Cool Stuff To Do During A Visit To Houston

There is always a wide array of the fun stuff you can do in Houston, whether it is the middle of the week are on a laid back weekend. The Space City is an awesome place with urban sprawl, suburbia, and remnants of it’s rural history blending together to create the largest city in the South.

We have put together some info to help you find out where you can go in Houston to participate in your favorite leisure time activities. Just about every recreational activity and attraction under the sun is located in city's metro area.

Here is our short list of exciting and fun ways for you, your friends and family to enjoy your downtime or next visit to the city.

Workout At Houston Recreation Center
Take a Boat Tour of Port Of Houston
Indoor Rock Wall Climbing
Attend A Sporting Event
Visit Lake Livingston Dam

Visit Houston Recreation Center For Fun Or A Workout

The city Parks and Recreation Department facilities are so well equipped, clean and top notch that local pro athletes, semi-pros and amateurs can be found hanging out together at the tennis courts, swimming pools, hike and bike trails.

For a day of energizing, exercising and excitement, drop in for a friendly game of basketball, an aerobic exercise class or participate in a variety of other calorie burning pursuits at one of these Houston Recreation Centers.

Memorial Park
Fonde Recreation Center
Judson Robinson Park
West Grey Rec Center.(adaptive sports programs and activities for disabled or rehabilitating persons )

Take A Boat Tour On Port Of Houston

Some of the favorite places to spend hot days is catching the cool breeze as it blows across local rivers, lakes and the Gulf of Mexico. The Port Of Houston is an often overlooked waterway in the community.

It provided more than just jobs to the area. They have free boat tours of the port during the week.
The hour long tour is conducted in the comfort of a air conditioned cabin. You can take along three or four friends with you, but you need to call ahead for reservations.

It will leave you a hole new perspective of stuff to do in the city as you discover the important role this region has as a major player in the export and import industry.

Indoor Rock Wall Gym In Houston

Big kids, little kids and old kids like building and improving their physical stamina. You can spend an entire weekend in Houston climbing on things around the city. The best starting point is an indoor rock wall gym. Then you can escape to the outdoors and move on to other challenges like the steep banks of Buffalo Bayou, a few of the trees at Hermann Park or for a more difficult obstacle visit Enchanted Rock State Natural Area.

Houston also has rock climbing, caving/spelunking groups and clubs that you can connect with and share incredible adventures into nature.

Attend Houston Semi-pro Sports Events

Houston reigns as a an incredible place for for fans to spectate and participate in sports. It has hosted the Super Bowl, World Series, and All-Star games. If you are passionate about attending a sporting event in Houston, remember in addition to well known the major league baseball NBA and NFL teams in the city, there are world class soccer and hockey teams too.

Elite athletes from all over the world also compete in popular semi-pro events in Houston including rodeos, football and basketball leagues.

Visit Lake Livingston Dam

A short hour drive from Houston is the Lake Livingston Dam. It harnesses water from its 83,000 acre reservoir, the largest lake in Texas constructed to provide a supply of water for municipalities in the region.

The continuous release of water from the dam maintains a more than adequate flow of water for boating, paddling and other recreational activities on the lake year-round.

The water is clean and generally clear as it flows over a sandy bottom. It supports an abundance of alligator gar, carp, catfish and other wildlife. The shores are lined with scenic natural views of hardwoods and thickets that dominate the Texas outdoors. The best way to take advantage of the hunting and fishing around the dam is by using local guide services familiar with Lake Livingston and Trinity River area.



These are just a handful of the adventures and stuff to do in Houston on any given weekend. To make sure you have a pleasant time trekking around the city we have included a few helpful links.
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Stuff For Houston Couples - Weekend Event: Juneteenth Festival

Tops on the list of Houston couples, families and other groups looking for fun stuff to do this weekend is the "Number 3 summer festival in the nation" Houston’s Juneteenth.

The weekend event draws people from all over the nation who come to party, participate and partake of the parades, concerts and festivals held all over the area each year.




The city’s Juneteenth celebrations have their roots in antebellum Galveston, Texas, where the "Emancipation Proclamation" was read from the balcony of Ashton Villa, which had been the headquarters for the Confederate Army in Texas.



The following year African Americans in Houston began celebrating the occasion in the newly purchased Emancipation Park and soon other communities around the Gulf Coast began joining in.


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Take a look at some of the parades, festivals and free concerts scheduled for 2011 Juneteenth weekend in the Houston area:

Parades In Houston - Juneteenth

“National Emancipation Association’s 38th Annual Juneteenth Parade"

The longest running parade honoring the African American holiday featuring floats, trail riders and marching bands from local high schools starts in front of minute maid park.

