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.

https://www.rodeohouston.com/

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

https://www.comicpalooza.com/

League City Music Fest – Music Festival & BBQ cook-off

https://lcmusicfest.com/

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

https://www.texrenfest.com/

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

https://wingsoverhouston.com/

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

https://lonestarrally.com/

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

https://dfoltx.com/en/