Houston Events

Annual Events

Address: Westheimer at Yoakem, Houston, TX Category: Fair / Festival - GLBT Dates: June 27, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

The Houston Pride Parade and Festival is the largest annual GLBT event in the Southwest, and it features the country’s original nighttime pride parade. The festival begins at 11 a.m. and offers food and entertainment as well as booths for community service and non-profit organizations, clothing, accessories, souvenirs...

Address: Eleanor Tinsley Park • 500 Allen Pkwy, Houston, TX 77002 Category: Fair / Festival - Holiday / Seasonal Dates: July 4, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Celebrate America's birthday at Chevy's Freedom Over Texas, which features the largest land-based fireworks display in the country. This event offers fun for the whole family, featuring four stages of music, a mini-auto show, NASCAR vehicles from Team Chevy and the men’s and women’s statewide volleyball tournament...

Address: Sam Houston Race Park, Showgrounds • 7575 N Sam Houston Pkwy W, Houston, TX 77064 Category: Fair / Festival - Holiday / Seasonal Dates: July 4, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

The annual Willie Nelson's Family Picnic is a time of feasting on barbeque and music from some of the biggest names in country music.

Address: Sam Houston Park • 1100 Bagby St, Houston, TX 77002 Category: Fair / Festival - Arts / Crafts Dates: November 21 - November 22, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Via Colori, a unique street painting festival benefiting the Center for Hearing and Speech, showcases more than 175 artists creating original artwork on the streets around Sam Houston Park. Festival-goers can watch artists create their masterpieces from beginning to end, and there are children’s activities and food,...

Address: Hamilton and Texas, Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX Category: Holiday / Seasonal Event - Thanksgiving Dates: November 26, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Everybody loves a parade, and this Thanksgiving Day procession is a favorite. Beginning at 9am, approximately 3000 folks gather to march through downtown streets, regaling spectators along the 20-block route with huge balloons, marching bands, colorful floats, and more. Kids, of course, can't get enough of the...

Address: Post Oak Blvd, Houston, TX Category: Holiday / Seasonal Event - Christmas Dates: November 26, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Every Thanksgiving evening, thousands of locals and guests from all over flock to uptown Houston for the annual Uptown Holiday Lighting. This fun, family-friendly event ushers in the holiday season with more than 500,000 decorative lights, festive seasonal music, holiday characters (including a special appearance by...

Address: Rusk and Avenida de las Americas, finishes near George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, TX 77010 Category: Sports Event - Running Dates: January 17, 2010 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Since its 1972 premiere, this marathon has grown by leaps and bounds and now greets participants from all over the world. The single-day event is a city mainstay, and the closed marathon course is unique in Texas. These days, folks can also compete in a half-marathon and a 5K fun run. The fast, flat course takes...

Address: 2510 Westridge Dr, Reliant Park, Houston, TX 77054 Category: Sports Event - Rodeo Dates: March 2 - March 21, 2010 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

This Texas-sized event annually attracts almost two million people during its three-week run, and it needs more than 16,000 volunteers to get off the ground! The exhibition features rodeo competitions, livestock judgings, bull ridings, lots of vendors, barbecue cook-offs, auctions, a carnival, and kids' activities –...

Address: various venues, Houston, TX Category: Fair / Festival - Cultural Dates: April 17 - April 25, 2010 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

One of Houston's larger festivals and its preeminent arts celebration, iFest salutes a different country each year, along with its attendant culture. The festival extends across two consecutive weekends in late April and takes place at venues throughout the city, including Sam Houston Park and City Hall. Musical...