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Weekend Picks for Dec. 5-7

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The Highland Lakes area has much to offer visitors and residents this weekend. Check out our top picks for Dec. 5-7, 2025: Need more fun? Find more weekend events here.

November 27, 2025

Christmas Lights

A Dickens of a Christmas in Llano

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101 Staff

For three days in December, the small Hill Country town of Llano transforms into a Victorian-era homage to the Charles Dickens holiday classic “A Christmas Carol.” The festivities run Dec. 5-7 and include a Dickens of a Dinner Theater, a Read more…

November 26, 2025

Haunted Highland Lakes

HAUNTED HIGHLAND LAKES: Badu House haints

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Suzanne Freeman

Ghosts at the Badu House in Llano have reportedly moved chairs and keys, knocked items off shelves, appeared in windows, left handprints in sawdust, and even been heard conversing in empty rooms. One story tells of a ghost terrifying a Read more…

October 28, 2025

Events, Llano Earth Art Festival

LEAF returns in 2025—sort of

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101 Staff

The Llano Earth Art Festival is turning over a new LEAF as a “reunion of a lifetime” for artists and spectators to honor the spirit of the now-defunct event and possibly help revive it in the future. The LEAF reunion Read more…

January 27, 2025

Events, Llano Crawfish Open

Llano Crawfish Open piled high with mudbugs and music

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101 Staff

Enjoy a little Cajun culture in the Texas Hill Country during the Llano Crawfish Open in April at Robinson City Park. Mudbugs and music are the main attractions at the festival. The 2025 festival is April 25-26. Another Cajun ingredient Read more…

January 14, 2025