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Saturday, 10/3/26

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QUEEN ISABELLA EXHIBIT [10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission applies.]

Location: Port Isabel Historical Museum [317 E. Railroad Ave.]

Info: (956) 943-7602

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WHO IS ISABEL?!  EXHIBIT [9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission.]

Location: Port Isabel Lighthouse SHS Visitor Center [421 E. Queen Isabella Blvd.]

Info: (956) 943-0735

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CAR SHOW @ PORT ISABEL'S TEX-BEST TRAVEL CENTER [6 p.m. to 8 p.m.]

Meet & Greet, on the corner of Highways 100 & 48 in Port Isabel

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HOPPER HAUS [418 E. Queen Isabella Blvd.]

Live Music by Jimmy Jack Lawrence

Sunday, 10/4/26

PORT ISABEL ANTIQUE & FLEA MARKET [9 a.m. to 4 p.m.]
Location: Beulah Lee Park
Info: (956)433-1015

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RIDE FOR ROTARY [Register]

Annual Ride for Rotary begins at the Brownsville Event Center, crosses the Queen Isabella Causeway and ends at Louie's on South Padre Island.

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WHO IS ISABEL?!  EXHIBIT [9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission.]

Location: Port Isabel Lighthouse SHS Visitor Center [421 E. Queen Isabella Blvd.]

Info: (956) 943-0735

Monday, 10/5/26

QUEEN ISABELLA DAYS CROWNING 


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1978 TIME CAPSULE CHECK-IN

Location: Port Isabel Public Library [217 N. Yturria St.]

Info: (956) 943-1822

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WHO IS ISABEL?!  EXHIBIT [9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission.]

Location: Port Isabel Lighthouse SHS Visitor Center [421 E. Queen Isabella Blvd.]

Info: (956) 943-0735

Tuesday, 10/6/26

PAELLA & LIVE MUSIC

Location: Port Isabel Event & Cultural Center [309 E. Railroad Ave.]

Info: (956) 433-4195

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1978 TIME CAPSULE CHECK-IN

Location: Port Isabel Public Library [217 N. Yturria St.]

Info: (956)943-1822

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QUEEN ISABELLA EXHIBIT [10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission applies.]

Location: Port Isabel Historical Museum [317 E. Railroad Ave.]

Info: (956) 943-7602

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WHO IS ISABEL?!  EXHIBIT [9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission.]

Location: Port Isabel Lighthouse SHS Visitor Center [421 E. Queen Isabella Blvd.]

Info: (956) 943-0735

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HOPPER HAUS [418 E. Queen Isabella Blvd.]

Live Music: Open Mic hosted by the Kunkle Family Band

Wednesday, 10/7/26

LUCHE LIBRE

Location: Port Isabel Event & Cultural Center [309 E. Railroad Ave.]

Info: (956) 433-4195

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1978 TIME CAPSULE CHECK-IN

Location: Port Isabel Public Library [217 N. Yturria St.]

Info: (956)943-1822

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QUEEN ISABELLA EXHIBIT [10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission applies.]

Location: Port Isabel Historical Museum [317 E. Railroad Ave.]

Info: (956) 943-7602

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WHO IS ISABEL?!  EXHIBIT [9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission.]

Location: Port Isabel Lighthouse SHS Visitor Center [421 E. Queen Isabella Blvd.]

Info: (956) 943-0735

Thursday, 10/8/26

QUEEN ISABELLA DAYS DANCE with RUBEN VELA

Location: Port Isabel Event & Cultural Center [309 E. Railroad Ave.]

Info: (956) 433-4195

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1978 TIME CAPSULE CHECK-IN

Location: Port Isabel Public Library [217 N. Yturria St.]

Info: (956) 943-1822

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QUEEN ISABELLA EXHIBIT [10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission applies.]

Location: Port Isabel Historical Museum [317 E. Railroad Ave.]

Info: (956) 943-7602

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WHO IS ISABEL?!  EXHIBIT [9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission.]

Location: Port Isabel Lighthouse SHS Visitor Center [421 E. Queen Isabella Blvd.]

Info: (956) 943-0735

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HOPPER HAUS [418 E. Queen Isabella Blvd.]

Live Music Bingo w/ DJ Venom

Friday, 10/9/26

PACHANGA ON MAXAN STREET [6 p.m. to 12 a.m.]

• Community Performances
• Vendors: Food, Drink, Artisan, Activities

• Live Music by REVO

• Live Music by NORTHERN LIGHTS

• Live Music by BUCK N CRAZY

• Live Music by DE PARRANDA [HEADLINER]

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FIREWORKS [9 p.m.]

Firework show over downtown Port Isabel! Viewing from the top of the Port Isabel Lighthouse, Maxan Street, Pirates Landing Fishing Pier.

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QUEEN ISABELLA EXHIBIT [10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission applies.]

Location: Port Isabel Historical Museum [317 E. Railroad Ave.]

Info: (956) 943-7602

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WHO IS ISABEL?!  EXHIBIT [9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission.]

Location: Port Isabel Lighthouse SHS Visitor Center [421 E. Queen Isabella Blvd.]

Info: (956) 943-0735

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HOPPER HAUS [418 E. Queen Isabella Blvd.]

Live Music by Jimmy Jack Lawrence [Country]

Saturday, 10/10/26

PACHANGA ON MAXAN STREET [6 p.m. to 12 a.m.]

• Community Performances
• Vendors: Food, Drink, Artisan, Activities

• Live Music by AMBIZZION
• Live Music by RUBY ANNE [LIVE VIDEO SHOOT!]

• Live Music by THE PALACIO BROTHERS

• Live Music by VIDAL

• Live Music by DELTA BOYS [HEADLINER]

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QUEEN ISABELLA EXHIBIT [10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission applies.]

Location: Port Isabel Historical Museum [317 E. Railroad Ave.]

Info: (956) 943-7602

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HOPPER HAUS [418 E. Queen Isabella Blvd.]

Live Music by One Lone Pirate & the Tipsy Mermaid [Trop Rock]

Eight Days!

Saturday, October 3 - Saturday, October 10, EIGHT DAYS of community events hosted by Port Isabel, Texas! Discover or Re-Discover what makes this point on the Texas map such a TREASURE!


Background image taken in the mid-1970s from the westbound lane of the new Queen Isabella Causeway. Note: no stoplight at the Highway 100 and Garcia St. intersection. Signs indicate a right hand turn on Garcia St. will take you to Purdy's Motel. Maxan St. was a two way street. The Lighthouse had been restored two decades earlier and was open to the public and staffed by the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. The construction of the Lighthouse Keeper's Cottage Visitor Center was still 20 years away. Population: approximately 3,500.