Around the World from Home: 2020 Texas Cultural Events & Festivals

**Note: Due to the worldwide COVID-19 outbreak, some of these events may have been postponed or canceled. Please do your research prior to making plans to attend any of the listed events.**

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 usually always something fun to do and cool to see at festivals. Here’s a list of some cool cultural festivals and exhibits taking place here in Texas:

1/16-18 Monuments by Craig Walsh at Discovery Green -Houston more info

1/23 Òlájú African Market Festival -San Antonio african-market.olajuartgroup.org

2/13 Afro Soca Love Marketplace -Houston more info

4/11 Brazilian Food & Music Festival brazilianfoodmusicfestival.com

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

4/18 Houston Latin Fest  more info

5/29 Dallas Nesian Fest more info

9/5 Houston Caribbean Festival Parade Of The Bands more info

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

10/ Korean Festival Houston www.kfesthouston.com

10/28-30 Houston Quilt Festival quilts.com/quilt-festival/quilt-festival-houston/

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

** PAST EVENTS **

2019

9/14 Houston Jerk Fest  houstonjerkfestinc.com
9/20-22 Native American Pow Wow https://tradersvillage.com/grand-prairie/events/powwowgrandprairie/
9/27-28 Oktoberfest oktoberfesthouston.com
10/5-6 Texas Wine & Art Festival txwineandart.com/

10/10-13 Houston Italian Festival houstonitalianfestival.com

10/12 The Lights Festival Houston https://thelightsfest.com/event/houston-fall/

10/12 Bayou City Art Festival artcolonyassociation.org/

10/19 Houston Water Lantern Festival https://www.waterlanternfestival.com/houston.php

10/31-11/3 Quilt Festival Houston http://quilts.com/quilt-festival-houston.html

11/2-3 Arlington Texas Taco Festival www.tacofests.com/texas-taco-festival

11/5-6 International Literature Festival Houston www.ccamericas.org/events

11/7 International Literature Festival San Antonio www.ccamericas.org/events

11/8-10 Edge of Texas Festival www.texasmonthly.com/event/the-edge-of-texas/

11/9 Houston Filipino Steet Festival more information
11/9-10 Texas Championship Native American Pow Wow tradersvillage.com/houston/events/powwow/
11/9-10 Islamic Art Festival http://www.islamicartssociety.org/
11/16 Taste of Texas Food Truck Festival more information

Tamale Festival http://tamalefestivalhouston.com/tickets.html

Galveston Festival of Lights https://www.moodygardens.com/holiday_season/

Houston Magical Winter Lights & Lattern Festival https://magicalwinterlights.com/

Tomball German Christmas Market & Festival https://www.tomballgermanfest.org/

Texas Educational Shakespeare Festival More Information

Fredericksburg Hot Air Balloon Festival More Information

2020

1/5-12 Ice Land: Christmas Around the World -Galveston more info

1/20  Houston MLK Parade mlkgrandeparade.org
1/25 Texas Lunar Festival -Houston http://www.texaslunarfest.net/home.html

1/28 Wild & Scenic Film Festival more info

2/15 Austin Chinese Culture Festival more information 

2/22 Kingwood Mardi Gras Festival & Parade more information

3/3-22 Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo https://www.rodeohouston.com/

3/6 North Texas Irish Festival -Dallas www.ntif.org
3/7 Houston Black Heritage Festival houstonblackheritagefest.com

3/7-8 Cajun Festival -San Antonio https://tradersvillage.com/san-antonio/events/cajun-festival-2020/

3/21 Celtic Festival -Kemah  more info
3/21-22 Houston Palestinian Festival http://pacchouston.org/events/festival's
3/27-29 Tomball German Heritage Festival https://www.tomballgermanfest.com/
3/28 Houston Holi Festival http://houstonholi.com/

4/3-5 Poteet Strawberry Festival  http://strawberryfestival.com/
4/5 Brazilian Food & Music Festival http://www.brazilianfoodmusicfestival.com/
4/4-5 Texas Wine & Art Festival http://www.txwineandart.com/

4/17-18 Fredericksburg Bluebonnet Festival  more info
4/18 San Jacinto Day Festival  more info

4/18 Taste of Kingwood more info

4/25 Katy Sip N Stroll   http://www.sipandstroll.com/Home.shtml

4/25 Houston Zydeco Festival  http://houstonzydecofest.com/

4/25-26 Fortress Festival -Fort Worth  more info

5/1-3 The Houston Polish Festival https://www.houstonpolishfestival.com/

5/14-17 Houston Greek Fest http://www.houstongreekfest.com/
5/22-24 Comicpalooza  https://www.comicpalooza.com/

5/30  10th Anniversary Lavender Festival  more info

AsiaFest...Asian Culture Festival more info

6/13 The 2020 Reggae Fest more info

Houston Pride Festival

June 24th Pan-African Heritage & Cultural Festival more info POSTPONED

8/2020 Highland Village Balloon Festival lionsballoonfest.com CANCELED

July  Houston Shakespeare Festival CANCELED

July  Houston Caribbean Festival houstoncaribbeanfest.com CANCELED

Houston Theater District Open House theaterdistrictopenhouse.com/schedule.php CANCELED

9/4-12 Frida Festival  more info

9/12 Virtual Native American Heritage Day  more info

9/19 & 26 Hummingbird Festival -Virtual more info

10/2-4 Houston Lebanese Festival alcchouston.org/houston-lebanese-festival/  CANCELED

10/22 Texas Rose Festival (Virtual) texasrosefestival.com

Fort Worth Greek Festival fortworthgreekfestival.com CANCELED

wurstfest.comwurstfest.commore info

10/3-11/29 Texas Renaissance Festival texrenfest.com
11/11-12/11 Houston Ballet Nutcracker Market -(Virtual) more info
11/21 Art Crawl -Houston more info

12/3-5 Houston Quilt Festival (Virtual) quilts.com/quilt-festival/virtual-quilt-festival