Pecan Street Festival - Fall 2012 - September 29-30

The bi-annual Pecan Street Festival is this weekend, September 29-30, 2012. This festival is held twice a year Once in the spring and again in the fall.The festival covers 24 blocks of 6th street from I-35 to Brazos. Featuring artisans from all over the country (USA) who display and sell their homemade art and craft-work. In addition there will reportedly be three stages with musicians providing entertainment. Of course you can't forget the various kinds of food that will be sold either.
Some might ask why this festival is called Pecan Street if it is on 6th Street. To answer that we have to look at Austin's rich history. When Edwin Waller first laid out the street plan for Austin, he named the north-south streets after Texas rivers in the order in which they appeared on the Texas map. While Mr. Waller had recommended the east-west streets be numbered, they were instead given the name of trees. Eventually, numbers did replace the tree-named streets and what had been Pecan became, what we now know as 6th Street, today. The Old Pecan Street Spring and fall Festivals honors the streets original name.
Whether you come for the food, music/entertainment or arts/crafts there is something for you. It is a tradition that is 100% Austin, which has been known for the last 34 years as a great way to spend a weekend.