Buffalo Bayou Partnership

Unsilent Night
2019-12-04 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Buffalo Bayou East
Join Buffalo Bayou Partnership and the University of Houston-Downtown for Unsilent Night! Experience this festive and interactive holiday event in the great outdoors. Unsilent Night is a sound sculpture created when many individuals simultaneously play one of four music tracks by composer Phil Kline. The procession will be leaving from UHD down to the trails along Buffalo Bayou around 7pm.

Prior to the procession, enjoy hot chocolate and Bayou Blend coffee from Katz Coffee, local brew from Saint Arnold Brewing Company and holiday cookies. Invite family and friends for holiday cheer with Santa and Mrs. Claus, kids crafts and music with Atascocita High School Forte Choir. This event is free, but please RSVP.

Schedule:

6pm: Check-in and festive holiday reception on the UHD Terrace

7pm: Procession departs from UHD (1 Main Street, Houston, TX 77002)

8pm: After Party at The Cottonmouth Club with drink specials! (108 Main Street, Houston, TX 77002)

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Turntable Tuesdays
2021-09-21 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-10-12 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-11-09 19:00 - 21:00 | bird-grasshopper
Every second Tuesday in September, October and November is Turntable Tuesday at The Water Works in Buffalo Bayou Park! Join Gracie Chávez + Ilya Janos of Bombón, The ARE, and Josh Zulu as they spin themed music on the bayou. The Long Drink Company will also be on hand providing samples for attendees 21 and over.

Turntable Tuesdays is presented in collaboration with Time No Longer, the film and sound installation in the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern, on view through December 12.

“Two For” Turntable Tuesday! Purchase a ticket to view Time No Longer during the event and get a ticket for free! BOGO ticket offer is valid for the following dates and times: 10/12 and 11/9 at 7pm, 7:30pm, 8pm and 8:30pm.

Turntable Tuesday is sponsored by

Generous support for Buffalo Bayou Partnership’s Fall/Winter 2021 Programs provided by Vivian L. Smith Foundation. BBP is funded in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance.
Free Registration

Bugstock
2021-09-25 16:00 - 21:00 | FullSizeRender-2
Join Buffalo Bayou Partnership for Bugstock at Yolanda Black Navarro Buffalo Bend Nature Park on September 25. Enjoy an evening of bug-inspired activities, music, and plant giveaways.
The event will also feature the Love Motel for Insects, an interactive sculpture by Brandon Ballengée (pictured below) created during the artist’s residency with the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts.

Generous support for Buffalo Bayou Partnership’s Fall/Winter 2021 Programs provided by Vivian L. Smith Foundation. BBP is funded in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance.
Bugstock is hosted in conjunction with the High Line’s Insectageddon, a day-long festival featuring site-specific programming at sites throughout the world.
Free Registration

Jazzy Sundays in the Park (Buffalo Bayou Park)
2021-11-14 16:00 - 18:00, 2021-11-28 16:00 - 18:00 | bird-grasshopper
Jazzy Sundays in the Park include free performances at Emancipation Park (September), Discovery Green (October) and The Water Works in Buffalo Bayou Park (November). The concert series, made possible by the Kinder Foundation, celebrates the legacy and evolution of jazz in Houston.
Feel free to bring your own picnic, blanket, and lawn chairs. Food and drinks will be available for purchase. Order a picnic basket from A Bayou City Picnic by Friday at noon, and they’ll donate 12.5% back to Buffalo Bayou Partnership!

Past:
Sunday, November 7, 2021:
Headliner: David Caceres
Opener: Horace Grigsby

Sunday, November 14, 2021:
Headliner: Jewel Brown
Opener: RADS Krusaders

Upcoming:
Sunday, November 28, 2021:
Headliner: Crystal Thomas
Opener: Eastside Kings Featuring Orange Jefferson
Free Registration

CANCELED: Jazzy Sundays in the Park (Buffalo Bayou Park)
2021-11-21 16:00 - 18:00 | bird-grasshopper
Due to inclement weather, this event is canceled. We hope to see you for the final Jazzy Sunday on November 28!

Jazzy Sundays in the Park include free performances at Emancipation Park (September), Discovery Green (October) and The Water Works in Buffalo Bayou Park (November). The concert series, made possible by the Kinder Foundation, celebrates the legacy and evolution of jazz in Houston.
Feel free to bring your own picnic, blanket, and lawn chairs. Food and drinks will be available for purchase. Order a picnic basket from A Bayou City Picnic by Friday at noon, and they’ll donate 12.5% back to Buffalo Bayou Partnership!

