Whether you find yourself in Bastrop, Elgin, Smithville or one of our smaller communities, there’s always something fun going on in Bastrop County. The area’s best events bring live music, great food, and unique activities to town, year after year, so when you find one you love, you can make it an annual tradition.

Event Series Bow Building for Kids

Bow Building for Kids

Earth Native Wilderness School - Woodview Lane entrance 137 Woodview Lane, Bastrop, TX, United States

Learn to make your own bow! This class will lead participants, ages 8-12, from start to finish through the process of making a bow from...

Learn the language of birds

Earth Native Wilderness School - Woodview Lane entrance 137 Woodview Lane, Bastrop, TX, United States

Come spend a day with Earth Native Wilderness School exploring the language of the birds; whether you have been a birder for life, or you...

Learn about Fall Medicinal Plants 2020

Earth Native Wilderness School - Woodview Lane entrance 137 Woodview Lane, Bastrop, TX, United States

Come join Earth Native Wilderness School to learn about some of the local native and naturalized plant medicines in the Central Texas area. The Native...

Learn about Medicinal Plants 2021

Earth Native Wilderness School - Woodview Lane entrance 137 Woodview Lane, Bastrop, TX, United States

Come join Earth Native Wilderness School to learn about some of the local native and naturalized plant medicines. The Native Americans and early settlers who...

Wilderness Skills Overnight Camp 2021

Earth Native Wilderness School - Woodview Lane entrance 137 Woodview Lane, Bastrop, TX, United States

Earth Native Wilderness, along Cedar Creek in Central Texas, hosts weeklong overnight camps for teens ages 9-16 to teach wilderness skills. WILDERNESS SKILLS OVERNIGHT CAMP...

Course: Wildcraft Wines

Earth Native Wilderness School - Woodview Lane entrance 137 Woodview Lane, Bastrop, TX, United States

Spend the day with Earth Native Wilderness School in Central Texas exploring the immeasurable possibilities of Central Texas wild foraging to create simple wildcrafted wines....

Course: Edible Plants

Earth Native Wilderness School - Woodview Lane entrance 137 Woodview Lane, Bastrop, TX, United States

The world around us is full of an incredible bounty of edible wild plants that are even more packed with nutrients than most domesticated crops....

Building for Native Bees 2021

Bastrop Botanical Gardens 316 Old 71, Cedar Creek, TX, United States

Bastrop Botanical Gardens is hosting the Lost Pines Master Naturalists for a program on Native Bees in Cedar Creek, Texas. Join us as we create...

Course: Knife Making

Earth Native Wilderness School - Woodview Lane entrance 137 Woodview Lane, Bastrop, TX, United States

Learn to make your own knife using O1 tool steel. Students will learn how to shape a piece of tool steel into a knife of...

Event Series Course: Natural Pottery

Course: Natural Pottery

Earth Native Wilderness School - Woodview Lane entrance 137 Woodview Lane, Bastrop, TX, United States

Long before our modern day glass, metal, and plastic containers, native cultures all over the earth utilized the amazing natural resource of clay. During this...

Course: Bird Feather Identification

Earth Native Wilderness School - Woodview Lane entrance 137 Woodview Lane, Bastrop, TX, United States

Have you ever picked up a feather and wondered who had dropped it? Or perhaps you marveled at the act of flight and just how...

Course: Campfire Cooking

Earth Native Wilderness School - Woodview Lane entrance 137 Woodview Lane, Bastrop, TX, United States

Join Earth Native Wilderness School for a day of campfire cooking! ​Campfire cooking is a TON of fun and with the right skillset the food tastes...

Course: Amazing Local Wild Foods

Earth Native Wilderness School - Woodview Lane entrance 137 Woodview Lane, Bastrop, TX, United States

There is so much abundance around us! Central Texas is chock full of really amazing local wild foods. Join Earth Native Wilderness School for this...

