East Beach Lessons and Memorial Weekend Fun

The Austinot’s Memorial Day weekend guide for Galveston includes a free beach activity that is set to run Saturday, May 23, at East Beach. The listing points readers to sandcastle-building lessons offered in multiple sessions during the holiday weekend. (austinot.com) Visit Galveston’s event calendar shows the same program under the name “FREE Sandcastle Building Lessons,” scheduled from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at East Beach in Galveston. The tourism listing says visitors can join “Sandcastle Days” and get instruction from a professional sandcastle builder. (visitgalveston.com) ### When are the beach lessons happening? Saturday, May 23, is the date attached to the Memorial Day weekend lesson listing in The Austinot’s guide and in the related Austin weekend roundup published by the same outlet. (austinot.com) The Austinot says lessons are set for 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. and describes them as free, with beach parking fees possibly applying. Visit Galveston lists the event window as 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May 23 and repeats the three lesson times. The site also shows additional Saturday dates running through September 5, indicating the May 23 sessions are part of a longer seasonal series. (austinot.com) ### Where exactly is East Beach? East Beach is identified in The Austinot’s Austin events listing as 1923 Boddeker Dr., Galveston, Texas 77550. That is the address included in the user-provided context and in The Austinot’s roundup entry for the May 23 lessons. Visit Galveston’s own event page lists the site as 1923 Apffel Rd., Galveston, Texas 77550. (austinot.com) A separate Galveston Island News item also names East Beach as the host site and uses the Apffel Road address. The differing street names appear across current listings, but all three sources place the event at East Beach in Galveston. (visitgalveston.com) ### What do visitors get at the event? Visit Galveston describes the sessions as free, family-friendly lessons designed to help beachgoers build sandcastles with guidance from a professional sandcastle builder. The tourism page says participants join “Sandcastle Days” at East Beach and receive instruction during the scheduled sessions. (austinot.com) Galveston Island News says the program is aimed at visitors of all ages and skill levels and offers professional sandcastle-building techniques. Another regional listing says registration is not required and places the lessons by the water’s edge near the East Beach Pavilion, though that detail was not included in The Austinot’s guide. (visitgalveston.com) ### How does this fit into the Memorial Day weekend lineup? The Austinot published the Galveston guide on May 16 and framed it as a Memorial Day weekend itinerary covering May 22 through May 25. The guide’s jump links include free sandcastle-building lessons alongside other stops such as Sunset Sounds at Hotel Lucine, a Texas & America 250 exhibit, a Gulf Coast Blood Drive at GOFM and a Memorial Day ceremony. (visitgalveston.com) Houston on the Cheap and San Antonio Things To Do published closely matching Galveston Memorial Day guides this week, also highlighting the sandcastle lessons as one of the weekend’s family activities. Those versions point readers to the same May 22-25 holiday window. (galvestonislandnews.com) ### Where can readers check before they go? The Austinot’s guide remains one place to review the broader Memorial Day weekend plan for Galveston, including lodging and restaurant suggestions tied to the May 22-25 trip window. Visit Galveston’s event calendar provides the event-specific listing for the May 23 lessons and the additional Saturday dates that follow later in the summer. (austinot.com) Saturday, May 30, is the next date currently listed on Visit Galveston’s calendar after the May 23 sessions, with the same 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. lesson times at East Beach. (visitgalveston.com) (austinot.com) (houstononthecheap.com)