A weekend without a good football game after a week of rain? Do not despair. There’s plenty enough to do around here and, if you play your cards right, you’ll get to Monday good and tired.

National Pie Day is right here, the NFL playoffs are winding down, the Elephant Man is coming to Wimberley and, of course, there’s music all over San Marcos this weekend.

We’re not crowning a mud queen or tattooing Ringo Starr on our arms, but San Marcos still makes a mark with music and ice cream this weekend.

Traditionally, the nation founders in the doldrums of January. The post-Christmas letdown sinks in and the days look a bit bleak and less than festive. Well, they do in most of America. But not here around San Marcos, where, even if the weather’s a bit chilly, the sun still shines with its golden Texas magic. And then, there’s Spindletop Day.

Maybe the world slows down a bit a week before Christmas, but we’ve still got commencements, shopping, music and lights for the weekend in San Marcos

Music, a live nativity scene and an unusual Christmas play are some of the treats waiting for you this weekend.

If you can’t find anything to do around San Marcos this weekend, you are living in one of those sensory isolation boxes, tell you what.

The weekend is loaded with theatre, music and holiday lights. It should take your mind off all that holiday shopping and put a song in your heart.

Cranberries, probably a part of your Thanksgiving dinner, are one of the few fruits native to North America. They are as indigenous to the northeast as music is here in San Marcos. There’s plenty of music here this weekend, too, and lots more. Herewith, a few suggestions.

The weekend has a country music marathon, a strange and wonderful musical, an art reception, reading, an alternative Christmas market and more.