🌱 Purple Ark Music & Arts Festival at Plano: April 18-19, 2026 and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Collin McKinney Day
• Purple Ark Music & Arts Festival at Plano: April 18-19, 2026 at TPC Craig Ranch
• Live at TUPPS: The Real McCoys at TUPPS Brewery

... and check out 1 more event on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Becoming windier and humid, with a high of 83 and low of 55 degrees.
• Saturday: Breezy; a few morning showers, temps: high: 63, low: 42.
• Sunday: Pleasant with plenty of sun, with a high of 72 and low of 51 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lowry Crossing

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 18

• Collin McKinney Day
  111 W 5th St, Anna
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday April 18

• Purple Ark Music & Arts Festival at Plano: April 18-19, 2026
  TPC Craig Ranch , 8000 Collin McKinney Pkwy , McKinney
  11:00 am
• Live at TUPPS: The Real McCoys
  TUPPS Brewery , 402 E Louisiana St Building 2 , McKinney
  7:00 pm

Friday April 24

• Barrel Tasting Tour
  1845 Distilling , 2070 S Bridgefarmer Rd , McKinney
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Grand Prix BBQ at ProSource of Allen
  ProSource of Allen , 25 Prestige Cir , Allen
  11:00 am
• MHS Softball vs. Walnut Grove
  Ford Sports Village @ The Z-Plex , 4220 E Melissa Rd , Melissa
  4:30 pm
• MHS Baseball (JV Black & V) @ McKinney North
  McKinney North High School , 2550 Wilmeth Rd , McKinney
  4:30 pm
• MHS Baseball (JV Red) vs. McKinney North
  Ford Sports Village @ The Z-Plex , 4220 E Melissa Rd , Melissa
  6:00 pm
• Music Bingo at Landon Winery - McKinney
  Landon Winery - McKinney TX , 101 N Kentucky St , McKinney
  7:00 pm
• McKinney Boyd JV Softball @ Princeton
  Princeton High School , 1000 E Princeton Dr , Princeton
  7:15 pm
• Lakeview Centennial JV Baseball @ Wylie
  Wylie High School , 2550 FM 544 , Wylie
  7:30 pm
• Join Us for Live Music With Love Handle on April 17
  District 121 , 6731 Alma Rd , McKinney
  7:30 pm

Saturday April 18

• Cars for Coffee
  New Hope Church , 1100 W Brown St , Wylie
  8:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Princeton

• Lennar buys homesites at Centurion American's Princeton development (therealdeal.com)
• Panthers advance 7 to area track meet (princetonherald.com)
• Early voting starts April 20 (princetonherald.com)

McKinney

• After a stroke, this McKinney man found recovery and purpose on the back of a horse (wfaa.com)
• The Only Butterbeer Parlour In The U.S. Is Inside A McKinney Walmart (localprofile.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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