Bayou City Art Festival - Downtown

What to Expect
A juried fine art festival featuring 300 artists representing 19 distinct art media—from photography to sculpture, jewelry and textile making, mixed media, wood designs, pottery and much more. Art lovers enjoy pedestrian promenades lined with artists’ booths where they may easily interact with artists one-on-one.

Only in Houston
This festival, ranked No. 3 in the U.S. by AmericanStyle magazine, transforms the heart of Houston's business center into a one-of-a-kind urban outdoor art gallery. Its centerpiece is "Art on Water," the city's only juried floating art exhibit, which takes place in and on the City Hall Reflection Pool. "Art on Water" will feature 10 to 15 original art works—floating, kinetic or stationary (anchored).

While in town, you have to see...
Featured artist Kimber Fiebiger's whimsical Texas-sized Humpty Dumpty bronze sculptures and the new Epicurean Adventure, which boasts wine tastings and professional chefs' cooking demonstrations

When to Come
October 10-11, 10am-6pm each day
Admission is $10 for adults (if purchased separately from hotel packages below) and free for children 12 and under.

What else?

The festival is only one arts event taking place that weekend. A few more ideas for you:

• Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China's First Emporer at the Houston Museum of Natural Science
• Ancient Arts of Viet Nam at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
• Southern Rapture at Stages Repertory Theatre
• Spinning a Yarn: Houston History Through Clothing at The Heritage Society
• Pope John Paul II and the Jewish People at the Holocaust Museum Houston
• Joaquin Torres-Garcia: Wood Constructions at The Menil Collection
• Ballet Folklorico at Miller Outdoor Theatre

Yelp Presents EaDo Palooza
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What to Expect
Take in the sights, sounds and tastes of the city’s newest branded district with complimentary food and beverage samplings, live music, performances and exhibits from neighborhood artists, photographers and stores. 2pm - 5 pm, free admission.

Only in Houston
EaDo (East Downtown) is “the art and soul of the city”. The district traces it origins back to the late 1800s and has become increasingly popular in the last decade with Houston’s creative class and urban professionals thanks to it supply of classic warehouse structures, lofts, contemporary townhomes and cornucopia of people and places. Highlights include the studio of noted photographer Jim Olive, historic St. Nicholas Catholic Church, live music destinations Warehouse Live and Meridian, the multi-colored Teen How Taoist Temple, iconic Kim Son restaurant, Frankel’s Costumes, Oak Farms dairy, Barnevelder Movement/Arts Complex and Super Happy Fun Land.

While in town, you have to see...
The site of Houston Dynamo's Major League Soccer stadium.

When to Come
October 24