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A swanga protrudes from a Cadillac\u2019s wheel while on displays with other slabs during 713 Day celebration at Giant Texas Distillers in Houston on Sunday, July 12, 2026.<\/p>\n
Elizabeth Conley\/Houston Chronicle<\/p>\n
Houston inspired t-shirts for sale at 713 Day celebration at Giant Texas Distillers in Houston on Sunday, July 12, 2026.<\/p>\n
Elizabeth Conley\/Houston Chronicle<\/p>\n
Participants chekc out vendors and cars during a 713 Day celebration at Giant Texas Distillers in Houston on Sunday, July 12, 2026.<\/p>\n
Elizabeth Conley\/Houston Chronicle<\/p>\n
Michael Sifuentes from Space City Art Creations, works on a graffiti wall during 713 Day celebration at Giant Texas Distillers in Houston on Sunday, July 12, 2026.<\/p>\n
Elizabeth Conley\/Houston Chronicle<\/p>\n
T-shirt for sale at H-Town Provisions tent during 713 Day celebration at Giant Texas Distillers in Houston on Sunday, July 12, 2026.<\/p>\n
Elizabeth Conley\/Houston Chronicle<\/p>\n
Participants chekc out vendors and cars during a 713 Day celebration at Giant Texas Distillers in Houston on Sunday, July 12, 2026.<\/p>\n
Elizabeth Conley\/Houston Chronicle<\/p>\n
Participants drive in their classic cars, low riders and slabs during the 713 Day celebration at Giant Texas Distillers in Houston on Sunday, July 12, 2026.<\/p>\n
Elizabeth Conley\/Houston Chronicle<\/p>\n
Participants chekc out vendors and cars during a 713 Day celebration at Giant Texas Distillers in Houston on Sunday, July 12, 2026.<\/p>\n
Elizabeth Conley\/Houston Chronicle<\/p>\n
To the sound of rapper Z-Ro and the smell of barbecue, Houstonians celebrated 713 Day<\/a> a little early on Sunday.<\/p>\n Hou City Fest held 713 Day on Sunday afternoon and evening at Giant Texas Distillers in East Houston. The day kicked off at 11:30 a.m at Market Square Park with a ride to the distillery led by bike club Clutch City Cruisers.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0HOUSTON SLAB CULTURE: How wide can swangas be? Houston\u2019s famous car culture, community still face legal limits<\/a><\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Once the party had moved to the\u00a0distillery parking lot, hundreds of people\u00a0celebrated through rain, heat and humidity, everything that makes Houston Houston. Vendors sold tacos, beer, watermelon, barbecue, deep fried Oreos, crochet, Rockets and DJ-Screw T-Shirts, Henna and dirty sodas.\u00a0<\/p>\n A little beyond the sea of vendors, Houston’s iconic slabs stole the show. The car owners lounged in front of them with their social media handles painted on the windows. Jon Martinez, known on\u00a0Instagram and license plate as Bagd Lac, stood in front of his purple slab, rhapsodizing about how it feels to drive it.<\/p>\n \u201cOh man, we feel like we run the whole road,\u201d Martinez said. \u201cWe hog the whole lane, you know what I mean?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Martinez was born into the slab culture. Since he was little, Martinez said, he can remember people in his life and the slabs they had. The treasure of it all is hard to explain to someone not from here, he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u201cWe poke out for a reason,\u201d Martinez said of swangas on their wheels. \u201cWe take control of the lane \u2026 We run our own vibe.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOne thing about Houston is that we create our own way,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Vendor Brittany Scranton, whose business goes by \u201cTreatz Made By Thicca,\u201d stood near her booth of funnel cakes, hot Cheetos boudin balls and deep-fried Twinkies as it started to drizzle. Sheltering under an event tent before getting back to business, Scranton hesitated to say too much about her native city. If you say too much about Houston, more people might move here, she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cBut hey, we love y\u2019all,\u201d Scranton said. \u201cHouston is the place to be, the place to grow family.\u201d<\/p>\n Scranton also came to celebrate the life of Miguel Padilla, better known as Mike in Houston\u2019s slab community.\u00a0Padilla was killed in a shooting outside Paradise City gentleman’s club\u00a0in April, ABC13 reported<\/a>. Padilla was \u201clovingly known as \u2018Nawfside Linco\u2019\u201d and was a \u201cproud member of the Blue Line,\u201d slab group, according to his GoFundMe.<\/a><\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u201cMike brought people together through his love for the scene,\u201d according to the fundraiser page. \u201cEverywhere he went, he brought energy, unity, and unforgettable moments. But beyond the cars and the culture, Mike was a loving father, devoted husband, and a true provider.\u201d<\/p>\n Sunday\u2019s celebration saw every age, from toddlers and their parents to teens with pocket money and adults with Tajin-rimmed cocktails. No one was out of place.<\/p>\n \u201cThey always say don\u2019t leave Houston on a Sunday, so you know, 713 Day today is only right,\u201d said Dennis Hagans, owner of the Chicken Coop HTX, a food truck out of Humble.<\/p>\n \u201cA lot of people, whenever I travel, and I tell them Houston, I tell them Texas, they kind of think cowboys and ranchers,\u201d Hagans said. \u201cBut then whenever you really start thinking about Houston, they\u2019re like oh, the cars, and the rims and the music, right? 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