Houston’s weekend lineup is packed with food, music, and culture. Asia Society Texas’ Night Market returns with its lively mix of art and performances, while Discovery Green’s new Bites & Beyond Festival pairs local eats with live entertainment. Here’s a look at these and more happening around the city.
Night Market
Asia Society Texas presents Night Market. (Chris Dunn)
Asia Society Texas brings back its popular Night Market, inspired by the lively street markets of East and Southeast Asia. The festival celebrates Houston’s Asian and Asian American communities with food, art, shopping and cultural activities. Visitors can enjoy free outdoor fun including local vendors, a beer garden, dance performances, Japanese games, anime screenings and karaoke. Ticketed indoor experiences offer after-hours exhibition access, an artists’ alley, a manga café, mahjong and sumo wrestling demonstrations.
When: Nov. 7: 6-10 p.m.
Where: 1370 Southmore Blvd.
Details: $5 and up; asiasociety.org
Bayou City Duck Race
American Festival for the Arts presents the 7th Annual Bayou City Duck Race. (Courtesy of AFA)
East River and the American Festival for the Arts present the seventh annual Bayou City Duck Race, a family-friendly event benefiting music education in Houston. Festivities begin at 10 a.m., with the duck launch set for 10:45 a.m. Spectators can watch 5,000 rubber ducks race along Buffalo Bayou for prizes awarded to the top finishers and a few surprise “lucky duck” winners. Each duck adoption costs $5, with proceeds supporting AFA’s Play It Forward Fund, which helps young musicians access music programs.
When: Nov. 8: 10 a.m.
Where: East River Bayou Park, 2810 Riverby Rd.
Details: Spectating is free; duckrace.com/afa
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Little Woodfest: Children’s Festival
The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion hosts Little Woodfest Children’s Festival. (Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion)
The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion transforms into “Little Woodfest” for this year’s Children’s Festival, a family-friendly, kid-sized music fest filled with hands-on activities, performances and fun around every corner.
When: Nov. 8: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Nov. 9: Noon-5 p.m.
Where: 2005 Lake Robbins Dr., The Woodlands
Details: $11 and up; woodlandscenter.org
Bites & Beyond Festival
Bites & Beyond Festival comes to Discovery Green this weekend. (Bites & Beyond Festival)
This weekend marks the debut of Bites & Beyond Festival, a new food, music, and art event at Discovery Green. The festival features more than 30 culinary vendors, including Bonfire Wings, Lemond Kitchen, and Pho Saigon, along with live art and four stages of performances headlined by Big Freedia and Demola the Violinist.
When: Nov. 8: 1-10 p.m
Where: Discovery Green, 1500 McKinney
Details: $17 and up; bitesandbeyondfestival.com
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Fall Festival ‘Myths and Leyendas: Mujeres’
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston hosts a family festival celebrating women in myth, legend, and Latin American history. (Courtesy of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston )
This family event, hosted by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, celebrates women in myths, legends, and Latin American history. The Fall Festival, “Myths and Leyendas: Mujeres,” features food, live music, dance performances, short films, and art-making activities. In the Cullen Sculpture Garden, visitors can explore new large-scale works by Houston Latinx artists Laura Lopez Cano, Angela Corson, Pedro Gutierrez-Zamora, Sandra de la Rosa, Jasmine Zelaya, and the trio Victoria Armenta, Salima Bowaniya, and Bailey Serrano.
When: Nov. 9: 1-5 p.m.
Where: 21001 Bissonnet
Details: Free; mfah.org
This article originally published at Top things to do in Houston this weekend, from Night Market, to Bites & Beyond Festival.