{"id":357667,"date":"2026-07-01T19:45:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T19:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/357667\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T19:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T19:45:07","slug":"soccer-summer-mosaic-workshop-check-out-7-houston-area-events-happening-this-weekend-july-3-5-pearland-friendswood-manvel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/357667\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer Summer, Mosaic Workshop: Check out 7 Houston-area events happening this weekend, July 3-5 | Pearland &#8211; Friendswood &#8211; Manvel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Houston Symphony\u2019s annual Independence Day celebration features performances of patriotic pieces such as \u201c1812 Overture,\u201d \u201cThe Stars and Stripes Forever\u201d and \u201cAmerica the Beautiful,\u201d with a fireworks finale.<\/p>\n<p>3. Final Kickoff Soccer Party <\/p>\n<p>Guests can enjoy game-day face painting at The Children\u2019s Museum, inspired by teams and flags from around the world, take part in soccer-inspired games and music, and score discounted admission by wearing a soccer jersey or showing a soccer match ticket.<\/p>\n<p>4. Red, White and Zoo<\/p>\n<p>The Houston Zoo is honoring America\u2019s 250th anniversary through native wildlife, including bald eagles, alligators, cougars and black bears, alongside conservation-focused exhibits and activities.<\/p>\n<p>July 3-5$125 (Friday only), $99 (Saturday and Sunday)6200 Hermann Park Drive, Houston<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonzoo.org\/events\/red-white-zoo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.houstonzoo.org<\/a>5. &#8216;The Hunchback of Notre Dame&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Hunchback of Notre Dame&#8221; features a 21-piece live orchestra composed of Houston\u2019s top professional musicians.<\/p>\n<p>6. Soccer Summer: Kicks and Coffee at Discovery Green<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Houston Symphony\u2019s annual Independence Day celebration features performances of patriotic pieces such as \u201c1812 Overture,\u201d \u201cThe Stars&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[64,62731,56,19943,58,57,45945,127099],"class_list":["post-357667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-events","tag-greater-houston-events","tag-houston","tag-houston-events","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-independence-day","tag-july-4th-weekend"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357667","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=357667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}