Palacios Events
2009 ANNUAL EVENTS
June
21 - Citywide Birthday Decorations Begin
Banners, Bunting & Flags
Sponsor: Rotary Contact: Joe Morton
28 - Opening of Week-Long Centennial Celebration
7AM Sunrise Community Centennial Service
Raising of US Flag at Pavilion Flag Pole
Community Breakfast $5/person
Texas Baptist Encampment
Centennial Attire Week Contest Begins
Sponsor: City State Bank Contact: Joe Morton
JULY 3rd
1:00pm Grand Opening of City by the Sea Museum
401 Commerce Street
Sponsor: PAHA Contact: 361-972-1148
7:00pm-10pm- Street Dance
Sponsor: Bert West Contact: 361-972-3009Parking Lot Tent Dance featuring “The Rocket Man”
10:00pm Friday Fireworks
Sponsor: Lions Club Contact: 361-972-2014
July 4th
Lion’s Club 4th of July Celebration
East Bay Park
Sponsor: Palacios Lions Club Contact: 361-972-2600
Bingo, Barbecue, Helicopter Rides
Run, Walk, Crawl, No Wheels
Sponsor: Cut’n’Curl Contact: 361-972-3905
9am-4pm Silent Auction
Sponsor: Full Stringer- Linda McCombs Contact 361-972-3200
Antique Farm Tractor Show
Sponsor: Irwin Janzen Contact: 361-970-3377
10:00 am Lasalle Landing Re-Enactment 
Sponsor: PAF, PAHA, PYC Contact: 361-972-3960
11:00 AM
Centennial Baby Contest
Sponsor: Catholic Daughters Contact 361-972-2615
1:00 PM
No-Boat Boat Races
Sponsor Don’s Diving Service Contact: 361-920-2178
Registration Form Rules
2:30 PM
Men & Women’s Tricycle Race $5 per race for adults. 3 age groups: 20-39; 40-59; 60 and up.
Sponsor: KJZT-CFFT Contact Joe Morton-3
3:30 PM
Kayak Races
Sponsor Don’s Diving Service Contact: 361-920-2178
Registration Form Rules
3:00pm Prize in A Box Auction
Sponsor: F of EC Contact: 361-972-2715
4:00pm Speakers & Awards Program
Palacios Born Distance Traveler
Centennial Attire Contest Award
Silent Auction Winners
Left-Over Loud Auction (if any)
ReMax and various Announcers contact _________
6:00pm Centennial Monument Dedication Burying of the Time Capsule in City Park
Sponsor: City of Palacios Contact: 361-972-3009
7-10pm Parking Lot Tent Dance featuring
Sponsor: ____________ Contact: Joe Morton
DJ Rudy
10:00pm Closing Fireworks
Sponsor: Lions Club Contact: 361-972-2014
July 12 - Market Days
East Bayshore 9am - 4pm New vendors welcome
Contact Chamber - 361-972-2615
August
2 Annual Shrimp-O-Ree & Blessing of the Fleet
Sponsor: St. Anthony’s Catholic Church Contact: 361-972-2446
8-9 Family Fishing Tournament
Sponsor: Palacios Chamber of Commerce Contact: 361-972-2615
For a copy of the form, click here. To have one emailed to you, palcoc@tisd.net
9 - Market Days
East Bayshore 9am - 4pm New vendors welcome
Contact Chamber - 361-972-2615
16 Cannonball Run Sailing Regatta
Sponsor: Palacios Yacht Club Contact: 361-972-3960
15 Beach Party and Dance on the Pavilion featuring Riptide
Sponsor: PYC Contact:361-972-3960
September
6 - PAHA Labor Day Concert
Featuring Larry Joe Taylor
Sponsor: Palacios Area Historical Association Contact: 361-972-1148
10 - Palacios Community Medical Center’s Theatrical Presentation
A Tribute to the Medical History of Palacios
and a Box Supper Auction
Sponsor: PCMC Contact: 361-972-2511
Recreation Association’s 50th Birthday
Cake will be served at Center
12 - Market Days
East Bayshore 9am - 4pm New vendors welcome
Contact Chamber - 361-972-2615
October
9-10 - BayFest
Motorcycle Rally & Fireworks Show
Sponsor: Palacios Chamber Foundation Contact: 361-972-2615
10 - Pedal Palacios Bicycle Race
Sponsor: Palacios Beautification Committee Contact: 361-972-2884
10 - Market Days
East Bayshore 9am - 4pm New vendors welcome
Contact Chamber - 361-972-2615
24 - Harvest Moon Dinner & Dance
Featuring: Jazz Prodigy
Sponsor: Friends of the Library Contact:__________
31 - Tour of Historic Homes & Buildings
This guided Tour will be in the afternoon
Sponsor: Peggy Hafernick Contact: 361-972-0317
Quilt Show with Wine and Cheese
Recreation Center
Sponsor: Peggy Morton Contact:361-972-9689
Palacios Cemetery Tour “Ghost Walk”
Characters portraying those Palacios Citizens Who came before Us
This guided tour will be in the evening
Sponsor: Palacios Area Fund Contact: 361-972-3960
(Possible hay wagon rides from the Rec Center)
November
Miss Palacios Centennial Pageant
Sponsor: Palacios Rotary Club Contact:________________
14 - Camp Hulen Day
36th Infantry Military Band
Sponsor: PAHA Contact: 361-972-1148
27 - SeaSide Holiday & Santa’s Arrival
Sponsor: Chamber Contact: 361-972-2615
December
5 - Texas Fishermen’s Seafood Festival
Sponsor: Matagorda County Marine Advisory Contact: 361-972-5121
12 - Christmas on Main Street
Sponsor: Downtown Merchants Contact: 361-972-0318
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