6th Annual Houston Día de los Muertos Parade and Festival

The 6th Annual Houston Día de los Muertos Parade and Festival, presented by Reliant, returns to Sam Houston Park on Saturday, November 7. It's a tradition that's become a fixture in the city: the parade celebrates life and honors loved ones, and the evening rounds out with live music, a procession, concessions, and arts and crafts.

If you've never spent much time there, the venue is worth a look on its own. Sam Houston Park is a 10- to 19.7-acre living-history oasis in downtown Houston, established in 1899 when Mayor Sam Brashear appointed the city's first park committee. Landscaped as a Victorian wonderland, it still holds a pond with fountain, a wetland garden, a gazebo, the Neuhaus Garden, and the Houston Armillary Sphere Sculpture. The park also holds the USS Houston Memorial Sculpture.

Much of the park's character comes from the historic homes preserved by The Heritage Society, which was founded in 1954. They saved the Kellum-Noble House (1847) and a row of other historic homes, including The Old Place (1823), the Pilot House (1868), San Felipe Cottage (1868), Yates House (1870), St. John Church (1891), and the Nichols-Rice-Cherry House (1850). It's a quiet, green stretch of downtown that usually stays under the radar, but it's the home for this particular celebration.

So, you've got the parade and the festival, the live music and the procession, and the concessions and arts and crafts, all gathered at Sam Houston Park on Saturday, November 7. It's the 6th annual edition of the event, presented by Reliant.