Course: Earth Paints & Pigments

Earth Native Wilderness School - Woodview Lane entrance 137 Woodview Lane, Bastrop, TX, United States

Come explore art and nature with Earth Native Wilderness School. This class will explore the wonderful bounty of paints and pigments that can be made...

High Tunnel Workshop 2022

Farmshare Austin 3608 River Road, Cedar Creek, TX, United States

Join Farmshare Austin, located in Cedar Creek, Texas, for a hands-on workshop at the non-profit teaching farm just southeast of Austin, on January 27th. Spend...

Axe & Knife at Earth Native Wilderness School

Earth Native Wilderness School - Woodview Lane entrance 137 Woodview Lane, Bastrop, TX, United States

Axes and knives are among the oldest tools humans have used to shape their environment. These two tools have allowed humans to construct shelters, make...

Women’s Wilderness Weekend at Earth Native Wilderness School

Earth Native Wilderness School - Woodview Lane entrance 137 Woodview Lane, Bastrop, TX, United States

Are you prepared for your next wilderness adventure or the next natural disaster? The field of wilderness survival is often male dominated and Earth Native wants...

Juneteenth Celebration 2022: A Bigger Taste of History

Hopewell Rosenwald School - Cedar Creek TX 690 Hwy 21 W, Cedar Creek, TX, United States

Join "A Bigger Taste of History" 2nd annual Juneteenth Celebration at the historic Hopewell Rosenwald School located in Cedar Creek, Texas, just west of Bastrop....

Forts & Fairy Houses – Kids

Earth Native Wilderness School - Woodview Lane entrance 137 Woodview Lane, Bastrop, TX, United States

Do you see fairies in the woods or in your backyard? Would you like to know more about the folklore surrounding these tiny woods creatures?...

Primitive Fishing for Kids 2022

Earth Native Wilderness School - Woodview Lane entrance 137 Woodview Lane, Bastrop, TX, United States

You know what’s fun? Fishing! You know what makes fishing even more fun? Creating your own fishing kit! Join Earth Native Wilderness School for the...

Eco Printing 2022

Earth Native Wilderness School - Woodview Lane entrance 137 Woodview Lane, Bastrop, TX, United States

Join Earth Native Wilderness School in Cedar Creek, Texas to learn the native art form of eco printing. Eco printing is an art in which...

Family Bird Language Adventure 2022

Earth Native Wilderness School - Woodview Lane entrance 137 Woodview Lane, Bastrop, TX, United States

Join Earth Native Wilderness School in Cedar Creek, Texas for a day of fun, instruction, and nature games that will help you and your family...

Bugs! A Family Class 2022

Earth Native Wilderness School - Woodview Lane entrance 137 Woodview Lane, Bastrop, TX, United States

Earth Native Wilderness in Cedar Creek, Texas is hosting another educational and fun course for you and your family with children as young as five...

Event Series Knife Making 2022

Knife Making 2022

Earth Native Wilderness School - Woodview Lane entrance 137 Woodview Lane, Bastrop, TX, United States

Learn to make your own knife using O1 tool steel. Students will learn how to shape a piece of tool steel into a knife of...

More Than S’mores 2022

Earth Native Wilderness School - Woodview Lane entrance 137 Woodview Lane, Bastrop, TX, United States

Earth Native Wilderness in Central Texas has learned, through their decades of combined experience with kids in the outdoors, is that kids LOVE roasting things...

Wildlife Detectives – Winter2022

Earth Native Wilderness School - Woodview Lane entrance 137 Woodview Lane, Bastrop, TX, United States

Join Earth Native Wilderness School for a day of exploring and discovering the local flora and fauna of central Texas! Does your little one enjoy...

Earth Paints & Pigments 2022

Earth Native Wilderness School - Woodview Lane entrance 137 Woodview Lane, Bastrop, TX, United States

Come explore art and nature with Earth Native School in central Texas. This class will explore the wonderful bounty of paints and pigments that can...