10 | October

Week One

9/30-10/31 Jack-o-Lantern Junction (Humble)

10/01 Toddler Tuesday at LaCenterra (Katy)

10/01 Know Your Fish at Glazier SEC (West Cypress)

10/01 Know Your Fish at Weekley CC (Cypress)

10/01 National Racoon Day at Kickerillo-Mischer Preserve

10/01-11/03 Haunted Hues at Color Factory (River Oaks/ Montrose)

10/01-11/22 Registration is open for Free Photos with Santa and a Small Wonderland on Dec. 7 (Cypress)

10/01-31 Boo on the Boardwalk (Kemah) 

10/01-31 Death By Natural Causes Exhibit at HMNS! (Museum District)

10/01 Toddler Tuesdays: Sully & Mike from Monsters Inc. (Downtown)

10/01 All About Texas Cryptids & Folklore at Spring Creek Nature Center (Spring)

10/01 Boogie Bash-Fall Fun at TWCM

10/01 Atlatl – The Art of Spear-throwing at Dennis Johnston Park

10/01 Oil Ranch opens for the Fall Season! (Hockley) – Pumpkins, hay rides, and more!

10/01 National Night Out at Woodchase Park (Westchase)

10/02 Wildlife Wednesday at Jesse H. Jones Park (Spring)

10/02 Houston Dynamo at Home

10/02 Pinked Out Pumpkins Craft at Hockley CC

10/02 A Closer Look at Nature: Bats at JPLPEEC (Cypress)

10/02 Insect Pollinators in Science: Pollinator Ramble at JPLPEEC (Cypress)

10/03 Mommy Mingle Fridays at Children’s Museum Houston (Museum District)

10/03 Homeschool Day at the Kemah Aquarium 

10/03-04 Fall Day Camps at NDC (Bellaire)

10/03 Let’s Go Fishing at John Paul Landing PEEC (Cypress)

10/03-27 Round Top Fall Antique Weekends

10/04 Houston Dash at Home

10/04 Mommy Mingle Friday at Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center  

10/04 Family Day at Rienzi | Celebrating Hispanic Culture (River Oaks)

10/04-05 Grito Fest (Baytown)

10/04-31 Pumpkins After Dark (New Caney)

10/04 Coles Crossing Craft Show (NW Housotn/ East Cypress)

10/04 Pumpkin Archery Hunt (Deer Park)

10/04 MFAH Playdate (Museum District)

10/04 Central Green Monster Mash (Katy)

10/04 Tanger PINK Party *Free Mammograms from UTMB* (Texas City)

10/05 Movie in the Park: Labyrinth (Deer Park)

10/05 Southern Smoke Festival presented by Alaska Seafood (Downtown)

10/05 Welcome Back Party for the Texas Renaissance Festival (Magnolia)

10/05 Unity Festival at Redemption Square (NE Houston)

10/05 Hands-On Houston: Wooden Toy Cars at HCCC (Museum District)

10/05 Trail Mix and Outdoor Music & Magic Variety Show for Kids at MKT (Heights)

10/05 Paws Fest (Katy)

10/05 St. Paul’s Fall Festival and Craft Show (Katy)

10/05 The Woodlands BOOFEST

10/05 Children’s Slime Class at Radack CC (Katy/ W Cypress)

10/05 San Jacinto Family Day (La Porte)

10/5 Marine Biologist for a Dayat the Downtown Aquarium

10/5 First Saturday Arts Market (Heights)

10/5 Katy Rice Harvest Festival Parade

10/05-06 Oktoberfest at Kemah Boardwalk – FREE

10/05 – Super Saturday: Korean Culture Celebration at Asia Society (Museum District)

10/05 Oktoberfest at Katy Beer Garden

10/05 Sip & Shop (Conroe, TX)

10/05 Annual Houston Bonsai Society Show at  Mercer (Spring)

10/05 Hispanic Heritage Fiesta at Flores Neighborhood Library

10/05 Water Lantern Festival at City Place (Spring)

10/05 Phoenicia Foods KidsCooking Class: Spooky October (Downtown)

10/06 Houston Humane Society – Wildlife Education Workshop at City Place (Spring)

10/6 The Woodlands Cars & Coffee at Market Street

10/06 Texans vs. Bills

Week Two

10/07 Last day to register to vote!

