What to do in Houston in December 2026

62 events from Tuesday, December 1 to Thursday, December 31, 2026. Free: 4. Busiest venues: House of Blues Houston, White Oak Music Hall, Jones Hall (Houston Symphony).

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

Visual arts
until Dec 13

Southern Outsider Artists

The Menil Collection · Montrose
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 3

America 250

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Museum District
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 3

Going Underground: The Jewels of Bernhard Schobinger

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Museum District
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Feb 14

Divination: Beverly Buchanan & Dionne Lee

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston · Museum District
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jan 24

Fragility

The Menil Collection · Montrose
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Aug 8

Wall Drawing Series: Jitish Kallat

The Menil Collection · Montrose
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Feb 7

Yoshitaka Amano: Big Bang

Asia Society Texas Center · Museum District
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Apr 4

Terry Winters: Vitalized Geometry

The Menil Collection · Montrose
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Feb 14

Southern Survey Biennial III

Project Row Houses · Third Ward
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 30

A Material Inheritance

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft · Museum District
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jul 3

In Residence: 19th Edition

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft · Museum District
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jan 18

American Modernism from the Charles Butt Collection

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Museum District
- Visual arts
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Visual arts
until Feb 7

Of Light and Air: Winslow Homer in Watercolor from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Museum District
- Visual arts
Theatre
until Dec 27

A Christmas Carol

Alley Theatre · Downtown
- Theatre
Tickets
Theatre
until Dec 20

An Irish Carol

Main Street Theater · Rice Village
- Theatre
$45–$64 Tickets
Music
until Dec 27

Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical

Stages · Montrose
- Music
- Theatre
Tickets
Dance
until Dec 28

The Nutcracker

Houston Ballet · Downtown
- Dance
Tickets
Music
6:30 PM

Trippie Redd

Bayou Music Center · Downtown
- Music
Tickets

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

Music
Time not announced

Senses Fail

Senses Fail · Initiate

House of Blues Houston · Downtown
- Music

Thursday, December 3, 2026

Music
7 PM

for KING & COUNTRY

Toyota Center
- Music
Tickets
Music
7 PM

Parker McCollum

713 Music Hall · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Eric Benét

House of Blues Houston · Downtown
- Music
Music
Time not announced

Temachii

White Oak Music Hall · Near Northside
- Music
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

The Black Angels

White Oak Music Hall · Near Northside
- Music
Tickets
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Friday, December 4, 2026

Music
9 PM

Getter

9PM Music Venue
- Music
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

93FEETOFSMOKE @ The Secret Group

93FEETOFSMOKE · Fats'e · sodistilled · polearm · awesomecat2011 · swords2

The Secret Group · EaDo
- Music
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Beats Antique @ Bad Astronaut

Beats Antique

Bad Astronaut · Northside
- Music
Tickets
Music
until Dec 6

Dvořák's Symphony No. 8 & Gil Shaham

Jones Hall (Houston Symphony) · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Theatre
until Dec 24

The Night Shift Before Christmas

Alley Theatre · Downtown
- Theatre
Tickets

Saturday, December 5, 2026

Music
9 PM

Sullivan King

Ductwork Houston
- Music
Tickets
Music
10 PM

Blasterjaxx

NOTO Houston
- Music
Tickets

Sunday, December 6, 2026

Music
7 PM

Trapt

Warehouse Live · EaDo
- Music
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Boney James

House of Blues Houston · Downtown
- Music

Monday, December 7, 2026

Music
6:30 PM

Echos

The End
- Music
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Yung Gravy

Yung Gravy · Terror Reid

House of Blues Houston · Downtown
- Music

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

Music
Time not announced

DJ Meredith Marks

White Oak Music Hall · Near Northside
- Music
- Nights out
Tickets
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Music
Time not announced

james K

White Oak Music Hall · Near Northside
- Music
Tickets

Thursday, December 10, 2026

Music
6 PM

Upon a Burning Body

Bad Astronaut · Northside
- Music
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Tyla

713 Music Hall · Downtown
- Music
Music
until Dec 13

Very Merry Pops

Jones Hall (Houston Symphony) · Downtown
- Music
Tickets

Friday, December 11, 2026

Visual arts
until Apr 4

Robert Pruitt: Infinite

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston · Museum District
- Visual arts
Free

Saturday, December 12, 2026

Music
Time not announced

Ho-Ho-Holiday (Sensory Inclusive)

Jones Hall (Houston Symphony) · Downtown
- Music
Tickets

Sunday, December 13, 2026

Music
Time not announced

Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox

White Oak Music Hall · Near Northside
- Music
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

twen + Mini Trees

White Oak Music Hall · Near Northside
- Music
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Whitechapel

Whitechapel · Chelsea Grin · The Acacia Strain

House of Blues Houston · Downtown
- Music

Wednesday, December 16, 2026

Music
Time not announced

Underoath with August Burns Red, Atreyu and Emery

Underoath · August Burns Red · Atreyu · Emery

Bayou Music Center · Downtown
- Music

Thursday, December 17, 2026

Music
Time not announced

Kevonstage

House of Blues Houston · Downtown
- Music

Friday, December 18, 2026

Music
7 PM

NGHTMRE

Ductwork Houston
- Music
Tickets
Music
8 PM

Blue October

713 Music Hall · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Music
until Dec 20

Handel's Messiah

Jones Hall (Houston Symphony) · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Lucy Bedroque

White Oak Music Hall · Near Northside
- Music
Sold out
Music
Time not announced

Will Downing

House of Blues Houston · Downtown
- Music

Saturday, December 19, 2026

Music
8 PM

Blue October

713 Music Hall · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Denny Love

House of Blues Houston · Downtown
- Music
Music
until Dec 20

Joyful Fanfares: Holiday Brass Spectacular

Jones Hall (Houston Symphony) · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol

Bad Astronaut · Northside
- Music
- Punk
- Ska punk

Sunday, December 20, 2026

Music
8 PM

Blue October

713 Music Hall · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Yaelokre

White Oak Music Hall · Near Northside
- Music
Tickets

Monday, December 21, 2026

Music
Time not announced

José Hernández' Merry-Achi Christmas

Jones Hall (Houston Symphony) · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Other
Time not announced

Sundial Celebration: Winter Solstice

Houston Museum of Natural Science · Museum District

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