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Fort Griffin Fandangle Office
#2 Railroad St.
PO Box 2017
Albany, TX 76430


Phone: (325)762-3838   Fax: (325)762-3125

Email: fandangle@bitstreet.com


Directions:
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Everything You Need to Know about Fandangle:

       

# 2 Railroad St.     Albany, Texas     76430     (325)762-3838     www.fortgriffinfandangle.org      e-mail: fandangle@bitstreet.com

Dates for the 74th  Fort Griffin Fandangle are

June 21-22-23 & June 28-29-20

Gate opens: 7:30.The show starts at dusk-about 8:45 pm.

FANDANGLE PARADE: Thurs June 28 @ 6 PM

Fort Griffin Fandangle Ticket Prices:   $20.00 Box Seats      $15.00        

All seats are reserved. Payment must accompany all ticket orders. We accept cash, personal check, MC, Visa or Discover.  There is a 20% discount on 20 or more.  All Military- ˝ price.  Ticket refunds will be issued only when tickets are turned in to the Fandangle office 24 hours prior to the performance so we can try to resell them.  No refunds will be issued for tickets not resold or turned in to the office or theatre. Check the web for seating chart. All boxes are for 4, 6 or 8 seats only.

Calliope Concert each night at the Prairie Theater @ 8 p.m by

Louann George, Musical Director of Fandangle!

LOOK AT ALL THE FUN ACTIVITIES ON FANDANGLE DAYS:

Prairie Star BBQ Brigade will be serving fantastic chuck wagon meals at our new venue: stroll down to the downtown park (next to the Albany Visitor’s Center/Fandangle office on the main street). You will love the shade, the beautiful water fountain while munching on the new expanded menu for supper: brisket, sausage, coleslaw, beans, okra gumbo, corn on the cob, BBQ sauce, relish, bread, tea and apple cobbler!  You will not want to miss it!

Supper is served 5-8 p.m.        Adults: $12       Children 10 & under: $7.50

Lunch will be served: 11-1 pm. Enjoy a BBQ sandwich, fixins, chips, drink and cookie all for $7.50. Brisket will be sold by the lb and take-out dinners available. After supper, bring your own chair to enjoy live music.

Fort Griffin State Historic Site: located 15 miles north of Albany, presents living histories daily and tours of the old fort.  Also see the Official Longhorn Herd of the State of Texas

RV facilities and tent space may be available.

Two for one admission with Fandangle ticket. For more info: call 325-762-3592 or e-mail:  fgsp@camalott.com.

Daily: Longhorns on the Courthouse Square.

Will C Cradduck, Ph D - Manager of the State of Texas Longhorn Herd

Albany’s unique specialty shops are open late on performance days.  These shops feature a wide variety of specialty merchandise-antiques, collectibles, local & regional history books, arts & crafts, apparel & accessories, western wear, outdoor outfitters & Old Fashioned Soda Fountain, etc. Be sure to allow time to stroll downtown!

THE OLD JAIL ART CENTER, a critically acclaimed art museum, is located in the original county jail. View a local history video about Robert Nail, the writer and first director of Fandangle.  See the fabulous permanent collection that includes such artists as Pablo Picasso, Renoir, Rembrandt, Toulouse-Lautrec and Modigliani.  Also enjoy the incredible Pre-Columbian art and unique Sallie Reynolds Matthews Cowboy Room. NO CHARGE.

Contact the Old Jail Art Center by

e-mail: info@theoldjailartcenter.com  or call 325-762-2269 

Visit the Website: www.theoldjailartcenter.org 

The really “cool” Icehouse Restaurant & Cantina serves a

Cowboy Breakfast  on Friday & Saturday mornings only. June 22-23-29-30:

From 7-10 a.m.  Eat like real cowboys at the chuck wagon

behind the restaurant.      Incredible Buffet:     Adult prices are: $10      Children under 8: $5

Also, at the Icehouse Cantina, listen to LIVE MUSIC by: “TWISTED COUNTRY”

Call for more information: 325-762-EATS.  No Cover Charge!             

Quilt & Art Show @ WHITNEY THEATER EVERY DAY 3-8 PM

 (ACROSS FROM THE COURTHOUSE)

LIVE AT THE AZTEC” THEATER EVERY AFTERNOON

5:15-6:15 PM (except for Parade Day-see below)

Always great stuff going on for FREE! Enjoy the beautifully restored Aztec Theater & get out of the heat!  

