31st Texas Bamboo Festival
November 22-23, 2025
at Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, Texas
Saturday 10 am - 4 pm, Sunday 10 am - 3:00 pm
Bamboo Plants & Crafts for Sale * Talk to Experts & Local Growers * Silent Auction
  • Free festival admission with paid admission to Zilker Botanical Garden

  • Workshop: Bamboo Basics of Working with Bamboo - with Michael Schaefer
    Register Here: 2pm Saturday and 1pm Sunday $40 per session

  • Bamboo Plants for Sale - Propagated by a very special Texas Bamboo Society Member
    This year we will have smaller pots of black bamboo plants - (easier to handle)

  • Michael Schaefer - Garden Structures, Bamboo Construction, Bamboo Removal + Martial Arts

  • William Harjo - Rivercane Flutes, Bamboo Flutes, CD's, T shirts, Medicine Bags & Native American Art

  • Bamboo Branch - Bamboo Walking Sticks, Poles, Garden Stakes, Special Bamboo Pieces, Hand Made Bamboo Beaded Earrings

  • Bamboo Reflections - Native American Flutes - locally made

  • Paintings and Jewelry by Sung Cha Brooks

  • "Bamboo Buck" Crafter - Didgeridoos, Floating Bamboo Shelves, Tiki stuff

  • Artist Andrea Nelson will show her folding Hammock stand and flower sculptures

  • Aloha Tropical Productions - Performance - Saturday 12 noon

  • Soulscape Sunday 12 noon - Join us on Sunday in the Greene Room for a Sound Bath with Ashlee from SoulScape. Recharge, unwind, and experience the healing benefits of sound as Ashlee plays at the healing frequency of 432 hz. Feel free to bring a yoga mat or sit in one of the provided chairs. This experience is donation-based to make sound therapy more accessible to everyone. .

  • Silent Auction - A unique collection of bamboo oddities up for silent auction. If you would like to donate some bamboo items for the silent auction - please send email

  • This is an opportunity to talk to many bamboo experts who have been working with and growing bamboo for 20 - 30 years so bring all your bamboo questions!

  • There is still space to add a few more vendors - so let's hear from you!

  • Browse the History of the 30 different Texas Bamboo Festivals which began in 1993!

  • The Bamboo Festival is the annual fund raiser for the Texas Bamboo Society Chapter of the American Bamboo Society, a 501 (c)3 non-profit organization. Proceeds are used to provide research, information, education, assistance to public bamboo gardens, support for bamboo artists, and to bring new varieties to the multi-state region represented by the Texas Bamboo Society.

  • Become a member of the Texas Bamboo Society Chapter of the American Bamboo Society