Houston’s Cultural Events in August
Check out Houston's August line up of arts and culture events!
While our Houston's Cultural Events Calendar is still under construction, the following list shows all submitted events within this month for Houston’s and visitors alike to enjoy! Whether your interests lie in the realm of visual arts, performing arts, or the broader spectrum of cultural appreciation, the programs from the Houston arts community stitches together the cultural landscape that makes Houston a city to experience the arts.
NOTE: HAA Grantees are still required to submit their events. Please visit https://submit.haatx.com/ to enter your event.
Houston’s Cultural Events in August 2023
Online
Diabelli 200 Explorer by Musiqa
The HomeSchooled Project by Sarah Sudhoff
Frame X Frame Film Fest Submissions by Frame Dance Productions
MUSIC LESSONS by Community Music Center of Houston
Virtual Resident Artist Talks: Ian Gerson and Guadalupe Hernandez by Houston Center for Contemporary Craft on 8/19/2023
Festivals and Outdoors
4th Annual Mariachi Festival at Wortham Theater Center - Brown Theater from 8/18/2023 to 8/20/2023
Anime Matsuri Night Festival at Discovery Green from 8/11/2023 to 8/12/2023
Cherokee Place Architecture Walk by Preservation Houston on 8/13/2023
Conscious Breathing and Sound Meditation Yoga Class in Spanish at Discovery Green from 6/12/2023 to 8/28/2023
Flea By Night at Discovery Green from 7/15/2023 to 8/19/2023
Gentle Yoga Flow and Sound Meditation at Discovery Green from 6/13/2023 to 8/29/2023
Hatha Yoga at Discovery Green from 6/10/2023 to 8/26/2023
Interactive art installation OPTIK at Avenida Houston from 7/4/2023 to 9/4/2023
Kayaks on Kinder Lake at Discovery Green from 6/10/2023 to 8/26/2023
Park After Dark at Discovery Green from 7/6/2023 to 8/31/2023
President's Choice Mural at Discovery Green from 6/1/2023 to 9/1/2023
Recycling Saturdays with Happy Earth Composting at Discovery Green from 6/10/2023 to 8/26/2023
Performances and Music
Ain't Too Proud-The Life and Times of The Temptations at Hobby Center for the Performing Arts from 8/8/2023 to 8/13/2023
DACAMERA Presents Houston SUMMERJAZZ 2023 featuring the Spanish Harlem Orchestra at Wortham Theater Center - Cullen Theater on 8/17/2023
"Feelin' Groovy" at The Music Box Theater from 6/24/2023 to 8/19/2023
HITS THEATRE presents CARRIE: The Musical at HITS Theatre from 8/4/2023 to 8/12/2023
Liturgy of Remembrance by Nia's Daughters Movement Collective at The Stimley Blue Ridge Library on 8/15/2023
Main Street Theater at Main Street Theater - Rice Village from 9/1/2021 to 8/31/2023
Present Laughter by Noël Coward at Main Street Theater - Rice Village from 7/9/2023 to 8/13/2023
Revels Houston Second Round Auditions by Revels Houston Inc, at St. Luke's United Methodist Church from 8/19/2023 to 8/19/2023
Strictly Street Salsa Dance Class by Discovery Green at Discovery Green from 7/6/2023 to 8/24/2023
The Happening at The Orange Show by Orange Show Center for Visionary Art on 8/25/2023
Unchained by Musiqa, NobleMotion Dance (NMD) at MATCH Houston (Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston) from 8/18/2023 to 8/19/2023
Vitacca Houston Summer Ballet Intensive 2023 *AUDITION REQUIRED by Vitacca Vocational School for Dance at Vitacca Dance Project Studio from 7/24/2023 to 8/11/2023
Film and Cinema
2023 Italian Contemporary Film Series by Italian Cultural & Community Center at Italian Cultural Center - Milford House from 1/18/2023 to 10/18/2023
Exhibitions
ART EXHIBITION "LIFE WITH BRUSH and EASEL" by Cultural Center "Our Texas" at Russian Cultural Center Our Texas from 7/7/2023 to 8/11/2023
