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Houston Entertainment & Festivals
Miller Outdoor Theatre
Located in Houston's Hermann Park, Miller Outdoor Theatre is a free, open-air theatre that has housed a variety of musical acts and performing arts since its creation in 1968.
Texas Crawfish Festival
Held just outside of Houston in Spring, the Texas Crawfish Festival offers Texas and Cajun music, family entertainment, arts, crafts, and, of course, plenty of boiled crawfish.
Conroe Outlet Center
Located an hour's drive from Houston, the Conroe Outlet Center offers visitors over 60 shops with brand name products priced to move.
Trader's Village
Trader's Village offers shoppers a blend of vendors and concessionaires blended with entertainment and attractions, so they can get "good deals in a state fair atmosphere."
Woodlands Ice Rink
The largest seasonal ice rink in the southwest is located in the Woodlands, just a short drive north of Houston. The Ice Rink at Woodlands Town Center is open from mid-November through the beginning of January and is one of the "coolest" spots to be during your Houston vacation.
Houston Hot Sauce Festival
The Houston Hot Sauce Festival is the Bayou City's showcase event for any type of sauce with a little "kick" in it, including hot sauce, salsa, barbecue sauce, Bloody Mary mix and more.
Houston Italian Festival
For more than a quarter century, the Houston Italian Festival has celebrated Italian heritage, culture and romance.
The Original Greek Festival
One of Houston's largest food festivals, the Original Greek Festival has been held on an annual basis since 1966 and serves up a variety of Greek cuisine, including souvlaki, gyros, tiropita, spanakopita, dolmades and more.
Parrot Festival
Sponsored by the National Parrot Rescue and Preservation Foundation, the Parrot Festival is held in Houston annually during the last weekend of January. Experts from around the world speak on topics such as parrot behavior, care, nutrition and preservation.
Opera in the Heights
Located in Houston's historical Heights district, the Opera in the Heights provides Houstonians with high quality opera and concert performances.
Brian O'Neill's Traditional Irish Pub
Great food, plenty of brew, top shelf live music, bar games and more have combined to make Brian O'Neill's Traditional Irish Pub a favorite Houston hangout, particularly around St. Patrick's Day.
Bayou City Cajun Festival
Held each year in Houston, the Bayou City Cajun Fest includes plenty of Cajun cuisine, live music, entertainment and more.
Houston International Festival
Held over the course of two weekends, the Houston International Festival displays a wide variety of dance, theatre and visual arts from around the world, as well as international foods for the thousands of patrons who attend the annual event.
Ballunar Liftoff Festival
Clear Lake's Ballunar Liftoff Festival is the "Largest Hot Air Balloon Event in Texas" and features over 80 hot air balloon's, the world's largest hot air ballon, skydiving competitions, aerial demonstrations, games, music, food and more.
Texas Snowfest
Although natural snow is a rarity in most of Texas, each November, cities around the state receive a man-made blizzard. Austin, Dallas and Houston are among the cities have a "snow day" as part of the Texas Snowfest.
HEB Holiday Parade
An annual tradition for over 50 years, the HEB Holiday Parade winds its way through downtown Houston, featuring floats, marching bands, and an appearance by Santa.
Music on the Plaza
Held in Shenandoah, just north of Houston, Music on the Plaza features local groups and artists performing to raise funds for local music scholarships.
Crystal Ballroom
This 11,000 foot ballroom in downtown Houston features five bars and lavish decorations, right next to Sambuca Restaurant. Several unique events and gatherings are held at the Crystal Ballroom.
Houston Theatre
Alley Theater
The Alley Theatre, founded in 1947 by pioneering educator Nina Vance, is a professional resident theatre company. Recipient of the 1996 Special Tony Award, the Alley performs year-round in its two-theatre complex at home in downtown Houston, and has toured 40 American cities and abroad.
Broadway in Houston
Broadway in Houston brings you the finest in musical and theatrical entertainment. Broadway Across America channels the talent, beauty and excitement of the Big Apple's Broadway shows in our very own Houston Theater District.
Da Camera
Da Camera of Houston, founded in 1987, was created in response to concerns about the dwindling audience for classical music in America with the intention to produce a series of thematically programmed concerts designed to attract new listeners to the concert hall.
Houston Ballet
Hailed by "The New York Times" as "one of the nation's best ballet companies," Houston Ballet is America's fifth largest ballet company, featuring 53 dancers who have won gold and silver medals at international ballet competitions. Founded in 1969, Houston Ballet is currently under the leadership of the dynamic Australian choreographer Stanton Welch who was named artistic director of the company in 2003.
