie, TX · Food & Drink

When: September 30 – October 3, 2026
Where: Winnie-Stowell Park · Winnie · TX
Cost: Not confirmed
Status: Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule

Winnie marks the Southeast Texas rice harvest with a festival that has run since 1969, built around a rice cooking contest, livestock shows, and a parade through the small Chambers County town. Rice has been the defining crop of this coastal prairie since the late nineteenth century. (Held the first weekend of October; 2026 dates approximate pending the organiser's schedule.)

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Winnie marks the Southeast Texas rice harvest with a festival that has run since 1969, built around a rice cooking contest, livestock shows, and a parade through the small Chambers County town.
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