10/08 Toddler Tuesdays: Curious George (Downtown)

10/08 Midnight Pumpkin on Canvas Craft at Hockley CC

10/08 Neighbors’ Night Out (Downtown)

10/08 INSTRUMENT Petting Zoo at The Woodlands Children’s Museum

10/08 Fire Truck Visit 10:30am at The Woodlands Children’s Museum

10/08-10 Mo Willems’s Bite-Sized Operas! At Miller Outdoor Theatre (Museum District)

10/09 Homeschool Day at the Downtown Aquarium 

10/09 Fall Crafts at Woodchase Park (Westchase)

10/09 Fall Break Out: Senses Hike at Jesse H. Jones Park (Spring)

10/09 Tin Foil Art Craft at Hockley CC

10/10 Fall Break Out: Sniffing Out the Trail at Jesse H. Jones Park (Spring)

10/10 All About Texas Cryptids & Folklore at Spring Creek Nature Center (Spring)

10/10  Movies Under The Stars: Cruella (Downtown)

10/10 Hispanic Heritage Fiesta at Hillendahl Neighborhood Library

10/11 Fall Break Out: Rain Sticks at Jesse H. Jones Park (Spring)

10/11 Fall Plant Sale at Houston Arboretum & Nature Center – FREE (Memorial Park)

10/11 Kleb Night Out: Family Fun Night at Kleb (Tomball)

10/11 Know Your Fish at Hockley CC

10/11 Freed’s Haunted House at Freed CC (Spring Branch)

10/11 Kids Craft: Boo-tiful Halloween Masks at Bayland CC (Bellaire)

10/11-13 Pumpkins After Dark (New Caney)

10/11 Anybody Can Paint at Claude Burgess Center (Deer Park)

10/11 Mad Hatter Adventure at The Woodlands Children’s Museum

10/11-13  Art Park Players presents: Peter and the Starcatcher (Deer Park)

10/11 Little Farmer Friday at Wunderlich Farms (Klein)

10/11 Know Your Fish (8+) at John Paul Landing PEEC (Cypress)

10/11-13  Bayou City Art Festival (Memorial)

10/11-13 Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival

10/11 Ghost Coast Festival (Galveston)

10/11 Leaping Lizards Homeschool Event with the Learning Zoo (Conroe)

10/12 Working on the Wild Side: An exciting career program for teens! at the Downtown Aquarium 

10/12 Sensory Friendly HMNS at Sugar Land 

10/12 Houston Center For Photography Workshop at Evelyn’s Park Conservancy (Bellaire)

10/12 Phoenicia Foods KidsCooking Class: Spooky October (Downtown)

10/12 Halloween Kick-Off at Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center

10/12-13 Korean Festival (Downtown)

10/12 Fall Nature Hike at NDC (Bellaire)

10/12 Nurture Nature Festival (Baytown)

10/12 Scary Stories to Tell at the Park (Deer Park)

10/12-13 40th Annual Galveston Greek Festival

10/12 College and Career Fair 2024 with Texas Home Educators (NW Houston) 

10/12 Hypothesis Haven Science Club 5th Anniversary STEMFest (NW Houston)

10/12 Build a Log Cabin at Jesse H. Jones Park (Spring)

10/12 STEMFest by Hypothesis Haven Science Club (Cypress)

10/12 St. Peter’s ECDC Fall Festival (Katy)

10/12-13 Chappell Hill Scarecrow Festival

10/12 Tomball Spooktacular

10/12 2nd Saturday at the Depot Movie Screening: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Tomball)

