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
Aloha Tropical Productions
Aloha Tropical Productions
Ashlee Newton Soulscapes
Ashlee Newton Soulscapes
Will Harjo Native American Flutemaker
Will Harjo Native American Flutemaker
AustinBamboo.pro
Michael Schaefer AustinBamboo.pro
Mark Miller's Native American Flutes
Mark Miller's Native American Flutes
Sung Cha Brooks Paintings
Sung Cha Brooks Paintings
Bamboo Poles bamboobranch.com
Bamboo Poles bamboobranch.com
  • 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

  • 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