Waco Insider #137
Camp Fimfo Campout Concert Series, Waco Restaurant Weekend, and Home for the Holidays Gift Market
Camp Fimfo has become a steady source of live, local music, but now things are going up a notch with the Campout Concert Series, an all-ages two-day music festival this Friday and Saturday. Come for a single day or spend the whole weekend while enjoying the park's amenities in a live music atmosphere.
Friday, September 29
5 pm – The Powell Brothers
7 pm – The Great Divide
9 pm – Josh Abbott Band
Saturday, September 30
5 pm – Mike & The Moonpies
7 pm – Jack Ingram
9 pm – Reckless Kelly
Waco Restaurant Weekend is a jam-packed three days of food, hijinks, and celebrations as participating restaurants, food trucks, bars, and coffee shops offer special menus to engage new and existing customers. You can expect events such as pop-up markets, live music, food and drink pairings, and live entertainment.
Plus, registration fees this year will be donated to Keep Waco Beautiful, a local nonprofit that’s engaging and inspiring the community to make Waco a more beautiful—and sustainable!—place to live.
See the list of participating restaurants.
If you’re one of those people who’s always planning ahead, the 2023 Home for the Holidays Gift Market brings you three days of holiday shopping at the Waco Convention Center. With more than 130 unique vendors offering one-of-a-kind gifts, grab your girlfriends, mom, or daughter, and go enjoy the fun.
Tickets are available online or at the door and are valid for re-admission all weekend.
Upcoming Events
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Thursday, September 28
Chalkboard Specials | Fish City Grill | 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
Wild Imaginings Children's Theater Class | Cultivate 7twelve | 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Good Dogs Night Out | Freight Bar | 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
$20 Steak Night | Barnett’s Whiskey House | 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Maui Brewing Company Pint Night | Dancing Bear Pub | 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Gary Jones Jr. | Hoot’s Tokio Store | 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Versus Series Wine Tasting: Spain v. Sicily | Segovia Wine Bar | 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Oktoberfest College Night with Ethan Smith | Southern Roots Brewing Co. | 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Trivia Night | Fuzzy’s Taco Shop | 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Darrell "D-Rail" Ray | Lounge ’93 | 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Zak Webb | Barnett’s Whiskey House | 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Trivia Night | Brotherwell Brewing | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Larry Burgin & Texas Tradition | Sul Ross Boot Scootin’ Dance Club | 7:00 pm – 9:15 pm
Lawrence Wright | Fabled Bookshop & Cafe | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Waco Brew Theology | Bare Arms Brewing | 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
$3 Thursday College Night with Graham St Clair & DJ Euby | Freight Bar | 7:00 pm – 2:00 am
Faculty Recital: Shijun Wang (piano) | Waco Hall | 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
DJ Kris Karaoke | Twisted Sisters Patio Bar | 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 | Ball Performing Arts Center | 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center | 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Oklahoma! | Waco Civic Theatre | 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Bumble Bar Tab with DJ LKB & Yost | 5IVE | 10:30 pm – 2:00 am
Friday, September 29
Home for the Holidays Gift Market | Waco Convention Center | 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Chalkboard Specials | Fish City Grill | 11:00 am – 10:00 pm
Pumpkin Festival 2023 | Western Belle Farm | 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Campout Concert Series | Camp Fimfo | 5:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Swan Song Series Finale | Susan L. Sistrunk Fine Art Gallery | 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Darrell "D-Rail" Ray | Uncle Worm’s Smoke House | 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Kölsch Service Night | Southern Roots Brewing Co. | 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Joel Wood | Fuzzy’s Taco Shop (Hewitt) | 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
The Johnny Joes Trio | Fuzzy’s Taco Shop | 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
September Wine Club Dinner (SOLD OUT) | Valley Mills Vineyards | 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Heart of Texas Drink 'n' Draw | Brotherwell Brewing | 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Delta Night with Ritt Momney & SUNNN | Waco Hall | 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Jennifer Pisarcik & Jon Fox | Segovia Wine Bar | 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
French Specialty Dinner (SOLD OUT) | Lighthouse Coffee & Wine | 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Oklahoma! | Waco Civic Theatre | 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center | 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 | Ball Performing Arts Center | 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Monte Rose | Blue Dog Wine & Martini Bar | 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
JD Johnson | American Legion Post 121 | 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
When Forever Ends & Rewound | Truelove Bar | 8:00 pm – 11:30 pm
Cameron Sacky Band with Larissa Boyd | Backyard Bar Stage & Grill | 8:30 pm – 11:30 pm
Karaoke | Chapter 11 | 9:00 pm – 2:00 am
DJ Kris Karaoke | Twisted Sisters Patio Bar | 9:00 pm – midnight
Saturday, September 30
Waco Downtown Farmers Market | 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Dog Days of Summer | Hewitt Park | 9:00 am – noon
Hatchet Marathon League | Waco Axe Company | 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
New Pickleball Court Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony | Jaycee Park | 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
1-Year Celebration | Ramble & Company Waco | 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Pumpkin Festival 2023 | Western Belle Farm | 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Home for the Holidays Gift Market | Waco Convention Center | 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Josh Bosh Memorial Car & Bike Show | S-W Waco Distribution Center | 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Chalkboard Specials | Fish City Grill | 11:00 am – 10:00 pm
