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🏛️ Monday night is your last word on the tax rate before Council votes
🚐 Western Days parking is tight, and the city wants you on a free shuttle
🎨 The artist behind "Tears to Glory" walks you through it Saturday
🥕 The Old Town Farmers Market has two Saturdays left, and one is not next week
Friday, September 18th (today).
Artists selected for the "Eye Candy!" exhibit are notified by email.
Lewisville Area Chamber Women's Conference, 10 AM to 1:30 PM, Sparrow on Main, 105 E. Main St.
Saturday, September 19th.
Old Town Lewisville Farmers Market, 8 AM to noon, Wayne Ferguson Plaza, between Main and Church streets.
Docent tour of "Tears to Glory" with artist Yoonsoo Nam, 10 AM to noon, Lewisville Grand Theater, 100 N. Charles St., free.
Final day to see "Tears to Glory," gallery open 10 AM to 5 PM.
Service Saturday pollinator seed harvesting at LLELA, 8 to 10 AM, 201 E. Jones St.
Monday, September 21st.
Lewisville City Council public hearing on the proposed property tax rate, 7 PM, Council Chambers, Lewisville City Hall, 151 W. Church St. Free and open to the public.
Free Monday Power Hour in the Plaza, 6:15 PM, Wayne Ferguson Plaza.
Wednesday, September 23rd.
Western Days street closures begin. The City Hall east parking lot closes at 6 AM. Church St. from Kealy to Charles and Mill St. from Main to Walters close at 9 AM.
Thursday, September 24th.
More Old Town closures. Charles from Elm to Seven Mile Cafe and Church from Charles to Herod at 6 AM, Main St. from Mill to Kealy at noon, Walters from Kealy to Charles and Mill from Walters to College at 5 PM.
Friday, September 25th.
Western Days, 4 to 11:30 PM, Old Town Lewisville. Eli Young Band headlines. Free before 6 PM, $15 after for ages 13 and up.
Free festival shuttles run from Electric Cowboy, 1165 S. Stemmons Freeway, 4 PM to midnight, and the DCTA Old Town Station, 617 E. Main St., 4 PM to 12:30 AM.
Saturday, September 26th.
Western Days, noon to 11:30 PM. Randy Rogers Band headlines.
Padrino Foods World Tamale Eating Championship, 1 PM, City Hall stage.
Final day to see "She Found Her Way" and "Fresh Ideas 2026" at Lewisville Grand Theater.
No farmers market this Saturday. The Plaza sits inside the festival footprint.
Join Boomerjacks Lewisville and neighbors across the country for FEED the COUNTRY, a single morning of hands-on service with a big goal: 250,000+ meals for people facing hunger, made in more than 100 communities at once. Every sandwich made, every volunteer who shows up, and every location that participates gets the count closer.
📍 Where: Boomerjacks Lewisville, 2437 S. Stemmons Freeway, Lewisville, TX 75067
📅 When: Saturday, September 19, 2026
⏰ Time: 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
👨👩👧👦 Who: All ages welcome, this is a family-friendly event
What to bring
Everyone attending, at any age, is asked to bring enough supplies to make 25-30 meals:
Sliced bread (wheat or whole grain preferred)
Deli meat, pre-packaged turkey, chicken, or ham (no deli-counter meat)
Sliced cheese, pre-packaged, real cheese (not processed)
Yellow mustard (no spicy mustard or mayo)
Chips, full-size bags, made with healthier oils when possible
Tangerines (Halos or Cuties)
Sandwich bags, zip style (not fold-over)
Why it matters
This is your chance to help your neighbors feed your neighbors. Show up, bring your supplies, and be part of a morning where the whole community pitches in together.
Get your tickets: Eventbrite page
Follow along and share: Facebook event page
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Monday Night Is Your Last Word on the Tax Rate Before Council Votes
The Lewisville City Council holds its public hearing on the proposed property tax rate Monday, September 21. That hearing is the one point on the calendar where what a resident says about the rate becomes part of the official record, which makes it a different thing from complaining about your appraisal at a backyard barbecue.
Here is the number on the table. The city is proposing a rate of .436381 per $100 of valuation, up from the current .419009. It sits inside a $148 million proposed General Fund budget that also carries a 7.8 percent utility rate increase. The city points out that even after the change, Lewisville's property tax rate stays among the lowest in North Texas. Both things are true at once, and which one lands harder probably depends on what your valuation did this year.
If you want to read the thing before you speak on it, the proposed budget document is posted on the city's Annual Budget page, and paper copies sit at the City Secretary's Office and the Lewisville Public Library during regular hours. Questions go to Budget Manager Ashley Carlisle at 972.219.3411.
Event Details
📅 Date: Monday, September 21
🕐 Time: 7 PM
📍 Location: Council Chambers, Lewisville City Hall, 151 W. Church St.
