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🤠 Western Days 2026 headliners are set: Eli Young Band and Randy Rogers Band top the Main Stage September 25-26
🐦⬛ A Poe-themed tavern is coming to Old Town Lewisville this fall, complete with book club nights and literary bingo
🎉 First Fridays returns to Old Town this Friday, August 7, with shopping, food and live music
🎒 One week until LISD's first day: bus routes, supply lists and back to school forms still due
🌊 Lake Lewisville Check
Easing to 96.3% full as of Tuesday, August 4, the latest reading from Water Data for Texas, down from 96.6% the day before and about 1.7 points below where the lake stood a week earlier (98.0% on July 28). That keeps Lewisville Lake a bit under normal summer pool (full pool is 522 ft) but well within the normal range for early August. No advisories are in effect, so boat ramps, swim areas and the Party Cove remain business as usual this week.
Source: Texas Water Development Board
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Friday, August 7th.
First Fridays in Old Town Lewisville, 6 PM to 9 PM. Stroll Main Street for shopping, food and live music at multiple stops.
I-35E northbound frontage road closes overnight from 8 PM to 8 AM Saturday between Sandy Lake Road and Dickerson Parkway for TxDOT construction work. Plan an alternate route if you are driving that stretch late.
Saturday, August 8th.
Great Big River Care Clean Up from 8 AM to 10 AM. Meet at the Blackjack Trail parking area at LLELA before carpooling down to the river. Volunteers clear debris from the Elm Fork Trinity River shoreline.
Old Town Lewisville Farmers Market from 8 AM to 12 PM, Wayne Ferguson Plaza. Local produce, bread, pasta and flowers.
NTX Sports Card and Comics Show from 10 AM to 5 PM, NTX Arena, 2401 S. Stemmons Fwy. Over 50 tables, on-site grading and weekend giveaways.
Sunday, August 9th.
Conversations with Artists at Lewisville Grand, 3 PM to 5 PM. Free, presented by the Visual Art League of Lewisville.
Tuesday, August 11th.
VAL Art Talk: Ken Womack, "Giant," at Lewisville Grand, 7 PM to 9 PM.
The Papillon Project: The Becoming, presented by Ballet Papillon at Lewisville Grand.
Wednesday, August 12th.
LISD First Day of School 2026-27. All campuses. Elementary 7:40 AM, Middle 8:15 AM, High School 8:50 AM.
Friday, August 14th.
Feel Good Fridays at Lewisville Public Library, 3 PM. Free family program, running the second Friday of the month through August.
Saturday, August 15th.
Old Town Lewisville Farmers Market from 8 AM to 12 PM, Wayne Ferguson Plaza.
Saturday, August 22nd.
Old Town Lewisville Farmers Market from 8 AM to 12 PM, Wayne Ferguson Plaza.
NTX Sneaker Show from 9 AM, NTX Arena, 2401 S. Stemmons Fwy.
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Western Days 2026 Headliners Are Set: Eli Young Band and Randy Rogers Band
Credit: LM Otero Invision/AP
The City of Lewisville released the main stage lineup this week for Western Days 2026, the city's flagship fall festival returning to Old Town on Friday, September 25, and Saturday, September 26.
Eli Young Band headlines the Republic Services Main Stage Friday night at 10 PM, following sets from Wilder Blue and Chaser Crouch. On Saturday, Randy Rogers Band closes out the night at 10 PM after a full day of Texas country acts including J. Isaiah Evans and The Boss Tweed, Cole Phillips and Carter Faith.
Festival hours run 4 to 11:30 PM Friday and noon to 11:30 PM Saturday, with additional music across the Huffines Auto Dealerships Stage, Bendt Distilling Co. Stage and the CoServ Stage at the Lewisville Grand Theatre Sculpture Garden.
Event Details
📅 Date: Friday, September 25 and Saturday, September 26, 2026
🕐 Time: 4 to 11:30 PM Friday, noon to 11:30 PM Saturday
📍 Location: Old Town Lewisville
💲 Admission: Free before 6 PM both days, $15 after 6 PM, kids 12 and under always free
Source: City of Lewisville / Lewisville Leader
A Poe-Themed Tavern Is Coming to Old Town Lewisville
A new literary themed bar is taking shape a few blocks from Wayne Ferguson Plaza. Nevermore Tavern, inspired by the work of Edgar Allan Poe, is under construction at 170 W. Main Street, Suite 101, inside a remodeled 3,500 square foot space.
Permits filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation put construction running from early July into early October, which would put the tavern on track to open in time for the Halloween season.
Beyond cocktails, Nevermore plans to operate as a gathering spot for literary and horror fans, with book and poetry readings, trivia nights, Poe themed bingo, book signings, a lending library and regular live music. Local artists will also get wall space to display their work.
Source: WhatNow
First Fridays Returns to Old Town This Week
Old Town Lewisville's monthly street event is back this Friday, August 7, from 6 to 9 PM. First Fridays brings local shops, restaurants and pop up vendors together for an evening of shopping, food and live music spread across several spots along Main Street.
The event is free and family friendly, and many businesses in the district stay open late or run their own specials and music for the night.
It is a good way to close out the week before Saturday's bigger lineup, which includes the return of the Old Town Farmers Market and the NTX Sports Card and Comics Show.
Event Details
📅 Date: Friday, August 7, 2026
🕐 Time: 6 to 9 PM
📍 Location: Old Town Lewisville, Main Street
💲 Admission: Free
Source: Old Town Lewisville
One Week Until LISD's First Day: What Families Still Need to Do
Lewisville ISD's first day of school is one week away, Wednesday, August 12, and the Back to School forms that opened in Skyward Family Access last Monday are due before then for returning students.
Families can also look up bus stop times through the district's Bus Route Locator and track the bus in real time with the Here Comes the Bus app once school starts. Campus specific school supply lists are posted at lisd.net/resources/families/school-supply-lists.
Event Details
📅 Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2026
🕐 Time: Elementary 7:40 AM, Middle School 8:15 AM, High School 8:50 AM
📍 Location: All LISD campuses
Source: Lewisville ISD
🕰️ Trivia Day in Lewisville
Back in 1946, a robber who held up Lewisville State Bank took off on foot, only to run straight past Lewisville High School. Members of the school's Farmers football team saw him go by, took off after him and helped hold him until police arrived. That same team went on to win the district title that season with a 10-2 record.
Source: City of Lewisville
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