Upcoming Events  

NEXT EVENT: Tea At A Good Friends Table

NEXT EVENT: Tea At A Good Friends Table

Be sure to check in regularly to see our latest additions to the events calendar. This includes volunteer opportunities, fundraisers, promotional celebrations, public meetings, member only experiences and more.


Date: April 25, 2026

Time: TBD

Venue: Elks Arts Center, Ballroom

Address: 1174 N. First St, Abilene, TX 79601

Tea At A Good Friends Table

Tea at A Good Friend’s Table is a brunch fundraiser benefiting the Abilene Preservation League.

Hosts purchase and style a table with their own special china while guests enjoy brunch by Circa 1880. Featuring Weddings Through the Decades, wedding attire from the 1880s to today will be displayed, with historical insights shared in partnership with ACU Department of History and Global Studies and The Grace Museum.

Thank you to our sponsors:

circa 1880, acu museum, the grace museum, wiley’s property services, Philpott Florist & Greenhouses, and the unless group


Date: May 5, 2026

Time: 8:00AM - 8:00PM

Venue: N/A

Address: N/A

Abilene Gives ‘26

Abilene Gives is one of our biggest giving days of the year!


Date: May 2026

Time: TBD

Venue: TBD

Address: TBD

Preservation Trivia Night

Test your preservation knowledge at APL’s trivia night!

More information to come!


Date: June 20, 2026

Time: 11:00AM - 2:00PM

Venue: Abilene Courts Property

Address: 633 S. 11th St, Abilene, TX 79601

Abilene Courts Car Show

Bring out the classic cars for our first annual Abilene Courts Father’s Day Car Show Fundraiser.

bask in the sun with us as we showcase cars from the travel era during the rise of automobile travel between the 1930’s-1970’s. We’ll be taking a trip down memory lane of our vintage Motor Court, the first hotel travelers would see as they drove into Abilene along the Bankhead Highway.

All donations go directly towards the reconstruction of the Abilene Courts structure. Be sure to join us for food, family and fun.


Date: September 11-13, 2026

Time: TBD

Venue: TBD

Address: TBD

Abilene Railroad Festival

This fall, the 3rd Annual Abilene Railroad Festival will be returning to the Texas & Pacific Railway cultural district corridor of North First street.

Our goal of this community wide event is to remind our city of its history with the railroad industry by providing unique involvement, subject specific presentations and incorporate introductory, family friendly interactive engagement that also values the perspective of railroad enthusiasts.