Aubrey

Downtown: Main Street and Veterans Memorial Park

Aubrey's old center runs along South Main Street, between Sherman Drive and Plum Street. City Hall is at 107 S. Main St. The Aubrey Area Museum, at 209 S. Main St., opens for walk-in tours on Saturdays and by appointment.

Food downtown is a short list: Upper Park Cafe (200 S. Main St.) for breakfast and lunch, and Dos Mezclas Restaurant and Bar (202B S. Main St.) for Tex-Mex and Latin dishes. Along the highways are Egg Haus Cafe (1001 US 377) and Tender Smokehouse, a barbecue spot at 26781 E. Hwy 380. Fortunata Winery (2297 FM 2931) hosts live music weekly.

Veterans Memorial Park (301 S. Main St.) hosts most events. A $1.3 million second phase in 2025 added a replica train depot with restrooms and a pavilion, paved walks and shade over the stage. In 2026 a mural went up on Fire Station 1, and the city's development district planned to renovate a Main Street building's facades.

A year of events, mostly on Main Street

The Aubrey Peanut Festival is the big one. The 40th edition, on Oct. 3, 2026, had a morning parade, about 200 vendors and a peanut-spitting contest. Admission is free.

The Fruit Jar Junction Farmers Market runs the first Saturday of each month, April through November, at Veterans Memorial Park (9 a.m.-1 p.m. in 2026). A free Summer Music Series plays third Saturdays from May through July. The Main Street Motor Fest car show runs in August. Haunted Harvest is Oct. 31, Aubrey For Veterans is in early November, and the Christmas tree lighting, with carriage rides, is in early December. Spring brings an Easter egg hunt and, since 2026, a Touch-A-Truck day.

Fireworks are banned inside city limits. In 2026 the city pointed residents to public July 4 shows in Denton and Little Elm.

Parks and the outdoors

The city does not publish park acreage. Leslie Park (249 Glenview Dr.) added a basketball court, three pickleball courts, about 710 feet of sidewalk and a pedestrian bridge in 2024, a roughly $670,000 project. Matthews Park (202 Plum St.) was renovated in 2024. Highmeadow Park is a newer park in the Highmeadow neighborhood. The Winn Ridge First Responders Park, with a playground, dog park and seating area, was finished in early 2026 at Winn Ridge Blvd. and Ashlynn Circle.

We found no city trail system. Residents asked for more trails, shade and new equipment in the parks master plan survey. A city sports complex is in design: the council hired Westwood as architect in 2025 and picked Dean Construction as construction manager in 2026.

Ray Roberts Lake State Park's Isle du Bois Unit is about 11 minutes' drive, with campsites, pavilions and trails. Its 20-mile greenbelt trail runs from Ray Roberts Dam to Lewisville Lake, which lies just south of Aubrey.

Errands and health care

Aubrey has one full grocery in town. Brookshire Grocery Co. bought the local Diamond Food Market in 2023, renamed it Spring Market and remodeled the store at 911 S. Hwy 377 in 2024. On July 31, 2026, a 123,000-square-foot Kroger Marketplace opened at 26587 E. University Dr. (US 380), with a pharmacy and a 14-pump fuel center. Kroger describes it as serving Little Elm, Aubrey and Providence Village. A Walmart Supercenter of at least 150,000 square feet is planned at US 377 and Spring Hill Road, with completion expected by December 2029.

For emergencies, Baylor Scott & White Emergency Hospital - Aubrey (26791 US Hwy 380 E.) is open 24/7, with lab work, CT and ultrasound. The nearest full hospitals are Methodist Celina Medical Center (1500 S. Dallas Pkwy., opened March 2025, 24/7 ER) and Medical City Denton (3535 S. I-35), a 228-bed Level II trauma center.

The Aubrey Area Library (226 Countryside Dr.) is open Tuesday through Saturday.

Schools

Aubrey ISD serves Aubrey, Krugerville and parts of Cross Roads, Providence Village and Little Elm. It had 4,897 students in 2026, more than double its 2016 count. There are four elementary schools (Brockett, Fuller, Monaco and West), two middle schools (McNabb, and Owens, which opened in 2025) and Aubrey High School, at 510 Spring Hill Rd. A fifth elementary is scheduled for 2027.

The district's most recent academic rating it has announced is a B, for 2023. We could not confirm 2025 or 2026 TEA ratings. In August 2026 the district received an A (92 of 100) on the state's school financial integrity rating.

Getting around and public safety

US 377 and US 380 are the main roads. Off-peak, downtown Denton is about 21 minutes away, downtown Frisco 34, Legacy West in Plano 37, downtown McKinney 44, DFW Airport 55, Love Field 62 and downtown Dallas 64. Rush-hour trips take longer. We found no public transit.

Aubrey runs its own police and fire departments, and under an interlocal agreement they also cover Providence Village. Police headquarters is at 108 E. Elm St., with substations at 4425 FM 2931, 1900 E. Blackjack Rd. and 3064 Winn Ridge Blvd. Fire Station 1 is at 200 W. Sycamore St. Station 2 (3064 Winn Ridge Blvd.) was due for completion in late 2025, and Station 3 (4425 FM 2931), a shared police-fire center in the Silverado area, opened in October 2025 with the city's first ladder truck.

Not confirmed yet

• 2024, 2025 and 2026 TEA academic ratings for Aubrey ISD and its campuses (latest district-announced rating found is a B for 2023).
• Which ISD serves each part of Aubrey city limits. Aubrey ISD covers the core, but newer annexed areas may differ; confirm by address.
• Acreage for every city park (the city does not publish it).
• Who provides ambulance service in Aubrey, and the fire department's ISO rating.
• Whether Fire Station 2 at 3064 Winn Ridge Blvd. has formally opened.
• Location, size and opening date of the planned sports complex.
• Whether Spring Market and Aubrey Pharmacy (both on S. Hwy 377) are still operating in 2026.
• Exact distances from downtown to Kroger Marketplace and to urgent care clinics.