Things to do in Houston next weekend

Friday

October 23, 2026

Every event listed on this day

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Top picks

The ones we'd go to.

9 PM
EJ Jones
The Collective · Houston
EJ Jones
music
8 – 11 PM
Don Omar
Toyota Center · Houston
Don Omar
music
7:30 PM
The Joffrey Ballet: Ekman's Midsummer Night's Dream
Jones Hall for the Performing Arts · Houston
$49 – $169
$49 – $169
11 PM
The Riot Comedy Club Presents Friday Night Standup Comedy Late Showcase!
The Riot Comedy Club · Houston
Francisco Rincon, Zac Silverman
$15
comedyfood & drink
$15
11 PM
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Rooftop Cinema Club Uptown · Houston
film
10 PM – 4 AM
Classmatic
Bauhaus Houston · Houston
Classmatic
$10
musicnightlife
$10
10 PM – 3 AM
Innerloop pres. — Dean Turnley
Art Club · Houston
$30.97
nightlifemusic
$30.97
9 PM – 2 AM
One More Time
Ductwork Houston · Houston
One More Time
$10
musicnightlife
$10
8:30 PM
Live at the Barbershop
Cutthroat Barbers · Houston
$22
comedy
$22
8 – 10 PM
Chicago Tribute Rooftop Concert
POST Houston · Houston
musicfood & drink
8 PM
Nope
Rooftop Cinema Club Uptown · Houston
film
7 – 11:45 PM
Dos Santos with Money Chicha
Wonky Power · Houston
Dos Santos, Money Chicha
$34.03
music
$34.03
7 – 9 PM
Filipinana
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston
filmarts
7 PM
Rocky Horror Picture Show Spooktacular Tour with Nell Campbell
House of Blues · Houston
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Live!
theatre
6:30 PM
Fed Up: Evolution & Health
Houston Museum of Natural Science · Houston
talks & lectureshealth & wellnesseducation
6:30 – 8:30 PM
October Board Game Night
Alliance Francaise de Houston · Houston
community & culturefood & drink
6 – 7:30 PM
Spirits of the Bayou Boat Tour
Allen's Landing Park · Houston
$40
parks & outdoors
$40
5:15 PM
Death Becomes Her
Rooftop Cinema Club Uptown · Houston
film
11 – 11 AM
Storybook Theatre-Dumpling Day
The Woodlands Children's Museum · The Woodlands
kids & familycommunity & culturetheatreeducationarts
10:30 – 11:30 AM
Startup Circle Houston 💫
Ion District · Houston
10 AM
Houston Pumpkin Festival
Discovery Green · Houston
$18
kids & familyparks & outdoors
$18
10 – 11:30 AM
NASA Office Hours
Ion District · Houston
science & tech
Pete Yorn solo acoustic - 25th Anniversary of musicforthemorningafter
The Heights Theater · Houston
Pete Yorn, Pete Yorn
$34.50 – $556
music
$34.50 – $556
9:15 PM
Pauly Shore
Punch Line Houston · Houston
Pauly Shore
comedy
8:15 PM
The Bite of 26
Wonky Power · Houston
$12.15
music
$12.15
8 PM
Sin Bandera
Smart Financial Centre · Sugar Land
Sin Bandera, Sin Bandera
music
7:30 PM
Frankenstein
Crighton Theatre · Conroe
Frankenstein
theatre
7 PM
Culture Wars
White Oak Music Hall · Houston
Culture Wars, Softly
music
7 PM
The Fall
Rice Cinema · Houston
filmarts
6 – 11 PM
Badvril, Bedside, Sinnit (FREE SHOW)
Bohemeo's · Houston
Free
freemusic
Free

145 events

Things to do in Houston next weekend

Friday

Top picks

EJ Jones

Don Omar

The Joffrey Ballet: Ekman's Midsummer Night's Dream

The Riot Comedy Club Presents Friday Night Standup Comedy Late Showcase!

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

Classmatic

Innerloop pres. — Dean Turnley

One More Time

Live at the Barbershop

Chicago Tribute Rooftop Concert

Nope

Dos Santos with Money Chicha

Filipinana

Rocky Horror Picture Show Spooktacular Tour with Nell Campbell

Fed Up: Evolution & Health

October Board Game Night

Spirits of the Bayou Boat Tour

Death Becomes Her

Storybook Theatre-Dumpling Day

Startup Circle Houston 💫

Houston Pumpkin Festival

NASA Office Hours

Pete Yorn solo acoustic - 25th Anniversary of musicforthemorningafter

Pauly Shore

The Bite of 26

Sin Bandera

Frankenstein

Culture Wars

The Fall

Badvril, Bedside, Sinnit (FREE SHOW)

BURLESQUE and LIVE JAZZ!! The Short and Sweet Speakeasy Cabaret. Open to the public for drinks and tacos!

Fashion Fusion X: Inspired by Frida Kahlo

'Jinnah: Triumph and Tragedy'

Pete Yorn solo acoustic - 25th Anniversary of musicforthemorningafter

Yoga Retreat Weekend

Wellness Walks at Memorial Park

Slow Flow with Stephanie McCarrey

Ion Networking with Cup of Joey

LLL - Marvelous Mixtures

Alley All New Festival

Beyond the Hedges: Historias de Latinidad at Rice University

Blue Dragon Tai Chi

Build Live @ the Ion

Gabby's Dollhouse MEOWseum Discovery Days

Layers of Resilience: A Participatory Artwork Exploring Houston’s Collective Vision for Disaster Resilience

LULAC History Exhibition

Narrative Filmmaking Summer Camp 2026

The Little School of the 400 Exhibit

ThinkINK 2026

Wellness Walks at Memorial Park

AI Circle Houston

Holiday Gift Market

Exhibit: Spanish Texas During the American Revolution

Fall Exhibitions at the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts

Home Sweet Home: Greater Houston Subdivisions and Neighborhoods

Honoring the Dead: An Art-Making Ritual for Día de Los Muertos (In Person)

Houston Pumpkin Festival

NASA Office Hours

Open Gym & Tot Shabbat

SCORE Office Hours

The Candle Show

The Health Museum’s The Fatherhood Effect Healing Arts Exhibition

Time to Get Ready: Fotografía Social | Civil Rights Photography of Maria Varela

Turkish Mosaic Lamp Workshop Houston | Sugar Land

Welcome to the Ion: An Introduction and Tour

‘Yoshitaka Amano: Big Bang’

Startup Circle Houston 💫

Fragility

Members Preview | "American Modernism from the Charles Butt Collection"

Storybook Theatre-Dumpling Day

Terry Winters: Vitalized Geometry

Wall Drawing Series: Jitish Kallat

1877 ELISSA Daysail Watch Party

Adriana Corral: As Long as Life Endures

Maria Gaspar: We Press Our Hands to the Steel Curtain

Overflow Radio: Šakotayišol Nunuš Constellation

The Road to 40–A Retrospective of the Community Artists’ Collective