The FANDANGLE “PET Parade”!  Enter your llama, goldfish, Hereford, dog, bird or cat dressed

up in costume.      Prizes awarded.     FREE!     Friday, June 29     6:15 pm     Bank Park     

Free Entertainment during the evening Prairie Star Brigade BBQ! After Dinner, bring your chair & enjoy:

****If you are an aspiring singer or picker & grinner, come to Open Mic Night!!!****

Take a nice drive to the Actual Spot of the Town of Fort Griffin? A beautiful & short 15 minute drive takes you back in time & place where you can actually walk in the same spot that Doc Holliday, Lottie Deno, & buffalo hunters roamed.  See where the real Beehive Saloon stood! See the 1880’s Jail, recently restored Masonic Lodge & more!  (This is a self guided tour!) For more info, check in at the Albany visitor’s center. DIRECTIONS: From Albany, go north on Hwy 283(Throckmorton Hwy). After 13.80 miles, turn left on CR 184.  Go approx. ˝ mile. Turn right at fork in road (where the historical markers are). Lynne & Cliff Teinert have restored many buildings at the town site at their Collins Creek Ranch.

The Matthews Memorial Presbyterian Church offers beautiful concerts on their unique tracker organ.

Concerts are held on all performance days at 4:00 p.m.  

The tracker organ was hand built and designed. Sandy Abel is our incredible “artist in residence”.  Sandy will play patriotic, classical music and your favorite hymns. The church is also very gorgeous and cool! Free!  This is a “do not” miss! ˝ block from Courthouse.

Visit the historical Trinity Episcopal Church after the Organ concert!   Open 5-7 pm except on Parade Day!-140 E Ave B

 

Be sure to visit other historic sites, such as the 1876 Picket House &

Georgia Monument at the bank park. 

The Pickett House will be open 5:00 until 7:30 .

The oldest home in Albany, the Jacobs House is also open.

ALSO! THE HISTORIC SHACKELFORD COUNTY COURTHOUSE IS OPEN UNTIL 8 P.M.  Go upstairs!

Are you hot?  Check out the Fantastic New Albany City Pool and Park It is down the street from the Albany Visitor’s Center. Drop the kids off and go shopping, or play golf at the Albany Golf Course!

 

Fandangle 5000Run/Walk is Sat. June 30th at 8:00 a.m. at the Courthouse.

Entry fees are $15.00 in advance, $20.00 day of the race.  Fees for children under 16 are $10.00. 

Please make checks payable to: Fandangle 5000 * PO Box 2435 * Albany, Tx * 76430 * Call 325-762-2447.

Restaurants

Ft Griffin General Merchandise & Beehive Saloon    Icehouse Restaurant & Cantina                    

Pizza Pro & Albany Minit Mart Grill          Biscuit          Prairie Star Convenience Store Deli & Grill                  

 Dairy Queen                      Los Casadores Mexican Food                      Vintage Vanilla

 

LODGING

Albany Motor Inn & RV PARK & Hereford Motel: 1-888-5ALBANY    

Deep Creek B & B  325-762-2888

The Dyess Manor: 1-800-245-5163    Bed & “Biscuit”: 325-762-3535 or 762-2085  

Ann’s B & B: 325-762-3200                                  

The Flaghouse: 1-800-786-4350 or 903-687-4704

                         Stasney’s Cook Ranch:  1-888-762-2999 or 325-762-3311

RV PARK-and CAMPING @ FT GRIFFIN STATE PARK: 325-762-3592      

City Park RV: 325-762-3133                             

Other overnight accommodations are available in Breckenridge (25 miles east of Albany)

or in Abilene (I-20: 30 miles south of Albany).

 

(The Fort Griffin Fandangle office reserves the right to change or add to this memo.)

 

Please read REFUND policy on your tickets and

*We implore you to check your tickets to make sure there are no mistakes!!*

 

*************PLEASE READ BELOW ABOUT TICKET REFUNDS!!!**********

REFUNDS WILL BE ISSUED ONLY WHEN TICKETS ARE TURNED IN TO THE FANDANGLE OFFICE AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE PERFORMANCE SO WE CAN TRY TO RESELL THEM. NO REFUNDS WILL BE ISSUED FOR TICKETS NOT TURNED IN AT THE OFFICE OR RESOLD.

 

RAIN POLICY************:

NO REFUNDS FOR RAIN!!!  THE FANDANGLE IS PERFORMED IN RAIN AND IS SELDOM CANCELLED.   WE OFFER RAINCHECKS ONLY IF A PERFORMANCE IS CANCELLED BEFORE INTERMISSION.  IF CANCELLED, PATRONS MUST RETURN TICKET STUBS TO: 

 FANDANGLE  OFFICE        BOX 2017      ALBANY, TEXAS       76430

 

************RAINCHECKS ARE VALID FOR 6 YEARS**********

AT TIMES, WE HAVE SHORT PERIODS OF RAIN OR SHOWERS----WE WILL EITHER KEEP PERFORMING OR WILL

THE SHOW SHORTLY.     BRING AN UMBRELLA JUST IN CASE and also bring your Bug Spray! 

 

The Fort Griffin Fandangle Association is a non-profit 501-C3 Organization   website: www.albanytexas.com   e-mail: fandangle@bitstreet.com  325-762-3838