Please join your friends at Justice is Served, Fannin County Children's Center's annual fundraiser supporting the children and families affected by abuse and neglect in our community. Enjoy a delicious dinner served by local officials, bid on exciting auction items, dance the night away to a live band, and help us to continue providing crucial services to those who need them most. We invite your business to underwrite a special piece of our Denim & Pearls evening. Support a worthy cause, enhance your visibility in Fannin County, and engage with community leaders, business owners and guests all night long!

Experience the magic of the holidays in Historic Downtown McKinney, November 27–29, 2026, with festive entertainment, unique shopping, family-friendly attractions, and cherished holiday traditions. Capture the magic of the season with festive photo opportunities throughout Downtown McKinney.

The season kicks off on Saturday, November 28 with the Christmas Tree Lighting & S’Mores Cook-Off around the Fannin County Courthouse Square. Local teams will serve samples of their best s’mores creations from 5:30–6:30 p.m., while an anonymous panel of judges samples right alongside the public to choose this year’s champion. The community Christmas tree will officially light at 6:00 p.m. with the courthouse bells, and holiday tunes and twinkling lights will help set the mood for a cozy start to the season. The celebration continues on Friday, December 4 at 5:30 p.m. with the Christmas Parade & Hot Cocoa Hop. The holiday weekend continues on Saturday, December 5 with the Holiday Wine Stroll & Taste of Bonham.

Saddle up for a day of frontier fun! Our FINAL Living History Day of the year is Saturday, November 7. The Village will be full of music, re-enactors, artisan demonstrations, and more! Musical guest: Keith Newsome!

Kaleidoscope Park Foundation invites the community to experience creativity in action during Chalk the Park, presented by the Andrea-Mennen Family Foundation, a free, family-friendly chalk art festival and competition taking place Saturday, Nov. 7, from 3:00 to 9:00 p.m.

1996 – death of Eva Cassidy, American singer. Eva Marie Cassidy (February 2, 1963 – November 2, 1996) was an American singer and musician. She was known for her interpretations of jazz, folk, and blues music, sung with a powerful, emotive soprano voice. In 1992 she released her first album, The Other Side, a set of duets with go-go musician Chuck Brown, followed by a 1996 live solo album titled Live at Blues Alley. Although she had been honored by the Washington Area Music Association, she was virtually unknown outside her native Washington, D.C. area at the time of her death from melanoma at the age of 33 in 1996. Two years after Cassidy's death, Mike Harding and Terry Wogan played her versions of "Fields of Gold" and "Over the Rainbow" on BBC Radio 2, bringing her music to the attention of British audiences. Following an overwhelming response, a camcorder recording of "Over the Rainbow," taken at Blues Alley in Washington, D.C. by her friend Bryan McCulley, was shown on BBC Two's Top of the Pops 2. Shortly afterwards a compilation album, Songbird, climbed to the top of the UK Albums Chart, almost three years after its release. Chart success in the United Kingdom and Ireland led to increased recognition of Cassidy worldwide and her posthumously released recordings, including three number-one albums and one number-one single in the UK, have sold more than ten million copies. She has charted in the top 10 in Australia, Germany, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. Nine posthumous albums of her music have been released. Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton were among her newfound fans. Jazz critic Ted Gioia writes, "You might be tempted to write off the 'Cassidy sensation' ... as a response to the sad story of the singer's abbreviated life rather than as a measure of her artistry. But don't be mistaken, Cassidy was a huge talent, whose obscurity during her lifetime was almost as much a tragedy as her early death."