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Venues & Things to Do in
White Oak

Event spaces, museums, golf, fitness, bowling, and family entertainment in White Oak, Texas.

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Directory researched & verified by East Texas Online, 2026-07-05.

Venues Near White Oak

More spots within about 10 miles, in neighboring East Texas towns — worth the short drive.

Fairgrounds

Gregg County Fair

The Jaycees-run county fair since 1949, held each September at the Longview Fairgrounds and Exhibit Center.

in Longview · ~3.8 mi away · Official site ↗

Family Entertainment

Film Alley

Movies, duck-pin bowling, arcade, and dining under one roof at the renovated former Regal theater, opened in 2024.

in Longview · ~3.8 mi away · Official site ↗

Museum

The Gladewater Museum

Downtown museum in the 1939 Art Deco Ellen Bauman building, telling the story of the town's oil boom — with a rodeo-history annex.

in Gladewater · 3.9 mi away · Official site ↗

Rodeo Arena · capacity 5,000

Gladewater Round-Up Rodeo Grounds

Home of the Round-Up Rodeo every June since 1938, with the grounds available for Western-style private events year-round.

in Gladewater · ~4.1 mi away · Official site ↗

Live Music Hall

Gladewater Saturday Night Opry

Weekly country-music stage show in the 1936 Cozy Theater, booking hundreds of Ark-La-Tex performers a year.

in Gladewater · ~4.1 mi away · Official site ↗

Convention Center · capacity 3,000

Maude Cobb Convention Center

Longview's 40,000-square-foot convention hall, anchor of the city's Convention Complex with the Exhibit Center, rodeo arena, and fairgrounds.

in Longview · 4.2 mi away · Official site ↗

Attraction

Longview Arboretum & Nature Center

26-acre arboretum and nature center along Grace Creek, opened in 2019 next to the Convention Complex.

in Longview · 4.2 mi away · Official site ↗

Motorsports

Lonestar Speedway

Half-mile clay oval east of town running sprints, modifieds, and stock classes on race weekends.

in Kilgore · 5.3 mi away · Official site ↗

Children's Museum

Longview World of Wonders

Hands-on children's discovery museum in a 17,000-square-foot building in Longview's downtown cultural district.

in Longview · 5.3 mi away · Official site ↗

Museum

Longview Museum of Fine Arts

Downtown art museum with nearly 1,200 works; temporarily closed for renovations — check ahead before visiting.

in Longview · 5.4 mi away · Official site ↗

Museum

Gregg County Historical Museum

County history museum in the 1910 Everett Building, home to more than 3,000 Caddo artifacts.

in Longview · 5.4 mi away · Official site ↗

Performing Arts · capacity 2,011

Belcher Center

LeTourneau University's live-event theater — the region's stage for touring concerts, Broadway-style shows, and speakers for nearly 20 years.

in Longview · 6.3 mi away · Official site ↗

Festival Grounds

Avalon Faire

Renaissance faire every April weekend — jousting, birds of prey, and 70 artisan vendors drawing about 10,000 visitors.

in Kilgore · ~7.4 mi away · Official site ↗

Performing Arts · capacity 220

Texas Shakespeare Festival

East Texas' only professional theatre — a summer repertory festival staging Shakespeare and classics at Kilgore College since 1986.

in Kilgore · 8.6 mi away · Official site ↗

Museum

East Texas Oil Museum

Kilgore College's tribute to the 1930s oil boom — a full-scale recreated Boomtown USA with stores, rigs, and the story of the biggest oilfield in the lower 48.

in Kilgore · 8.8 mi away · Official site ↗

Museum

Rangerette Showcase Museum

Free museum honoring the Kilgore College Rangerettes — the world's first collegiate drill team (1940) — with costumes, films, and decades of memorabilia.

in Kilgore · 8.8 mi away · Official site ↗

Event & Performance Venues (2)

Wedding & Event Venues (12)

  • Sweet Hills Wedding & Event Center ↗ in East Mountain · ~1.4 mi · wedding and event center on TX-300 with an iron-gazebo ceremony site, up to 250
  • Infinity Events Center ↗ in Longview · ~3.8 mi · 10,000-sq-ft column-free ballroom at the Holiday Inn, up to 1,200
  • The Summit Club of Longview ↗ in Longview · ~3.8 mi · 17,000-sq-ft ballroom and dining venue at 3700 Judson Rd, up to 700
  • The Reserve ↗ in Longview · ~3.8 mi · event center with a ballroom and outdoor pavilion, up to 300
  • The Event Center on Alpine ↗ in Longview · ~3.8 mi · event center at 2023 Alpine Rd, up to 280
  • Gladewater Ranch ↗ in Gladewater · ~4.1 mi · ranch wedding and event venue at 2000 W Gay Ave, indoor and outdoor spaces
  • Tempest Golf Club ↗ in Gladewater · ~4.1 mi · golf clubhouse wedding and event venue on E Wilkins Rd, up to 250
  • Wilson Royalty Event Center ↗ in Gladewater · ~4.1 mi · event center at 500 W Quitman Ave
  • The BlueByrd Room ↗ in Gladewater · ~4.1 mi · small event and performance room on S Main St, seats 70
  • Hidden Timbers Lakeside Venue ↗ in Kilgore · ~7.4 mi · lakeside rustic wedding venue on a private lake, 70 acres, at 13384 CR 293
  • The Landing Event Center ↗ in Kilgore · ~7.4 mi · event venue on 100 acres, up to 250 indoors, at 14278 Hwy 322 N
  • Pollard & Payne Event Venue ↗ in Kilgore · ~7.4 mi · historic downtown event venue at 209 E Main St, up to 80

Movie Theaters (2)

Family Fun & Games (3)

Golf & Country Clubs (6)

Bowling & Skating (3)

Other Recreation (2)

Nearby venues are drawn from neighboring towns within 10 miles of White Oak.

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