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THURSDAY – JANUARY 25th

Nerdy Night Market @ Neil’s Bar @ 6PM Get your geek on and shop unique collectibles to the coolest crafts.

‘Echoes of Freedom’ Musical Performances @ Asia Society Texas @ 7:30PM ‘Echoes of Change’ is a collaborative performance debuting eight new solo piano pieces, inspired by a protest song from the “Woman-Life-Freedom” movement.

bo en @ White Oak Music Hall @ 7PM With Kikuo, Gus Bonito

Slow Joy @ White Oak Music Hall @ 7PM

Party Rock @ Warehouse Live @ 10PM With Dainjazone

FRIDAY – JANUARY 26th

Anthony Jeselnik Stand Up @ Bayou Music Center @ 7PM

‘Madame Butterfly’ Opera @ Houston Grand Opera @ 7:30PM Puccini’s beloved ‘Madame Butterfly’, with its soaring score and unforgettable tragic story, returns to HGO in a revival of director Michael Grandage’s critically acclaimed production.

My 00s Playlist Concert @ Smart Financial Centre @ 7PM Featuring Ludacris, Ja Rule, Ashanti, Fat Joe, Twista, Mike Jones

Badfish – A Tribute to Sublime @ House of Blues @ 7PM

K-Pop Night @ White Oak Music Hall @ 8PM

Sue Foley @ The Heights Theater @ 8PM With The Mighty Orq

Dombresky @ Stereo Live @ 10PM

Dopapod + Moon Hooch @ The Last Concert Cafe @ 9PM

Dale Watson @ Scout Bar @ 7:30PM

Bollywood Night @ Warehouse Live @ 10PM

SATURDAY – JANUARY 27th

Jiu Jitsu World League @ NRG Arena Houston’s premier international/national gymnastics, trampoline and fitness competition.

Ongoing – Saturday Stargazing @ George Observatory in Needville

George Lopez Live Comedy Show @ Smart Financial Centre @ 8PM Lopez is taking the nation by storm with his hilarious stand-up comedy tour.

‘Parsifal’ Opera @ Houston Grand Opera @ 6PM HGO presents ‘Parsifal,’ Richard Wagner’s final opera full of shimmeringly beautiful music and spiritual and philosophical exploration.

‘The Greatest Love of All’ Whitney Houston Show @ The Grand 1894 Opera House@ 8PM Whitney’s musical legacy is brought to life in this critically acclaimed tribute show featuring breathtaking vocals of Belinda Davids.

Brian Regan @ Bayou Music Center @ 8PM

Noah Reid @ House of Blues @ 7PM

Localmania 4 @ White Oak Music Hall @ 2PM

Oceans of Slumber @ White Oak Music Hall @ 7PM With Hinayana and Tulip

Agents of Time @ Stereo Live @ 10PM

Vavo @ Warehouse Live @ 10PM

Revolver: A Tribute to Rage Against the Machine @ Scout Bar @ 9:30PM

SUNDAY – JANUARY 28th

Monthly Meditation Sessions @ MFAH @ 10AM Presented by The Black Man Project and Black Woman Project

Bilingual Yoga @ MFAH @ 11AMFiTMiX instructors get you up and moving with free yoga in the beautiful outdoor setting of Cullen Sculpture Garden.

Sunday Family Studio @ MFAH @ 1PM Families are invited to join a teaching artist for an afternoon in the galleries and the studio.

‘The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe’ Play @ MATCH @ 2:30PM Enter the magical world of Narnia in Main Street Theater’s newest family-friendly production.

‘Madame Butterfly’ Opera @ Houston Grand Opera @ 2PM Puccini’s beloved ‘Madame Butterfly’, with its soaring score and unforgettable tragic story, returns to HGO in a revival of director Michael Grandage’s critically acclaimed production.

Víkingur Ólafsson plays Bach in Concert @ The Hobby Center @ 2:30PMBreathtakingly brilliant pianist Víkingur Ólafsson dazzles in a performance of Bach’s endlessly inventive ‘Goldberg Variations.’

Nat & Alex Wolff @ House of Blues @ 7PM

Garden Grove @ Warehouse Live @ 2PM

Gorod @ White Oak Music Hall @ 7PM

All Weekend

FRIDAY & SATURDAY – PBR: Unleash The Beast @ Toyota Center Enjoy two hours of thrills as top 35 bull riders in the world compete against the fiercest bucking bulls on the planet.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY -’My Favorite Things: The songs of Rodgers & Hammerstein’ @ MATCH Houston Musical Theater Company the most beloved songs from ‘The Sound of Music,’ ‘Carousel,’ ‘Cinderella,’ & more!

All weekend – The Houston Art Fair @ Reeves Art + Design Enjoy a weekend-long event featuring the works of 40 local Texas artists where Houstonians, visitors and artists in the local art scene can shop and connect.

All weekend – Houston Auto and Boat Show @ NRG Center Check out the latest models from every major manufacturer, learn about exciting vehicles on the way, and bring home swag.

All weekend – Adele Givens Stand Up @ Houston Improv

All weekend – Festival of Films from Iran: Screenings @ MFAH Enjoy some of the best, award-winning films from and about Iran produced last year.

All weekend – Cirque Italia: Water Circus @ Katy Mills Mall LAST CHANCE – Enjoy Cirque Italia’s awe-inspiring ‘Aquatic Spectacular,’ a special show featuring a custom-designed water stage that travels from city to city.

All weekend – ‘Les Miserables’ Musical @ The Hobby Center This Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon has taken the world by storm and has been hailed as one of the greatest musicals ever created.

All weekend – ‘Steel Magnolias’ Play @ The George Theatre Filled with crisp and hilarious repartee, The A.D Players’ newest production is a warm and beautiful story of what it means to be a daughter, a mother, and a friend.

All weekend – ‘The Piano Lesson’ Play @ The Ensemble Theatre In his second Pulitzer Prize-winner, ‘The Piano Lesson,’ writer August Wilson fashioned perhaps his most haunting and dramatic work about the black experience in 20th century America.

All weekend – 'Pictures from Home’ Play @ Alley Theatre A heartfelt memory play, this deeply intimate and comic portrait of a mother, a father and their son has won over audiences on Broadway this past winter.

All weekend – ‘Blithe Spirit’ Play @ Stage Works Theatre A smash comedy hit in London and New York, this much-revived classic follows a novelist, his second wife, and the spirit of his first wife in a complex and unlikely love triangle.

All weekend – ‘Sister’s Irish Catechism’ Comedy Play @ Stages Repertory Theatre Everyone’s favorite sassy nun Denise Fennell leads a brand new catechism class as audience members become her students in this highly improvised, hilarious show.

All weekend ‘Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue’ Comedy Play @ The Hobby Center After sold-out shows across the country in 2023, this latest production brings Miami’s sassiest seniors to the live stage for one more hurrah.

Ongoing Special Events and Museum Exhibitions

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 – 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 – Green Mountain Energy Ice Rink @ Discovery Green *LAST CHANCE

Ongoing – Winter Colorland @ Houston Color Factory Enjoy Color Factory's glimmering winter wonderland as they have decked out its immersive exhibition rooms for the winter season.

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 – ‘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 – ‘This Way: A Houston Group Show’ Exhibition @ CAMH The exhibition showcases new work from Black artists who are invited to examine innovative ways of storytelling of their legacy and heritage of Houston Freedmen’s Town.

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 – ‘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 – ‘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.