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Special Events hp Houston Marathon (website: www.hphoustonmarathon.com), Jan, starting from and finishing at the George R Brown Convention Center Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (website: www.hlsr.com), world’s largest livestock, rodeo and horse show, Feb/Mar, Reliant Stadium Houston Children’s Festival (website: www.festivalsofhouston.com), Houston’s official family celebration with games, activities and adventure zones, Mar, Downtown WorldFest: Houston International Film Festival (website: www.worldfest.org), Apr, throughout the city Houston International Festival, performing and visual arts festival (website: www.ifest.org), Apr/May, over 20 blocks, Downtown Galveston Historic Homes Tour (website: www.galvestonhistory.org), weekends in early May, Galveston Power of Freedom Festival (website: www.festivalsofhouston.com), live entertainment, food stalls and a huge firework display, 4 Jul, Eleanor Tinsley Park, Buffalo Bayou Fourth of July, classical music culminating in a fireworks display, 4 Jul, Hermann Park Houston International Jazz Festival, early Aug, Miller Outdoor Theatre, Hermann Park Houston Shakespeare Festival, early Aug, Miller Outdoor Theatre, Hermann Park Fiestas Patrias, street parade celebrating Mexico’s independence from Spain, 21 Sep, Downtown Texaco-Havoline Grand Prix (website: www.texacogp.com), Oct, course around Downtown Wings Over Houston (website: www.wingsoverhouston.com), air show, mid-Oct, Ellington Field International Quilt Festival (website: www.quilts.com), antique and contemporary quilts on display, Oct/Nov, George R Brown Convention Center Thanksgiving Day Parade, parade with floats and marching bands, 4th Thurs in Nov, through Downtown Uptown Tree Lighting, tree lighting ceremony, Thanksgiving Day, 4th Thurs in Nov, Galleria |