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I hope you all are safe and airconditioned at this point. Have a great weekend!

Live Music

Thursday – Benise @ The Hobby Center @ 7:30PM Catch ‘The Prince of Spanish Guitar’ Benise perform classic rock anthems from Led Zeppelin and AC/DC and fusing them with Spanish guitar and dance!

Thursday – Aaron Lewis @ 713 Music Hall @ 8PM

Thursday – POET The Band @ White Oak Music Hall @ 6PM

Thursday – The Aristocrats @ Scout Bar @ 7:30PM

Friday – Shankar Ehsaan Loy @ Wortham Center @ 8:30PM

Friday – Tate McRae @ 713 Music Hall @ 8PM

Friday – jxdn @ White Oak Music Hall @ 7PM With Gunnar & Lølø

Friday – Elevator Days @ White Oak Music Hall @ 7PM

Friday – T78 @ Stereo Live @ 10PM

Friday – Mystery Skulls @ Warehouse Live @ 8PM With Snowblood & Thorne

Saturday –The Texas Tenors @ The Grand Opera House @ 8PM Don’t miss the most successful music group and third highest selling artist in the history of ‘America’s Got Talent’ perform live!

Saturday – Missy Elliott @ Toyota Center @ 7PM With Ciara, Busta Rhymes, & Timbaland

Saturday – Infinity Song @ House of Blues @ 7PM

Saturday – Slade Coulter @ White Oak Music Hall @ 8PM With Keaton Adams

Saturday – Snails @ Stereo Live @ 10PM

Saturday – Skyrocket! @ Last Concert Cafe @ 9PM

Saturday – Eli & Fur @ Warehouse Live @ 10PM

Sunday – Lamb of God & Mastodon @ 713 Music Hall @ 6PM

Sunday – Koyo @ White Oak Music Hall @ 6PM With One Step Closer

Sunday – SeeYouSpaceCowboy @ Warehouse Live @ 7PM

Sunday – Supersuckers @ Rockefellers @ 6PM

Friday & Saturday – Summer Symphony Nights @ Miller Outdoor Theatre @ 8:30PM Join your Houston Symphony for fun-filled evenings of world-class music including selections from Elgar, Glazunov, Haydn, and Dvorák.

All weekend – Texas New Music Festival @ MATCH Over 50 composers, choreographers, and instrumentalists will present 28 World Premieres during this epic celebration of new art and music.

Standup Comedy

Thursday – ‘Chicken & Tacos’ Comedy Show @ Houston Improv @ 7:30PM With Jeff Joe & Jessi Saldaña

Friday – TK Kirkland Stand Up @ House of Blues @ 7:30PM

All weekend – Kev Herrera Stand Up @ Houston Improv

Sports

Nothing this weekend!

Festivals & Markets

Thursday – Park After Dark @ Discovery Green @ 7PM Beat the heat this summer at Discovery Green with lawn games, music, food trucks, vendors, and special park lighting.

Thursday – Blanket Bingo @ Market Square Park @ 6PM Enjoy an evening of fun, music and great prizes in Downtown Houston!

Saturday – 🌿 Pish Posh Plant & Paint @ Cobble & Spoke @ 1PM 🌿

Saturday – Moon Party @ Menil @ 8PM This lunar-focused event in celebration of Apollo 11 mission includes outdoor stargazing, NASA footage projections, and telescopes to view the full moon.

Saturday – Summer Jam 2024 @ Moody Center for the Arts @ 12PM Summer Jam completely transforms the Moody building with art activities, games, an indoor farmers market, and more!

Saturday – 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.

All weekend – Houston World Series of Dog Shows @ NRG Center

Family friendly events

Saturday – Ongoing – Saturday Stargazing @ George Observatory in Needville

Sunday – Family Zone @ MFAH @ 1PM On selected Sundays, families are invited to visit the MFAH for exciting activities in the galleries.

All weekend – Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus @ NRG Stadium The reimagined Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey invites viewers of all ages to a spectacle of superhuman feats in this immersive, awe-inspiring circus extravaganza.

Live theater

All weekend – ‘The Lion King’ Musical @ The Hobby Center The entire Serengeti comes to life as never before in this musical adaptation of the beloved story. Enjoy an unforgettable score and uniquely theatrical storytelling in his Tony-Award winning production.

