This weekend in Burnet, TX

At the Bertram Oatmeal Festival, the Cousins Maine Lobster truck will serve lobster rolls, lobster bisque, lobster tots, and more. The festival in downtown Bertram, Texas features parades, live music, vendors, activities, and family-friendly fun. Ordering ahead through the Cousins Maine Lobster app is available and earns rewards. The truck is cashless and accepts major credit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and in-app payments.

Run for Your Oats features a 3.3 mile course through historic downtown Bertram as part of the Oatmeal Festival. This festival tradition includes awards presented after the finish. Afterward, the 49th Annual Oatmeal Festival continues with parades, live music, vendors, contests, food, a car show, a Kids Zone, and more. Festival admission is free and all ages are welcome.

Explore a market offering bakery items, craft goods, fruit preserves, and fruits and vegetables. Browse the selections and take home something for your pantry or a small gift.

Get ready for some Texas-style fun at the 2026 Oatmeal Festival with a lighthearted lineup of Wacky Games. Families and friends can take part in the Tortilla Toss, Egg Toss, Cow Chip Kicking, and Stick Horse Race. Entry is free and open to all ages, and ribbons are awarded in every game. On-site sign-up will be available. Whether competing or cheering from the sidelines, expect plenty of laughs at this playful festival tradition in historic downtown Bertram.

Nameless Road appears at Reverend Jim's Dam Pub for an evening of lively music, tasty burgers, and friendly company.

MACH 5 returns to Hill Country Tavern in Bertram, Texas with a high-energy rock set built on big hooks and nonstop momentum. The band delivers a fast-paced performance that leans into rock and roll from the first riff to the final chord.

Bring your headphones and whatever audiobook you are currently enjoying for a relaxed group walk at Hamilton Creek Park. Take part for the whole outing or head out whenever you need. Children and pets are welcome. Choosing your audiobook through Title Euphoria offers a way to support the store while you listen.

A monthly coffee meetup where you can enjoy a cup of coffee and connect with others.

Uncorked Vintage Academia presents an immersive masterclass devoted to Riesling at Cuvee Wine & Piano Bar in Marble Falls. This rare deep dive features a curated selection of mature vintages, scarce bottlings, and benchmark wines from leading Riesling regions, showing the grape's range from bone dry and mineral driven to traditional method sparkling, off dry classics, noble sweet styles, and late harvest expressions. The session focuses on Riesling's clarity of place, inviting participants to consider how climate, geology, elevation, and cellar choices shape distinct personalities across sites such as slate lined river slopes, ancient limestone ridges, volcanic ground, and high elevation vineyards. It also unpacks how a delicate white can age for decades, with discussion of bottle development, the role of acidity in longevity, the emergence of tertiary notes, and the chemistry of long term evolution. Participants will taste more than 20 wines drawn from multiple countries, with perspectives spanning Germany, France, Austria, Italy, Romania, Australia, the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Chile, and other emerging sources. Special guest winemaker Mike Batek of Hye Meadow Winery shares insights on the challenges of crafting Riesling in Texas and leads conversations on the grape's history from medieval roots to its modern revival, philosophies for dry versus sweet styles, noble rot and dessert wine production, icewine and frozen grape harvesting, traditional method sparkling Riesling and Sekt, and the factors that make this variety among the most age worthy whites. Whether a longtime Riesling fan or simply curious, participants can experience its breadth through touchstone examples, aged bottlings, and selections that are seldom available to the public.