Around the World from Home: Cultural Festivals in Texas

One of my favorite outdoor things to do is attend festivals. Growing up I looked forward to the Houston International Festival every year; the music, the food, and the cultural exposure...there’s always something fun to do and cool to see. Updated monthly, here’s a list of cultural festivals/exhibits taking place here in Texas:

Austin

11/5-6 Austin Celtic Festival  austincelticfestival.com

Dallas

9/23-25 Plano Balloon Festival  planoballoonfest.org

9/30-10/23 Texas State Fair  bigtex.com

11/11-13 Fort Worth Greek Festival fortworthgreekfestival.com

Houston

9/24 Oktoberfest oktoberfesthouston.com

10/1 Houston Creole Heritage Festival  houstoncreolefest.com

10/1 Houston Lebanese Festival  alcchouston.org

10/1 Nigeria Cultural Parade & Festival -Houston  nigeriaculturalparade.com

10/2 Nigerian Food Festival -Houston instagram.com/officialnigeriandayinhouston

10/8 & 9 Bayou City Art Festival artcolonyassociation.org

10/8-11/27 Texas Renaissance Festival texrenfest.com

10/22 Houston Filipino Street Festival  fyphouston.com/filipino-street-festival

10/22 Korean Festival Houston  kfesthouston.com

11/2-3 International Literature Festival Houston  ccamericas.org

11/3-6 Houston Quilt Festival quilts.com

11/5-6 Houston Palestinian Festival  pacchouston.org

12/9-11 Tomball German Christmas Market & Festival  tomballgermanfest.org

12/10 & 11 Houston Islamic Art Festival -Spring  islamicartssociety.org

11/12-13 Native American Pow Wow -Houston  event details

San Antonio

11/4-13 Wurstfest -New Braunfels wurstfest.com

*Other Cities 

10/13-16 Texas Rose Festival -Tyler  texasrosefestival.com

** PAST EVENTS **

Highland Village Festival  lionsballoonfest.com

Houston Greek Fest  houstongreekfest.com

Houston Italian Festival houstonitalianfestival.com

Texas Wine & Art Festival txwineandart.com

AsiaFest...Asian Culture Festival more info

San Jacinto Day Festival  more info

DFW Nesian Fest  nesianfest.com

Celtic Fest -Tyler  more info

Austin

1/17 MLK Day Parade & Street Festival

3/11-19 SXSW

3/5-4/24 Sherwood Forest Faire  -McDade  sherwoodforestfaire.com

4/9-10 Austin International Poetry Festival  aipf.org

4/22-24 Austin Reggae Festival  austinreggaefest.com

5/7 Austin Chinese Culture Festival  afssaustin.org

5/29 ATX Asian Food Fest  atxasianfoodfest.com

6/12 Puerto Rican Heritage Festival  prfdance.org

6/18 Central Texas Juneteenth Celebration  juneteenthcentraltexas.com

6/18 World Refugee Day Celebration  thestoryoftexas.com

7/16 Colombian Fest ATX -Austin  event details

8/18-27 African Restaurant Week  africanrestaurantweek.com

Dallas 

12/31 Afro Soca Love Marketplace -Dallas  more info

3/4-6 North Texas Irish Festival -Dallas  ntif.org

4/28-5/15 Frisco Fair -Frisco  friscofair.com

5/7-8 Cottonwood Art Festival -Richardson  cottonwoodartfestival.com

5/21 Malcolm X Festival  more info

6/5 Santacruzan Festival - Plano  more info

Houston 

11/11-14 Houston Ballet Nutcracker Market  event details

11/20 Houston Art Crawl  event details

11/19-1/2 Houston Magical Winter Lights & Lattern Festival magicalwinterlights.com

11/21-1/3 Galveston Festival of Lights 

1/17 Houston MLK Parade mlkgrandeparade.org

1/29 Texas Lunar Festival -Houston texaslunarfest.net

2/19 Kemah Boardwalk Mardi Gras Celebration -Houston  kemahboardwalk.com

2/26 Kingwood Mardi Gras Festival & Parade  towncenterevents.com

2/28-3/20 Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo  rodeohouston.com

3/12 Afro Soca Love Marketplace -Houston

3/24-4/3 South Texas State Fair & Rodeo -Beaumont  beaumontcvb.com

3/25-27 Tomball German Heritage Festival tomballgermanfest.com

3/26 Houston Holi Festival  houstonholi.com

3/26 Celtic Festival -Kemah   more info

3/26-27 Crosby Zydeco Festival  crosbyzydecofest.com

4/2 Cajun Heritage Festival -Port Arthur  visitportarthurtx.com/event/cajun-heritage-fest-2/

4/8-10 Houston Ballet Nutcracker Spring Market more info

4/9-10 Kemah Boardwalk Crawfish & Zydeco Festival  kemahboardwalk.com

4/10 Houston Brazilian Food & Music Festival  more info

4/23 Houston Zydeco Festival  houstonzydecofest.com

4/24 Houston Latin Fest  more info

4/29-5/1 Houston Polish Festival  houstonpolishfestival.com

5/28 The International Festival  theinternationalfest.org

6/25 Seoul Festival -Houston  snap2official.com/summerseoul

6/25 Art & Wine Evening at Russian Cultural Center -Houston  ourtx.org

7/3 Houston Caribbean Festival houstoncaribbeanfest.com

7/22-24 Houston Black Heritage Festival houstonblackheritagefest.com 

7/28-8/6 Houston Shakespeare Festival  uh.edu/shakespeare

7/30 Lights Festival Houston  thelightsfest.com/sky-lantern-events/houston

8/13 Houston Reggae Fest  more info

8/13 African Food & Music Festival  africanrestaurantweek.com

8/22-29 Houston Theater Week  visithoustontexas.com

San Antonio

1/29 & 30 Òlájú African Market Festival -San Antonio african-market.olajuartgroup.org

3/5-6 Cajun Festival -San Antonio  more info

3/31-4/10 Fiesta San Antonio  more info

7/9 & 10 Frida Fest San Antonio  more info

Other Cities 

8/7 Taste of Africa: Deep Diving Into Culture -Killeen  impacoutreach.org/taste-of-africa

Virtual Events

1/13- Wild & Scenic Film Festival  event details

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