If you can’t find an annual festival to enjoy in the Heart of Texas region, you aren’t looking hard enough.

Waco is home to the Margarita and Salsa Festival, Brazos River Festival and Homestead Crafts & Children’s Fest.

Also in McLennan County, West puts on Westfest, a celebration of the city’s Czech heritage, while Limestone County hosts the Make Mine Texas Music Fest.

Bosque County has several big events: the National Championship Barbecue Cookoff, Bosque Conservatory’s Kaleidoscope Arts Festival, Oktoberfest, Norwegian Constitution Day and the Norse Smorgasbord.