{"id":123764,"date":"2026-01-15T03:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T03:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/123764\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T03:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T03:08:15","slug":"puerto-rican-festival-ice-skating-8-greater-houston-area-events-to-attend-this-weekend-jan-16-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/123764\/","title":{"rendered":"Puerto Rican Festival, ice skating: 8 Greater Houston-area events to attend this weekend, Jan. 16-18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCheck out what&#8217;s happening across the Greater Houston area this weekend, Jan. 16-18. This list is not comprehensive. Events are subject to change.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/houston\/new-caney-porter\/arts-entertainment\/2026\/01\/13\/rodeo-art-show-book-swap-5-events-to-attend-in-new-caney-porter-this-weekend-jan-15-18\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steak &amp; BBQ Cook-Off<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition to barbecue and steak cook-offs, this 39th annual event will also include an Anything Bacon Open competition, a Kids &#8216;Que competition, a cornhole tournament and an awards ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Jan. 15-17, 1-7 p.m. (Thursday); 7 a.m.-7 p.m. (Friday); 8 a.m.-6 p.m. (Saturday)$25-$250 (varies by competition)A.V. &#8216;Bull&#8217; Sallas Park, 21681 McCleskey Road, New Caney<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hhclub.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.hhclub.org<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/houston\/conroe-montgomery\/events\/2026\/01\/14\/5-events-to-attend-in-conroe-and-montgomery-jan-16-18\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Money Show<\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of Houston&#8217;s largest coin conventions of the year will take place at The Lone Star Convention Center this Saturday and Sunday. Attendees will have the opportunity to buy, sell and look at ancient and historical coins from around the world, along with other coin-related jewelry and educational exhibits.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/houston\/the-woodlands\/events\/2026\/01\/13\/enjoy-live-performances-celebrate-martin-luther-king-jr-5-things-to-do-in-the-woodlands-area-jan-16-18\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Ice Rink at The Woodlands Town Center<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 21,000-square-foot multipurpose facility features ice skating and concessions. Admission includes two hours of skate time, and attendees can rent a helmet and walkers at an additional cost. The Ice Rink is open through Jan. 19, including this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Jan. 16-18, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.$7 (age 5 and under), $15 (age 6 and older), includes skates2005 Lake Robbins Drive, The Woodlands<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewoodlandsicerink.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.thewoodlandsicerink.com<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/houston\/bay-area\/events\/2026\/01\/06\/houston-takes-the-stage-15-entertainment-events-to-attend-in-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ballet Hisp\u00e1nico New York<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Ballet Hisp\u00e1nico New York explores &#8220;Carmen&#8221; through the vibrancy of dance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/houston\/sugar-land-missouri-city\/events\/2026\/01\/08\/8-events-to-attend-in-the-sugar-land-missouri-city-area-through-february\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brick Winter Wonderland<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Children are invited to create snowy landscapes, magical forests and icy villages as they use Lego bricks to build snow castles, igloos and sleighs at The Teahouse.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/houston\/pearland-friendswood-manvel\/events\/2025\/12\/22\/puerto-rican-festival-lunar-new-year-8-events-to-attend-in-the-pearland-friendswood-manvel-areas\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Puerto Rican Festival<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Experience a day of Puerto Rican culture with live music, authentic food and rich culture at Pearland Town Center.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/houston\/lake-houston-humble-kingwood\/events\/2026\/01\/12\/back-to-the-80s-fest-chairmans-ball-4-lake-houston-area-events-to-attend-this-weekend-jan-16-18\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kingwood\u2019s Back to the 80&#8217;s Fest<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This throwback celebration will feature a hula-hoop contest, a best-dressed contest and a &#8220;biggest hair&#8221; contest, as well as live music, food and cocktails.<\/p>\n<p>Jan. 17, 2-7 p.m.Free (admission)Town Center Park, 8 N. Main St., Kingwood<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jg-events.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.jg-events.com<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/houston\/heights-river-oaks-montrose\/events\/2026\/01\/13\/hot-chocolate-run-mlk-unity-parade-6-events-in-the-heights-river-oaks-montrose-areas-through-february\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MLK Unity Parade<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The Black Heritage Society and MLK Grande Parade are uniting to host this year\u2019s Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade, with the theme being &#8220;Embracing the Oneness in Humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Check out what&#8217;s happening across the Greater Houston area this weekend, Jan. 16-18. This list is not comprehensive.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[53627,53621,56,19943,58,53625,57,53629,49484,53623,53624,53628,53626,53622],"class_list":["post-123764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-ballet-hispanico-new-york","tag-greater-houston-area-events","tag-houston","tag-houston-events","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-money-show","tag-houston-news","tag-lego-winter-wonderland","tag-mlk-day","tag-mlk-jr-day-parade","tag-performances-houston","tag-puerto-rican-festival","tag-the-ice-rink","tag-things-to-do-houston"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}