CANCELED:
Sunday, November 21, 2021:
Headliner: The Peterson Brothers
Opener: Keesha Pratt

UPCOMING:
Sunday, November 28, 2021:
Headliner: Crystal Thomas
Opener: Eastside Kings Featuring Orange Jefferson

Night Light
2022-04-02 19:30 - 22:00
Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP) and Aurora Picture Show present Night Light, an evening of free video art along a ¾ mile stretch of Buffalo Bayou East trails. Houston artists Julia Barbosa-Landois, Marcelese Cooper, and Input/Output have been commissioned to create new, site-specific, media art works for a landing, an understructure of a bridge, and decommissioned gravel silos along the waterfront. These works, along with music and community food trucks and vendors, will be connected by paved pathways for walking and biking. Join us any time between 7:30 and 10pm for this festive, uniquely Houston experience!
Registration is encouraged, but not required.
Interested in volunteering? View shifts and fill out the form here.

Parking:
Parking is located on Canal St., east of Jensen Dr. There is also street parking along Bayou Parkview/Kennedy Dr. to Middle St. View the parking map here.

Night Light locations:
Trail entrances are located 333 S. Jensen Dr. or 700 N. Live Oak St.

Night Light is generously supported by the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation. Buffalo Bayou Partnership is funded in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance.

Free Registration

Piano in the Park
2022-04-03 16:00 - 18:00, 2022-04-10 16:00 - 18:00, 2022-05-01 16:00 - 18:00, 2022-05-08 16:00 - 18:00 | bird-grasshopper
Join Buffalo Bayou Partnership for a melodious afternoon! Multitalented pianist, Ben Chavez, brings his musical gifts to Buffalo Bayou with Piano in the Park, a series of Sunday “piano bar” performances at The Water Works.
Bring a picnic and let Ben serenade you with your favorite songs he will be taking requests! This event is free, but we’d love to know you’re coming. Register on our website. Ben Chavez is an accomplished piano/vocal entertainer and Broadway actor who returned to Houston this past year. Ben has recently performed with the Radio City Rockettes and in several national tours of Broadway productions.

in honor of Mother’s Day, BBP is offering a special perk: make a tax-deductible donation of $150 or more by Friday, May 6th and receive reserved seating and complimentary bubbly beverage (sparkling wine or water) for mom at Piano in the Park. Learn more about “Music for Mom” here.
Free Registration

Healing and Wellness Talk and Walk
2022-05-04 17:30 - 20:00 | bird-grasshopper
In conjunction with Mental Awareness Month, join Karena Dawn, co-founder of fitness company, Tone It Up, for a reading and book signing. Dawn’s new memoir, The Big Silence: A Daughter’s Memoir of Mental Illness and Healing, shares the story of her journey from hopelessness to healing. The reading will be followed by a Wellness Walk in Buffalo Bayou Park led by Laura Conley of Urban Paths.

Schedule of events:
5:30pm: Book reading and signing
6:30pm: Wellness Walk

This event is free of charge and in partnership with Urban Paths. Registration is recommended.
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Busy Bees on Buffalo Bayou
2022-06-04 09:00 - 11:00 | FullSizeRender-2
Did you know there are about 35,000 honeybees in a hive? Get up close and watch bees in action through an observatory beehive. Learn the role of bees in a colony, how honey is made, the life span of a bee, and so much more! Robby Robinson, BBP’s Field Operations Manager, who has nearly 50 years of experience beekeeping, will share his knowledge about raising bees along Buffalo Bayou.
Then, we’ll buzz over to another area for some kids crafts fun!
In addition to overseeing BBP’s Clean & Green program, Robby Robinson is 4th generation beekeeper with nearly 50 years of experience in beekeeping.
FREE REGISTRATION

Make Music Day Houston: Buffalo Bayou Park
2022-06-21 12:00 - 21:00 | bird-grasshopper
In connection with Make Music Houston, Buffalo Bayou Partnership presents a free musical celebration of summer solstice in Buffalo Bayou Park! From jazz to salsa, the lineup will have something for everyone to enjoy. Feel free to bring blankets and lawn chairs. Picnics are welcome, and food and drink will also be available for purchase throughout the day.
SCHEDULE:
12-1pm: The Jalen Baker Trio, DACAMERA Young Artist Jazz Ensemble-in-Residence
Featuring Jalen Baker, vibraphone; with Nils Aardahl on bass and Gavin Moolchan on drums. The members of the trio are the first emerging Houston-based jazz musicians to join DACAMERA’s Young Artist Program, which seeks to encourage musicians to develop the skills necessary to become passionate, forward-thinking, and community-focused “citizen artists.”
1:30-2:30pm: Jared Chapman
Enjoy Jared’s blues vocals accompanied by his acoustic guitar and drumbeat.
3-4pm: Monarch Chamber Players
Enjoy the classical sounds of the Monarch Chamber Players, a collective of Houston-based professional musicians committed to taking chamber music out of the concert hall and into accessible community spaces.
7-9pm: La Tribu Cubana
Get ready to move to the beat of Cuban salsa music with Charlie Perez and La Tribu Cubana. This trio is one of Houston’s premier Cuban bands, mixing both inspiring traditional Son-Montuno and modern Timba with funky, rhythmic, drum-breaks. Accompanying dancers are part of the ensemble.
First celebrated in 1982, and now observed in more than 1,000 cities, Make Music Day is an international observance open to anyone who wants to take part. Every kind of musician — young and old, amateur and professional, of every musical persuasion — pours onto porches, patios, neighborhoods to share their music with friends, neighbors, and strangers. All of it is free and open to the public. RSVP here.
RSVP for La Tribu Cubana

