Power of the Past Festival Marks 40th Anniversary of Boerne's AgriCultural Museum

The AgriCultural Museum & Arts Center in Boerne, Texas, will mark its 40th anniversary with the Power of the Past Festival on Saturday, March 7, 2026. This free, family-friendly event features vintage vehicles, antique tractors, live music, heritage cooking demonstrations, and living-history exhibits across the museum’s open-air grounds. Tori Bellos, Marketing Specialist at Visit Boerne, stated that the museum blends history, creativity, and community, preserving Hill Country traditions while welcoming music, art, food, and family memories.

The festival will showcase historic engines, vintage cars, trucks, and antique tractors. Re-enactors from the Frontier History Company Foundation will demonstrate turn-of-the-century pioneer life, while a blacksmith works all day in the blacksmith shop. Visitors can also tour the Big Red Barn to see collections of historic farming equipment, tools, and an extensive display of vintage farm toys. The event runs from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with gates opening at 8:00 a.m., at 102 City Park Road in Boerne. Admission is free, with donations welcome.

Highlights include a vintage car and truck show open to vehicles 40 years or older, with on-site registration costing $40 and including an event T-shirt. Antique tractors and engines receive free registration in honor of the museum’s anniversary. Live music will be provided by the Flashbacks Band from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., followed by a bluegrass jam in the Pioneer House from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. An awards ceremony will present trophies for categories such as Top 30 Vehicles, Best of Show Car and Truck, and antique equipment. Living-history demonstrations will cover heritage cooking, blacksmithing, and woodworking.

Food and craft vendors will include Johnny Naan’s Pizza and Stoltze’s BBQ, with craft beer by Cibolo Creek Brewing Co. Personalized drawings by Texas’ official character artist, Jerry Cardona, will be available, along with 40th-anniversary t-shirts. The AgriCultural Museum & Arts Center, formerly the Agricultural Heritage Museum, is a living-history campus featuring a blacksmith shop, woodworking shop, Pioneer House, wagon house, main museum building, and outdoor exhibits of antique farm machinery. Regular programs include twice-monthly bluegrass jams, semi-weekly art workshops with the Hill Country Council for the Arts, antique tractor pulls, and an annual pumpkin patch. The site serves as a rustic event venue for meetings, weddings, and barn events, with hayrides by vintage tractor available for an additional fee. For more information on upcoming events, check out the Visitor Blog at VisitBoerne.org.