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🎅 Limited-Time Holiday Experiences 🎅

Ongoing – Santa’s Wonderland @ College Station Experience Santa's magical world at the biggest Christmas attraction in the state of Texas.

Ongoing – Christmas Village @ MFAH Bayou Bend Discover an immersive holiday experience complete with sledding, snow fights, live music, Santa photo ops, and dazzling lights decorations.

Ongoing – City Lights Downtown Holiday Magic @ Avenida Houston Every Saturday and Sunday, Avenida Houston is set to come alive with enchanting holiday performances, dazzling lights, and other family-friendly activities.

Ongoing – Christmas Lights Drive-Thru @ Sam Houston Race Park It's the most wonderful time of the year to enjoy the annual Dasher’s Christmas Lightshow drive-thru experience.

Ongoing – Zoo Lights @ Houston Zoo Enjoy the magic of the holiday season at Houston’s favorite holiday lights experience, presented by TXU Energy.

Ongoing – Radiant Nature @ Houston Botanic Gardens More than 50 larger-than-life Chinese lantern installations come to life in stunning displays that showcase the beauty of nature and celebrate the promise of the Lunar New Year.

Ongoing – Holiday in the Gardens @ Moody Gardens Moody Gardens’ unparalleled holiday experience includes the Festival of Lights, ice skating rink, artic slides, train rides, pictures with Santa, and more.

Ongoing – Holiday Lights @ Sugar Land Experience 3.5 million lights, 10 themed areas, holiday shopping, great food, movie nights, Santa Claus, and much more!

Ongoing – Galaxy Lights Experience @ Space Center Houston @ 6PM This space-themed holiday light show defies gravity, transcends Earth’s boundaries, and transports you to the edge of the universe.Limited-Time Holiday Experiences

Ongoing – Santa’s Wonderland @ College Station Experience Santa's magical world at the biggest Christmas attraction in the state of Texas.

Ongoing – Christmas Village @ MFAH Bayou Bend Discover an immersive holiday experience complete with sledding, snow fights, live music, Santa photo ops, and dazzling lights decorations.

Ongoing – City Lights Downtown Holiday Magic @ Avenida Houston Every Saturday and Sunday, Avenida Houston is set to come alive with enchanting holiday performances, dazzling lights, and other family-friendly activities.

Ongoing – Christmas Lights Drive-Thru @ Sam Houston Race Park It's the most wonderful time of the year to enjoy the annual Dasher’s Christmas Lightshow drive-thru experience.

Ongoing – Zoo Lights @ Houston Zoo Enjoy the magic of the holiday season at Houston’s favorite holiday lights experience, presented by TXU Energy.

Ongoing – Radiant Nature @ Houston Botanic Gardens More than 50 larger-than-life Chinese lantern installations come to life in stunning displays that showcase the beauty of nature and celebrate the promise of the Lunar New Year.

Ongoing – Holiday in the Gardens @ Moody Gardens Moody Gardens’ unparalleled holiday experience includes the Festival of Lights, ice skating rink, artic slides, train rides, pictures with Santa, and more.

Ongoing – Holiday Lights @ Sugar Land Experience 3.5 million lights, 10 themed areas, holiday shopping, great food, movie nights, Santa Claus, and much more!

Ongoing – Galaxy Lights Experience @ Space Center Houston @ 6PM This space-themed holiday light show defies gravity, transcends Earth’s boundaries, and transports you to the edge of the universe.Limited-Time Holiday Experiences

Ongoing – Santa’s Wonderland @ College Station Experience Santa's magical world at the biggest Christmas attraction in the state of Texas.

Ongoing – Christmas Village @ MFAH Bayou Bend Discover an immersive holiday experience complete with sledding, snow fights, live music, Santa photo ops, and dazzling lights decorations.

Ongoing – City Lights Downtown Holiday Magic @ Avenida Houston Every Saturday and Sunday, Avenida Houston is set to come alive with enchanting holiday performances, dazzling lights, and other family-friendly activities.

Ongoing – Christmas Lights Drive-Thru @ Sam Houston Race Park It's the most wonderful time of the year to enjoy the annual Dasher’s Christmas Lightshow drive-thru experience.

Ongoing – Zoo Lights @ Houston Zoo Enjoy the magic of the holiday season at Houston’s favorite holiday lights experience, presented by TXU Energy.

Ongoing – Radiant Nature @ Houston Botanic Gardens More than 50 larger-than-life Chinese lantern installations come to life in stunning displays that showcase the beauty of nature and celebrate the promise of the Lunar New Year.

Ongoing – Holiday in the Gardens @ Moody Gardens Moody Gardens’ unparalleled holiday experience includes the Festival of Lights, ice skating rink, artic slides, train rides, pictures with Santa, and more.

Ongoing – Holiday Lights @ Sugar Land Experience 3.5 million lights, 10 themed areas, holiday shopping, great food, movie nights, Santa Claus, and much more!

Ongoing – Galaxy Lights Experience @ Space Center Houston @ 6PM This space-themed holiday light show defies gravity, transcends Earth’s boundaries, and transports you to the edge of the universe.

