Houston Ballet: Inspiring a lasting love and appreciation for dance through artistic excellence, exhilarating performances, innovative choreography and educational programs.
CultureMap Houston: 115,000 square feet, $53 million construction cost.
Delbert Endres: Download the park app to pay for street parking on your phone.
Xtine: Really nice venue, great times to be had here. Parking underground for $7 is easy but beware it may take awhile to exit after the show lets out.
CultureMap Houston: Its two venues together comprise over 3,500 seats and was funded completely by private donations to the tune of $66 million.
Melissa Steinmetz: Showboat was a great show! Worth seeing.
7. House of Blues
9.4
1204 Caroline St (at Dallas St), Houston, TX
Music Venue · 97 tips and reviews
Big Sky Media: Creme de la Creme brings their west coast party here on 06/02/2011 with Treasure Fingers headlining! Don't miss the chance to have this Fool's Gold label star make you sweat on the dance floor.
Kim M.: The fries are great!! No frozen alcohol. Music is great! Many different genres! Very enjoyable!
CultureMap Houston: Owners invested in a really good sound system, which is music to our ears.
8. Jones Hall
8.7
615 Louisiana St #101, Houston, TX
Concert Hall · 36 tips and reviews
Don Dunbar: Great evening - the symphony pops group did a fantastic job of integrating w Pink Martini. Seats were in BB center with a very good view of the stage. Easy parking. They just needed more bartenders.
CultureMap Houston: Composed of hundreds of movable hexagons, they can be used to shrink the space from 3,000 seats to 1,800 by dipping from the roof to eliminate the balcony.
Jan Jordan: Arrive early, time to park and walk, restrooms. and relax and enjoy performance.
10. Downtown Aquarium
7.5
410 Bagby St (at Preston St), Houston, TX
Aquarium · Downtown Houston · 135 tips and reviews
Houston Press: A Ferris wheel, train ride, carousel, dancing fountains & tanks with hundreds of fish -- what more could a kid ask for? This virtual theme park offers a whole afternoon of child-friendly thrills. Read more.
John Sanchez: The Gulf Snapper has to be one of the best dishes here. Panfried just right and topped with lump crab meat, avocado pico and a lemon cream sauce!!!
HISTORY: The 7-acre complex houses 5 themed aquaria, including a Louisiana swamp, the Amazon River, and a shipwreck. Features include an acrylic train tunnel running through the massive shark tank.
11. Minute Maid Park
9.2
501 Crawford St (at Texas Ave), Houston, TX
Baseball Stadium · 238 tips and reviews
A: Do not host a dance party here
Paul Davey: If you're new to US sports this is a must do, it's a lot of fun. Baked potato fries were amazing. The Friday night fireworks were a real bonus, opening the roof and turning the lights out.
HISTORY: Opened in 1999, the park is home to the Houston Astros. The ballpark is the first major sports facility to have a closed captioning board for the hearing impaired.