🌱 Forest Quest @ Sherwood Forest Faire and 10 more events

Good morning McDade! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Sherwood Forest Faire at Sherwood Forest Faire
• Forest Quest @ Sherwood Forest Faire at Sherwood Forest Faire
• A day at the Faire at Sherwood Forest Faire

... and check out 5 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Variably cloudy; windy, humid, with a high of 89 and low of 68 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Cloudy, a thunderstorm; windy, temps: high: 74, low: 49.
• Sunday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 75 and low of 55 degrees.

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📸 Around McDade

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🗓 Upcoming Events in McDade

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 18

• Sherwood Forest Faire
  Sherwood Forest Faire, 1883 Old Hwy 20, McDade
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday April 18

• Forest Quest @ Sherwood Forest Faire
  Sherwood Forest Faire , 1883 Old Hwy 20 , McDade
  10:00 am
• A day at the Faire
  Sherwood Forest Faire , 1883 Old Hwy 20 , McDade
  10:00 am
• Spring Market Festival 2025
  Rising Sun Vineyard , 233 Edmonson Ranch Rd , McDade
  10:00 am
• Spring Market Festival 2026
  Rising Sun Vineyard , 233 Edmonson Ranch Rd , McDade
  10:00 am
• Southern Shade: Copper Shot Distillery
  Copper Shot Distillery , 809 Main St , Bastrop
  7:00 pm
• Musical: Rent
  Bastrop Opera House , 711 Spring St , Bastrop
  7:30 pm

Sunday April 19

• Wildlife Explorer
  McKinney Roughs Nature Park , 1884 State Hwy 71 West , Cedar Creek
  1:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday April 18

• Music in the Museum | JustUs
  Bastrop County Museum & Visitor Center , 904 Main St , Bastrop
  12:00 pm
• Bruce Smith — The Front Room
  The Front Room Wine Bar , 116 Main St , Smithville
  2:00 pm
• Southern Shade
  Copper Shot Distillery , 809 Main St , Bastrop
  7:00 pm

Tuesday April 21

• Sushi Night — The Front Room
  The Front Room Wine Bar , 116 Main St , Smithville
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Office Pride posted a job opening for Cleaning Team Member in Manor/Elgin/Hutto/Taylor in Elgin. Apply here.
• FDM Field Services posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser Multi-Store Resets in Elgin. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near McDade here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Elgin

• Area qualifiers set, schools send multiple competitors (elgincourier.com)
• Bastrop County Jail logs 55 ICE arrests through Q1 (elgincourier.com)
• Central Texas realtors invest in community (elgincourier.com)

Bastrop

• Tim Hortons eyes growing Austin suburb for latest expansion (mysanantonio.com)

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Ok McDade! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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