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Free Event: Cowtown Goes Green

Posted by Jennifer Acosta Scott | Posted on 11-03-2013

Category : entertainment, family, Featured, free

Tags: Cowtown Goes Green, Cowtown Goes Green 2013, Fort Worth Stockyards, free activities for kids in Fort Worth, St. Patrick's Day events in Fort Worth

Bring the kids out to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day! On Saturday, March 16, the Fort Worth Stockyards will host Cowtown Goes Green, a free family-friendly festival celebrating the Irish in all of us. The event lasts from 1-4 p.m. Activities include pony rides, a petting zoo, face painting, games and contests with Radio Disney, live music, gunfights and more. The Fort Worth Herd will make a cattle drive at 4 p.m., and immediately after that, there will be a St. Patrick’s Day parade.

The Stockyards are at 130 E. Exchange Ave. in Fort Worth.

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Frontier Forts Days in the Stockyards

Posted by Jennifer Acosta Scott | Posted on 08-05-2012

Category : entertainment, family, Featured, free

Tags: Fort Worth Stockyards, free events in DFW, free family entertainment in Fort Worth, Frontier Forts Days 2012

The Stockyards already look pretty frontier-like – but it really kicks into overdrive during Frontier Forts Days, scheduled for Friday and Saturday (May 11-12). During this free, two-day heritage event, the Stockyards National Historic District is transformed into an authentic representation of Texas frontier life. Exchange Avenue in the Stockyards will be lined with encampments of historic fort sites from the Texas Forts Trail and elsewhere in Texas. Approximately 10 forts and related programs will participate in the event. Designed to highlight frontier-era life, Frontier Forts Days brings together authentic wagons, flags, music, colorful uniforms and military gear from Texas landmarks. Infantry, artillery and cavalry demonstrations and military parades will fill the event schedule on Friday and Saturday. Re-enactors will also be on hand to discuss frontier life.

Hours of the event are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. Find directions to the Stockyards here.

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Free Cowboy Fun at the Stockyards

Posted by Jennifer Acosta Scott | Posted on 21-07-2011

Category : entertainment, family, Featured, free, Free This Weekend

Tags: Fort Worth Stockyards, free activities for kids in Fort Worth, National Day of the American Cowboy, Stockyards Station events

Come to the Fort Worth Stockyards this Saturday, July 23, for the National Day of the American Cowboy, a family-friendly celebration of cowboys and cowboy culture. The festivities begin at 10 a.m. Enjoy these activities:

Texas-Size Art contest
Cowboy Celebration Parade
Watermelon Eating Contests
Fort Worth Herd CowCamp
Most Worn-Out Boot Contest ($5 Entry Fee)
Best Mustache Contest
Riscky’s Rib Eating Contest ($5 Entry Fee)
Cowboy Idol
Fort Worth Herd Cattle Drive

Most of the activities will take place along E. Exchange Avenue. Questions? Call 817-625-9715.

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Free Movie at Stockyards

Posted by Jennifer Acosta Scott | Posted on 16-06-2011

Category : entertainment, family, Featured, free

Tags: Alamo Drafthouse, Fort Worth Stockyards, free movie screening, free movies in Fort Worth, Red River

The Alamo Drafthouse is holding a Rolling Roadshow this summer, touring around Texas and showing films that are reminiscent of the state. Tomorrow (June 17), they’ll be at the Fort Worth Stockyards, hosting a free showing of the movie Red River, with John Wayne and Montgomery Clift. The movie begins at 8 p.m., but get there early – seats are first-come, first-served. Plus, there will be entertainment from Legends of Texas, Ft. Worth’s award winning gunfighters and historical reinactors. Bring lawn chairs and blankets.

If you’d like, you can RSVP for the showing on Facebook, though doing so doesn’t guarantee you a seat.

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Kids’ CowCamp at Stockyards Station

Posted by Jennifer Acosta Scott | Posted on 01-06-2011

Category : entertainment, family

Tags: cheap events for kids in Fort Worth, CowCamp, Fort Worth Stockyards, Stockyards Station

Summer is here, and so is CowCamp, a seasonal attraction that happens every Saturday and Sunday after Memorial Day at Stockyards Station. From 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., kids can come and have some cowboy-style fun. Participants will learn about cattle drives, the life of a drover, observe various livestock & chuckwagon demonstrations, and learn about the equipment they used on the trail. Participants are taught roping skills, such as roping a dummy and trick roping. They can even try their hand at branding (no fire needed!).

There is a suggested donation of $1 per person for CowCamp. Stockyards Station is at 131 E. Exchange Ave.

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Frontier Forts Days in the Stockyards

Posted by Jennifer Acosta Scott | Posted on 11-05-2011

Category : entertainment, family, Featured, free

Tags: Fort Worth Stockyards, free family-friendly events in Fort Worth, free kids' activities in Fort Worth, Frontier Forts Days 2011

Come to the Fort Worth Stockyards this Friday and Saturday, May 13 and 14, for Frontier Forts Days, a free event that celebrates frontier life.

Exchange Avenue in the Stockyards will be lined with encampments of historic fort sites from the Texas Forts Trail and elsewhere in Texas. Approximately 10 forts and related programs will participate in the event. Designed to highlight frontier-era life, Frontier Forts Days brings together authentic wagons, flags, music, colorful uniforms and military gear from Texas landmarks. Infantry, artillery and cavalry demonstrations and military parades will fill the event schedule on Friday and Saturday. Re-enactors will also be on hand to discuss frontier life.

Things will kick off at 9:55 a.m. on Friday with a bugle performance, and the celebration runs until 5 p.m. Hours on Saturday are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

See here for a detailed schedule.

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Fun Event: Cowtown Goes Green

Posted by Jennifer Acosta Scott | Posted on 10-03-2011

Category : entertainment, family, free

Tags: Cowtown Goes Green 2011, Fort Worth Herd, Fort Worth Stockyards, Radio Disney, St. Patrick's Day activities in Fort Worth

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at the Fort Worth Stockyards this Saturday, March 12, at Cowtown Goes Green. This free family-friendly celebration lasts from 1 to 4 p.m. and features lots of activities, including pony rides, a petting zoo, face painting, games and contests with Radio Disney, and more. From 1:30 to 2:30, kids can participate in the Fort Worth Herd CowCamp, getting hands-on roping lessons and participating in stick horse races.