Taste local wine, buy books or attend a new live music festival with this list of upcoming November events around South Austin.

Fortlandia

The Wildflower Center’s ongoing Fortlandia exhibit features eight forts from local designers. The exhibit aims to connect people to the environment by “evoking a sense of childhood play and wonder.”
  • Through Feb. 2
  • Free-$15
  • Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, 4801 La Crosse Ave., Austin
  • www.wildflower.org
Austin Food & Wine Festival

The Food and Wine Festival will offer a variety of wines, spirits and brews as well as food samples from local and national chefs. Attendees must be 21 years old to enter the festival.Dripping Springs Empty Bowls

Community members can make a donation by purchasing handmade, ceramic bowls to fill with soups prepared by local restaurants. Funds raised benefit the Dripping Springs Helping Hands food pantry.Texas Wine Jam 2024


This wine festival will have wine tastings, vendors, food, live music and more. Festival proceeds benefit the SIMS Foundation, a nonprofit providing mental health and substance use recovery services and support for musicians, and Texas Wine Community Scholarships.
  • Nov. 7-10, noon-5 p.m. (festival)
  • $55 and up (tickets)
  • Vinovium, 214 Edmonds Ave., Johnson City
  • www.txwinejam.com
Railcar Revival

A new festival arriving at Buda Amphitheater & City Park this fall, Railcar Revival will highlight Buda’s railroad background and feature live music performances from “red dirt” and Texas country music artists. Headliners will include Treaty Oak Revival and Reckless Kelly.A Christmas Affair

The Junior League of Austin will present this annual market to benefit its signature programs and nonprofit community partners. Leading up to and throughout the market, JLA will host a series of themed parties and children’s events at its Community Impact Center and the Palmer Events Center.
  • Nov. 15-24 (parties and children’s events), Nov. 21-24 (market), times vary
  • $25 and up (tickets)
  • 5330 Bluffstone Lane, Austin; 900 Barton Springs Road, Austin
  • www.jlaustin.org/a-christmas-affair
Blue Genie Art Bazaar

The 24th annual holiday shopping event will feature over 200 regional artists offering handcrafted items from jewelry, home decor, clothing fine art and specialty foods. The event was founded in 2001 by four local Austin artists.
  • Nov. 15-Dec. 24, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. daily; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Dec. 24
  • Free (admission)
  • Blue Genie storefront, 6100 Airport Blvd., Austin
  • www.bluegenieartbazaar.com
Texas Book Festival


The Texas Book Festival welcomes book lovers from across the state to celebrate literature through conversations with authors, exhibitor booths, book signings, family story times and more. This year’s headliners are Malcolm Gladwell and Matthew McConaughey, who will speak at ticketed sessions.A Christmas Affair

The Junior League of Austin, Austin’s largest women’s service organization, will host the 49th A Christmas Affair, a four-day market showcasing more than 200 businesses from across the United States benefitting the organization. Leading up to and throughout the market event, the organization will be hosting a series of themed parties and children’s events to celebrate the season.'The Nutcracker'

The Central Texas Youth Ballet, in partnership with DeCruz Ballet, is showcasing "The Nutcracker," choreographed by Sandra Organ Solis, Rena Garcia Reeder, Caitlin Elledge, Lindsi Dec and Karel Cruz at Dripping Springs High School.
  • Nov. 22, 7 p.m.
  • Ticket sales to be announced Oct. 4
  • Dripping Springs Performing Arts Center, 940 Hwy. 290, Dripping Springs
  • www.ctyballet.com
H-E-B Feast of Sharing

H-E-B’s annual holiday dinner will take place at the Palmer Events Center and have Texas-style Thanksgiving meals, music and more. As part of the company’s Hunger Relief Program, the H-E-B Feast of Sharing is a series of festive gatherings that serve more than 340,000 meals at 34 dinners throughout Texas and Mexico.ThunderCloud Subs Turkey Trot


The annual Thanksgiving Turkey Trot kicks off at the Long Center. All proceeds benefit Caritas of Austin.‘A Christmas Carol’

The Zach Theatre will open its production of "A Christmas Carol" for the holiday season in November. Follow along as the cast and crew tell the story of Ebenezer Scrooge and his encounters with the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.