Wednesday, December 16, 2026

6:00 AM – 7:00 PM The Houston Farmers Market (Airline Drive) The Houston Farmers Market · Houston, TX Farmers Markets › 6:30 AM – 7:30 AM West Men's Breakfast Rudy's Texas Bar-B-Q · Austin, TX Arts & Culture › 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Mesquite Arts Center Gallery Exhibitions Mesquite Arts Center · Mesquite, TX Arts & Culture › 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Ballet Texas 2026–2027 Season Subscription Brauntex Performing Arts Theatre · New Braunfels, TX Arts & Culture › 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Fantastic Flora: Fairies and Fabled Creatures Madeline Samples Exhibit Hall, Fort Worth Botanic Garden · Fort Worth, TX Arts & Culture › 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM Bonton Farms Farmers Market Bonton Farms Coffeehouse · Dallas, TX Farmers Markets › 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM Farmers Market of Grapevine Farmers Market of Grapevine · Grapevine, TX Farmers Markets › 8:55 AM – 10:30 AM Rise & Shine Women's Workshop: No Frills, No Excuses The Vine Arts & Events Center · Grapevine, TX Learning › 9:00 AM The Woodlands Farmer's Market Grogan's Mill Village Center · The Woodlands, TX Farmers Markets › 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM America 250: Three Presidents - Lincoln, Grant, and Garfield Stark Museum of Art · Orange, TX Arts & Culture › 9:00 AM Pulitzer on the Road: Prize-winning Works the Inform, Empower & Inspire J. Erik Jonsson Central Library - 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201 · Dallas, TX Arts & Culture › 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM Ice Dinosaurs Don Harrington Discovery Center - Amarillo · Amarillo, TX Arts & Culture › 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Forces at Play Fort Worth Museum of Science and History · Fort Worth, TX Arts & Culture › 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM EXHIBIT – Somos Americanos: Our American Story MACRI Visitor Center · San Antonio, TX Arts & Culture › 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Find Your Flow at Pullman Market Pullman Market - 221 Newell Ave, San Antonio, TX, 78215 · San Antonio, TX Nature › 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM Holiday at the DeGolyer House Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland Rd · Dallas, TX Arts & Culture › 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM Blue Genie Art Bazaar Blue Genie Art Bazaar · Austin, TX Markets & Pop Ups › 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Holiday by Hand at Asher: Off the Wall Houston Center for Contemporary Craft · Houston, TX Fairs & Expos › 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM Downtown Families First Sunday Fun Day Austin High School · Austin, TX Arts & Culture › 10:30 AM Allen Americans vs Rapid City Rush - School Day Game Credit Union of Texas Event Center · Allen, TX Sporting Events › 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM Burdlife: Free Piercing Burdlife at M-K-T · Houston, TX Markets & Pop Ups › 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Crianza de los hijos en acción – St. Ann Coppell St. Ann’s Coppell · Coppell, TX Arts & Culture › 11:30 AM Texas Tech University Women's Basketball vs University of North Florida - Education Day United Supermarkets Arena · Lubbock, TX Sporting Events › 12:00 PM Dallas Murder Mystery: Solve the case in Uptown! Dallas, TX Fairs & Expos › 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM November and December Artist of the Month: Kelsey Faykus The Williamson Museum · Georgetown, TX Arts & Culture › 12:00 PM – 11:00 PM Rudolph's Gift Grapevine Escape · Grapevine, TX Live Entertainment › 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM Make a Christmas ornament IPAT Museum of Porcelain Art · Grapevine, TX Arts & Culture › 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Holiday Edition Pottery Workshop Blue Owl Brewing · Austin, TX Learning › 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM FocusTec Labs - Family Friendly Escape Adventure Grapevine Escape - Grapevine · Grapevine, TX Live Entertainment › 1:30 PM – 9:30 PM Sportsmonkey 2026 Fall 2 - Sunday Recreational Co-Ed Softball Fall Creek Sports Complex · Humble, TX Sporting Events › 2:00 PM – 9:00 PM Tree Lighting & Holiday Nights Pearland Town Center · Pearland, TX Fairs & Expos › 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Slow Down at SAMA The San Antonio Museum of Art · San Antonio, TX Arts & Culture › 2:30 PM Create a Holiday Ornament Event at Vetro Glassblowing! Vetro Glassblowing Studio & Gallery · Grapevine, TX Arts & Culture › 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Intro to Pickleball Elite Pickleball Club & Academy · The Woodlands, TX Sports & Recreation › 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM Happy Hour Chicken N Pickle - Webster · Webster, TX Nightlife › 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM Happy Hour Chicken N Pickle - San Antonio · San Antonio, TX Nightlife › 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM Cappy's Happy Hour at the Big Top! NO COVER and cheap drinks 'til 7! Shoeshine Charley's Big Top Lounge · Houston, TX Nightlife › 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM Synergy One Lending Happy Hour Dan Electro's · Houston, TX Nightlife › 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM Half Price Wine Bottles Stella Public House · San Antonio, TX Food & Drink › 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM Chess Club Beaumont Public Library · Beaumont, TX Clubs & Groups › 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM Abracadavor Market Wake the Dead Coffee House · San Marcos, TX Markets & Pop Ups › 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Sunday Ultimate Frisbee Pickup Sherwood Park, Corpus Christi, TX - 4314 Sherwood Dr · Corpus Christi, TX Sporting Events › 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Come Tea Us x Harwood Tavern: Sip & Create Social Series Harwood Tavern - 333 S. Harwood Street, Dallas, 75201 · Dallas, TX Learning › 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM Astros Light Up the Park – Weekday Nights Daikin Park / Astros ballpark · Houston, TX Arts & Culture › 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM The Old Quarter Annual Christmas Party Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe · Galveston, TX Live Entertainment › 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM Radiant Nature: A Chinese Lantern Festival at Houston Botanic Garden Houston Botanic Garden · Houston, TX Fairs & Expos › 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM Radiant Nature Walk-Through Christmas Lights 2026 Houston Botanic Garden · Houston, TX Nature › 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM Sugar Land Holiday Lights at Constellation Field Constellation Field · Sugar Land, TX Fairs & Expos › 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM The Holiday Market and Lights Alive Drive Thru Light Show Traders Village San Antonio · San Antonio, TX Markets & Pop Ups › 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM Holiday in the Gardens Moody Gardens · Galveston, TX Nature › 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Trans Allies D.R. Semmes Family YMCA · San Antonio, TX Live Entertainment › 6:20 PM – 10:00 PM Houston SSC - 2026 #8 Monday Softball Cleveland Park · Houston, TX Sports & Recreation › 6:30 PM – 8:45 PM A Christmas Carol Alley Theatre-Hubbard Stage · Houston, TX Live Entertainment › 6:30 PM ALT 103.7 Presents Smith & Myers House of Blues Dallas · Dallas, TX Live Entertainment › 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM Underoath - Define the Great Line 20th Anniversary Tour Bayou Music Center · Houston, TX Live Entertainment › 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Tinsel Trek Buffalo Bayou Park · Houston, TX Sports & Recreation › 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Wednesday Night Music Bingo Red Dirt Cellars · Grapevine, TX Live Entertainment › 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Mesquite Symphony Orchestra Mesquite Arts Center - 1527 N. Galloway Ave., Mesquite, TX, 75149 · Mesquite, TX Live Entertainment › 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Music on Main Prete Plaza · Round Rock, TX Live Entertainment › 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM Live Band Karaoke Harvest Hall and Third Rail · Grapevine, TX Live Entertainment › 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM Austin Trail of Lights Zilker Metropolitan Park · Austin, TX Fairs & Expos › 7:00 PM Austin Spurs vs Texas Legends H-E-B Center at Cedar Park · Cedar Park, TX Sporting Events › 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Bullock