Looking for something to do in the Houston area this weekend, Aug. 7-9? Check out this weekend’s guide.<\/p>\n
All events are subject to change, and this list is not comprehensive.<\/p>\n
1. Shining Hearts Gala<\/p>\n
Nonprofit BestBridgeToHeart is hosting its inaugural Shining Hearts Gala, a community arts event benefiting GiGi\u2019s Playhouse Houston, which provides educational, therapeutic and career development programs for individuals with Down syndrome and their families.<\/p>\n
2. Goats at the Arboretum <\/p>\n
Goats from GoatScaping LLC will be at Houston\u2019s Arboretum and Nature Center to clear invasive and overgrown understory vegetation to support biodiversity.<\/p>\n
The goats will work across a 7-acre area in the northwest corner of the Arboretum, between the 610 Parking Loop, Ravine Trail and Event Lawn.<\/p>\n
3. Blood Brothers<\/p>\n
Visit the Charles Bender Performing Arts Center in Humble to watch the Blood Brothers, a blues-rock collaboration featuring guitarist Mike Zito and Albert Castiglia.<\/p>\n
4. Harry Potter Drone Art Show<\/p>\n
The show features 1,200 illuminated drones recreating characters and moments from the Harry Potter films.<\/p>\n
Guests can enjoy food and drinks, and fans are encouraged to dress in their favorite Hogwarts house colors or Wizarding World attire.<\/p>\n
5. Segura Western Wear Festival<\/p>\n
Segura Fest returns to Pearland Town Center with live music, local vendors, food and Western-themed activities.<\/p>\n
Guests can enjoy giveaways, including free tacos for the first 300 attendees and cowboy hats for the first 150 guests.<\/p>\n
6. Hot Sauce Festival <\/p>\n
The Grimes County Hot Sauce Festival, hosted by DeepRoots Vineyards and OMTAE Honey, returns with local vendors, live entertainment and plenty of spicy food.<\/p>\n
7. Houston Shakespeare Festival <\/p>\n
Houston Shakespeare Festival, the city\u2019s annual summer tradition, returns for its 52nd season with a performance of “The Tempest” at Miller Outdoor Theatre.<\/p>\n
8. Houston Horror Film Festival <\/p>\n
The event features over 70 horror films, special celebrity appearances, exclusive Q&A panels, as well as a vendor hall with artists, filmmakers, authors and memorabilia dealers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Looking for something to do in the Houston area this weekend, Aug. 7-9? Check out this weekend’s guide.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398601,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[139913,64996,20802,82915,100011,139915,56,58,57,35262,43208,19338,139916,5909,139914],"class_list":["post-398600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-concert-in-the-park","tag-drone-show","tag-friendswood","tag-goats","tag-harry-potter","tag-hot-sauce-festival","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-manvel","tag-painting-with-a-twist","tag-pearland","tag-shining-hearts-gala","tag-weekend-events","tag-western-wear-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398600","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=398600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}