10/12 Family Day at the Ocean Star Museum (Galveston)

10/12 Touch-A-Truck at the Beaumont Children’s Museum (Beaumont)

10/12 Kids’ Rodeo and Fall Festival (La Porte)

10/12 Fall Forest Fest at Stephen F. Austin State Park

10/12 Texas Renaissance Festival opens! (Plantersville)

10/12 Cypress Cars and Coffee 

10/12 Sensory Friendly Events at HMNS Sugar Land

10/12 All Hallows Reads Festival at Central Library

10/12-13 Katy Rice Festival

10/13 Walk and Roll for SCI *Inclusive* (Bellaire)

10/13 Love Street Music Fest ’24 (NW Houston)

Week Three

10/14 Geocaching – Choose Your Adventure (Deer Park)

10/14 Indigenous Peoples’ Day Performance (Downtown)

10/14 Texas Snakes and More at Peckham Park (Katy)

10/14 Indigenous Peoples’ Day: A Celebration of All Nations at The Water Works (Downtown)

10/14 Art of the Preserve – Indigenous Peoples’ Day at Kickerillo-Mischer Preserve

10/14 Be Like Frida Headpiece Craft at Bayland CC (Bellaire)

10/15 Tickets for Zoo Lights on sale!

10/15 Toddler Tuesdays: Poppy & Branch from Trolls. (Downtown)

10/15-16 Jack and The Beanstalk Hip Hop at Miller (Museum District)

10/15-19 Marburger Farm Antique Show (Round Top)

10/16 Fall Crafts at Woodchase Park (Westchase)

10/16 Insect Pollinators in Science: Mysterious Migrations at JPLPEEC (Cypress)

10/16 National Fossils Day at Kickerillo-Mischer Preserve

10/16 Quilled Pumpkin Earrings Craft at Hockley CC

10/18 Movie Night: Hocus Pocus at Bagby Park (Midtown)

10/17 Butterfly Walks at Jackson Hill Bridge (Downtown)

10/17 Hocus Pocus Pops at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion (The Woodlands)

10/17 Movie Night – The Addams Family at West University Branch Library

10/17 A Closer Look at Nature at Kleb Woods (NW Houston)

10/18 Ghost Walk at Wunderlich Farms (Klein)

10/18 Beyond Bees! At Mercer (Spring)

10/18 Parachute Play Time at City Centre (Memorial)

10/18 Owl Prowl Night Hikes at Armand Bayou Nature Center (Pasadena)

10/18 Musiqa: Sound & Light at Miller (Museum District)

10/18-20 Pumpkins After Dark (New Caney)

10/18-20 Art Park Players presents: Peter and the Starcatcher (Deer Park)

10/18-20 Tapestry Players presents Politics and Poker: A Musical Revue at St. Luke’s (River Oaks)

10/18, 25, 30 Tandem Trick-or-Treat (The Woodlands)

10/18 The Woodlands 50th Anniversary Free Concert at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

10/18 Spring-Klein Nutcracker Market (Spring)

10/19 Tricks, Treats & T-Rex Magical Maze Festival at HMNS at Sugar Land

10/19 Monsters and Mad Scientists at Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center

10/19 KBR Kids Day & Tony Marron Park Send-Off (EaDo/ Second Ward)

10/19 Scary Stories to Tell at the Park (Deer Park)

10/19 Marigolds and Monarchs at Día de los Muertos Celebration at Houston Botanic Garden

10/19 Houston Area Live Steamers FREE rides (Hockley)

10/19 Movies Under the Stars: PAW Patrol: Wonka (Mont Belvieu)

10/19 Nigerian Festival (Katy)

10/19 Houston Filipino Street Festival (Sugar Land)

10/19 Haunted Harbor Tours (Galveston)

10/19 Tricks & Treats in the Park (Missouri City)

10/19 Energy Day Festival (Downtown)

