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Enjoy your weekend all.

THURSDAY – APRIL 25

Top Taco Festival @ POST @ 6PM Attend at your own peril, $75/head and I'm unfamiliar with the organizers.

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.

Sarah Jakes Roberts Live Show @ Smart Financial Centre @ 7PM With a focus on spiritual growth, personal development, and leadership, Roberts’ new show is a unique blend of powerful keynote sessions, interactive workshops, and immersive experiences.

Leslie Lao Stand Up @ Houston Improv @ 7:30PM

Donny Benet @ House of Blues @ 7PM

Chicano Batman @ White Oak Music Hall @ 7PM With Lido Pimienta

Sextile @ White Oak Music Hall @ 7PM

Jenny From Ace of Base @ Warehouse Live @ 8PM

Pretty Vacant @ Scout Bar @ 9PM

FRIDAY – APRIL 26

We Them Ones Comedy Tour @ Toyota Center @ 8PM Featuring Mike Epps, Deray Davis, Chico Bean, Lil Duval, & more!

‘The Sound of Music’ Opera @ Wortham Theater @ 7:30PM Acclaimed director Francesca Zambello incorporates songs from both the theatrical version and its famous cinematic adaptation into her new opera production.

Sounds of the City Concert @ Market Square Park @ 5PM Grab food from your favorite neighborhood eatery and enjoy live music from a new local Houston artist.

Ahmed Saad @ 713 Music Hall @ 9PM

Aidan Bissett @ House of Blues @ 7PM

Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors @ White Oak Music Hall @ 7PM

K?D @ Stereo Live @ 10PM

Great White, Slaughter + Quiet Riot @ Warehouse Live @ 6PM

Maylene and the Sons of Disaster @ Scout Bar @ 6PM

SATURDAY – APRIL 27

Houston Brew Festival @ Discovery Green @ 12PM The festival features over 50 breweries and 150 types of beers, as well as food trucks, cover bands, lawn games and more.

Ongoing – Saturday Stargazing @ George Observatory in Needville

Ongoing – Farmers Market @ Market Square Park @ 9AM This spring, enjoy Houston’s best vendors in the very heart of downtown!

‘The Philly Soul Sound Vol. 4’ Concert @ Miller Outdoor Theatre @ 8:15PM Hear iconic Philly Sound hits featuring signature blend of smooth, danceable rhythms, lavish string, horn accompaniments, and thoughtfully penned lyrics.

‘Don Giovanni’ Opera @ Wortham Theater @ 7:30PM See the Spanish antihero everyone loves to hate in director Kasper Holten’s brilliant and seductive tragicomedy production.

Kane Brown @ Toyota Center @ 7PM With Tyler Hubbard & Parma Lee

Set It Off @ House of Blues @ 5:30PM

Bingo Loco @ White Oak Music Hall @ 6:30PM

Christian Kuria @ White Oak Music Hall @ 8PM

The Polyphonic Spree @ The Heights Theater @ 8PM

Walker & Royce @ Stereo Live @ 10PM

Soft Blue Shimmer @ The Secret Group @ 7PM

SUNDAY – APRIL 28

‘The Sound of Music’ Opera @ Wortham Theater @ 2PM Acclaimed director Francesca Zambello incorporates songs from both the theatrical version and its famous cinematic adaptation into her new opera production.

‘Chicago’ Musical @ The Grand Opera House @ 2PM / 7PM A Broadway classic, ‘Chicago’ is a universal tale of fame, fortune, and all that jazz, with one show stopping song after another and the most astonishing dancing you’ve ever seen.

Houston Zydeco Fest @ Emancipation Park @ 1PM Spend your day with the best zydeco bands in the nation and enjoy a full day of dancing, eating, and partying.

Jazzy Sundays @ Buffalo Bayou Park @ 5PM Featuring R&D LAB

Rolling Stones @ NRG Stadium @ 8PM

Grupo Bronco @ Smart Financial Centre @ 7PM

Say Anything @ House of Blues @ 6:30PM

Libianca @ House of Blues @ 7PM

Prateek Kuhad @ White Oak Music Hall @ 7PM

Slow Hollows @ White Oak Music Hall @ 8PM

Leo Kottke @ The Heights Theater @ 8PM

Ghost In The Machine @ Warehouse Live @ 7PM

Big Something @ Last Concert Cafe @ 8PM

All Weekend

FRIDAY & SATURDAY – Houston Ballet Academy Spring Showcase @ Wortham Theater See rising stars of Houston Ballet perform works from the Company repertoire or ballets created specifically for them.

