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Annual festivals & Events in the Galveston/Houston Area
(a few of our favorites)
Annual festivals & Events in the Galveston/Houston Area
(a few of our favorites)
January
Martin Luther King Jr. - Parades & celebration are held in Galveston, Houston & other local cities to celebrate the life of the civil rights leader
Chevron Houston Marathon - Annual marathon with 26.2, 13.1 & 3.1 mile runs
https://www.chevronhoustonmarathon.com/
February
Texas Lunar Festival – Celebration of the Asia Lunar New Year
http://www.texaslunarfest.net/
Mardi Gras Galveston - Includes parade, parties and entertainment
https://www.mardigrasgalveston.com/
Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo – The largest livestock exhibition & rodeo in the world, runs for 20 days and kicks off with Go Texan Day.
March
Buffalo Bayou Regatta – The largest canoe & kayak race in Texas
https://www.buffalobayouregatta.com/
Dickinson Little Italy Festival of Galveston County – Festival to preserve, honor and celebrate Sicilian-Italian history & Culture.
https://www.dickinsonlittleitalyfestivalofgalvestoncounty.com/
April
Art Car Parade – Showcases Houston’s most outlandish folk art creations on wheels
https://www.thehoustonartcarparade.com/
May
Comicpalooza – Texas’ largest pop culture convention
League City Music Fest – Music Festival & BBQ cook-off
Rock the Dock – Summer concert series at the Kemah Boardwalk, held every Thursday evening, beginning in May and ends middle August.
https://www.kemahboardwalk.com/events.asp#8
June
Juneteenth – Celebrations are held in Galveston, Houston & other local cities to celebrate the day Texas learned of President Abraham Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves
Galveston Summer Band Concert Series – Galveston Beach Band performs every Tuesday night through the summer months
https://www.facebook.com/GalvestonBeachBand
July
4th of July – Celebrations are held in just about every city in the surrounding area
August
Houston Blues & Jazz Festival – Festival to entertain, enrich & expand the community for jazz through performance, education & advocacy.
https://www.houstonjazzfestival.org/
September
Fiestas Patrias – One of the largest & most colorful parades celebrating Mexico’s independence from Spain in the Southwest.
https://tradersvillage.com/houston/events/fiestas-patrias-2022-2/
Red White & Bayou – Dickinson Texas Music Festival & Tailgate
https://www.redwhiteandbayou.com/
October
Texas Renaissance Festival – Recreation of an English village of the 16th century
Houston Open – 156 of the world’s best golfers compete
https://www.houstonopengolf.com/
Wings Over Houston – Ellington Field Airshow from the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds & the Navy Blue Angels as well as aircraft on display
Oktoberfest – Held at First Lutheran Church of Galveston, the oldest continual German church in Texas
https://galvestonoktoberfest.com/
November
Lone Star Rally – The largest motorcycle rally in North America
Nutcracker Market – Shopping extravaganza benefiting the Houston Ballet Foundation
https://www.houstonballet.org/about/nutcracker-market/
December
Dickens on the Strand – Holiday street festival, held in Galveston, based on 19th-century Victorian London
https://www.visitgalveston.com/events/annual-events/dickens-on-the-strand/
Dickinson Festival of Lights – Walk thru event with an estimated two million light sculptures