October 4th, 10am-4pmThe Austin Family Music Festival is back and it’s "music to our ears"! The Third Annual AFMF, held at Austin’s historic Pioneer Farms, features performances by family-friendly entertainers like popular recording artists, Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison, the Emmy Award winning Biscuit Brothers, "Mr. Steve" current national host of PBS Kids!, and Super Pal Universe. It’s also an opportunity for kids to experience music up close and personal. From a marching band clashing its cymbals as it struts by to feeling the beat of Taiko drums up through your feet, this is a festival that "beats to a different drum"! Visitors can ride on a musical hayride down a tree-lined path past friendly horses and cows, and hear a live mariachi band, a brass quintet, and a bagpipe player (over yonder down the road).
Other special features include an appearance by PBS' Clifford the Big Red Dog, games, concessions, and activities for the whole family! We hear Old MacDonald opens up his magic, musical farm just once a year, so don't miss your chance to experience a musical day like no other and explore the working farm where they shoot The Biscuit Brothers show!
Proceeds from the Austin Family Music Festival directly benefit Pioneer Farms, a registered Austin Historic Landmark, and the Biscuit Brothers Children's Television Project which provides free television programming to PBS stations throughout Texas.
For a full list of entertainers,
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Upcoming Events:
Mommy and Me Consignment Sale
Saturday & Sunday, October 4th & 5thWhether you're expecting your first bundle of joy or needing to update your toddler's toy box, you will find everything for mommy and baby at the Mommy and Me Children’s Consignment Sale this weekend at the Palmer Events Center. The Mommy and Me sale hosts over 300 consigners and has more than 30,000 pre-owned infant, children, and maternity items to choose from. The event is proudly owned and operated by Austin moms. This event truly supports the Austin community by donating items not sold to the Austin Pregnancy Resource Center. For more information, visit
www.mommyandmesale.com
BSA is giving away a pair of tickets to the VIP pre-sale on Saturday morning, October 4th, starting at 8am! To enter, e-mail
scoop@babyscoopaustin.com and put "tickets" in the subject line. We will contact the winner by Friday morning.
Sweet Berry Farm Fall Festival
Now through November 16th
Pull out the orange sweaters, comfy shoes and pack up the kids for a journey to a fun-filled fall adventure! Just follow the windy, paved road to Sweet Berry Farm’s famous fall harvest festival, now through November 16th. This storybook backdrop of the “land of the pumpkins” offers a variety of fun activities for the whole family. Once you’ve stuffed your own scarecrow, painted your own pumpkin, taken a hay-ride, and played with the farm animals, you can rest at the picnic tables and enjoy a scoop of homemade pumpkin ice-cream. Your “munchkins” will be a-mazed in the kiddie hayfield maze and will love running wild in the wide open field! Weekend only events include face painting, pony rides, and lunch options from the Food Patch. On your way out, pick up a few pumpkins and gourds to take back home. There’s no place like Sweet Berry Farm. ….There’s no place like Sweet Berry farm…. 8:30am-5:30pm M, T, TH, F & S 1pm-5pm Sun. Closed Wed. Look for the Sweet Berry Farm sign on FM 1431 just outside of Marble Falls. For more info and directions, go to,
www.sweetberryfarm.com
Austin's own home grown retail site is having a clearance sale, 30%-50% Off. For great finds on local "lovables", go to
www.austinables.com.
DOT-COM OF THE WEEK
BSA’s dot-com of the week: www.pumpkinpatchesandmore.org/TXpaustin.php
Speaking of fun fall activities, this website lists where you can find pumpkin patches, corn mazes, safe trick-or-treating, hayrides and other Fall and Halloween events in and around Austin! The link is:
www.pumpkinpatchesandmore.org
Check out our winners of last week’s poll: Favorite Places to take Pumpkin Patch Photos at www.babyscoopaustin.com
Vote for this week’s poll: Favorite Fall/Halloween Activities to do in Austin
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