All weekend – ‘Fiddler On the Roof’ Musical @ George Theatre This classic and much beloved award-winning tale captures the essential human longings for love, community, success, freedom, family, and meaning.

All weekend – ‘Sunday in the Park with George’ Musical @ Art Factory LAST CHANCE – This elaborate Pulitzer Prize-winning musical follows post-Impressionist painter Georges Seurat and the birth of Pointillism, examining the struggle between creation and connection.

All weekend – ‘You're a Good Man Charlie Brown’ Musical @ Stageworks Theatre Charlie Brown and the entire ‘Peanuts’ gang explore life's great questions as they play baseball, struggle with homework, swoon over their crushes, and celebrate the joy of friendship.

All weekend – ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Musical’ @ Crighton Theatre LAST CHANCE – Crighton Theatre takes on Broadway’s international sensation show and one of the most beloved stories of all time.

All weekend – Tamarie’s Texas Toast’ Musical Comedy @ MATCH Tamarie Cooper and her her merry band of musical maniacs toast and a roast all things Texas in this original and irreverent musical bonanza.

All weekend – Agatha Christie’s ‘And Then There Were None’ Play @ Alley Theatre Experience the tension and drama live on stage as Agatha Christie’s classic novel comes to life in the Alley’s Summer Chills series.

All weekend – ‘The Woman in Black’ Play @ Main Street Theater Susan Hill’s acclaimed ghost story is alive and well in this spine-tingler of a play!

All weekend – ‘Pullman Porter Blues’ Play @ Ensemble Theatre Woven with iconic blues music, this captivating coming of age story follows three generations of porters at work on the luxurious Panama Limited train from Chicago to New Orleans.

Arts & Culture

Saturday – Summer Nights @ MFAH @ 6PM This summer exclusive event lets you enjoy a cocktail, chat with curators, hear live music, and spend time up close with your favorite works of art.

Ongoing – ‘Mindworks’ Exhibition @ The Health Museum Be the first in the United States to see this interactive, hands-on exhibit that explores why you think, feel, and react the way you do!

Ongoing – ‘Space Explorers: The Infinite’ Immersive Experience @ Silver Street Studios Embark on an immersive excursion through new breathtaking videos that reveal the many wonders of space exploration. Ends 8/11.

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 – ‘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.

Ongoing – ‘Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan’ Exhibition @ MFAH The exhibition offers an extraordinary look at Japan’s pivotal decades during the Meiji era through paintings, sculpture, prints, posters, and textiles. Ends 9/15.

Ongoing – ‘Jacolby Satterwhite: A Metta Prayer’ Exhibition @ MFAH Artist Jacolby Satterwhite’s expansive multimedia installation fuses choreography, video, animation, lighting, and music to reimagine a kaleidoscopic, computer-generated world. Ends 10/13.

Ongoing – ‘Eye on Houston: High School Documentary Photography’ Exhibition @ MFAH The annual exhibition documents and celebrates Houston’s diverse neighborhoods through student photography that captures daily life in our communities, identity, and future. Ends 8/31.

Ongoing – ‘Ruth Asawa Through Line’ Exhibition @ Menil LAST CHANCE – The exhibition presents drawings, collages, watercolors, and sketchbooks showing the breadth of Ruth Asawa’s innovative and profound practice. Ends 7/21.

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. Ends 8/11.

Ongoing – ‘Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow’ Exhibition @ CAMH Across an installation, a video, and a series of commissioned sculptures, artist Olivia Erlanger continues her decade-long investigation into what it means to call a planet home. Ends 10/27.

Ongoing – ‘Resonant Earth: Contemporary Perspectives on Land and Body’ Exhibition @ Moody Center for the Arts ‘Resonant Earth’ explores the connections between the human body and the land through the practices of six contemporary artists, each contributing a personal perspective and unique approach. Ends 8/17.

Other events

Thursday – Salsa Night @ POST @ 7PM Enjoy a free night of performances and lessons in Salsa, Bachata, and other Latin dance styles.

Friday – ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Screening @ Trebly Park @ 8PM

Saturday – ‘The Lion King’ Screening @ Discovery Green @ 7PM

Saturday & Sunday – ‘Le Samouraï’ Screening @ MFAH Jean‑Pierre Melville’s iconic work ‘Le samouraï’ is a razor-sharp cocktail of 1940s American gangster cinema and 1960s French pop culture.