Hopefully the entire latest April showers will convey us Could flowers, and perhaps an opportunity to discover extra of Texas. Vacationers on the hunt for a springtime journey outdoors of San Antonio can go to one among three Austin-area artwork festivals or vendor markets, go to a country cowboy wine fort within the Hill Nation, or head all the way down to the coast for a music-filled weekend in Galveston.
Forward of Mom’s Day, we have additionally tossed in a calming expertise catered towards the moms in our lives at an indoor waterpark close to Houston.
Listed below are CultureMap’s prime picks for a Could trip round Texas.
Round Texas
The Underground Donut Tour has launched — you guessed it — doughnut excursions in Austin, San Antonio, and Dallas for pastry and candy deal with fanatics. The excursions pair meals with historical past and iconic native sights throughout a two-hour guided expertise of every metropolis. The Austin tour encompasses South Congress, the San Antonio tour is alongside the River Stroll, and the Dallas tour runs by way of the Lowest Greenville neighborhood. Tickets are $65 for adults and $55 for kids 10 and underneath, and might be booked on-line.
Three Texas Hawaiian Falls waterparks in Roanoke, Mansfield, and Waco will open to the general public for the 2026 season on Saturday, Could 9, unveiling some snazzy upgrades like new facilities, enhanced meals and beverage choices, and particular occasions. Hawaiian Falls will moreover rejoice America’s 250th birthday with a season‑lengthy patriotic theme, together with interactive picture alternatives, shock giveaways, and extra. 2026 Season Passes are on sale beginning at hfalls.com.
Dallas-Fort Value
The African American Museum, Dallas is predicted to reopen on Friday, Could 1 after a short lived closure for renovations. The museum will debut a brand new particular exhibition, “Individuals Who Make the World Go ‘Spherical: The Legacy of Sepia Journal,” showcasing historic pictures of probably the most influential Black icons from the twentieth century, equivalent to Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Maya Angelou, and lots of extra. Museum admission is free, and working hours are Tuesdays by way of Fridays from 11 am-5 pm, and Saturdays from 10 am-5 pm.
A fan-favorite park in Glen Rose, Dinosaur Valley State Park, has just lately earned nationwide acclaim as one of many 5 finest locations to camp with children in 2026, in accordance with tenting web site The Dyrt. The park provides many actions for households to take pleasure in, equivalent to exploring the dinosaur tracks within the Paluxy River mattress, and 20 miles of trails for mountaineering, mountain biking, and horseback using excursions. There are numerous campsites for guests to e book, and nightly charges for tenting journeys vary from $16-$60, plus the $8 each day entrance charge.
Within the Hill Nation
Houston-based bootmaker Republic Boot Firm is opening its new Republic Wine Fortress in Johnson Metropolis on Friday, Could 1, combining a traditional cowboy environment with scrumptious Hill Nation wines. The 12-acre property has been extensively renovated and boasts ranch-chic furnishings, huge buck mounts, and loads of regal persona. In celebration of the fort’s grand opening weekend, Republic will unveil its new Texas wine made with fruit grown proper in Johnson Metropolis. The celebration may also embrace reside music and customized boot fittings.
The long-running Pecan Road Competition is heading again to the Hill Nation Galleria in Bee Cave from Could 9-10, marking the second yr since its relocation from downtown Austin. The sprawling competition takes a state fair-like kind, with rides and actions for youths, in addition to lengthy rows of distributors, together with loads of packaged and fried meals to eat alongside the best way. Stay music will fill the afternoons into the evenings beginning at 12 pm each days. Admission is free, and competition hours are Saturday from 11 am to 9 pm and Sunday from 11 am to eight pm.
Guests store for clothes, jewellery, dwelling items, and extra on the competition yearly. Photograph courtesy of the Pecan Road Competition
Austin
Austin’s iconic artisan vendor market, Blue Genie Artwork Bazaar, is internet hosting its annual Could Market from Could 1-31 that includes over 200 regional artists and their handmade artworks, jewellery, dwelling decor, clothes, pottery, and different artwork items. Free maker actions can be provided every weekend in Could, and there can be a particular make-your-own-bouquet bar of dried flowers in celebration of Mom’s Day on Could 10. Admission is free.
Over 55 native, nationwide, and worldwide galleries will collect on the Palmer Occasions Middle from Could 14-17 for the third annual Inexpensive Artwork Truthful, a up to date artwork extravaganza created by rising and established dwelling artists. Attendees can decide up some new work, prints, sculptures, and pictures with works starting from $100-$12,000. This yr’s occasion may also characteristic 4 artists who can be reside portray every night, and guests who donate to the truthful’s charity accomplice (Dell Youngsters’s Hospital) can be entered to win one of many live-painted artworks. Normal admission begins at $24.22 after taxes and costs, and tickets might be bought on Eventbrite.
Houston
Nice Wolf Lodge Webster is rolling out the pink carpet for mothers on Sunday, Could 10 with a particular Mom’s Day Morning Oasis Expertise package deal providing a calming morning float on the lazy river, a personal cabana with an elevated brunch, and a personal chair therapeutic massage. The expertise provides moms an opportunity to benefit from the water park earlier than it opens to the general public, and so they can float the river with a drink in hand from the build-your-own mimosa bar. Cabana leases are $500, have an eight visitor most occupancy, and might be reserved by calling 888-981-9653.
Let Mother calm down whereas floating the daisy-filled lazy river with a mimosa in hand.Photograph courtesy of Nice Wolf Lodge
Alongside the Gulf Coast
Lodge Lucine in Galveston just lately revealed the lineup for its third annual Sundown & Sounds summer season rooftop music sequence. The reside music occasions will run each Friday and Saturday night time from Could 31 by way of Labor Day weekend, and showcase expertise from Texas musicians like Mobley, Aruba, Tyson Webb’s Outlaw Boogie, The Level, and extra. All occasions are free and open to the general public, and seating is first come, first served. Reserved seating for particular performances might be booked for $42.42-$59.75 after taxes and costs through Eventbrite.
