09/21/2026
🤠 NINE BLOCKS, NINE PARTIES… OR JUST THE CHOSEN BLOCKS?
Well, apparently some things in Calvert never change.
We're hearing that the same familiar players are once again deciding which downtown businesses get to fully participate in Hunter's Moon — and which ones don't.
That's interesting considering how Hunter's Moon has been promoted to the public.
“Nine Blocks, Nine Parties.” - "Featuring Texas vineyards, breweries and distilleries in each of historic Calvert's Main Street Blocks - Each stop includes music, tastings, football screenings, and party atmosphere - It is a Walking Party! Shop & eat your way to each featured stop."
The false advertisement around this event is off the charts! Each stop will have music? Will it be touring artist Christopher Austin Martinez? Boy do we have a story on this musical act!
Where are these breweries and distilleries? A walking party? Food Trucks? The town does have great restaurants like Los Tres Gorditos! And contrary to what another business owner told some visitors from out of town this last week, “Los Tres Gorditos food is disgusting”, it is really good, so support them and check them out! We have eaten there many times and never had anything disgusting!
Visitors are encouraged to walk historic Calvert, shop, eat, drink, listen to music and experience downtown, but only in the 500 and 600 block on one side of Hwy 6. Hopefully a building won't fall on anyone! Apparently that is one concern, the building that fell down. Sounds like the owner should have cleaned up if it’s that big of a public safety concern, right Calvert? Probably should have been cleaned up weeks ago.
Sounds like a festival designed to benefit downtown Calvert, doesn't it?
So why are we hearing that this year's festivities are being intentionally concentrated primarily around the 500 and 600 blocks and Lone Oak Calvert across highway 6 on Cedar Street? Thats not nine blocks of parties?
And why are some businesses apparently welcome to participate while others aren't?
We've heard the explanation that extending activities farther down Main Street creates a “safety” concern because people would have to cross Highway 6 and this is all at the request of the Calvert Police Department and City Hall for safety from Hwy 6 traffic and the building that fell down and is still not cleaned up.
Okay.
Then let's apply that standard consistently.
If crossing Highway 6 is too dangerous for festival attendees, how are attendees supposed to reach other advertised destinations and activities around downtown?
You can't have it both ways.
And that's really the bigger issue.
Who gets to decide which Calvert businesses benefit from an event promoted as a celebration of Calvert's nine block historic Main Street?
What are the written participation requirements?
Are those requirements publicly available?
Are they applied equally to every downtown business?
If a legitimate business wants to participate, who gets to tell them no — and why?
Because a community festival shouldn't belong to a handful of businesses.
It should benefit the community.
Businesses invest their own money, pay taxes, employ people, maintain buildings and take enormous financial risks to operate in a small town. They shouldn't have to belong to the right crowd to participate in an event marketed around the very downtown they're helping keep alive.
Cowgirls Tavern is closed now, so we don't have a financial horse in this race.
But maybe that also means we're finally in a position to talk openly about some things we watched happen in downtown Calvert.
And there's plenty to talk about.
We're not interested in rumors or personal attacks.
We're interested in receipts.
Advertisements.
Screenshots.
Emails.
Policies.
Statements.
Dates.
And the difference between what gets said publicly and what happens behind the scenes.
So here's a pretty simple question for Hunter's Moon:
Is Hunter's Moon a festival for historic downtown Calvert — or a festival for the businesses somebody decides are allowed to participate?
If the rules are fair, publish them.
If they're applied equally, show it.
If there's a legitimate safety reason for restricting portions of downtown, explain it.
Transparency should be easy when there's nothing to hide.
Nine Blocks? Nine Parties?
Let's see whether Calvert gets nine blocks — or just the chosen ones and where are all these advertised breweries and distilleries?
Stay tuned. 🤠
