Houston offers a wide range of food and drink festivals throughout the year, with some of the city’s best food festivals being those that highlight the many international cuisines on offer in Houston.
You can also enjoy festivals celebrating regional and American craft beers, international and American wines, spirits and other drinks, or go to one of the several Oktoberfest events held in fall each year.
→ See upcoming food festivals and events and wine festivals, beer festivals and other drinks events in Houston.
Many of the big music festivals in Texas are based in Austin, but Houston still has a few annual events for music fans, with most festivals held in the more clement seasons of spring and fall.
→ See upcoming music festivals in Houston
Arts festivals in Houston, many of them again held outdoors during the better weather of spring and fall, display the best of the arts scenes of Houston, the state of Texas and from further afield.
As well as festivals that showcase a broader selection of fine arts and crafts (paintings, pottery, etc) there are also several festivals that focus on specific types of art and performing arts such photography, theater, quilt-making, literature, or the arts of people who share a particular heritage or nationality.
Houston also offers a wide range of film festivals, from big festivals showcasing the best of world cinema to those highlighting the film-making of particular cultures, or specific topics and genres such as horror or sports.
See Houston’s upcoming events:
Events in January
Events in February
Events in March
Events in April
Events in May
Events in June
Events in July
Events in August
Events in September
Events in October
Events in November
Events in December
Houston has dozens of music venues offering concerts nearly every night of the year, with local and touring artists in most musical genres, from rock and country to hip hop, rap, electronic dance music and classical. Houston also hosts many concerts featuring Spanish-language performers.
See an overview of Houston’s concert venues, or view all upcoming concerts by month:
– Concerts in Houston in January
– Concerts in Houston in February
– Concerts in Houston in March
– Concerts in Houston in April
– Concerts in Houston in May
– Concerts in Houston in June
– Concerts in Houston in July
– Concerts in Houston in August
– Concerts in Houston in September
– Concerts in Houston in October
– Concerts in Houston in November
– Concerts in Houston in December
Houston’s many performing arts centers and theaters show a full range of plays, musicals, ballet and other performances, plus comedy shows by comedians of local through to international renown.
Although the summer months in Houston are not ideal for running, the city nonetheless offers plenty of charity, commercial and other race events throughout the year, along with several marathon and half-marathon events in the fall, winter and spring months.
→ See upcoming races in the Houston area
During the festive season, Houston offers several big holiday light shows plus special holiday lights at the Houston Botanical Garden and the Houston Zoo, holiday tree displays and neighborhood light displays (River Oaks and The Heights are especially popular).
Other Christmas and holiday events include holiday markets, several holiday home tours in Houston’s historic neighborhoods, the popular Thanksgiving Day Parade, and other community parades and tree-lighting ceremonies, culminating in various fireworks displays and other celebrations to mark the New Year.
→ See upcoming holiday events in November or December.
For holiday musicals, plays and other festive performances, see the Houston performing arts calendar.