Event Calendar

The 47th Annual Festival Chicano features a public performance by Marcos Orozco, with Jaime DeAnda opening the evening. The event offers free admission at Miller Outdoor Theatre, with covered-seating tickets available at no cost while supplies last and open hill seating also available. It is a chance to experience a Festival Chicano performance in Houston’s Hermann Park setting. Visit the official event website for current schedule and admission information.

Heights Urban Forestry Day is a family-friendly community event celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the Yale Green Corridor. Community and nonprofit partners will participate in this daytime gathering at Houston Heights City Hall & Fire Station. The event offers an opportunity to recognize the corridor’s anniversary and connect with participating local organizations in the Heights. Admission details were not provided. Check the official event page for current event information and the latest updates.

The purpose of Child Health Day is to help raise an awareness and a commitment to teaching children and parents the benefits of good health. This event is annually celebrated on the first Monday of October. The day was proclaimed in 1928 by Calvin Coolidge to increase awareness of health issues facing the children in the U.S. including health issues, healthy eating, fitness, child's development, immunizations, preventing injuries, and more.

Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park is a three-day juried fine-art festival featuring hundreds of artists. The festival also includes live music, food trucks, children’s activities, and activities from nonprofit partners, creating a varied program across the weekend. Held at Memorial Park S. Picnic Lane, the event brings together art and community programming in an outdoor setting. Tickets are required, though pricing was not verified from the organizer page. Visit the official event website for current schedule and ticket information.

Dancin' in the Street: Thriller on the Hill is a one-night Halloween-weekend R&B event with live performances and DJs at Miller Outdoor Theatre. Costume-friendly public hill seating adds to the event’s seasonal atmosphere. Admission is free, with limited free covered-seating tickets available while supplies last; hill seating is open to the public. Plan ahead if you prefer covered seating, as availability is limited. Visit the official event website for current schedule and admission information.

Halloween is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, ghost tours, bonfires, costume parties, visiting "haunted houses" and carving jack-o-lanterns. Irish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century. Other western countries embraced the holiday in the late twentieth century. Halloween is celebrated in several parts of the Western world, most commonly in Ireland, the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom and occasionally in parts of Australia and New Zealand.