'Artists on Site' Series 4 at Asia Society Texas Center from 7/26/2023 to 8/27/2023
Christopher Myers: of all creatures that can feel and think at Blaffer Art Museum from 5/20/2023 to 8/20/2023
Exhibit - The New Red Book 50 Black Historical Places at The Heritage Society from 6/13/2023 to 8/31/2023
Hooks-Epstein Galleries presents the opening of Angelica Raquel's "Leyendas and Mine" at Hooks-Epstein Galleries from 6/24/2023 to 8/12/2023
"Hyperreal: Gray Foy" at Menil Drawing Institute from 4/21/2023 to 9/3/2023
“I’ll Have What She’s Having”: The Jewish Deli at Holocaust Museum Houston from 5/5/2023 to 8/13/2023
John Guzman: Flesh and Bone at Blaffer Art Museum from 6/23/2023 to 9/24/2023
JooYoung Choi: Love and Wondervision by Rice University - Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University - Moody Center for the Arts from 5/25/2023 to 8/26/2023
July 7- August 12th, 2023, Exhibitions by BOX 13 ArtSpace at Box 13 ArtSpace from 7/7/2023 to 8/12/2023
Kinder HSPVA art exhibit at The Jung Center of Houston from 7/3/2023 to 8/14/2023
Magical and Mystical Oaxaca at Glassell School of Art from 8/11/2023 to 8/12/2023
“Window Dressings” from Joe Baraban at Nicole Longnecker Gallery from 6/3/2023 to 9/30/2023
Pipilotti Rist: Pixel Forest and Worry Will Vanish at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building from 3/12/2023 to 9/4/2023
Repurpose by Colby Deal at Lanecia Rouse Tinsley Gallery from 7/14/2023 to 9/1/2023
"Si Lewen: The Parade" at Menil Drawing Institute from 4/21/2023 to 9/3/2023
The Big Show 2023 at Lawndale Art Center from 6/2/2023 to 8/13/2023
The Curatorial Imagination of Walter Hopps at The Menil Collection from 3/24/2023 to 8/13/2023
This is a Group Show at Anya Tish Gallery from 7/14/2023 to 8/26/2023
Kids-Youth Programming
2023 Culture Camp for Teens: Master Chef Showdown With Bite of HOPE at Asia Society Texas Center from 8/7/2023 to 8/11/2023
Art Club at Houston Public Library - Central (Jesse H. Jones) from 6/3/2023 to 8/19/2023
Baby Storytime at Houston Public Library - Central (Jesse H. Jones) from 6/5/2023 to 8/28/2023
Bilingual Family Storytime / Bilingüe Cuentos De Familia at Houston Public Library - Central (Jesse H. Jones) from 6/8/2023 to 8/31/2023
Block Party Playtime! at Houston Public Library - Central (Jesse H. Jones) from 6/2/2023 to 8/25/2023
Dungeons and Dragons at Houston Public Library - Central (Jesse H. Jones) from 6/2/2023 to 8/25/2023
EatPlayGrow™ at Houston Public Library - Central (Jesse H. Jones) from 8/8/2023 to 10/10/2023
Elephant and Piggie at the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts from 6/3/2023 to 9/2/2023
Family Movie at Houston Public Library - Central (Jesse H. Jones) from 6/6/2023 to 8/29/2023
Family Storytime at Houston Public Library - Central (Jesse H. Jones) from 6/3/2023 to 8/26/2023
“Keittoodles” at the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts from 6/3/2023 to 9/2/2023
Manga Mania at Houston Public Library - Central (Jesse H. Jones) from 6/1/2023 to 8/24/2023
Retro Games at Houston Public Library - Central (Jesse H. Jones) from 6/5/2023 to 8/21/2023
Rocket Dog at Discovery Green from 7/6/2023 to 8/31/2023
Teen Craft at Houston Public Library - Central (Jesse H. Jones) from 6/1/2023 to 8/24/2023
Teen Movie at Houston Public Library - Central (Jesse H. Jones) from 6/7/2023 to 8/30/2023
Teen STEM at Houston Public Library - Central (Jesse H. Jones) from 7/8/2023 to 8/26/2023
Toddler Storytime at Houston Public Library - Central (Jesse H. Jones) from 6/6/2023 to 8/29/2023
Write On! at Houston Public Library - Central (Jesse H. Jones) from 6/6/2023 to 8/29/2023
Zoo in You at The Health Museum from 6/10/2023 to 9/17/2023