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WHO WE ARE

Downtown Abilene is the heart and soul of a thriving West Texas community, rich in heritage and dating to 1881. A national model for the use of cultural arts to spark revitalization in the early 1990s, Downtown Abilene is experiencing a second renaissance today.

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DOWNTOWN EVENTS

21 Sep

Anime Sekai

10:00 AM to 10:00 AM | Abilene Convention Center
21 Sep

Military Appreciation Day

10:00 AM to 5:00 PM | pin Taylor County History Center/ Buffalo Gap Historic Village
21 Sep

Abilene Beer Summit 2019

2:00 PM to 6:00 PM | Frontier Texas!
21 Sep

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

7:30 PM to 10:00 PM | Historic Paramount Theatre
21 Sep

Back to the Phuture: Dance All Night to Abilene DJ Legends

9:00 PM to 9:00 PM | The Hallows
26 Sep

September ArtWalk: STEAMPunk

5:00 PM to 8:00 PM | Center for Contemporary Arts
27 Sep

An Evening with Hung Liu

5:00 PM to 9:00 PM | The Grace Museum
27 Sep

The Mill

7:00 PM to 11:30 PM | The Mill
28 Sep

Storybook Saturday: Tale as Old as Time

10:30 AM to 12:30 PM | Abilene Cultural Affairs Council
28 Sep

Big Country Pop-Up Market

12:00 PM to 5:00 PM | T&P Event Center
28 Sep

3rd Annual Cactus Lions Fish Fry

4:00 PM to 8:00 PM | St Paul Abilene
28 Sep

An Eller Hall pop-up dance at the Grace Garage

7:00 PM to 10:00 PM | The Grace Museum
28 Sep

The Heavenly Life

7:30 PM to 10:00 PM | Abilene Convention Center
28 Sep

Kind of Makes You Wonder (Intimate Magic Theater)

8:00 PM to 10:30 PM | Center for Contemporary Arts
02 Oct

Bible & Brew w Guest LuCresia Fields

7:00 PM to 9:00 PM | The Hallows
04 Oct

Writing & Rewriting: the Craft of Revision w/ Mary Helen Specht

11:00 AM to 1:00 PM | Abilene Public Library
05 Oct

Children’s Author Panel

9:00 AM to 9:45 PM | Abilene Convention Center
05 Oct

Poetry for Everyone with Sylvia Vardell

10:00 AM to 10:45 PM | West Texas Book Festival
05 Oct

10 Books on a Desert Island

10:00 AM to 10:45 PM | West Texas Book Festival
05 Oct

Fest-Of-Fall

11:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Frontier Texas!
05 Oct

My Greatest Hits from West Texas with W. F. Strong

11:00 AM to 11:45 PM | West Texas Book Festival
05 Oct

Third Annual Socktoberfest!

12:00 PM to 12:00 AM | Sockdolager Brewing Company
05 Oct

Boots & Books Luncheon

12:00 PM to 1:30 PM | West Texas Book Festival
05 Oct

5 Love in Texas with Audrey Wick

1:30 PM to 2:15 PM | West Texas Book Festival
10 Oct

Wine & Wishes | Abilene

6:30 PM to 10:00 PM | 201 Mesquite Event Center
11 Oct

Paramount Film Series – “The Magnificent Seven”

7:30 PM to 7:30 PM | Historic Paramount Theatre
12 Oct

2019 Business Mercado

9:00 AM to 3:00 PM | Abilene Convention Center
12 Oct

Downtown Abilene Walking Tour

10:00 AM to 12:00 PM | Vera Hall Minter Memorial Park
13 Oct

Open Auditions for “Disney Frozen, Jr.”

2:00 PM to 2:00 PM | Historic Paramount Theatre
17 Oct

Mozart Society Social

5:30 PM to 7:30 PM | Frontier Texas!
19 Oct

Carvin Jones @ The Historic Paramount Theatre

8:00 PM to 8:00 PM | Historic Paramount Theatre
26 Oct

Halloween Cookie Pop-Up!

10:00 AM to 2:00 PM | Sweet June Cookies
26 Oct

Visions of America

7:30 PM to 10:00 PM | Abilene Convention Center
05 Nov

Hunting Film Tour

7:00 PM to 9:00 PM | Historic Paramount Theatre
08 Nov

24fps International Short Film Festival 2019

7:00 PM to 7:00 PM | Historic Paramount Theatre
15 Nov

Paramount Film Series – “Singin’ in the Rain”

7:30 PM to 7:30 PM | Historic Paramount Theatre
02 Dec

City Sidewalks & Downtown Days

6:00 PM to 11:30 PM | Downtown Abilene
07 Dec

A Hometown Christmas

7:30 PM to 10:00 PM | Abilene Convention Center
13 Dec

Paramount Film Series – “White Christmas”

7:30 PM to 7:30 PM | Historic Paramount Theatre
31 Dec

Paramount New Year’s Eve Film – “When Harry Met Sally”

7:30 PM to 9:15 PM | Historic Paramount Theatre
25 Jan

The Emperor Concerto

7:30 PM to 10:00 PM | Abilene Convention Center
22 Feb

Jerry Herman: The Broadway Legacy Concert

7:30 PM to 10:00 PM | Abilene Convention Center
04 Apr

Abilene’s 2nd Annual Women’s EXPO

10:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Abilene Convention Center
18 Apr

Canadian Brass

7:30 PM to 10:00 PM | Abilene Convention Center
23 Apr

Mozart Society- Variety Game Show Night!

7:00 PM to 9:00 PM | Matera Gardens
02 May

BIG DAYDowntown 2020

10:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Abilene Downtown
09 May

Kristen Hertzenberg and Her All-Star Band

7:30 PM to 10:00 PM | Historic Paramount Theatre

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DOWNTOWN NEWS & HIGHLIGHTS

Downtown Abilene Launches Interactive Map for $100M Development Pipeline

ABILENE, Texas – The Abilene Chamber of Commerce Downtown Initiative (Downtown ABI) today launched an interactive map to track and […]

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New life for an Old Building – Amendment 21

When we decided to renovate the Old Nichols Battery building into Amendment 21 in early 2017, we didn’t have any […]

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Thriving Downtown: A Foundation’s Point of View

The Community Foundation of Abilene exists to help donors make a lasting impact on the charitable causes that matter to […]

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