Come Chill On The River!. Try your hand at the River Rodeo! That's right, this is the Cowboy Capital of the World, we have to have a rodeo! Enter the tube roping or the bronc riding. Think you can stay on 8 seconds? You haven't ridden a steed like Firestone or Goodyear. Not too good at rodeo sports? That's okay - enter the kayak races. We'll even provide the kayak!! If team sport is your thing, get a team together for the first annual tube volleyball contest. This should be fun…playing volleyball from a tube! We’ll even have a water fetching contest for your dog. See…something for the whole family!

Bring all the kids' cause there will be plenty for them to do. Lots of children's activities, in the water or out! Try their hand at fishing or maybe a paddleboat ride! Enter the watermelon eating contest or pair up for sack races, wheel barrel races or the Frisbee throwing.

All this activity will sure to make you hungry so mosey on over to the Lunch Box Social Auction. Creative contestants will have entered some pretty fancy picnic lunch baskets in a serious competition for the best picnic lunch in Bandera County. Individuals, restaurants, chefs and cooking enthusiasts can enter a basket. At 11:00 a.m. the picnic baskets and/or lunch boxes will be auctioned off to the highest bidders. Winners can open their purchased baskets for delightful picnic lunches on the river. Highest bidders will have beautifully decorated tables reserved just for them.

One of the featured events for the 2007 Riverfest is our search for the best singer in Bandera County. That’s right, we are looking for the new “Bandera Idol”. Get your vocal cords ready and select your music, competition will be fun! The winner will get to do some special singing appearances in and around Bandera!

If relaxing is your thing, you will love the RiverFest; plenty of shade and some great music. Hang around the Medina River Watering Hole for a cold beer, great food and featured singers. Browse through our excellent selection of Arts and Craft Booths, each selected from a juried show for their skill and craftsmanship, or venture into the information and exhibit area. Stroll through our Car Show and Swap meet. Wow, cars from all over! You won’t believe your eyes! Just down the way will be even more fun in the first Riverfest Cook-off. Teams of cookers will be doing their best riverside bar-b-queing techniques to win the coveted prize as Best Brisket Cooker. If all this isn't enough, get ready for the “GREAT HILL COUNTRY ANYTHING THAT FLOATS REGATTA”! Don't miss this infamous parade that will keep you laughing as the creative entries make their way down the Medina River competing for the FIRST prize. There will be prizes for the fastest, slowest, best dressed, most western, silliest, and best entry from a local business.