EVT · DEPARTURES · HOUSTON · CHECKED SEPTEMBER 2026
Departures what is on, now and next. 77 festivals, games, concerts, exhibitions and holidays from this fall through next summer. Tap any row for the details and the official page. Dates the organizers have not announced yet are marked, never guessed.
Everything Festival Music Arts Exhibition Sports Family Food Holiday Free only 77 departures
DEPARTS EVENT GATE FARE STATUS
September 2026 SEP 4 TO FEB 14 Divination: Beverly Buchanan & Dionne Lee Contemporary Arts Museum Houston FREE ON NOW SEP 25 TO APR 4 Terry Winters: Vitalized Geometry The Menil Collection FREE IN 1 DAY SEP 25 TO OCT 31 Zoo Boo at the Houston Zoo Houston Zoo SEE SITE IN 1 DAY October 2026 OCT 1 TO OCT 3 47th Annual Festival Chicano Miller Outdoor Theatre FREE IN 7 DAYS OCT 1 TO OCT 11 Houston Cinema Arts Festival Venues across Houston (hub at MFAH) SEE SITE IN 7 DAYS OCT 1 TO OCT 3 Original Greek Festival (60th anniversary) Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral SEE SITE IN 7 DAYS OCT 3 Houston Cougars vs. UCF TDECU Stadium TICKETED SCHEDULED OCT 4 Houston Dash vs. Washington Spirit Shell Energy Stadium TICKETED SCHEDULED OCT 4 Texans vs. Dallas Cowboys Reliant Stadium TICKETED SCHEDULED OCT 9 TO OCT 11 Bayou City Art Festival, Memorial Park Memorial Park SEE SITE SCHEDULED OCT 10 37th Annual Accordion Kings & Queens Miller Outdoor Theatre FREE SCHEDULED OCT 10 TO NOV 29 Texas Renaissance Festival Texas Renaissance Festival grounds TICKETED SCHEDULED OCT 16 TO OCT 18 8th Houston Lebanese Festival Midtown Park SEE SITE DATE TBC OCT 17 Dynamo vs. FC Dallas (Texas Derby) Shell Energy Stadium TICKETED SCHEDULED OCT 17 Houston Cougars vs. Oklahoma State TDECU Stadium TICKETED SCHEDULED OCT 18 Diwali Lights! at Asia Society Texas Asia Society Texas FREE SCHEDULED OCT 18 Houston Dash vs. Orlando Pride Shell Energy Stadium TICKETED SCHEDULED OCT 21 Rockets Opening Night vs. Dallas Mavericks Toyota Center TICKETED SCHEDULED OCT 23 TO NOV 8 Houston Grand Opera: Susannah Wortham Theater Center TICKETED SCHEDULED OCT 24 Dynamo vs. Minnesota United Shell Energy Stadium TICKETED SCHEDULED OCT 24 TO OCT 31 Galaxy Frights at Space Center Houston Space Center Houston SEE SITE SCHEDULED OCT 24 Magnolia Park Día de los Muertos Festival Hidalgo Park CHECK ORGANIZER DATE TBC OCT 25 TO JAN 18 American Modernism from the Charles Butt Collection Museum of Fine Arts SEE SITE SCHEDULED OCT 25 Texans vs. New York Giants Reliant Stadium TICKETED SCHEDULED OCT 30 TO NOV 15 Houston Grand Opera: Faust Wortham Theater Center TICKETED SCHEDULED OCT 30 TO NOV 1 Houston Symphony: Dolly Parton's Threads: My Songs in Symphony Jones Hall TICKETED SCHEDULED OCT 31 TO NOV 1 Wings Over Houston Airshow Ellington Airport TICKETED SCHEDULED November 2026 NOV 1 TO NOV 2 Día de los Muertos at the Houston Zoo Houston Zoo SEE SITE SCHEDULED NOV 1 Houston Dash vs. Portland Thorns (Decision Day) Shell Energy Stadium TICKETED SCHEDULED NOV 1 TO FEB 7 Of Light and Air: Winslow Homer in Watercolor Museum of Fine Arts SEE SITE SCHEDULED NOV 1 TO JAN 31 Zoo Lights at the Houston Zoo Houston Zoo TICKETED DATE TBC NOV 7 6th Houston Día de Muertos Parade & Festival Sam Houston Park FREE SCHEDULED NOV 7 Dynamo vs. St. Louis City SC (Decision Day) Shell Energy Stadium TICKETED SCHEDULED NOV 12 TO NOV 15 Houston Ballet Nutcracker Market Reliant Center (formerly NRG Center) SEE SITE SCHEDULED NOV 12 TO NOV 15 International Quilt Festival George R. Brown Convention Center TICKETED SCHEDULED NOV 13 TO JAN 18 Ice at Discovery Green Discovery Green SEE SITE DATE TBC NOV 14 TO JAN 3 Galaxy Lights at Space Center Houston Space Center