Houston, have a great weekend. If you're trying to make it to see T-swift goodluck and god speed. 🤣

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THURSDAY – APRIL 20

Ongoing – Happy Hour @ MFAH @ 5PM Meet your friends at the MFAH for the best night of the week. Explore the campus, visit the galleries, and get a drink at the bar. General admission is free.

Thursday Night Concerts @ Discovery Green @ 7PM This week’s performers: Tank and The Bangas and Sunami Force.

‘The Jungle Book’ Musical Show @ Miller Outdoor Theatre @ 11AM The Panto Company USA is thrilled to bring the cherished, family favorite story, “The Jungle Book”, to life on stage.

Ha*Ash @ Smart Financial Centre @ 8PM

Alejandro Escovedo @ The Heights Theater @ 8PM

FRIDAY – APRIL 21

The Philly Soul Sound @ Miller Outdoor Theatre @ 8PM The classic sounds of Philly Soul music are back at Miller.

H-Town Blues Festival @ NRG Arena @ 8PM Come out to NRG Arena for an evening of Blues at the 15th Annual H-Town Blues Festival.

Chelcie Lynn Stand Up @ Bayou Music Center @ 7:30PM

Tanveer Arora Stand Up @ The Secret Group @ 8PM

Umphrey’s McGee @ House of Blues @ 7:30PM

The Happy Fits @ White Oak Music Hall @ 6PM

Monica’s Bidi Bidi Tribute @ Warehouse Live @ 7:30PM

Dear Silas @ Warehouse Live @ 9PM

Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway @ The Heights Theater @ 8PM

Green Velvet @ Stereo Live @ 10PM

SATURDAY – APRIL 22

Meditation in the Galleries @ MFAH @ 10AM The MFAH is collaborating with Houston Zen Center to offer a series of zazen(seated) meditation sessions.

Islamic Music Concert @ MFAH @ 2PM Renowned Riyaaz Qawwali ensemble performs Qawwali, a mesmerizing form of Islamic mystical music.

Fate of the Maya @ HMNS @ 12PM Explore some of the greatest cities and rituals of the great Maya civilization that still fascinate scientists thousands years later.

Ongoing – Saturday Stargazing @ George Observatory in Needville

Earth Day @ Houston Zoo @ 10AM Visit the zoo for a special activities celebrating Earth Day and animal conservation.

EaDo Pub Crawl with Saint Arnold @ 2PM The World Famous Saint Arnold Pub Crawl is heading back to EaDo!

Royal Comedy Tour 2023 @ NRG Arena @ 8PM Royal Comedy 2023 is coming to NRG Arena with comedians Sommore, Bruce Bruce, Lavell Crawford, Special K, and Griff.

Jeff Horste Stand Up @ The Secret Group @ 8PM

Key Glock @ Bayou Music Center @ 8PM

Zach Williams @ Smart Financial Centre @ 7PM

Masego @ Warehouse Live @ 8PM

Shrek Rave @ House of Blues @ 9PM

Dallas Invasion @ Warehouse Live @ 7:30PM

The New Pornographers @ White Oak Music Hall @ 7PM

The Wood Brothers @ The Heights Theater @ 8PM *with special guest Cris Jacobs

Valentino Khan @ Stereo Live @ 10PM

Sickick @ Clé @ 10PM

SUNDAY – APRIL 23

Family Day: Cultural Crossroads @ MFAH Bayou Bend @ 1PM Visit Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens for an afternoon of family-friendly fun that explores how ideas from cultures all around the world contribute to life in America.

Walk for the Wild 2023 @ Houston Zoo @ 7AM The annual 5K walk supporting the zoo is back!

Jazz Sundays @ Discovery Green @ 5PM Jazzy Sundays in the Park is a free concert series that celebrates Houston jazz.

Spiritbox @ House of Blues @ 6PM *with special guests After the Burial & Intervals

Babyface Ray @ Warehouse Live @ 8PM

Twiztid @ Warehouse Live @ 6:30PM

Codefendants @ The Secret Group @ 8PM *With Zeta and Dead to the World

All Weekend

FRIDAY & SATURDAY – Led Zeppelin Planetarium Show @ HMNS @ 5PM The music and lyrics of Led Zeppelin is visually interpreted using three-dimensional fulldome environments.

All weekend – ‘North by Northwest’ Screening @ MFAH Don’t miss a chance to see this Hitchcock classic on the big screen!

All weekend – Taylor Swift @ NRG Stadium @ 6:30PM Have fun if you got tickets. I'd recommend taking the lightrail in and out.

All weekend – Mahler 1 Concert @ Houston Symphony Prepare for an extraordinary musical journey as Jukka-Pekka Saraste leads Mahler’s epic and theatrical First Symphony.

All weekend – The Play That Goes Wrong @ The George Theater Part Monty Python, part Sherlock Holmes, this global phenomenon plays in Houston for two weeks.

Ongoing

Ongoing – 2023 Core Exhibition @ MFAH Every year, the Core Residency Program at the Glassell School of Art awards residencies to artists and critical writers, culminating in the spring with an exhibition and yearbook.

Ongoing – Zen Paintings Exhibition @ MFAH Often playful, sometimes comical, and always profound, Zen paintings represent one of the world’s most fascinating religious and artistic traditions.

Ongoing – ‘The Curatorial Imagination of Walter Hopps’ Exhibition @ Menil The exhibition explores the influential vision of one of the most distinguished curators – Walter Hopps, and features artwork by Warhol, Kienholz, Gilliam, and many others.

Ongoing – 'Art of the Cameroon Grassfields' Exhibition @ Menil This exhibition celebrates the enduring artistic traditions from Cameroon and its global diaspora.

Ongoing – Wall Drawing Series: Mel Bochner @ Menil Drawing Institute The Menil Drawing Institute is proud to work with artist Mel Bochner on the fourth installment of the museum’s ephemeral wall drawing series. Continuously succeeding to blend traditional compositional devices with Abstract Expressionism, Bochner stands out as a one-of-a-kind artist whose art strives to make us more attentive to the unspoken codes that underpin our engagement with the world.

Ongoing – Walter De Maria: Boxes for Meaningless Work Exhibition @ Menil LAST CHANCE – Highlighting De Maria’s varied and innovative approaches to media and scale, the exhibition includes a large group of conceptual drawings and photography, sculpture related to the development of the artist’s innovative land art projects of the 1970s, as well as examples of his sound and film work.