Houston Festivals & Events

02/18/2025

🐾🚴 Barrio Dogs Turns 15 – Join the Celebration & Pedal for Paws! 🎉🐶

Hey Houston! 🚨 Exciting news for animal lovers, cyclists, and anyone who loves a good community celebration!

Barrio Dogs, a local nonprofit dedicated to animal welfare and education in Houston’s East End, is celebrating 15 years of impact – and we’re doing it in style with a quinceañera-themed anniversary party! 🎊🐕
📅 Sunday, March 23
📍 Houston’s East End

🐾 Pedal for Paws: Ride for a Cause! 🚴
Before the party kicks off, join us for Pedal for Paws, a community bike ride through the East End’s vibrant streets! Grab your friends, family, or coworkers and ride solo or as a team. Bonus points for quinceañera-themed outfits! 💃🚴

🔹 Grand Marshal: Council Member Joaquin Martinez is leading the ride with his Purple Peddlers team!
🔹 Sign up here: https://runsignup.com/Race/TX/Houston/BarrioDogsPedalForPaws2025

🐾 Why It Matters
For 15 years, Barrio Dogs has worked tirelessly to educate, advocate, and provide resources for responsible pet ownership in the East End. This event isn’t just a party – it’s a celebration of the Houston community coming together to support animals in need.
👀 Come out, have fun, and make a difference!
🔗 More Info & Sign Up: https://barriodogs.org/15th-anniversary/
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11/29/2023

This weekend at the Children's Museum Houston - there is going to be a dino takeover!

Here Comes Santa Claws! 🦖🌠🦖
Before they migrate to NRG Center Dec. 8 - 10, Jurassic Quest’s Dino Trainers, baby dinosaurs and Jojo the walking Raptor, will roar through the Children’s Museum Houston with some T.rex-cellent surprises. This weekend, Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 2-3 Museum guests can take a photo with “Santa Claws” (our raptor Kris Kringle), see real life fossils, dig for fossils, learn about why dinosaurs are just so dang cool (especially Texas dinosaurs), join several special dino-themed storytimes and more! All Jurassic Quest fun at the Children’s Museum Houston will be included with Museum entry, at no additional costs. Jurassic Quest Great Day Houston Houston, Texas Houston Family Magazine Space City Publishing NRG Park

Activities include:
🦕 Meet and Greet with Santa Claws - Take the ultimate family
🦕 Christmas photo with members of the Jurassic Quest dino herd.
🦕 Scavenger Hunt - Follow the clues for a dino surprise!
🦕 Fossil Dig - Junior Park Rangers and Paleontologists need to unearth our latest discoveries.
🦕 Fossil Experience - See and touch fossils from the Jurassic Quest Fossil exhibit
🦕 Dino Storytime - Safari Sarah reads her favorite Dino Stories
🦕 Dino 101 - Why We Love Dinosaurs with Park Ranger Marty and Texas Dinosaurs with Prehistoric Nick

11/29/2023

Happy Holidays Houston! Who else is still doing their shopping and looking for unique gifts? What are your favorite spots and markets to hit?

Houston is home to so many great Holiday Markets and we have the complete run down of where to run to! Let's go shopping, Houston!

07/23/2019

The BIG dinos are coming to NRG Park. Meet dino babies, walking dinos and see skyscraping beasts - all indoors and inside with cool AC! Dinos are COOLER inside! Jurassic Quest is coming to Houston, TX!

05/03/2019

15,000 fans will receive the exclusive 'Hugs for Homers' Bobblehead, presented by Bank of America