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

10/8 Indigenous Heritage Gathering  prfdance.org

11/4-5 Austin Celtic Festival  austincelticfestival.com

Dallas

9/21-24 Plano Balloon Festival  planoballoonfest.org

9/29-10/22 Texas State Fair  bigtex.com

10/7-8 Cottonwood Art Festival -Richardson  cottonwoodartfestival.com

11/10-12 Fort Worth Greek Festival fortworthgreekfestival.com

Houston

8/14-20 Houston Theater Week  thehobbycenter.org

9/29-10/1 Houston Polish Festival  houstonpolishfestival.com

9/30 Oktoberfest oktoberfesthouston.com

9/30 Lights Festival Houston  thelightsfest.com

10/1 Nigerian Day Festival -Houston instagram.com/officialnigeriandayinhouston

10/7 Nigeria Cultural Parade & Festival -Houston  nigeriaculturalparade.com

10/7 Korean Festival Houston  kfesthouston.com

10/7-11/26 Texas Renaissance Festival texrenfest.com

10/14-15 Bayou City Art Festival artcolonyassociation.org

10/21 Houston Filipino Street Festival  fyphouston.com

11/1-5 Houston Quilt Festival quilts.com

11/9-12 Houston Ballet Nutcracker Market  houstonballet.org

11/9-19 Houston African Restaurant Week  africanrestaurantweek.com

11/11 Native American Pow Wow -Houston  tradersvillage.com

11/25-26 Houston African Restaurant Week Festival  africanrestaurantweek.com

12/8-10 Tomball German Christmas Market & Festival  tomballgermanfest.org

San Antonio

11/3-12 Wurstfest -New Braunfels wurstfest.com

*Other Cities 

10/19-22 Texas Rose Festival -Tyler  texasrosefestival.com

** PAST EVENTS **

Austin

Austin Chinese Culture Festival  afssaustin.org

Puerto Rican Heritage Festival  prfdance.org

1/16 MLK Day Parade & Street Festival

3/10-19 SXSW

3/4-4/23 Sherwood Forest Faire  -McDade  sherwoodforestfaire.com

4/21-23 Austin Reggae Festival  austinreggaefest.com

4/22 ATX Asian Food Fest  atxasianfoodfest.com

6/17 Central Texas Juneteenth Celebration  juneteenthcentraltexas.com

7/15 Colombian Fest ATX -Austin  colombianfestatx.com

Dallas 

1/16 MLK Life and Legacy Community Event  more info

3/3-5 North Texas Irish Festival -Dallas  ntif.org

4/28-5/14 Frisco Fair -Frisco  friscofair.com

Houston 

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

Houston Black Heritage Festival houstonblackheritagefest.com 

Cajun Heritage Festival -Port Arthur  visitportarthurtx.com

Houston Ballet Nutcracker Spring Market more info

Kemah Boardwalk Crawfish & Zydeco Festival  kemahboardwalk.com

Houston Zydeco Festival  houstonzydecofest.com

Houston Latin Fest  more info

Houston Creole Heritage Festival  houstoncreolefest.com

Houston Lebanese Festival  alcchouston.org

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

11/5-6 Houston Palestinian Festival  pacchouston.org

11/19 Houston Art Crawl  event details

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

1/16 Houston MLK Parade mlkgrandeparade.org

1/21 Texas Lunar Festival -Houston texaslunarfest.net

2/11 Kemah Boardwalk Mardi Gras Celebration -Houston  kemahboardwalk.com

2/18 Kingwood Mardi Gras Festival & Parade  towncenterevents.com

2/28-3/19 Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo  rodeohouston.com

3/4 Houston Holi Festival  houstonholi.com

3/18 Afro Soca Love Marketplace -Houston  afrosocalove.com

3/23-4/4 South Texas State Fair & Rodeo -Beaumont  beaumontcvb.com

3/24-26 Tomball German Heritage Festival  tomballgermanfest.org

3/25 Celtic Festival -Kemah   kemahboardwalk.com

4/1-2 Crosby Zydeco Festival  crosbyzydecofest.com

4/16 Houston Brazilian Food & Music Festival  facebook.com/BrazilianFoodAndMusicFestival

5/20 The International Festival  theinternationalfest.org

6/28-7/3 Houston Caribbean Festival houstoncaribbeanfest.com

7/27-8/5 Houston Shakespeare Festival  uh.edu/shakespeare

8/6 Houston Islamic Art Gala  islamicartssociety.org

8/12-13 Houston Reggae Fest  thehoustonreggaefest.com

San Antonio

7/9 & 10 Frida Fest San Antonio  more info

1/21 Òlájú African Market Festival -San Antonio african-market.olajuartgroup.org

3/11-12 Cajun Festival -San Antonio  tradersvillage.com

4/20-30 Fiesta San Antonio  fiestasanantonio.org

Other Cities 

Texas Viking Festival -Paige  texasvikingfestival.com

12/10-11 & 17/18 Texas Viking Festival -Paige  texasvikingfestival.com

7/23 Taste of Africa: Deep Diving Into Culture -Killeen  impacoutreach.org/taste-of-africa

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