💲 Admission: Free and open to the public
Source: City of Lewisville
Western Days Parking Is the Hard Part. The City's Answer Is a Free Shuttle.
Western Days returns to Old Town Friday, September 25 and Saturday, September 26, and the city's own parking page opens with a warning rather than a welcome. Parking is extremely limited, streets are closing, traffic will be bad, and attendees are "highly encouraged" to ride a shuttle instead of hunting for a space.
Two free shuttles run both days. One leaves from Electric Cowboy at 1165 S. Stemmons Freeway, Friday from 4 PM to midnight and Saturday from noon to midnight, dropping riders at Commercial Bank of Texas. The other runs from the DCTA Old Town Station at 617 E. Main St., Friday from 4 PM to 12:30 AM and Saturday from 11 AM to 12:30 AM, dropping at the corner of Mill and Whatley. Both are ADA compatible.
If you are set on driving, the city's advice is to approach Old Town from the south, where festival traffic is thinnest. Vernell Gregg Early Childhood Center at 601 S. Mill St. and Lewisville Bible Church at 609 S. Charles St. are the two lots the city actually recommends. ADA parking behind Lewisville Grand Theater is very limited and requires entering at College and Herod with a placard or plate. Rideshare drops are pointed at 601 S. Mill St., and bicycle parking sits in front of Gate 5 at 247 W. Main St.
One more thing worth knowing if you live nearby. The neighborhood bounded by College and Main and by Cowan and Herod closes to public traffic Friday from 3 to 11:30 PM and Saturday from 8 AM to 11:30 PM, with resident and pass holder access at College and Herod.
Event Details
📅 Date: Friday, September 25 and Saturday, September 26
🕐 Time: Friday 4 to 11:30 PM, Saturday noon to 11:30 PM
📍 Location: Old Town Lewisville
💲 Admission: Free before 6 PM both days, $15 after 6 PM for ages 13 and up
The Artist Behind "Tears to Glory" Walks You Through It Saturday, Then It Comes Down
Yoonsoo Nam's solo exhibition "Tears to Glory" has been hanging in the gallery at Lewisville Grand Theater, and Saturday is the last day to see it. It is also the only day you can see it with the person who made it standing next to the work.
Nam leads a docent tour of the exhibition Saturday morning from 10 AM to noon. The gallery then stays open until 5 PM for anyone who would rather look around without a guide. Admission is free, as gallery admission always is at The Grand.
If Saturday does not work, the building is not short on art. "She Found Her Way," works by Crys Nelson, and the Visual Art League's juried show "Fresh Ideas 2026" both hang through Saturday, September 26. "Eye Candy!" takes over the walls starting October 3 and runs through November 7.
Event Details
📅 Date: Saturday, September 19
🕐 Time: Docent tour 10 AM to noon, gallery open until 5 PM
📍 Location: Lewisville Grand Theater, 100 N. Charles St.
💲 Admission: Free
Source: Lewisville Grand Theater
The Farmers Market Has Two Saturdays Left, and One of Them Is Not Next Week
The Old Town Lewisville Farmers Market sets up in Wayne Ferguson Plaza on Saturday mornings, and the season is close to done. Tomorrow, September 19, is one of the two dates left. The other is October 3.
The Saturday in between, September 26, is off. The Plaza sits inside the Western Days footprint that weekend, so the market steps aside rather than compete with a country music festival for the same patch of grass.
Hours are unchanged, 8 AM to about noon, in the Plaza between Main and Church streets. Worth putting on the calendar if you have meant to go all summer and keep not going.
Event Details
📅 Date: Saturday, September 19 and Saturday, October 3
🕐 Time: 8 AM to noon
📍 Location: Wayne Ferguson Plaza, between Main and Church streets, Old Town Lewisville
💲 Admission: Free
Source: Old Town Lewisville
🕰️ Trivia Day in Lewisville
The Degan Livery Stable opened on Main Street in 1886, and in one form or another it stayed in business for 124 years.
A livery stable in 1886 was the parking garage and the rental car counter rolled into one, and this one outlasted nearly every storefront that went up around it. It eventually became the Lewisville Feed Mill, which made it the longest continuously operating business in town until it finally closed in 2010.
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🌊 Lake Lewisville Check
Lewisville Lake is holding at 85.4% full. The September 16 reading is still the newest one Water Data for Texas has posted, so this is the same figure we ran in Thursday's issue rather than a fresh one.
The water sits at 518.84 feet, roughly 3.2 feet under the 522-foot conservation pool. The slide has been slow and steady: 87.0% a week earlier, 92.9% a month earlier, and a full 100% back in mid June. This time last year the lake was at 93.4%.
No advisories are in effect. Boat ramps, swim areas, and Party Cove all have plenty of water at this level. Three feet off full pool is not a problem, but it is the point where shallow launches get a little more interesting and cutting close to an unfamiliar shoreline stops being a good idea.
Source: Water Data for Texas
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