Austin Ice Cream Festival August 13, 2011 10:00 am - 7:00 pm Waterloo Park Admission: $5 - Free 8 or Younger
First celebrated in 2007, the annual Austin Ice Cream Festival has become a fun Austin summer tradition for the entire family, and that includes the family dog as well.
The festival benefits a variety of local children-oriented charities including the Austin Children's Shelter (which was the Real Austin TexasFeatured Austin Nonprofit for June 2010).
The event features a number of ice cream contests: Ice Cream Eating, Homemade Ice Cream Making, Popsicle Stick Sculpture, and, surely one that never gets old or annoying, a Screaming contest.