10/19 ARToberFEST (Galveston)

10/19 Monster Jam at NRG

10/19 Prairie Pandemonium Volunteer Opportunity (12+) at Armand Bayou Nature Center (Pasadena)

10/19 FALL FRENZY Craft Fair at Tomball Methodist Church

10/19 Fall For It Market & Movie – Inside Out 2 (Pearland)

10/19-11/30 The Pumpkin Round Up through Nov. 30, at George Ranch Historical Park (Richmond) 

10/19 Phoenicia Foods KidsCooking Class: Spooky October (Downtown)

10/19 Halloween in the Hangar at Lonestar Flight Museum

10/19 ArBOOretum at Houston Arboretum & Nature Center (Memorial Park)

10/19 Fall Fest at Cyfair Town Center

10/19 Fall FunFest (Conroe)

10/19 College and Career Fair 2024 with Texas Home Educators (South) 

10/19 Houston Dynamo at Home

10/19 Crafting History: Candles at Kleb (Tomball)

10/19 Cars and Coffee at Redemption Square (NE Houston)

10/19 San Jacinto Fall Fandango (La Porte) – Market

10/19-20 Galaxy Frights at Space Center Houston *included with admission (SE Houston)

10/19-20 Pumpkin Patch Fall Festival at NDC (Bellaire)

CANCELED – 10/19 Living History Encounter at Wunderlich Farms (Klein)

10/19 Pick-a-dilly Market at St. Peter’s UMC (Katy)

10/19 Mingle Fall Market (The Woodlands)

10/20 Family Art-Making Studio at MFAH (Museum District)

10/20 U.S. Army Field Band Soldiers’ Chorus at Miller (Museum District)

10/20 Family Day at Bayou Bend “The Art of Movement” (River Oaks)

10/20 Houston Area Live Steamers FREE rides (Hockley)

10/20 A Journey Through Asia (Katy)

10/20 Sea Center Spooktacular at Sea Center Texas (Lake Jackson)

10/20 Movie Night at Bagby Park: Hocus Pocus (Midtown) 

10/20 KTX Legacy Venue October Market (Katy)

Week Four

10/21 Sensory Friendly Day at Children’s Museum Houston (Museum District)

10/21 Ghoulish Creations (Deer Park)

10/21 Music in the Gardens at Mercer (Spring)

10/21 National Reptile Awareness Day at the Kemah Aquarium 

10/21 Early Voting starts Today!

10/22 Frida’s Fiesta at Miller Outdoor Theatre (Museum District)

10/22 Toddler Tuesdays: Scooby Doo – A Halloween Story! (Downtown)

10/22 US Army Field Band and Soldier’s Chorus (The Woodlands)

10/23 Fall Crafts at Woodchase Park (Westchase)

10/23, 25 Houston Rockets at Home

10/23 Lil’ Naturalist – Bats at Kickerillo-Mischer Preserve

10/23 Fall Festival at Katy’s First Baptist Church

10/23 DIY: Skele-Terrarium at HMNS (Museum District)

10/23 Lil’ Naturalist – Bats at Dennis Johnston Park 

10/24 Park After Dark- Night Hike at Kickerillo-Mischer Preserve

10/24 The Great Pumpkin Hunt (Bellaire)

10/24 Halloween Happy House  at Children’s Museum Houston (Museum District)

10/24 Make Your Own Pinata at Burnett Bayland CC (Bellaire)

10/24-31 Halloween Photo Op (The Woodlands)

10/24 Halloween Garden Scavenger Hunt at Mercer (Spring)

10/25 Island Oktoberfest (Galveston)

10/25 Scream on the Green (Downtown)

10/25 Halloween Night Hike at NDC (Bellaire)

10/25 Haunted BINGO Night (The Woodlands)

10/25 Trick or Treat at Woodchase Park (Westchase)

10/25 Movies at Miller The Addams Family (Museum District)

