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It's going to be soggy and cold this weekend, but spring is on the way. For you emo elder millennials, Cursive is playing this weekend at WOMH. Mardi Gras also kicks off down in Galveston this weekend, rain or shine!

Festivals and Markets

Friday – Black History Month Celebration @ Market Square Park @ 6PM Celebrate Black History Month with an evening of art-making activities, live music, and cultural performances.

Saturday – Mardi Gras Celebration @ Kemah Boardwalk @ 12PM Enjoy a full day of fun with beads, kids' crafts, live music, and the Yachty Gras Boat Parade.

Saturday – The Diaspora Food Market @ Karbach Brewing Co @ 11AM Experience African influenced foods from the local diaspora, enjoy merchant market, entertainment, music, drinks, & more!

Sunday – Winter Festival @ MFAH @ 1PM Celebrate the Year of the Snake at the family-friendly Winter Festival featuring traditional performances, local food and beverage vendors, and art-making.

All weekend – Mardi Gras! @ Galveston The 113th edition of Galveston’s Mardi Gras is non-stop entertainment! Dance your way through the streets, enjoy live performances, become part of the annual parade extravaganza, and so much more. Ends 3/4.

Standup

Friday – Bryan Vokey Stand Up @ The Secret Group @ 8PM

Sunday – AJ Wilkerson Stand Up @ Punchline Houston @ 7PM

Sunday – Fabio Porchat Stand Up @ Houston Improv @ 5PM / 7:30PM

FRIDAY & SATURDAY – Luenell Stand Up @ Houston Improv

FRIDAY & SATURDAY – Tommy Pope Stand Up @ The Riot Comedy Club

FRIDAY & SATURDAY – Dave Smith Stand Up @ Punchline Houston

Sports

Friday – Rockets vs Timberwolves @ Toyota Center @ 8:30PM

Saturday – Dynamo vs Dallas FC @ Shell Energy Stadium @ 7:30PM

All Ages Events

Saturday – Saturday Stargazing @ George Observatory in Needville

Sunday – Family Day @ MFAH Bayou Bend & Rienzi @ 1PM Enjoy an afternoon of free, family-friendly programing and activities.

Ongoing – ‘Beat The Bomb’ Experience The World’s Craziest Team Game is coming to Houston! Step into a real life video game and get blasted with paint, foam, and slime if you lose.

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. Ends 3/31.

Ongoing – ‘Time and Space’ Exhibition @ ARTECHOUSE Visit three distinctive exhibitions showcasing over 18 unique installation pieces, ranging from cinematic experiences and laser performances to robotic installations and interactive artworks. Ends 3/5.

Ongoing – ‘Body Worlds 101: The Core of Life’ Exhibition @ The Health Museum This fascinating all-new exhibit is designed to ignite curiosity, understanding, and awe for the human body for visitors of all ages.

Arts & Culture

Friday – Candlelight: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons & More in Concert @ Majestic Metro @ 6:30PM / 8:30PM

Ongoing – Radiant Nature @ Houston Botanic Gardens LAST CHANCE – 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. Ends 2/23.

Ongoing – ‘Space City: Art in the Age of Artemis’ Exhibition @ Asia Society Texas Featuring over 30 artists, the exhibition travels through art, science, and human curiosity, inviting visitors to embark on an imaginative journey through the cosmos. Ends 3/16.

Ongoing – ‘Picturing Nature’ Exhibition @ MFAH Featuring over 70 artworks from the Stuart Collection, the exhibition examines innovative works by J.M.W. Turner, John Constable, and others in revolutionizing the genre of landscape art. Ends 7/6.

Ongoing – ‘Navigating the Waves’ Exhibition @ MFAH Exploring identity, heritage, and socio-political change, the exhibition traces the evolution of photography in Cuba from the 1960s to the 2010s. Ends 8/3.

Ongoing – ‘Tacita Dean: Blind Folly’ Exhibition @ Menil The exhibition spotlights the British visual artist’s career-defining approach to creating art through unmediated and chance-based drawing processes across a variety of mediums. Ends 4/15.

Ongoing – ‘Joe Overstreet: Taking Flight’ Exhibition @ Menil The exhibition presents a series of landmark paintings by pioneering artist Joe Overstreet, whose innovative works intertwine abstraction and social politics. Ends 7/13.

Ongoing – ‘Vincent Valdez: Just a Dream’ Exhibition @ CAMH Considered to be one of the most important American painters working today, multidisciplinary artist Valdez’s works address the failings and triumphs of contemporary American society. Ends 3/23.

Live Theater

All weekend – ‘White Christmas’ Musical @ The Hobby Center Step into a winter wonderland of dazzling song and dance performances in Irving Berlin's nostalgic musical theatre classic.

All weekend – ‘Sweet Charity’ Musical @ Art Factory LAST CHANCE – The beloved, Tony-winning musical follows Charity Hope Valentine, an unlucky, but always hopeful dancehall hostess, as she navigates her way from one flopped romance to the next in 1960’s New York City. Ends 2/23.

All weekend – ‘The Wedding Singer’ Musical @ Stageworks Theatre Based on the hit Adam Sandler movie, this musical takes us back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up, and a wedding singer might just be the coolest guy in the room. Ends 3/16.

All weekend – ‘Big’ Musical @ Crighton Theatre LAST CHANCE – The classic 1987 motion picture fantasy bursts onto the stage in an unforgettable musical experience. Ends 2/23.

