Downtown draws both locals and visitors alike with its world renown arts community, funky bar scene, professional sport venues, decadent dining, luxury hotels, green spaces and more.

Downtown offers a variety of hotel options including large convention hotels, luxurious five-star accommodations, beautiful historic options and more!

Downtown’s visitors also have a ton of options in regards to sights and attractions. The kid-friendly Downtown Aquarium offers amusement rides and exotic animals while the Heritage Society Museum offers a slice of history with over 19 beautiful acres of parkland and ten historic structures dating from 1823 to 1905. Take a tour of Minute Maid Park or Saint Arnold Brewing Company, an excursion along Buffalo Bayou or relax and enjoy a movie at AMC Dine-In Houston 8 Theater.  Plus, there are hundreds of free festivals, concerts and events that take place in Downtown's award-winning parks and public spaces thoughout the year. 
Hotels

The Westin Houston Downtown

The Westin Houston Downtown is across the street from Minute Maid Park and just steps from the business district and George R. Brown Convention Center. Designed around an American nostalgia ...
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Embassy Suites Houston-Downtown

The new Embassy Suites Houston-Downtown is a 262 two-room all-suite urban high-rise hotel, overlooking Discovery Green Park and is adjacent to the Houston Rockets’ Toyota Center. The hotel is also conveniently just ...
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Courtyard by Marriott

Housed within the Historic Humble Oil Building, the Courtyard by Marriott Houston-Downtown offers spacious guest rooms and suites with either one king bed with a sofa sleeper or two double ...

The Westin Houston Downtown

The Westin Houston Downtown is across the street from Minute Maid Park and just steps from the business district and George R. Brown Convention Center. Designed around an American nostalgia theme, this 12-story hotel has 208 guest rooms, a four-story atrium lobby bar and corporate and special event facilities.
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Theater
Sat April 28 2018

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Art Factory

This hard-rocking, hair-banging, cult classic musical will blow the roof off Art Factory. The glam rock musical phenomenon surrounds a transgendered East-German rock singer named Hedwig and her band, The Angry ...
Education, Family Friendly
Sat May 05 2018

Young Writers Workshop

Discovery Green

Houston’s only free and open writing workshop for kids.
Recreation
Sun April 29 2018

Bikes on the Bayou

Eleanor Tinsley Park

Bikes on the Bayou is a three-day rally that brings together Houston’s entire two-wheeled community, from motorcycles to scooters to bicycles. Come out for a weekend full of live music featuring ...
Fitness
Wed May 09 2018

Zumba

Discovery Green

ACE certified personal trainer, Oscar Sajche shows you how to make your workout a party! Come see why hundreds of Houstonians come out to the park to move it and lose it!
Theater
Tue May 15 2018

Picasso at the Lapin Agile

Alley Theatre

Paris. 1904. Picasso and Einstein walk into a bar. Humorous, contemplative and wholly imaginative, comedian and film star-turned-playwright, Steve Martin’s play surprises and provokes. Jumping off from the notion that ...
Sports
Thu May 03 2018

Astros vs. New York Yankees

Minute Maid Park

Watch your Houston Astros take on the New York Yankees at Minute Maid Park.
Recreation
Thu April 26 2018

Kayak Rides and R/C Boats

Discovery Green

Leisurely kayak around Kinder Lake and enjoy all the fish swimming beneath the surface.
Tours
Fri April 27 2018

Heritage Society Historic Homes Tour

Heritage Society

Nestled among 19 acres in the heart of downtown Houston, the Heritage Society boasts eight historic structures dating from 1823 to 1905. Each historic structure is authentically restored to reflect ...
Fitness
Mon April 30 2018

Heartfulness Meditation

Discovery Green

By tuning in to our heart, we learn to be centered in our highest self. Strengthen that connection and cultivate an inner knowing that wisely directs and guides your life during Discovery ...
Family Friendly
Sun May 13 2018

Sundays in the Park

Discovery Green

Make Sundays your favorite day in the park at Discovery Green. Enjoy live music while playing fun games and picnicking with your loved ones!
Art
Sun May 13 2018

Out Of Many One

Houston mosaic artist, Chris Silkwood presents solo exhibition of works that reflect the classical in the materials she uses mixed with the contemporary energy of the world around her.
Theater
Sat May 12 2018

Hamilton

Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

Hamilton is the story of America's Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington's right-hand man during the Revolutionary War and was the new ...
Theater
Fri April 20 2018

West Side Story

Resilience Theater

Maria and Tony fall helplessly in love at a school dance, but their love is doomed. Maria’s brother is the leader of the Sharks – a street gang – and Tony ...
Live Music
Thu May 17 2018

Thursday Night Concerts Presented by UHD

Discovery Green

Head to Discovery Green for a family-friendly concert showcasing the best music of the Gulf Coast! Sing along as Houston rapper, Slim Thug will takes over the Anheuser-Busch Stage.

This is Downtown

Luxury rising

Imagine being suspended in water, hanging 500 feet above the ground in the tallest pool in Texas with the Downtown skyline as a backdrop. Visible from almost every vantage point, ...
The Power of 10

Without a doubt, Discovery Green has set a new standard for parks in our city. It has become such a rich and vibrant part of Houston’s culture that today it’s ...
Art Abounds

Houston has a long tradition as being a place where artists of all stripes come to create and thrive. More and more, the city core is proving a place for ...
Lifting the City’s Spirits

It’s no secret that Hurricane Harvey pummeled Houston’s Theater District: 270 million gallons of water in the parking garages, theaters wrecked, administrative offices out of commission, and all around catastrophic ...
Astros Opening Day Fever

The Astros 2018 Opening Day celebrations are right around the corner and if you’re half as excited as we are, you’ve either secured your tickets to the nearly SOLD OUT ...
Main Street Reimagined

At the turn of the century, Downtown’s Main Street was the most prestigious address in the city. But sadly, by the 90s it had deteriorated into a glorified bus corridor ...
The Future of the Workplace

For the past century, communication and the means by which we communicate have shaped how we work together and the places where people work. From telegraphs to telephones, typewriters to ...
In His Court

They begin arriving early, nearly an hour before the event is scheduled to start, on what turns out to be the first crisp day of October. Reporters with notebooks in ...
Who is Dan Knechtges?

In August, Theatre Under The Stars welcomed the Tony-nominated director and choreographer as its new artistic director. You came to TUTS last year as a guest director of How to ...
Q&A with Karin Rabe

Alley Theatre suffered some of the worst damage in the Theater District during Hurricane Harvey. The building took on more than 31 million pounds of water in the Neuhaus Theatre ...
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