10/25 Houston Grand Opera’s Cinderella opens – through Nov. 9 (Downtown)

10/25-27 Home for the Holidays Market (Fort Bend)

10/25-26 Art Park Players presents: Peter and the Starcatcher (Deer Park)

10/25-27 Pumpkins After Dark (New Caney)

10/25 Zombie Survival Game Night. at Huntsville State Park

10/25-26 Haunted House at Wunderlich Farms (Klein)

10/26 BOO-gill Fishing and Haunted House at Huntsville State Park

10/26 Creepy Crawlers at Armand Bayou Nature Center (ABNC)

10/26 M-K-T Hike, Bike & Fright Fest (Heights)

10/26 Asia To The World at Miller Outdoor Theatre (Museum District)

1026 Ghosts and Villains at Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center

10/26 Trick or Treat on Our Street (Pearland)

10/26  Zoologist for a Day at the Downtown Aquarium 

10/26 Haunted Historic Tours at George Ranch Historical Park (Richmond) 

10/26 Trick and Treats Among the Trees at Jesse H. Jones Park

10/26 Mom-ster Mash! (Friendswood)

10/26 Howl-O-Ween (Katy)

10/26 Houston Humane Society – Wildlife Education Workshop at City Place (Spring)

10/26 Screen On The Green: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Downtown)

10/26 Fall Festival at Wunderlich Farms (Klein)

10/26 Family Overnight Program at Space Center Houston

10/26-31 Spirits of the Bayou Boat Tour (Downtown)

10/26 Boo Lagoon at Lagoonfest (Texas City)

10/26 Halloween Carnival at Jimmy Burke Activity Center (Deer Park)

10/26  Cypress Woods High School FFA Craft Show

10/26 Phoenicia Foods KidsCooking Class: Spooky October (Downtown)

10/26 Galveston Dia De Los Muertos Fall Fiesta

10/26 Mystical Parade of Boo (Galveston)

10/26 Festival of Frights at Tanger (Texas City)

10/26-27 Halloween at Houston Interactive Aquarium – free admission for guests in costumes (North Houston)

10/26-27 Galaxy Frights at Space Center Houston *included with admission (SE Houston)

10/26 Spooktacular (Baytown)

10/26-27 CAF Wings Over Houston Airshow (South Houston)

10/27 Houston Museum of Natural Science at Levy Park: Vertebrates 

10/27 Family Zone at MFAH (Museum District)

10/27 Fall Crafts at Woodchase Park (Westchase)

10/27 Rosenberg Railroad Museum Fun Day

10/27 Trick or Treat Trail featuring Monster Mash (The Woodlands)

10/27 Day of the Dead Celebration at Kemah Boardwalk – FREE – HH, TOT

10/03 Pumpkin Lights at Lagoonfest opens through Oct. 27 (Texas City)

10/27 Halloween Spooktacular at The Bryan Museum (Galveston)

10/27 Halloween in the Park (Friendswood)

10/27 Texans vs. Colts 

10/27 Fall Fest at Magnolia BIble Church

10/27 Fun Day at Rosenberg Railroad Museum 

10/29 Toddler Tuesdays: Vamperina & Bridget (Downtown)

10/29-30 Rumpelstiltskin at Miller Outdoor Theatre (Museum District)

10/29 Bat Chat at Champion Forest Park (NW Houston)

10/30 Spooky Night Hike at Deer Park Nature Preserve

10/30 Halloween Spooktacular at Katherine Tyra Branch Library @ Bear Creek

10/30 Park After Dark – Owl Prowl at Kickerillo-Mischer Preserve

10/31 Trick or Treat in Historic Downtown Rosenberg

10/31 Trunk or Treat in Sunset Park (Rosenberg)

10/31 Halloween Hayrides at Jesse H. Jones Park (Spring)

10/31 Haunted Historic Tours at George Ranch Historical Park (Richmond) 

10/31 Spooktacular at The Woodlands Children’s Museum