Above, a member of the Dripping Springs Camp Gladiator group performs a backflip for the crowd during last week’s Founders Day festival on Mercer Street. Thousands made their way to downtown Dripping Springs for the 30th annual Founders Day festival, which encompassed three days from April 21-23. The event featured the annual parade, along with a barbecue cook-off and rides from the Mighty Thomas Carnival.
(photo by Moses Leos III)
See more photos from Founder's Day here.
Founders Day by the numbers
- Over 200 vendor booths set up at the 2017 event
- 100+ volunteers helped with the event during the course of the weekend
- 98 teams competed in the BBQ Cook-Off
- 79 floats participated in the 2017 parade
- 90 floats participated in the 2016 parade
