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Event Recap: Our Texas, Our Future Festival Presented by H-E-B

On April 21, 2024, Waterloo Park welcomed hundreds of visitors to Our Texas, Our Future Wildlife & Environmental Festival Presented by H-E-B. The free community event celebrated our state parks, resilient wildlife, and the Texans helping conserve and protect them for future generations. Visitors explored interactive exhibits, wildlife demonstrations, sustainability workshops, guided garden tours, and […]

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Waterloo Greenway’s Free Community Programs Return this April

Free Family-Friendly Events Include Healthy Living, Arts & Culture, and Educational Activities We’re thrilled to announce the return of our weekly series of no-cost, family-friendly community programs at Waterloo Park this spring, in collaboration with other Austin-based organizations, artists, and performers.  Discover all of our upcoming events below! ART IN THE PARK ‘Past Deposits from […]

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Waterloo Greenway and H-E-B Partner to Bring Our Texas, Our Future Festival to Waterloo Park on April 21

Celebrating and preserving Texas’ natural beauty through docuseries, guided tours, and more Austin, TX — March 21, 2024 –  Waterloo Greenway Conservancy and H-E-B, today announced the Our Texas, Our Future Wildlife & Environmental Festival at Waterloo Park. The free festival is a celebration of Texas’ beautiful parks, resilient wildlife, and the Texans helping conserve […]

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Waterloo Greenway 2023 Community Report

In 2023, we welcomed more than 270,000 park visitors, hosted 30 concerts at Moody Amphitheater, offered more than 140 free community programs, and worked hand-in-hand with more volunteers than ever before. To top it off, we broke ground on Phase II: The Confluence and launched the design development for Phase III: Palm Park! 2023 was a […]

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Apply to be a vendor at Our Texas, Our Future Festival presented by H-E-B on April 21!

Calling Austin-area environmental organizations & vendors!  We want you to be a part of our free environmental and wildlife festival at Waterloo Park on Sunday, April 21, from 12-5pm! The event will feature 30+ interactive environmental exhibitors, wildlife demonstrations, guided garden tours, and sustainability and stewardship workshops throughout Waterloo Park. The festival will also feature a special […]

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In the Path of Totality: Three Days of Eclipse Programming in Austin

Free Eclipse viewing party at the Long Center, plus other downtown events featuring iconic guests AUSTIN, TX – [January 10, 2024] – In celebration of the first total solar eclipse in Austin, TX since 1397, the Simons Foundation, as part of its In the Path of Totality initiative and in partnership with Waterloo Greenway Conservancy, the […]

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Past Deposits from a Future Yet to Come

Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler

Buttons, plates, marbles, bottles, coins, bullets, keys and other historic artifacts are suspended in a rhythmic free fall, a choreographed parade, in Past Deposits from a Future Yet to Come (2024), a new public video art installation by internationally renowned artists, Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler.

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Día de los Muertos 2023 Recap

We’d like to thank everyone in our community who attended and participated in our annual Día de los Muertos celebration at Waterloo Park on Wednesday, November 1.  Throughout the evening, hundreds of visitors gathered at Moody Amphitheater to honor departed loved ones by placing photos, flowers, and vibrant decorations at our Community Ofrenda supported by […]

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