Bayou City Art Festival in Houston is the largest Art Festival!
Dates: October 9-11, 2026
Location: Memorial Park — S Picnic Lane, Houston, TX 77007
Bayou City Art Fall Festival will kick-off on October 9-11, 2026 with art, virtual, art projects for kids of all ages with our nonprofit partners, creative activities with our sponsors and more.
The Art Colony Association is proud to announce Aubrey Hogan as the Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park 2026 Featured Artist! Aubrey is an acrylic painter from Eau Claire, WI and works primarily in heavy body acrylic, embracing the impasto tradition of French Impressionism. Where every brushstroke remains visible, texture is never incidental and it becomes part of the story itself.
Aubrey’s work explores themes of wilderness, wonder, resilience, and the sacredness woven into ordinary life. Figures like wandering astronauts, bison, wildflowers, and open horizons reappear throughout his work as symbols of longing, exploration, and hope.
For almost five decades, Bayou City Art Festival has helped thousands of Houstonians create fond memories.
Bayou City Art Festival in Houston
Dates: March 28-29, 2026
Location: Sam Houston Park- 1000 Bagby Street, Houston, TX
Bayou City Art Fall Festival will kick-off on March 28-29, 2026 with art, virtual, art projects for kids of all ages with our nonprofit partners, creative activities with our sponsors and more.
The Art Colony Association is proud to announce Lijah Hanley as the Bayou City Art Festival Downtown 2026 Featured Artist!
Lijah is a digital photographer from Vancouver, WA and has been telling stories through a lens since he was 13. Now, his photos take you on a journey through the backroads of the American West, where history blends with myths and tales of the modern cowboy. Although his photos teeter on the edge of reality, every image captured is 100% real using only practical effects.
Save Our Art
For almost five decades, Bayou City Art Festival has helped thousands of Houstonians create fond memories. In order for us to continue our mission for another 50 years, we are launching Save Our Art — One Passion. One Purpose. One Community — a fundraising campaign in partnership with the City of Houston to support the arts and our local nonprofit partners. Individuals and corporations can ensure the Bayou City Art Festival’s return to Memorial Park and Downtown Houston and it’s programming in the community by committing to donate and by participating in the many upcoming fundraising events. Stay tuned for updates!
Established over 50 years ago, the Art Colony Association, Inc. (ACA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to producing high quality art festivals and events to support local student art education programs and provide financial support to local nonprofit organizations. ACA, the producer of the Bayou City Art Festival Downtown in the fall and Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park in the spring, has raised more than $3.6 million in support local nonprofit organizations. The Festivals are funded in part by grants from the City of Houston and through Houston Arts Alliance.
