Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Visiting Texas: Out of This World Events/Exhibits in Texas

Butterflies, if outer space, comic conventions, and/or sci-fi trivia night sound interesting...this post is for you. In addition, if you’re into Astronomy, Greek Mythology, Anime, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and etc, or even if you just think aliens, mermaids, unicorns and fairies are cute, check out some of the “out of this world” events and exhibits happening in Texas:

2024 Out of This World Events in Texas

Austin 
The Mermaid Bazaar -San Marcos  mermaidsocietysmtx.com  (every 1st & 3rd Saturday)
7/5-7 Jurassic Quest -Austin  jurassicquest.com
7/20-21 Greater Austin Comic Con  greateraustincomiccon.com
8/16-18 The Official Supernatural Convention -Austin creationent.com

Dallas 
National Video-Game Museum -Frisco nvmusa.org
4/20-21 Dallas Comic Show  dallascomicshow.com
5/17-19 Texas Frightmare Festival -Irving texasfrightmareweekend.com
6/28-30 Ecchi Expo -San Marcos  ecchiexpo.org
9/28 Denton Comic Art Expo  dentoncomicartexpo.com

Houston Area Events & Exhibits
Burke Baker Planetarium at the Houston Museum of Natural Science: Dark Side Of the Moon 
Immersive Gamebox -The Woodlands  immersivegamebox.com
FOMO Factory -Houston more info
Seismique Art Museum -Houston seismique.com
3/23 Thorn & Moon Spring Equinox Festival -Houston  magickalmarket.com
4/6 Thorn & Moon Magickal Market -Houston  magickalmarket.com
4/13 Traders Village Houston Comicon  tradersvillage.com
5/24-26 Comicpalooza -Houston  comicpalooza.com
7/26-28 Jurassic Quest -Austin  jurassicquest.com
8/9-11 Houston Horror Film Festival houstonhorrorfilmfest.com
8/27-28 Galveston Island ESports Summit  galvestonesports.com

San Antonio
3/27 Painting With A Twist: The Kiddie (Baby Yoda) paintingwithatwist.com
4/27 Mochi Fest  tradersvillage.com
5/3-5 Jurassic Quest -San Antonio  jurassicquest.com
6/15-16 Renaissance Faery Fest  more info

Other Cities
4/26-28 Southeast Texas Comic Con -McAllen  southtexascomiccon.com
7/26-28 Corpus Christi Comic Con  corpuschristicomiccon.com
10/4-6 Anime Feista -McAllen  animefiesta.net

*Virtual Events & National Days
3/29 International Mermaid Day
4/28 National Superhero Day
5/13 Black FAE Day (2nd Saturday of May)
5/26 World Dracula Day 
6/24 International Fairy Day
7/2 World UFO Day
9/12 National Video Game Day
9/25 National Comic Book Day


 *** Past “Out of This World - Events/Exhibits” ***

Austin Area
9/9-24 Mermaid Splash Fest -San Marcos mermaidsocietysmtx.com
2/23-25 Nosferatu Festival  nosferatufestival.com
3/1-3 Cult Classic Convention -Bastrop  cultclassicconvention.com

Dallas Area
Jurassic Quest -Fort Worth  jurassicquest.com
10/7-8 Arlington Comic Fest  arlingtoncomicfest.com
12/16-17 Dallas Comic Show  dallascomicshow.com
1/26-28 Vampire Fan Week -Dallas  creationent.com
3/8-10 Jurassic Quest -Dallas  jurassicquest.com

Houston Area
Houston Astros Star Wars Night -Houston  event details
Houston Astros Superhero Day -Houston more info
Houston Astros NASA Night -Houston more info
6/17 Montrose Block Party: The Comic Con Edition  more info
6/24 Thorn & Moon Summer Solstice Festival -Houston  magickalmarket.com
7/6 Houston Astros Stranger Things Night  mlb.com
7/7-9 Anime Texas -Houston  animetexas.org
7/9 Houston Astros Princess Day  mlb.com
7/25 Houston Astros Hello Kitty Night  mlb.com
10/14-15 Beaumont Comic Con -Beaumont  more info
12/16 Christmas Horror Market Pop-Up -Houston  houstonhorrorfilmfest.com
1/11-14  Battle Tex IV War Gaming Convention battletex.com
2/1-4 Paranormal Cirque -Cypress  paranormalcirque.com
3/8-10 Comic Conroe  comicconroe.com

San Antonio Area
Morphinominal Expo -San Antonio  morphinominaltx.com
10/6-8 Big Texas Comicon  bigtexascomicon.com
1/6 Painting With A Twist: Lunar Love Set  paintingwithatwist.com
11/4-3/3 Dinoscapes Exhibit at Traders Village -San Antonio  tradersvillage.com
2/17-18 Otaku Fan Fair: Anime & Food  tradersvillage.com
2/17-18 UFO Fest  more info

Other Cites
Paranormal Cirque -Robstown paranormalcirque.com
Paranormal Cirque -Mercedes paranormalcirque.com
Jurassic Quest -Abilene  jurassicquest.com
6/3 Gamer’s Expo -McAllen  southtexasgamersexpo.com
11/30-12/3 Paranormal Cirque -Lubbock  paranormalcirque.com
12/7-10 Paranormal Cirque -Waco  paranormalcirque.com
2/22-25 Paranormal Cirque -El Paso  paranormalcirque.com
3/15-17 Permian Basin Comic Con -Midland  pbcomicconx.com

Virtual Events & National Days


P.S. If you’re more interested in things of this world please check out some of the food/beverage events and cultural events going on throughout Texas.

1 comment :

  1. I will definitely save these ideas for when I come back to Texas!!

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