Museum Dune: Part Three in IMAX Bullock Texas State History Museum · Austin, TX Arts & Culture › 7:00 PM – 12:00 AM Trivia Night at Idle Idle Beer Hall & Brewery · San Antonio, TX Clubs & Groups › 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM Pentatonix: Christmas in the City Tour Dickies Arena · Fort Worth, TX Live Entertainment › 7:00 PM – 8:15 PM The Night Shift Before Christmas Alley Theatre-Neuhaus Stage · Houston, TX Live Entertainment › 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM LOVB Austin Volleyball vs. LOVB Nebraska Volleyball Frost Bank Center · San Antonio, TX Sporting Events › 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM Jazz Wednesdays @ Axelrad 7pm - 10pm FREE Axelrad · Houston, TX Live Entertainment › 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM An H-Town Christmas with Jalen Baker Ft. The Biggest Brandon Doc's Houston · Houston, TX Fairs & Expos › 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM The Music of Johnny Mathis Casa Manana · Fort Worth, TX Live Entertainment › 7:30 PM It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play San Pedro Playhouse · San Antonio, TX Arts & Culture › 7:30 PM Chloe Radcliffe Punch Line Houston · Houston, TX Live Entertainment › 7:30 PM Shaun Cassidy Unwrapped: Songs & Stories for the Holidays The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts · San Antonio, TX Live Entertainment › 7:30 PM The Bad Parenting Comedy Tour Punch Line Irving · Irving, TX Live Entertainment › 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM Houston Rockets vs. Milwaukee Bucks Toyota Center - TX · Houston, TX Sporting Events › 7:40 PM – 9:40 PM Christmas Wine Train Grapevine Vintage Railroad · Grapevine, TX Food & Drink › 8:00 PM – 10:30 PM Mike Zito Band Dosey Doe - The Big Barn · Spring, TX Live Entertainment › 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM Miniature Tigers The Studio at the Bomb Factory · Dallas, TX Live Entertainment › 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM Presented by R Entertainment LLC Winter Nights with Matteo Bocelli Performing Arts Houston · Houston, TX Live Entertainment › 8:00 PM – 1:00 PM University of Texas Men's Basketball vs Memphis Moody Center · Austin, TX Sporting Events › 8:00 PM Blind Boys of Alabama & Asleep At The Wheel ACL Live at the Moody Theater · Austin, TX Live Entertainment › 9:00 PM – 11:59 PM Rioja After Dark Hotel Vin Grapevine, Autograph Collection Hotel · Grapevine, TX Nightlife ›

TBD E Pluribus Unum: Celebrating the American Experience at George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum College Station, TX Arts & Culture › TBD Denton StoryWalks® Denton Square - 110 West Hickory Street, Denton, TX, 76201 · Denton, TX Nature › TBD Watch Party for the Dallas Cowboys Arlington, TX Sporting Events › TBD Where To Find A Ghost, an exhibit by Artist Brad Ford Smith J. Erik Jonsson Central Library - 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201 · Dallas, TX Arts & Culture › TBD Spooky Hunt: Secrets of the Creek 715 Camaron St · San Antonio, TX Nature › TBD Fortlandia Wildflower Center - 4801 La Crosse Ave., Austin, TX, 78739 · Austin, TX Nature › TBD Mesquite Outlaws Soccer Club Mesquite Arena - 1818 Rodeo Dr. · Mesquite, TX Sporting Events › TBD Santa’s Wonderland at Grapevine Bass Pro Shops Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World - Grapevine · Grapevine, TX Shopping › TBD Peppermint in the Parkway COTALAND · Austin, TX Fairs & Expos › TBD Miracle on 5th Street Christmas Pop-Up Bar The Eleanor · Austin, TX Markets & Pop Ups › TBD Winter Wonderland Bubbles at Hotel Vin Hotel Vin Grapevine, Autograph Collection Hotel · Grapevine, TX Food & Drink › TBD ice! at Gaylord Texan featuring Harry Potter™ Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center · Grapevine, TX Fairs & Expos › TBD Blow Your Own Glass Ornament Blow Your Own Glass Ornament - 1 Peddler's Alley · SALADO, TX Learning › TBD Christmas at Braly's Christmas at Braly's - 421 W Palestine Ave · Palestine, TX Markets & Pop Ups › TBD The Polar Express The Polar Express - 789 Park Road 70 · Palestine, TX Live Entertainment › TBD THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride Galveston Railroad Museum - Galveston, TX · Galveston, TX Live Entertainment › TBD Hill Country Miniatures Exhibition Hill Country Miniatures Exhibition - 1550 Bandera Hwy. · Kerrville, TX Arts & Culture ›