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Pages in category "Festivals in Houston" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
This is an incomplete list of festivals in the United States with articles on Wikipedia, as well as lists of other festival lists, by geographic location. This list includes festivals of diverse types, among them regional festivals, commerce festivals, fairs, food festivals, arts festivals, religious festivals, folk festivals, and recurring festivals on holidays.
Shell Houston Open Texas Renaissance Festival Westheimer Street Festival (no longer held biannually since October 17, 2004; the replacement festival, WestFest Compressed, was held in October 2005)
Early May (one weekend) Salon Medieval: Oxford Renaissance Festival Dorchester Fairgrounds, 4939 Hamilton Rd, Dorchester, ON N0L 1G6 Village of Wolvercote in the 1560s. 2013 6 stages, indoor pub. Free parking, open rain or shine One weekend near the end of June Oxford Renaissance Festival: Cooks Creek Medieval Festival
Comicpalooza is a large annual, multi-genre, comic book, science fiction, anime, gaming, and pop culture convention in the Southern United States and is held in Houston, Texas. The event is organized by John Simons, the originator of the event along with Startling Events, LLC. [2] The event hosts the annual Comicpalooza Fandom Awards. [3]
The annual downtown event celebrates music, dance and cultures from around the world. Early festivals featured almost exclusively local acts; as the festival grew, more international and nationally known artists (most recently in 2010, George Clinton, Steel Pulse, Eddie Palmieri, and Ozomatli were scheduled in addition to regional and local performers).
The 2015 Houston Pride Festival attracted 700,000 attendees, which set a new record. [ 4 ] The Houston Pride parade was expected to take place in the fall for the first time in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic ; [ 5 ] however, due to the increasing cases in Houston the 2020 Pride Parade was replaced with a virtual rally. [ 6 ]
Carnival in Rome, c. 1650 Rio's Carnival is the largest in the world according to Guinness World Records. [1]Carnival or Shrovetide is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, [2] consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras.