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Event Name: Texas Fleece & Fiber Festival
Category: Trade Fairs
Event Date: 30 October – 01 November, 2026
Frequency: Annual
Location: Hill Country Youth Event Center – 3785 Tx-27 Kerrville, Texas 78028 United States
Organizer: Texas Fleece & Fiber, Inc. – 200 Lakeview Dr. Lake Ctty, Texas 78368 USA
Phone: +1 361-537-0503
Email: inquiries[at]texasfleeceandfiber.com
Timings: 09:00 AM – 18:00 PM
Tickets: Visitor Registration Required – Click Here!
Texas Fleece & Fiber Festival 2026: 37th Edition
Formerly known as Kid ‘N Ewe and Lamas Too!
. . .the festival began in 1989 by a small group of Natural Colored Wool Grower Association members, who were hand spinners and / or hand weavers. Their goal was to promote natural Texas fiber by educating the public and marketing the products of the animals they raised. The first November event was held in Hamilton, and then moved to Goldthwaite. As the festival grew from a backyard gathering, it moved to Bartlett, then to Johnson City, and in 2001 to Boerne. TX. Fiber Producers of Texas, Inc. (FPT) was incorporated in 1998 to manage organization of the annual festival and was its primary sponsor. 2018 saw the festival move to Kerrville, Texas, where it found a home at the Hill Country Youth Event Center.
The event name was changed in 2020 to reflect a new era for Kid ‘N Ewe to Texas Fleece & Fiber Festival. The name change has given the event a fresh perspective.
2026 – Texas Fleece & Fiber Festival is celebrating its 37th year, continuing the tradition of being Texas’ Premier Fiber Festival.
Texas Fleece & Fiber Festival is an in-person event. Vendors from all over the Great State of Texas and beyond offer their products and art over the course of three days. Teachers and speakers offer classes from fiber arts to animal welfare and husbandry practices. Additionally, live demonstrations from pioneers, sheep herding to washing and dying of fleeces, exhibits and classes are offered throughout the weekend.
Texas Fleece & Fiber, Inc.
Texas Fleece & Fiber, Inc. is an IRS 501(c)3 Non-Profit Corporation established in 2024 for the purpose of managing the festival and its expansion. Texas Fleece & Fiber Festival supports and encourages small farms and homesteads who raise or grow natural fiber in Texas; and to provide opportunities for fiber farmers, artists and enthusiast to share the history and passion that comes from working with natural fiber!