All weekend – ‘The Foreigner’ Play @ The George Theater LAST CHANCE – Following two Englishmen on a work assignment in Georgia, this uproarious comedy is considered to be one of the funniest shows to ever hit the American stage. Ends 2/23.

All weekend – ‘The Heart Sellers’ Play @ Stages LAST CHANCE – This funny, moving, and big-hearted new play tells the story of Jane and Luna and their lives as Asian immigrants in 1970s America. Ends 2/23.

All weekend – ‘Camp Logan’ Play @ Ensemble Theatre LAST CHANCE – Inspired by actual events, Camp Logan is an award-winning World War I military drama about the devastating explosion of racial tensions that resulted in the 1917 Houston riot. Ends 2/23.

All weekend – ‘The Glass Menagerie’ Play @ Alley Theatre A family drama of great tenderness, charm, and beauty, ‘The Glass Menagerie’ is an icon of the American theater. Ends 3/16.

All weekend – ‘Seared’ Play @ Alley Theatre Indulge your senses in this spicy comedy of culinary chaos and artistic vision that clashes with the hard realities of business. Ends 3/2.

All weekend – ‘Seven Assassins Walk Into A Bar’ Play @ Main Street Theater A hilarious, dark comedy about morality, camaraderie, and what it means just to get by in life, this play is filled with swift-moving dialogue and unexpected twists. Ends 3/2.

All weekend – ‘Miss LaRaj’s House of Dystopian Futures’ Play @ MATCH The Catastrophic Theatre’s newest production features talking trees, judgemental rocks, and other elements of nature as they guide humankind in a post-apocalyptic New World Order. Ends 3/1.

All weekend – ‘Blackbird’ Play @ MATCH Sharp, poignant, and intense, Dirt Dogs Theatre’s newest play examines abusive attachments and the raw emotions that come with processing cruel relationships. Ends 3/8.

All weekend – ‘Topdog/Underdog’ Play @ 4th Wall Theatre A darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity is Suzan-Lori Parks' latest riff on the way we are defined by history. Ends 3/8.

Live Music

Friday – Trap Karaoke @ Bayou Music Center @ 8PM

Friday – Faye Webster @ 713 Music Hall @ 8PM With mei ehara

Friday – Stephen Pearcy of Ratt @ House of Blues @ 7PM With Kissing Judas

Friday – Soul Way, In The Low, War Within Dreams, + Opake @ House of Blues @ 7PM

Friday – Bright Light Social Hour @ White Oak Music Hall @ 7PM With Howard and the Nosebleeds

Friday – Soccer Mommy @ White Oak Music Hall @ 7PM With Hana Vu

Friday – Shovels & Rope @ The Heights Theater @ 8PM With James Felice

Friday – GoldFord @ Last Concert Cafe @ 7PM

Friday – Francisco Allendes @ Stereo Live @ 10PM

Friday – Frankie J @ Warehouse Live @ 9PM

Friday – The Spazmatics @ Scout Bar @ 9:30PM

Friday – Fabulosos Decadentes: Argentinian Rock n’ Roll @ Continental Club @ 9:30PM

Saturday – Candlelight: Tribute to Taylor Swift @ Lone Star Flight Museum @ 7PM

Saturday – Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular @ Bayou Music Center @ 8PM Experience the original master recordings of Pink Floyd with mind-blowing visuals in the ultimate laser light show!

Saturday – Knock2 @ 713 Music Hall @ 8PM With RemK & Aleko

Saturday – The Backfires @ House of Blues @ 7PM

Saturday – The Peterson Brothers @ House of Blues @ 9PM

Saturday – Cursive @ White Oak Music Hall @ 7PM

Saturday – Silverada @ Armadillo Palace @ 7PM

Saturday – Sue Foley @ The Heights Theater @ 8PM With Danielle Nicole

Saturday – Mau P @ Stereo Live @ 10PM

Saturday – Nile + Six Feet Under @ Warehouse Live @ 6:30PM With Psycroptic & Embryonic Autopsy

Saturday – Helmet @ Scout Bar @ 8PM

Saturday – Hector Ward + The Big Time @ Continental Club @ 9:30PM

Sunday – Gipsy Kings @ Smart Financial Centre @ 7PM With Nicolas Reyes & Adelaide

Sunday – Jackopierce @ House of Blues @ 7PM

Sunday – Last Dinosaurs @ White Oak Music Hall @ 7PM With Tripling Rock & Jasper Jones

Sunday – Kat Hasty @ White Oak Music Hall @ 7PM

Sunday – Kash Doll @ Warehouse Live @ 7PM

FRIDAY & SATURDAY – ‘Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back’ in Concert @ Jones Hall Take an intergalactic, musical journey with the Houston Symphony as they perform John Williams’ iconic score to live picture.

Other Events

Friday – Happy Hour Friday @ MFAH @ 5PM

Friday – ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’ Screening @ MFAH @ 7PM Explore the campus, visit the galleries after-hours, and get a drink at the bar at MFAH’s Happy Hour! Ends 6/27.

Saturday – ‘Dirty Dancing’ in Concert @ Smart Financial Centre @ 7PM Enjoy the digitally remastered hit film like never before on a full-size cinema screen, with a live band and singers performing the film’s iconic songs.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY – 2025 Oscar-Nominated Short Films Screenings @ MFAH MFAH presents its annual selection of Oscar-nominated live-action, animated, and documentary shorts you always wish you’d seen come Oscar night.