MusicFEST October 2023
Save the date-
October 28, 2023!
We are proud to announce our 11th annual MusicFEST at the Willow Waterhole Greenway—a free, one-day family-friendly festival featuring live music, Halloween-themed activities, community booths, and great food and drink—on Saturday, October 28, beginning at 11 a.m.
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Our line-up of outstanding professional vocalists and their bands will play a wide range of styles—New Orleans and Southern roots, jazz, rock ‘n’ roll, funk, gospel, danceable oldies, Santana favorites, blues, R&B, and more. This year four top-notch school bands from area music magnet schools will also perform. The program begins at 11, with the school groups on stage from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. and the professional groups from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. The music closes out at 7 p.m.
Some of Houston’s finest food trucks will be onsite, along with Houston’s own art cars decked out for our Halloween “Trunk or Treat.” Activities for kids and adults will include an inflatable, haunted maze bouncy house, Halloween scenes for family photo ops, a mortals and dogs costume parade, games, prizes, and more. Community organizations will have booths with information to share. Plenty of picnic tables will be available under tents, but feel free to bring your own lawn chairs or blankets.
Everyone will find something to enjoy in this naturally beautiful—and unnaturally spooky—greenspace. Come early to enjoy all the talented performers, and stay late to catch the sunset!
Six great professional bands and four magnet school bands will perform blues, rock n roll, Latin, R&B, funkk, jazz, New Orleans and Southern roots, gospel, and danceable oldies—something for everyone.
Late October will be a nice change from the long hot Houston summer. We’ll have shade and tables under tents, but feel free to bring your own lawn chairs or blankets—find a good spot to settle in, listen, and watch. Enjoy the day!
Be a part of MusicFEST 2023!
Select one of the options below to volunteer, set up a booth, or become a sponsor.
Help keep MusicFEST free!
MusicFEST is produced by the Willow Waterhole Greenway Conservancy, the nonprofit, community-based steward for the Willow Waterhole Greenway. The event takes place at the Schwartz Gazebo at the Willow Waterhole Greenway, 5300 Dryad Drive, behind Westbury High School.