Houston SEE SITE SCHEDULED NOV 14 Houston Diwali Festival of Lights Levy Park FREE SCHEDULED NOV 19 Texans vs. Indianapolis Colts (Thursday Night Football) Reliant Stadium TICKETED SCHEDULED NOV 21 Dead Sea Scrolls: The Exhibition Houston Museum of Natural Science SEE SITE DATE TBC NOV 26 77th H-E-B Thanksgiving Day Parade Downtown Houston parade route FREE SCHEDULED NOV 27 TO DEC 28 Houston Ballet: The Nutcracker Wortham Theater Center TICKETED SCHEDULED NOV 28 Houston Cougars vs. Baylor TDECU Stadium TICKETED SCHEDULED NOV 29 Texans vs. Baltimore Ravens Reliant Stadium TICKETED SCHEDULED December 2026 DEC 5 Deck the Hall: Mayor's Tree Lighting Hermann Square at City Hall FREE SCHEDULED DEC 5 Tamale Festival Houston Guadalupe Plaza Park CHECK ORGANIZER DATE TBC DEC 10 TO DEC 13 Houston Symphony: Very Merry Pops Jones Hall TICKETED SCHEDULED DEC 11 TO JUL 18 How to Make an Exhibition: The Story of Jermayne MacAgy The Menil Collection FREE SCHEDULED DEC 11 TO APR 4 Robert Pruitt: Infinite Contemporary Arts Museum Houston FREE DATE TBC DEC 18 TO DEC 20 Houston Symphony: Handel's Messiah Jones Hall TICKETED SCHEDULED DEC 20 Texans vs. Jacksonville Jaguars Reliant Stadium TICKETED SCHEDULED DEC 31 Kinder's Texas Bowl Reliant Stadium TICKETED DATE TBC January 2027 JAN 10 Texans vs. Tennessee Titans (Week 18) Reliant Stadium TICKETED DATE TBC JAN 17 Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half Marathon George R. Brown Convention Center FREE SCHEDULED JAN 18 MLK Unity Parade Hermann Square at City Hall FREE SCHEDULED JAN 22 TO FEB 7 Houston Grand Opera: Aida Wortham Theater Center TICKETED SCHEDULED JAN 27 TO JAN 31 Houston Auto Show (AutoBoative Show) Reliant Center (formerly NRG Center) TICKETED SCHEDULED JAN 29 TO FEB 9 Mardi Gras! Galveston Downtown Entertainment District (The Strand) and Seawall Blvd SEE SITE SCHEDULED JAN 30 31st Texas International Lunar New Year Festival Alief Career Center CHECK ORGANIZER SCHEDULED February 2027 FEB 1 TO FEB 28 Chinese Community Center Lunar New Year Festival Chinese Community Center CHECK ORGANIZER DATE TBC FEB 25 TO FEB 27 World's Championship Bar-B-Que Contest Reliant Center (formerly NRG Center) TICKETED SCHEDULED FEB 26 Go Texan Day and Trail Rides Hermann Square at City Hall FREE SCHEDULED FEB 27 Downtown Rodeo Parade and Rodeo Run Downtown Houston parade route FREE SCHEDULED March 2027 MAR 2 TO MAR 21 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Reliant Stadium TICKETED SCHEDULED MAR 22 TO MAR 28 Texas Children's Houston Open Memorial Park Golf Course TICKETED DATE TBC MAR 25 Astros Opening Day vs. Texas Rangers Daikin Park TICKETED SCHEDULED MAR 30 Sugar Land Space Cowboys Home Opener Constellation Field TICKETED SCHEDULED MAR 31 TO APR 18 Pin Oak Charity Horse Show Great Southwest Equestrian Center FREE SCHEDULED April 2027 APR 4 Tour de Houston Hermann Square at City Hall REGISTRATION FEE SCHEDULED APR 10 40th Houston Art Car Parade Allen Parkway and Downtown Houston FREE SCHEDULED APR 30 TO MAY 16 Houston Grand Opera: Show Boat Wortham Theater Center TICKETED SCHEDULED May 2027 MAY 28 TO MAY 30 Comicpalooza George R. Brown Convention Center TICKETED DATE TBC June 2027 JUN 1 TO JUN 30 Pride Houston Festival and Parade Hermann Square at City Hall CHECK ORGANIZER DATE TBC JUN 19 Juneteenth at Emancipation Park Emancipation Park FREE DATE TBC July 2027 JUL 4 Shell Freedom Over Texas Eleanor Tinsley Park TICKETED DATE TBC August 2027 AUG 1 TO SEP 7 Houston Restaurant Weeks Participating restaurants across Greater Houston SEE SITE DATE TBC September 2027 SEP 1 TO SEP 30 Japan Festival Houston Hermann Park (Japanese Garden area) FREE DATE TBC