FRIDAY & SATURDAY – Nate Bargatze Comedy Show @ NRG Arena

SATURDAY & SUNDAY – Vibe Artisan Market @ POST @ 11AM Visit one of the largest artisan markets in Houston and shop from 120+ vendors and makers, enjoy a gallery show, coffee and cocktail bars, and live music!

SATURDAY & SUNDAY – Sugar Land Arts Fest @ Smart Financial Centre Plaza @ 10AM See and purchase artworks from visual artists, plus enjoy live musical entertainment, a wine and beer garden, specialty fares from locally owned restaurants, a children's art activity tent, and more!

All weekend – Ryan Davis Stand Up @ Houston Improv

All weekend – Latin Wave Film Festival @ MFAH Latin Wave 17 showcases 10 dynamic new films from emerging and established talents in the Latin American film industry.

All weekend – ‘Carmina Burana’ in Concert @ Jones Hall A massive orchestra and huge chorus join forces to perform one of classical music’s most spellbinding and immersive experiences.

All weekend – ‘The Cher Show’ Musical @ The Hobby Center LAST CHANCE – ‘The Cher Show’ is 35 smash hits, six decades of stardom, two rock-star husbands, and countless EGOT awards, all in one unabashedly fabulous new musical that will have audiences dancing in the aisles!

All weekend – ‘Refer Madness’ Musical @ The Garden Theatre LAST CHANCE – Based on the cult-classic satire musical, The Garden Theatre’s newest production is a side-splitting comedy with one-of-a-kind catchy repertoire.

All weekend – ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ Play @ The George Theatre This story about a unique and unlikely friendship between a Jewsih woman and a Black man in 1940s in Georgia reminds us of the common humanity and the value of life.

All weekend – ‘Jane Eyre’ Play @ Alley Theatre Adapted by Elizabeth Williamson from the beloved classic novel by Charlotte Brontë, this play follows the heroine who struggles for freedom and fulfillment on her own terms.

All weekend – ‘Lady Sunsan’ Play @ Stageworks Theater Jane Austen’s comic novella about a young widow’s brilliant scheming in turn-of-the-century English society comes to life in Rob Urbinati’s delightfully witty stage adaptation.

All weekend – ‘The Father’ Play @ 4th Wall Theatre The play questions the nature of identity, memory, and the human experience, as it explores the profound impact that dementia can have on individuals and their loved ones.

All weekend – ‘Cleansed’ Play @ MATCH LAST CHANCE – From the controversial playwright of the Theatre of Extremes Sarah Kane came a brutal, yet triumphant fable about totalitarianism and controlled experiments that hauntingly reminds viewers of the present day.

Ongoing Special Events and Museum Exhibitions

Ongoing – ‘Jurassic World’ Exhibition @ Katy Mills The limited-time globally sold-out exhibition immerses audiences of all ages in scenes inspired by the beloved film. Discover the science of jurassic world and walk in the land of jurassic giants, closer than ever before!

Ongoing – Dinosaurs @ Houston Zoo Trek through a lush forest trail to see life-sized animatronic creatures, including the fan favorite T-rex, Brachiosaurus, Edmontonia, and more!

Ongoing – Sloomoo Exhibition @ Marq E Entertainment Center Immerse yourself in the joy of sensory play with Sloomoo Institute’s colorful world of never-ending, hand-crafted slime, yummy scents, and soothing ASMR delights.

Ongoing – ‘Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism’ Exhibition @ MFAH The exhibition presents, for the first time in the United States, the origins and legacy of fauvism through paintings, drawings, and watercolors by Henri Matisse and André Derain.

Ongoing – ‘Crowning the North: Silver Treasures from Bergen, Norway’ Exhibition @ MFAH Featuring over 200 objects, this exhibition provides an exceptional look at Nordic history and aesthetics across centuries as Bergen stood at the intersection of global trade, taste, and fashion.

Ongoing – ‘Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence’ Exhibition @ MFAH Wiley’s monumental, large-scale paintings of Black and Brown individuals confront and challenge the silence surrounding systemic violence and injustice.

Ongoing – ‘Ruth Asawa Through Line’ Exhibition @ Menil The exhibition presents drawings, collages, watercolors, and sketchbooks showing the breadth of Ruth Asawa’s innovative and profound practice.

Ongoing – ‘Janet Sobel: All-Over’ Exhibition @ Menil See the pioneering work of Janet Sobel and her ‘All-Over’ abstract expressionist painting technique which inspired generations of artists, including Jackson Pollock.

Ongoing – ‘Hayv Kahraman: The Foreign Us’ Exhibition @ Moody Center for the Arts Kahraman’s first solo exhibition features works informed by the artist’s Iraqi-Kurdish heritage and experience as a refugee while highlighting her research-driven practice.