New year, new Hou! Whether you’re looking to practice healthier habits, immerse yourself in art or explore the diversity of flavors, Houston offers an array of opportunities to fulfill your New Year’s resolutions. To help kickstart your transformative journey, we’ve rounded up a few of the top activities and events happening in Houston in 2024. 

Fitness

Fitness in the Park | Discovery Green

• Enhance your physical well-being and mental health with a free yoga and sound meditation class at Houston’s most beloved park – Discovery Green. 

Box and HIIT Class | POST Houston | Various Dates

• Take advantage of this free, 45-minute shadowbox and HIIT workout with TITLE Boxing Club. Occurring the third Saturday of every month, learn the boxing basics and defensive moves, while getting a high intensity workout.  

Goat Yoga at Rose Therapeutic Farm | Fulshear

• Enjoy the countryside and the company of four-legged furry friends at Goat Yoga at Rose Therapeutic Farm. Only 30 minutes outside of Houston, this unique experience offers a fun opportunity to improve your overall wellbeing.  

Food

FoodieLand Night Market | NRG Park | April 5 – 7, 2024 

• A food lover’s paradise! FoodieLand is an outdoor, family-friendly food festival, that features over 185 vendors that will offer food, shopping, live music and games. 

Sushi-Making Class at Aya Sushi | Bellaire

• Embark on a delectable journey into the art of sushi-making with an exclusive class with Chef Yoshi. Enjoy a great night filled with drinks and take home your very own sushi kit.  

Cake Decorating Class by The Flour Petal Bakery | Various Locations

• Unleash your inner creativity at a cake decorating class. Offering an array of fun classes, including brunch and mini cake decorating, mommy and me brunch and cupcake decorating and galentine’s mini heart cake decorating, The Flour Petal Bakery has something for everyone looking to up their pastry decorating skills. 

Art

Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism | MFAH | Feb. 25 – May 27, 2024

• Dive into the vibrant and creative works of Henri Matisse and André Derain at this new Museum of Fine Arts exhibit. 

Bayou City Art Festival | Memorial Park | March 23 – 24, 2024

• Explore the unique works of over 300 artists in 19 different categories at this iconic Houston art festival. Guests can expect live music, food trucks and more!

Art Car Parade | April 13, 2024

• The iconic Houston Art Car Parade is the world’s largest event of its kind, featuring over 250 eccentric vehicles ranging from unicycles and go-carts to lawn mowers, and really anything on wheels!

Music

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo | Feb. 27 – March 17, 2024

• This Houston staple offers mouthwatering Texas-sized treats, a lineup filled with some of the top artists in the music industry, a lively carnival and a showstopping rodeo competition featuring bull riding, barrel racing and more!

Big as Texas Music Festival | Conroe | May 10 – 12, 2024 

• This inaugural, three-day festival features some of the biggest stars in country music, including Thomas Rett, Midland and Maddie & Tae. Held at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds, you can expect a top-tier lineup, great food and a good time!