MINERAL WELLS — The ninth annual New Era Kite Festival, which was postponed twice this year, has been scheduled for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 12-13 at the Mineral Wells Elementary School Campus, 1838 Elizabeth Pike.

Free kites to the first 50 kids will be available. Also planned are bouncy houses for a small fee, free popcorn by Hope Freewill Baptist Church, free kite history and safety classes at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., free tours of the one-room school, kite building classes for children for a small fee, awards for various kite categories, large show kites, kite displays, banners, giant pinwheels and windsocks, concessions and free train rides for kids. For more information, go to Facebook for the New Era Kite Club.