THURSDAY – DECEMBER 7th

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.

‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ Screening @ Trebly Park @ 8PM

Brett Goldstein Comedy Show @ Smart Financial Centre @ 8PM

Rod Wave @ Toyota Center @ 8PM With Ari Lennox, Toosii, and Eelmatic

AKON @ Bayou Music Center @ 7:30PM

Deck The Hall Ball with Train @ 713 Music Hall @ 7:30PM

Blvck Svm @ White Oak Music Hall @ 7:30PM

Mike Broussard @ The Heights Theater @ 8PM With Joe Stark

Trippy Goblin @ Scout Bar @ 9PM

FRIDAY – DECEMBER 8th

K-Pop Night: Christmas Edition @ White Oak Music Hall @ 8PM

Shallou @ White Oak Music Hall @ 8PM

Jack Ingram @ The Heights Theater @ 8PM With Harper O’Neill

EPTIC @ Stereo Live @ 10PM With Eliminate

00s Hits Party @ RISE Rooftop @ 10PM

A Skylit Drive @ Scout Bar @ 7:30PM

SATURDAY – DECEMBER 9th

Art Beyond Sight @ MFAH @ 11AM Trained educators use verbal description and hands-on materials to engage bling or partially sighted visitors with museum art.

‘The Right Stuff’ Screening @ MFAH @ 5PM Part of the ‘Movies Houstonians Love’ series.

Ongoing – Saturday Stargazing @ George Observatory in Needville

Coffee and Cars @ POST @ 9AM Come out and enjoy an amazing display of machines at POST!

Christmas Boat Lane Parade @ Clear Lake @ 6PM Ring in the holidays with the 62nd Anniversary Christmas Boat Lane Parade featuring more than 60 brightly decorated power and sailboats.

Ongoing – Cultural Holiday Extravaganza @ Market Square Park @ 5PM This special Christmas event aims to celebrate the diverse holiday traditions and cultures that makeup Houston's vibrant community.

Conroe Christmas Celebration @ Heritage Place @ 11AM Enjoy a Christmas parade, train rides, petting zoo, face painting, pony rides, and much more family-friendly holiday celebrations.

Family Winter Fest @ Houston Public Library @ 2PM Join Houston Public Library for cookie decorating, snow, a live reindeer photo op, and a special performance by the Houston Brass Band!

Flea By Night @ Discovery Green @ 6PM This open-air market features local artisans and small business owners selling vintage, handmade, recycled, repurposed and local goods.

Shane Gillis Comedy Show @ Smart Financial Centre @ 7PM

Queens of the Stone Age @ 713 Music Hall @ 7PM

Black Pumas @ House of Blues @ 7PM

Lil Darkie & The Collapse of Modern Society @ White Oak Music Hall @ 6PM

Shane Smith & The Saints @ White Oak Music Hall @ 6PM

The Radney Foster @ The Heights Theater @ 8PM With Eric Erdman

HOL! @ Stereo Live @ 10PM

Andy Frasco & The U.N. @ Last Concert @ 8PM

Hometown for the Holidays Concert @ RISE Rooftop @ 7PM A musical showcase featuring local talents performing beloved holiday hits

D.R.I @ Scout Bar @ 7:30PM

SUNDAY – DECEMBER 10th

Bilingual Zumba @ MFAH @ 11AMFiTMiX instructors get you up and moving with free a Zumba class.

Howie Mandel Live Show @ Jones Hall @ 7:30PM Enjoy stand-up with a legendary entertainer, just in time for the holidays.

Tre Tutson Stand Up @ Houston Improv @ 7:30PM

Trans-Siberian Orchestra @ Toyota Center @ 2:30PM / 7PM

Amy Grant & Michael W. Smith: Christmas Concert @ Smart Financial Centre @ 8PM

A.J. Croce @ Bayou Music Center @ 8PM

Black Pumas @ House of Blues @ 7PM

Pardyalone @ White Oak Music Hall @ 7PM

Raul Malo @ The Heights Theater @ 8PM With Katrina Cain

Not My Weekend @ The Secret Group @ 6PM

70s Rock Party @ RISE Rooftop @ 3PM

All Weekend

FRIDAY & SATURDAY – ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Musical @ MATCH Main Street Theater takes on Broadway’s international sensation show and one of the most beloved stories of all time.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY – ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ in Concert @ Jones Hall Watch one of Tim Burton’s most celebrated films on the big screen, accompanied by the darkly charming score played live by the Houston Symphony.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY – Texas Bred Holiday Market @ Saint Arnold @ 11AMSupport local businesses, shop for your holiday gifts, and enjoy a refreshing beer or two while you’re at it!

SATURDAY & SUNDAY – RISE Holiday Artisan Market @ Frost Town Brewing @ 12PM Enjoy 30+ vendors, food trucks, dancers, and DJ music at this festive holiday shopping experience.

All weekend – German Christmas Market & Festival @ Old Town Tomball Enjoy the best of German Christmas traditions at this free holiday festival!