Independence Heights Juneteenth Parade & Festival

This family-oriented event. The Parade's Theme: Someplace In Time will feature more than 100 Parade Entries will will have a duration of 1.5 hrs.


Missouri City, Tx
Annual Juneteenth Celebration 2011
(http://www.mcjcf.com)-website

“One Mile of Smiles” Parade 6:00pm
Texas Parkway Missouri City

Houston Festivals - Juneteenth

Missouri City Juneteenth Festival
7:00pm ~ 11:00pm Hunters Glen Park

Emancipation Park the site of Houston’s oldest Juneteenth festival has several events scheduled during the month of June.
Featuring Miss Juneteenth Pageant..Healthy Living Triathalon... Freedom Golf Tournament


SHAPE Community Center

Reclaiming the Village Juneteenth Celebration and Health Fair (Free)
Health Fair, Fun, Food Co-op, Games & Vendors at Our Park next to Shape Center

Houston Black Dance Festival 2011
This biennial dance festival celebrates the culture and contributions of the African Diaspora to the art to Dance.

Free Concerts

Emancipation Park
Community Center & Park Grounds
Juneteenth Gospel Sunday Jubilee

Miller Outdoor Theater

This year's musical performers will be:
Glen David Andrews Band, from New Orleans, Louisiana. Other artist scheduled are:
Blues legend Texas Johnny Brown and the Quality Blues Band


Couples and families free tickets for the covered seating area (4 per person over age 16 while they last) from the Miller Outdoor Theatre box office the day of the performance between the hours of 10:30am-1pm. The box office will re-open one hour before show time to distribute any remaining tickets for the nights event.

Other celebrations marking this weekends events:

“FREEDMEN’S TOWN” by playwright Dwight Baxter, about Houston’s Freedmen’s Town and the men an women who organized the first Juneteenth celebrations will be presented at Mt. Horeb Missionary Baptist Church Friday night.

Free Film Screening

"Filling the Gap" NAACP 2011 Image Award (Nominee Docudrama)
Tyrone Young's eye-opening chronicles of African American participation in America's Civil War.


Houston couples, families and members of the community at-large are being encouraged to participate with Houston’s African American community to strengthen the tradition of Juneteenth by celebrating this historical event.

It creates an excellent opportunity to educate children on cultural diversity, government and Black history. Houston is fortunate to have several statues, parks and museums that you can visit that will shed light on the numerous African American contributions and experiences in America.

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Stuff To Do In Houston Tx

We have compile this handy preview of some of the fun stuff to do in Houston Tx all year long.

We touch on everything from getting your feet wet in one of the largest urban wildlife refuges in the United States to places to catch avant-garde films that are good for your soul.

These activities are what groups, couples and visitors in the city like to do when they positively, absolutely want to have a good time.

Houston Tours This urban wildlife refuge has amorous settings for couples to hike, bike and explore. To see the beauty of the nature center’s wetlands ask about their pontoon boat tour, or a guided canoe tour

Attractions in Downtown Houston This ultra-modern designed facility is idyllic for a chic, hip and amorous day or night in Downtown Houston. It’ home to one of Houston’s best live music venues, Verizon Wireless and the Texas version of the world famous Hard Rock Cafe.

Attractions in Houston Delight an amateur shutterbug by exposing them to the Houston Center for Photography’s cutting edge exhibitions, workshops and outreach programs. Admission to the center is free. Their events are affordable and many are open to the general public and members.

Houston Air Museum This Houston attraction has some cool stuff for couples to do, vintage aircraft flights and other exciting events. Their retro looking building is the former home of the Houston Municipal Airport.

Attractions in Houston Houston has plenty of stuff couples can see and do together. You can get discounts on some of these attractions that couples in Houston enjoy attending during their leisure time .

Houston Art Houston has plenty of stuff couples can see and do for quality togetherness that will feed their creative spirits. One of the best is participating in the eclectic array of classes, workshops and exhibits available through the art center in Midtown Houston.

Byzantine Chapel Museum In Houston The museum has some of the city’s most visually stimulating works of art. The ambiance of the chapel and magnificent art can turn your partners warm, fuzzy feelings into a heat alert..

Outdoor Attractions in Houston A romantic outdoor adventure at the arboretum can turn the sparks in your relationship into flames that burn like a wild fire.

Aurora Picture Show For laid back date take your partner to one of the cozy cinematic experiences, unique special events, or avant-garde film festivals at the Aurora Picture Show.

What's Happening This Weekend In Houston When you're not sure what you want to do, you can use this list of fun stuff to do in Houston that we highly recommend you checkout.

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