Special Events

• The Greenville High School Native American Annual Benefit Pow Wow, held at the high school each year in January, features Native American dancing, music, food, and crafts. The event is a day-long tribute to our Native American heritage.
  
  
• The Keep Greenville Beautiful Spring Home & Garden Show is a showcase where gardeners and homeowners can learn about the latest home care products, meet local contractors, get gardening tips, and much more. April 19, 2008, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm at Fletcher Warren Civic Center.

• The Antique Car Swap Meet at the Hunt County Fairgrounds is a flea market for classic autos! You'll find vintage parts and accessories and lots of antique auto memorabilia for sale at this April event. Arts & crafts, too.

• During Mary of Puddin Hill's Bunny Hop Easter Tour, the candy kitchen and the Puddin Hill Store offer special tours and dazzling decorations. Chocolate sculptures of Easter Bunnies, a fabulous chocolate doll house, and a visit from the Easter Bunny make this a special occasion for the whole family! Hop on over to Puddin Hill for the tour.
  
  
• Appetite Alley offers a taste of Greenville. Scheduled for April 19, 2008 right after the annual DrugFree Greenville Walkathon, The Alley invites hungry visitors to sample the menus of local restaurants while enjoying the entertainment at Market Square in downtown Greenville.
  
  
• Saturday Market Days at the Farmers Market brings the best of local and regional harvests to the downtown Market Square. Choose fresh produce, local honey and eggs, landscape plants, or fresh cut flowers every Saturday morning, spring through fall.
  
  
• The annual Spring Garden Tour, May 17, 2008 offers inspiration for gardeners with a look at six delightful private gardens. Sponsored by the Hunt County Master Gardeners/Hunt County Extension Service.
  
  
• The 2008 Greenville Airport Fly-In and Aviation Expo is set for September 27 at Majors Field Municipal Airport. The theme for this year's event is "Adventures in Aviation". The Fly-In will include experimental homebuilt aircraft as well as vintage military and civilian aircraft. Don't miss the B-25 bomber.
  
  
• The Cinco de Mayo celebration includes fun with a Mexican flavor. Look for pinatas, cascarones, and all-you-can-eat tamales at St. Williams Catholic Church.
  
  
• The Hunt County Fair held June 6-14, 2008 at the fairgrounds in Greenville, features top quality musical entertainment, a midway with games and breathtaking rides, displays of local products and services, and livestock exhibits and competitions.

• Audie Murphy Days honors WWII's most decorated soldier, a Hunt County native. The event is hosted in June by the Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum, home of a permanent exhibit about Murphy and a ten foot bronze statue of the war hero commissioned by the Greenville Sesquicentennial Committee. (June 27-28, 2008)
  
• Juneteenth celebrations include parades and authentic soul food.
  
  
• Don't miss Greenville's Community July 4th Celebration!

  Tykes and trikes kick off the red, white, and blue celebration at the Buena Vista/Chapman Neighborhood Parade at 9 a.m. The 10 a.m. Park Street Parade, featuring marching bands, visiting dignitaries, and floats, ends at Kavanuagh United Methodist Church. The celebration continues at the church with a patriotic program and sing-along with readings from historic documents, familiar songs, addresses by lawmakers, patriotic tunes by the Texas Whistler, a stirring rendition of the Star Spangled Banner and (usually) a visit from Abraham Lincoln. A free, sweet, juicy, all-you-can-eat watermelon feed on the church parking lot follows the program. Everyone is invited.
  

  Participants in the Community Celebration include the Buena Vista Neighborhood, the Park Street Association, and Kavanaugh United Methodist Church, and the Hunt County Rodeo and Festival Association.
  
  
• Rally 'Round Greenville in downtown Greenville on September 20, 2008 is a day-long festival circling 'round wheels!
  
  Cyclists from all over north Texas join the Greenville Area Social Pedalists' OmniSYS Cotton Patch Classic Bicycle Event following routes of four different lengths. The race pits serious (and fast) riders against each other for cash prizes. Bike registration is at 7 a.m. The Rally/Race begins at 8 a.m.
  

  The day's activities include a craft show, just-for-kids activities, entertainment and lots of festival food. Come early and stay late - Rally 'Round Greenville hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• The Follies brings a little bit of Broadway to the Municipal Auditorium stage. This fast-paced, glittering musical revue is a fund-raiser for local projects. On stage in April 2009.
  

• Halloween on the Square is "spooktacular" family fun. Downtown stores and offices offer goodies for trick-or-treaters. Don't miss the costume contests, games, and entertainment on the downtown square for safe Halloween fun provided by the City of Greenville Main Street Program.

• Area churches commemorate Oktoberfest with authentic German food and fall festivals.

• The season opens with a traditional Christmas Parade ( December 5, 2008) complete with marching bands, floats, and of course, the jolly old elf himself.

 
• Holiday lighting illuminates the city with holiday lighting and decorations on homes, schools, churches, businesses, and shopping areas during the month of December. Many neighborhoods decorate around a particular holiday theme and sponsor evenings of wagon rides or caroling.
  
  
• Park Street Christmas is a neighborhood yuletide party for everyone held the two weekends before Christmas. Sponsored by the Park Street Historical Association, the celebration includes a Lantern Parade with marchers dressed in Victorian finery, horse drawn Wagon Rides and one of the city's most spectacular displays of holiday lighting. Virtually every address on the street is aglow with seasonal sparkle. The Candlelight Home Tour gives an inside look at some of the street's lovely historical homes decorated with Christmas finery.
  
  
• The Altrusa Club Holiday Tour of Homes showcases an eclectic collection of local homes dressed for the holidays. Don't miss the holiday bazaar and refreshments for tour-goers.
  
  
• During Christmas Wonderland at Puddin Hill you can tour the candy kitchen and marvel at the variety of Christmas displays as you wander through this chocolate wonderland.
  

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