Houston events:
- Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo - March 4-23, 2025
- Art Car Parade - April 12, 2025
- Bayou City Art Festival - March & October
- Houston Restaurant Weeks - August-September
Dallas-Fort Worth Area events:
- State Fair of Texas
- Fort Worth Main Street Arts Festival - April 10-13, 2025
- Dallas Holiday Parade
Austin events:
- South by Southwest (SXSW) - March 7–15, 2025
- Austin City Limits Music Festival - October 4-6 & 11-13, 2024
- Texas Book Festival
- Pecan Street Festival - First Saturday & Sunday in May and the last Saturday & Sunday in September
San Antonio events:
- Fiesta San Antonio - April 24-May 4, 2025
- Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) - October-November
- Luminaria Contemporary Arts Festival
Other annual TX Events:
- TEXAS Outdoor Musical - Canyon, June-August
- Viva! El Paso - El Paso, June-August
- Texas Sandfest - Port Aransas, April 25-27, 2025
- Wurstfest - New Braunfels
- Original Terlingua International Championship Chili Cookoff - Terlingua, First weekend in November
- Texas Renaissance Festival - Todd Mission, Weekends, October 12-December 1, and Thanksgiving Friday
- Grapefest - Grapevine, September 11-14, 2025
- South Texas State Fair - Beaumont, March 27-April 6, 2025
- Texas Independence Day Celebration - Washington-on-the-Brazos, Every March 1-2
- Fredericksburg Oktoberfest - Fredericksburg
- Marfa Lights Festival - Marfa, Friday-Sunday every Labor Day weekend
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