Free Fitness Class with Propel
2022-07-09 09:00 - 09:45, 2022-07-09 10:00 - 10:30, 2022-07-10 09:00 - 09:45, 2022-07-10 10:00 - 10:30, 2022-07-16 09:00 - 09:45, 2022-07-16 10:00 - 10:45 | Houston, Texas Dog Parks You Furry Buddy Will Love
A variety of free fitness classes in Buffalo Bayou Park with Propel. These classes will take place at the Lawn at Tapley Tributary

Saturday, 7/9: Zumba (9-9:45am) and Taking Up Space! (10-10:30am)
Sunday, 7/10: Body Gratitude Slow Flow (9-9:45am) and Zumba Party (10-10:30am)
Saturday, 7/16: Zumba (9-9:45am) and Embrace the Space! (10-10:30am)
Sunday, 7/17: Dance and Tone (9-9:45am) and Abs for Days! (10-10:30am)
Saturday, 7/23: Building Foundations: Core Strength (9-9:45am) and Soul + Nature (10-10:30am)
Sunday: 7/24: Terry’s HIIT Workout (9-9:45am) and Full Body HIIT (10-10:30am)
Saturday, 7/30: DHF HUSTLE (8:30-9:15am) and Zumba Party (10:15-11am)
Sunday, 7/31: Zumba Party (8:30-9:15am) and Grow Your Flow (10:15-11am)
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Free Fitness Class with Propel
2022-07-09 09:30 - 10:15, 2022-07-09 10:30 - 11:15, 2022-07-10 09:30 - 10:15, 2022-07-10 10:30 - 11:00, 2022-07-16 09:30 - 10:15, 2022-07-16 10:30 - 11:00 | Houston, Texas Dog Parks You Furry Buddy Will Love
A variety of fitness classes in Buffalo Bayou Park with Propel. These classes will take place at the Houston Chronicle Meadow.

Saturday, 7/9: Terry’s HIIT Workout (9:30-10:15am) and DHF HUSTLE (10:30-11:15am)
Sunday, 7/10: Full Body HIIT (9:30-10:15am) and Build Your Foundations (10:30-11am)
Saturday, 7/16: Attack Mode! (9:30-10am) and Barre Sculpt (10:30-11am)
Sunday, 7/17: Abs for Days! (9:30-10am) and DHF HUSTLE (10:30-11am)
Saturday, 7/23: Terry’s HIIT Workout (9:30-10:15am) and Arms & Abs (10:30-11am)
Sunday: 7/24: Abs for Days! (9:30-10:15am) and Energizing Flow (10:30-11am)
Saturday, 7/30: The Body Blitz (9:30-10am) and Zumba Party (10:15-11am)
Sunday, 7/31: HoodFit HIIT (9:30-10am) and Grow Your Flow (10:15-11am)
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Piano in the Park
2022-07-15 18:00 - 20:00 | bird-grasshopper
Join Buffalo Bayou Partnership for a melodious evening! Multitalented pianist, Ben Chavez, brings his musical gifts to Buffalo Bayou with Piano in the Park, special “piano bar” performances at The Water Works.
Bring a picnic and let Ben serenade you with your favorite songs he will be taking requests! This event is free, but we’d love to know you’re coming. Register on our website. Ben Chavez is an accomplished piano/vocal entertainer and Broadway actor who returned to Houston this past year. Ben has recently performed with the Radio City Rockettes and in several national tours of Broadway productions.
Free Registration

SOLD OUT: Pollinator Walks Along Buffalo Bayou
2022-07-16 09:00 - 10:30
This event is sold out.
Bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other creatures transfer pollen among flowers, enabling the incredible diversity of plants on our planet to flower and fruit. Dr. Gabriela Sosa, BBP’s Conservation Manager, and a representative from Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, will lead you on a walk to identify those native plants and flowers that attract the necessary pollinators that the Buffalo Bayou ecosystem relies on.

Times and location:
Friday, June 24 – 7-8:30am
Saturday, July 16 – 9-10:30am
Departing from Lost Lake (3422 Allen Parkway)