Houston Grand Opera (HGO)
Called the “world’s leading presenter of new operas,” HGO is also know for its stellar productions of standard repertoire, its casting, HGO Orchestra and Chorus. Throughout its 50-year history, HGO has been on the cutting edge of technology, and the HGO website is no exception.
Houston Symphony
The Mission of the Houston Symphony is to foster excellence and innovation in the performance and presentation of great music; to enrich the lives of our diverse citizenry; to educate current and future audiences and to bring distinction to our community through the orchestra's international presence and standing.
The Masquerade Theatre
Educator and Founding Artistic Director Phillip Duggins established The Masquerade Theatre in 1996. It began as a mixed-venue professional theatre providing a variety of theatrical productions including comedies, dramas, and musicals. Due to the popularity of musicals and increasing requests from patrons, a decision was made in its second season to become purely a musical theatre. Since that time the theater audiences have grown significantly and demand for seats has resulted in becoming the resident company of The Hobby Center’s Zilkha Hall and, incredibly, in only its 9th year of existence!
Society for Performing Arts (SPA)
Society for the Performing Arts brings a broad selection of performing artists and companies from around the world to complement Houston's own theater, dance, and music offerings. The goal of the organization is to present a wide range of the highest quality national and international caliber of classical performing artists and companies, ranging from traditional to contemporary, large orchestras and dance companies to recitalists and solo performers, new artists and art forms to multi-cultural attractions.
Theater Under the Stars (TUTS)
Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS), founded in 1968 by Frank M. Young, is Houston’s acclaimed musical theatre production company. Since producing, directing and conducting TUTS’ first production, Bells Are Ringing, Mr. Young has guided the non-profit company to national acclaim through 37 seasons of more than 275 musicals. During its 37 seasons, TUTS, which is one of America’s largest non-profit producers of musical theatre, has produced a total of 45 Premieres, including 12 World Premieres, and is currently represented on Broadway with Beauty and the Beast. TUTS is also noted for mounting many International tours, such as the Tony Award-winning Carousel.
Uniquely Houston
Uniquely Houston ® is an innovative program established by the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts to provide a home venue for Houston’s emerging, nonprofit performing arts organizations in the Theater District. This collaboration provides partnering organizations with access to technical, marketing and operational expertise in addition to assistance with the overall production quality of each presentation.
Houston Area Cinemas
AMC Gulf Point 30
South Houston multiplex
11801 South Sam Houston Parkway
AMC Studio 30
West Houston multiplex
2949 Dunvale
AMC Willowbrook Mall 24
Northwest multiplex
17145 Tomball Parkway
Angelika Film Center
Downtown art house
510 Texas Avenue
At the corner of Smith
Cinemark Hollywood Movies
First run flicks
2101 East Beltway 8
Cinemark Tinseltown 290
Multiplex cinema
12920 Northwest Freeway
Cinemark Tinseltown USA
Welcome to Tinseltown!
11450 East Freeway
Cinemark Tinseltown USA Westchase
West Beltway multiplex
3600 Sam Houston Parkway
Cinemark Tinseltown Woodlands
Movies and munchies in the Woodlands
1600 Lake Robbins Drive
Edward's Cinema 22
State of the art movie enjoyment
7600 Katy Freeway
Edwards Marq*E 23
West Loop area cinema
7620 Katy Freeway
Edwards Theater Greenway Place 24
Greenway Plaza
3839 Weslayan Street
Funplex
Carnival rides, miniature golf, bowling and more
13700 Beechnut St
General Cinema Meyerland Plaza
Southwest Houston Cinema
100 Meyerland Plaza
Landmark Greenway 3
Independent films at Greenway Plaza
5 Greenway Plaza
Landmark River Oaks
Independent and cultural art house
2009 West Gray
Loews Cineplex Spectrum 9
Galleria-area Cinema
2660 Augusta Drive
Loews Cineplex-River Oaks Plaza
Not too far from downtown
1450 West Gray
Magic Johnson Northline Mall 12
Catch a flick on the north side
113 Northline Mall
Museum of Fine Arts
Worldly collection
1001 Bissonnet Street
Silver Cinemas North Oaks
Hollywood movies for less
4623 FM 1960 Road West
Sony Easton Commons 8
Hollywood movies in northwest Houston
8580 Highway 6 North
Wind Chimes 8
Bargain blockbusters every night
13155 Westheimer
Worldfest Houston International Film Festival
Celebrate films from around the world
Office: 9494 Southwest Freeway
(P. O. Box 56566)
Wortham IMAX
Museum and IMAX experience
1 Hermann Circle Dr