Oktoberfest | Southern Roots Brewing Co. | noon – 10:00 pm
Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration | Mayborn Museum Complex | 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Oklahoma! (matinee) | Waco Civic Theatre | 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Oktoberfest 2023 | Brotherwell Brewing | 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Campout Concert Series | Camp Fimfo | 5:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Hewitt National Night Out Kick-Off Party 2023 | Warren Park | 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Monte Rose | Slow Rise on the Brazos | 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Colton Dixon with toLoveandRescue | Waco Hippodrome Theatre | 7:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Waco Out of the Darkness Walk | Brazos Park East | 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
French Specialty Dinner | Lighthouse Coffee & Wine | 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Live Jazz Saturday with the Pat McKee Trio | Segovia Wine Bar | 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Dr Pepper Paranormal Experience | Dr Pepper Museum & Free Enterprise Institute | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Oklahoma! | Waco Civic Theatre | 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center | 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 | Ball Performing Arts Center | 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Jay Gavin with Joey Dvorak | Hoot’s Tokio Store | 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Divas' Dragaret | Brazos Theatre | 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
YKI Bash | Private Hip-Hop HQ | 8:00 pm – midnight
Cabaret | Mission Waco Jubilee Theatre | 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
The Selfless Lovers | Freight Bar | 8:00 pm – 11:30 pm
Los Traileros Del Norte with Los Grandes Del Norte | Rancho Triple SSS | 8:00 pm – midnight
5th Saturday Karaoke | Papa Joe’s Texas Saloon | 8:00 pm – 11:59 pm
Burn the Wicked | Last Chance Bar | 8:00 pm – 11:30 pm
Palmer Anthony | Backyard Bar Stage & Grill | 8:30 pm – 11:30 pm
Karaoke | Chapter 11 | 9:00 pm – 2:00 am
Madstone | Twisted Sisters Patio Bar | 9:00 pm – midnight
DJ Peligro | JRG’s Bar & Grill | 9:00 pm – 1:00 am
Sunday, October 1
Pumpkin Festival 2023 | Western Belle Farm | 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Seafood Sunday | The Brazos Landing | 11:00 am – 10:00 pm
Home for the Holidays Gift Market | Waco Convention Center | 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Community Day – Día Gratuito | Mayborn Museum Complex | 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (matinee) | Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center | 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Richard Shanley Memorial Recital | Waco Hall | 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Oklahoma! (matinee) | Waco Civic Theatre | 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Service Industry Night | Freight Bar | 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Service Industry Sunday | Clicks Billiards | 7:00 pm – 1:00 am
Monday, October 2
Wild Imaginings Children's Theater Class | Cultivate 7twelve | 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Jennifer Pisarcik & Jon Fox | Lounge ’93 | 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Acoustic Open Mic | Taqueria Mexicano Grill 15 | 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Monday Funday with Tea Aguilar & Clinton Bon Slaughter | Hemingway’s Watering Hole | 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Karaoke Mondays | The Crying Shame | 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Trivia Night | Lakeside Bar | 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Name That Tune Music Bingo | Freight Bar | 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Micro Wrestling | Bare Arms Brewing | 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Tuesday, October 3
Play & Create | Art Center Waco | 9:00 am – 10:00 am
BOSS Conference | Cashion Academic Center | 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Cocktails with Jen | Hemingway’s Watering Hole | 5:00 pm – midnight
Dinner with Chef Jason Rolf | Lounge ’93 | 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Waco National Night Out | North Waco Park | 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
CTHCC Family Skate Night Fundraiser | Skate World Waco | 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Beer Garden Yoga | Brotherwell Brewing | 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Smarty Pints Trivia | Southern Roots Brewing Co. | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Towne Tuesday Open Mic | The Crying Shame | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Cabaret Trivia Night | Backyard Bar Stage & Grill | 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Booze Clues Trivia | Dancing Bear Pub | 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Wednesday, October 4
The Meetup | Startup Waco | 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Story Time: Tigers! | Cameron Park Zoo | 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Fabled Story-Time with Kylee Lauren | Fabled Bookshop & Cafe | 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Pint Night Wednesdays & Karaoke | Barnett’s Whiskey House | 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Bridge Street Farmers Market | Bridge Street Plaza | 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Trivia Night | Bare Arms Brewing | 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Trivia Night | Fuzzy’s Taco Shop (Hewitt) | 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Mack Abernathy's 1st Wednesday Fiasco | Taqueria Mexicano Grill 15 | 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Music Bingo | Brotherwell Brewing | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Open Mic Night | Last Chance Bar | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Trivia Night | Twisted Sisters Patio Bar | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Wine Down, Whiskey Up Craft Night | Freight Bar | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center | 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Witty Wednesday BuzzTime Trivia | Hemingway’s Watering Hole | 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
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Coming Next Week
Tsh Oxenreider, Mötley Krüe, and the Waco Community Band.
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