Texas State Forest Festival

09/25/2026

The 42nd Annual Texas State Forest Festival, presented by Brookshire Brothers, through the lens of SIANCreativeCo! 📸🌲🎡

From the big moments to the little ones in between, these photos capture so much of what made this year's Festival special!

A HUGE thank you to SIANCreativeCo for capturing all the fun, excitement and memories from four incredible days! 💚

09/24/2026

🌲 We couldn't do it without them! 💚 Behind every great Festival is a pretty incredible group of sponsors who help make it all happen!

From the big attractions to the little details that make the Texas State Forest Festival so special, our sponsors play a HUGE part in bringing this event to life. We're so grateful for the businesses and organizations that continue to invest in this tradition and our community.

To our 2026 sponsors, THANK YOU for helping us make another year of Festival memories! We appreciate you more than you know! 🫶

👏 Now it's your turn! Help us thank these amazing businesses by showing them some love. Give them a shoutout in the comments, shop local and support the businesses that support our community! 💚

09/24/2026

And now for the Sunday pics! 🌲🎡📸 From the Pineywoods Car Show and East Texas Cheer & Pom Championships to all the fun around the festival grounds, Sunday gave us plenty more memories worth sharing!

Still not professional photographer quality (LOL 😂), but plenty of great moments captured between all the festival craziness!

And don't worry, we're not done filling your feed with festival pics just yet! 💚

09/23/2026

Because one more round of festival pics never hurt anybody! 🌲🎡🪓

Thursday already had its moment, so here's a little more of the fun from Friday and Saturday at the 42nd Annual Texas State Forest Festival, presented by Brookshire Brothers!

These may not be professional-photographer-quality (LOL 😂), but they capture a little behind-the-scenes, a lot of fun, and some of the festival craziness! You might even spot our actual professional photographer, SIANCreativeCo, in a few of these pics doing what she does best! 📸

And we're not done yet! More festival pics are coming, so consider this your warning that your feed isn't done with us! 📸💚

09/22/2026

More festival memories coming your way! 🌲🎡 We're sharing a few more of our favorite moments from the last two days of the Texas State Forest Festival!

And we're not done yet! We've still got plenty of photos to share, so stay tuned! 💚

📷: SIANCreativeCo

09/21/2026

A lot happens behind the scenes to make four days of the Texas State Forest Festival happen. 🌲

Thank you to The 936 for shining a light on our Chamber team, volunteers, sponsors and everyone who helps pull it all together. This one means a lot! ❤️

There are plenty of things you can see at the Texas State Forest Festival. You can see kids running from one attraction to another, smell barbecue cooking before you ever get close to the pits, the ar...

09/21/2026

What a way to close it out. 🌲🙌

Four days, countless memories and one BIG weekend in Lufkin. The 42nd Annual Texas State Forest Festival, presented by Brookshire Brothers, is officially a wrap!

To everyone who came through the gates, brought the family, cheered, laughed, ate all the festival food and made memories with us, THANK YOU. And to our sponsors, volunteers, vendors and everyone behind the scenes who helped make it happen, we couldn’t do it without you.

Big Jake is signing off until next year. 🪓🌲

See you in 2027!

📷: SIANCreativeCo

09/21/2026

We want to address an issue that occurred today during the East Texas Cheerleading & Pom Competition at the Texas State Forest Festival.

Following the competition, we discovered an error in the tabulation and announcement of some of our awards. Unfortunately, because results were called out in the wrong order, some teams did not receive the recognition they had earned while they were still on the competition floor. We sincerely apologize to those students, coaches and families.

After carefully reviewing the results, the following corrections are being made:

* Showmanship Award, East Texas Cheerleading Championship: Garrison High School and Hudson High School will be recognized as co-winners.
* Division 3A & 4A Jr. High Cheer Performance: Huntington Middle School and Central Junior High will share 2nd Place.

We want to be very clear that we are not taking an award or recognition away from any team. Our goal is to make sure the students who earned recognition receive it. Every one of these young ladies worked incredibly hard to prepare for this competition, and they deserve to be celebrated for the time, energy, practice and financial commitment that went into getting here.

More than anything, we ask everyone to remember that these are kids. They came to the Forest Festival excited to perform, compete and represent their schools. Please help us celebrate and encourage all of them. No student should have her accomplishment diminished because of an error that was completely outside of her control.

We also take responsibility for making sure our process is better moving forward. Our Chamber team is already working on changes for next year’s competition, including a computerized scoring program and additional verification procedures so that all results are checked and confirmed before awards are announced.

To the students, coaches and families impacted today, we are truly sorry. We cannot give those young ladies that moment back, but we can make sure they receive the recognition they earned. We appreciate your grace as we work to make this right and hope our community will join us in celebrating every one of these talented young people.

09/20/2026

🎶 We’re closing out the Texas State Forest Festival with one more afternoon of live music!

Catch today’s lineup on the Swingin’ Axe Music Stage, presented by Visit Lufkin:

🎤 Ally Fuller | 12:00–2:00 PM
🎤 Haylee Lewis Music | 2:30–4:30 PM

There’s still plenty of festival fun to squeeze in before we call it a wrap, so come spend your Sunday with us! 🌲🪓🎶

👕 Last chance to grab your festival music tee! Stop by Big Jake's Trading Post, powered by Real Graphics, before you head home and take the lineup with you.