It’s spring festival season in North Texas. Here are some of the best destinations.

Now is the time to get out, soak up some rays and enjoy the beautiful spring weather before the blast furnace kicks in this summer.

Looking for things to do? How about spring festivals? This is the height of festival season in North Texas, with plenty of options close to home and beyond with day trips to consider.

Here are just a few to check out next weekend:

Spring Japanese Festival

The Fort Worth Botanic Garden/Botanical Research Institute of Texas (FWBG|BRIT) celebrates the Year of the Tiger with cultural demonstrations, shopping and traditional foods.

Highlights will include performances by two Taiko drumming groups and traditional Japanese martial arts experts.

Bonsai trees will be on display, along with demonstrations in Origami and Calligraphy.

Vendors will be selling unique treasures such as origami jewelry to crafts made with vintage kimonos. And you can dig in to some authentic Japanese cuisine prepared by the Fort Worth Japanese Society.

Visitors to this year’s spring festival are in for bonus treats with access to two ongoing exhibits.

“Stickwork,” a sculpture by artist Patrick Dougherty, remains on the grounds. Dougherty has weaved twines, twigs and saplings into shelters, towers, mazes, cocoons and other structures.

And you can marvel at larger-than-life insect sculptures as part of the “Big Bugs” exhibit, which is open through June 12. The sculptures are created from whole trees, cut green saplings, dry branches and other forest materials.

When: April 23-24, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Where: Fort Worth Botanic Garden, 3220 Botanic Garden Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76107

Tickets: Adults, $12; Seniors 65 and older, $10; Children 6-15, $6; 5 and under, free. Go to fwbg.org/japanesefestival

ArtsGoggle

The one-day extravaganza along Magnolia Avenue is Fort Worth’s largest festival of local artists.

It’s also free and fun for the whole family.

ArtsGoggle hosts more than 1,000 visual artists, 50 musical performances and diverse artistic displays. Plus, there are plenty of food and drinks options available along the one-mile, 21-block stretch of artists’ booths on Magnolia.

The festival, which began 19 years ago to promote the revitalization of Fort Worth’s Near Southside, is designed to showcase the work of local artists, musicians and performers.

ArtsGoggle attracts more than 60,000 visitors to its annual 10-hour event.

When: Saturday, April 23, noon-10 p.m.

Where: Magnolia Avenue, from 8th Avenue to S. Main Street (21 blocks, 1-mile stretch), Fort Worth; Also, indoors at participating Near Southside venues such as restaurants, bars, offices, and retailers.

Tickets: Free. For more information, go to artsgoggle.org.

Germanfest

Sure, there’s plenty of sausage, apple strudel and other treats to savor at this annual celebration in Muenster, a tiny German community about 75 miles north of Fort Worth.

But there’s also much more, including a 5K run, a bike rally and a rib cook-off, along with plenty of other entertainment including folk dancing, music, arts and crafts, rock climbing, children’s theater, etc.

And you can celebrate German heritage in tight-knit Muenster, founded in 1889. The town now has a population of about 1,500, but it will grow by the thousands for one of Texas’ biggest parties in the last full weekend of April.

When: April 22-24 (Friday, noon-midnight; Saturday, 10 a.m.-midnight; Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Where: Heritage Park, 301 N. Ash St., Muenster, TX 76252

Tickets: $10 Friday and Sunday, $15 Saturday; Children 12 and under free; Parking, $5. Go to muensterchamber.com for more information, including lodging options in the area.