All weekend – Jurassic Quest @ NRG Center Walk among the dinosaurs as North America’s most popular, can’t-miss dinosaur adventure stomps into NRG Center!

All weekend – Big Jay Oakerson Stand Up @ Houston Improv

All weekend – Houston Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’ @ Brown Theater Houston’s holiday tradition continues with the magic and wonder of Stanton Welch’s ‘The Nutcracker.’

All weekend – City Ballet of Houston’s ‘The Nutcracker’ @ The Grand An annual holiday favorite that delights audiences of all ages – City Ballet of Houston’s presentation of ‘The Nutcracker Ballet’ returns to The Grand 1894 Opera House.

All weekend – ‘Cinderella’ Musical @ The Hobby Center The timeless, magical fairy tale is reborn as a beautiful, inspiring and romantic story featuring Rodgers & Hammerstein’s most beloved songs.

All weekend – ‘A Christmas Carol’ Musical @ Hubbard Theatre Celebrate the holidays with the Alley’s hit new adaptation with colorful Victorian costumes, special effects, dancing, and Christmas carols.

All weekend – ‘A Motown Christmas’ Musical Revue @ The Ensemble Theatre Celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with this festive holiday revue, blending classic Christmas carols and soulful sounds from Motown favorites.

All weekend – ‘Holiday Follies’ @ Stageworks Theater The whole family will be dazzled by this bold and colorful show that celebrates the entertainers who brought magic to the Christmas season.

[] (All weekend – ‘A Texas Carol’ @ The George Theater) This hysterical and heart-warming story about all things Christmas and all things Texas is back this holiday season after last year’s huge success.

All weekend – ‘A Christmas Carol’ @ Lone Star College Tomball National Youth Theater breathe fantastic new life into the classic tale of ‘A Christmas Carol.’

All weekend – The Ugly Xmas Sweater Musical @ The Hobby Center ‘The Office’ meets ‘Project Runway’ in this new laugh-out loud, interactive, hysterically funny TUTS production.

All weekend – ‘Panto Alicia In Wonderland’ Musical @ Stages Repertory Theater Studded with parodies of Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, and Bad Bunny, TEATRX’s spin on the classic fairy tale is a promise of special holiday wonder and fun for all ages.

All weekend – ‘Into The Woods’ Musical @ Art Factory Houston Art Factory creates a thrilling new production of the beloved musical, promising an ‘Into The Woods’ like you’ve never seen before!

All weekend – ‘Sense and Sensibility’ Play @ 4th Wall Theatre Set in gossipy late 18th-century England with a fresh female voice, this adaptation of Austen’s classic is full of humor, emotional depth, and bold theatricality.

All weekend – ‘Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley’ Play @ Main Street Theater Rice Village Final installment in the beloved ‘Christmas at Pemberley’ trilogy follows Mr. Darcy’s younger sister Georgiana and Kitty Bennet and their adventures through Christmastime.

All weekend – ‘The Turn of the Screw’ Play @ MATCH LAST CHANCE – ‘The Turn of the Screw’ is a new environmental and multimedia theatrical adaptation of the celebrated Gothic ghost story by Henry James.

All weekend – 'Always…Patsy Cline' Musical @ Stages Repertory TheatreThe musical play, complete with down home country humor, true emotion and even some audience participation, also includes many of Patsy’ unforgettable.

Ongoing Museum Exhibitions

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 – ‘Rembrandt to Van Gogh: Masterpieces from the Armand Hammer Collection’ Exhibition @ MFAH The exhibition showcases the renowned collection of the Hammer Museum at UCLA, including major works of art by Titian, Rembrandt, Cezanne, van Gogh, and others.

Ongoing – ‘Robert Frank and Todd Webb: Across America, 1955’ Exhibition @ MFAH See the famous works by photographers Robert Frank and Todd Webb as they individually made their way across the country in 1955, capturing the real life and diversity of American landscapes and towns throughout.

Ongoing – ‘Six Scenes From Our Future’ Exhibition @ CAMHThis exhibition challenges the traditional ways of presenting art by offering unexpected pairings and debating the entrenched hierarchies between the fine arts and design.

Ongoing – ‘Hanne Darboven – Writing Time’ Exhibition @ Menil This exhibition explores the intertwining of writing and drawing that formed the core of German artist Hanne Darboven’s practice for over forty years.

Ongoing – ‘Chryssa & New York’ Exhibition @ Menil Greek-born artist Chryssa’s pioneering works combined industrial processes and traditional sculpture-making to create monumental art pieces that respond to our urban, everyday environments.

Ongoing – Nestor Topchy’s Portraits Exhibition @ Menil This exhibition presents more than one hundred portraits made over the past twenty years by Houston-based artist Nestor Topchy.

Ongoing – ‘Longing, Grief, and Spirituality: Art Since 1980’ Exhibition @ Menil The mini exhibition presents artists’ response to the precariousness of life through the expression of longing, grief, and spirituality.

Ongoing – ‘Laure Prouvost: Above Front Tears Nest in South’ Exhibition @ Moody Center for the Arts French artist Laure Prouvost brings her surreal, immersive scenarios to Texas.