{"id":274721,"date":"2026-05-01T16:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/274721\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T16:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:27:11","slug":"panda-fest-memorial-day-run-check-out-these-7-events-throughout-may-in-the-houston-heights-river-oaks-montrose-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/274721\/","title":{"rendered":"Panda Fest, Memorial Day Run: Check out these 7 events throughout May in the Houston Heights, River Oaks, Montrose areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kick off summer with cultural celebrations, live music and tasty cuisines with these seven events happening in May. This list is not comprehensive, and details are subject to change.<\/p>\n<p>Panda Fest<\/p>\n<p>The Asian food festival at Buffalo Bayou Park features more than 100 Asian street food vendors as well as panda merchandise and cultural performances.<\/p>\n<p>May 10, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.$14 (general admission), $25 (VIP)105-B Sabine St., Houston<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pandafests.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.pandafests.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mother\u2019s Day at Bayou Bend<\/p>\n<p>Celebrate Mother\u2019s Day at Bayou Bend with nature, art, refreshments and live musical performances.<\/p>\n<p>May 10, 1-5 p.m.$14 (adults), free (children)6003 Memorial Drive, Houston<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfah.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.mfah.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Runway to Asia<\/p>\n<p>The luncheon and fashion experience will benefit Asia Society Texas&#8217;s performing arts initiatives that showcase the vibrant diversity of Asia.<\/p>\n<p>New Orleans Night<\/p>\n<p>Listen to timeless classics with fresh, modern twists as Doc\u2019s Jazz Club celebrates the birthplace of jazz.<\/p>\n<p>The Market at River Oaks District<\/p>\n<p>The River Oaks District unveiled a new farmers\u2019 market in April that offers artisan and specialty finds from local vendors twice a month.<\/p>\n<p>Memorial Day Run<\/p>\n<p>The 10K and 5K run along the Buffalo Bayou honors the men and women who gave their lives serving in the U.S. military.<\/p>\n<p>Baddlands Fest<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy live DJ sets, house music, artwork, a vendor market and performances at the Sawyer Yards festival celebrating Houston\u2019s creative community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kick off summer with cultural celebrations, live music and tasty cuisines with these seven events happening in May.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[73611,5565,1604,101782,64,4013,11671,56,58,57,101783,1454,101781,69,1481,74],"class_list":["post-274721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-admission","tag-community-events","tag-community-impact","tag-entry","tag-events","tag-family-friendly","tag-free","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-memorial-day","tag-near-me","tag-summer-activities","tag-things-to-do","tag-trending","tag-what-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274721","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=274721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}