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:

11/4-9 International Literature Festival Houston  ccamericas.org

11/5-14 Wurstfest -New Braunfels wurstfest.com

11/6-7 Austin Celtic Festival  austincelticfestival.com

11/11-14 Houston Ballet Nutcracker Market  event details

11/12-14 Fort Worth Greek Festival fortworthgreekfestival.com

11/13-14 Native American Pow Wow -Houston  event details

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

11/20 Houston Art Crawl  event details

11/21 Houston Palestinian Festival Picnic more info  (pacchouston.org)

11/21-1/3 Galveston Festival of Lights 

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

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

12/31 Afro Soca Love Marketplace -Dallas  more info

2022

1/13-17 Wild & Scenic Film Festival  event details

1/17 Houston MLK Parade mlkgrandeparade.org

1/29 Texas Lunar Festival -Houston texaslunarfest.net

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

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

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

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

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

3/26 Houston Holi Festival  houstonholi.com

4/10 Brazilian Food & Music Festival  more info

4/23 Houston Zydeco Festival  houstonzydecofest.com

** PAST EVENTS **

Austin Chinese Culture Festival

Fredericksburg Hot Air Balloon Festival

Highland Village Festival lionsballoonfest.com

Houston Greek Fest  houstongreekfest.com

Houston Italian Festival houstonitalianfestival.com

Houston Theater District Open House theaterdistrictopenhouse.com

Houston Water Lantern Festival waterlanternfestival.com/houston.php

Ice Land: Christmas Around the World -Galveston more info

Texas Wine & Art Festival txwineandart.com

Afro Soca Love Marketplace -Houston

Cajun Festival -San Antonio  more info

AsiaFest...Asian Culture Festival more info

Celtic Festival -Kemah   more info

4/16-18 Houston Ballet Nutcracker Spring Market more info

4/17 San Jacinto Day Festival  more info

4/18 Houston Latin Fest  more info

5/20-30 South Texas State Fair -Beaumont  beaumontcvb.com

5/20-6/6 Frisco Fair -Frisco  friscofair.com

5/21-23 Houston Polish Festival  houstonpolishfestival.com

5/22-23 DFW Nesian Fest  nesianfest.com

5/23 Celtic Fest -Tyler  more info

5/29 Houston Pan-African Heritage & Cultural Festival  more info

6/4-6 Tomball German Heritage Festival tomballgermanfest.com

6/5 Cajun Heritage Festival -Port Arthur. visitportarthurtx.com/event/cajun-heritage-fest-2/

6/12 Lights Festival Houston  thelightsfest.com/sky-lantern-events/houston

6/17-27 Fiesta San Antonio  more info

6/30-7/4 Houston Caribbean Festival houstoncaribbeanfest.com

7/10 Seoul Festival -Houston  snap2official.com/summerseoul

7/10 Frida Fest San Antonio  even details

7/18 Colombian Fest ATX -Austin  event details

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

7/24 Taste of Africa: Deep Diving Into Culture -Killeen  impacoutreach.org/taste-of-africa

8/3-7 Houston Shakespeare Festival  uh.edu/shakespeare

8/5 Art & Wine Evening at Russian Cultural Center -Houston  ourtx.org

9/11 Hummingbird Festival -Tomball  event details

9/17-19 Crosby Zydeco Festival  crosbyzydecofest.com

9/24-10/17 Texas State Fair  bigtex.com

9/25 Weird In The Woods Art & Music Festival -Huntsville  overdoseonluv.com

9/26 Houston Latin Fest  event details

9/26 Houston Lebanese Festival alcchouston.org/houston-lebanese-festival

10/1-3 Houston Polish Festival  houstonpolishfestival.com

10/2 Houston Creole Heritage Festival  houstoncreolefest.com

10/2 Nigeria Cultural Parade & Festival -Houston event details

10/9 Houston Reggae Fest  more info

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

10/9-11/28 Texas Renaissance Festival texrenfest.com

10/14-17 Texas Rose Festival  texasrosefestival.com

10/22 & 23 Oktoberfest oktoberfesthouston.com

10/23 Houston Filipino Street Festival  fyphouston.com/filipino-street-festival

10/23 Korean Festival Houston  kfesthouston.com

10/28-31 Houston Quilt Festival quilts.com/quilt-festival/quilt-festival-houston/

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