When purchasing tickets, motorists are encouraged to use the ticket-buyer parking zone on Prairie Street, between Smith and Bagby. Parking is free for 20 minutes in the specified curbside location.
For events in Houston's Theater District, click on the month below, or go to the City of Houston Calendar of Events website.
Houston's Theater District Calendar of Events listed below are .pdf files and were last updated October 15, 2009
You can purchase tickets online via links from the Calendar of Events results page, or by going directly to the websites of the arts groups.
Wortham Center Tree Lighting Ceremony
11:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Hundreds of Houston area children will celebrate the beginning of the holiday season at the Wortham Center Tree Lighting
Ceremony, a joyous, colorful festival held in the Grand Foyer of the Wortham Theater Center downtown. The highlight of the event
will occur when the Sugar Plum Fairy will illuminate 8,000 twinkling lights on Wortham Theater Center’s twenty-five foot Christmas
tree. The festivities will include visits by costumed characters from Houston Ballet’s The Nutcracker, including life-size fuzzy mice
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Houston Ballet
Location -- Wortham Center, 550 Prairie (street level)
Hours -- 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday, and 90 minutes before each performance
Website: www.houstonballet.org
Phone -- 713.227.ARTS (2787) - (Subscriptions and Single Tickets)
Phone -- 713.535.3258 (Groups of 10 or more, or 20 or more for The Nutcracker)
Houston Grand Opera
Location -- Wortham Center, 550 Prairie (street level)
Hours -- 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday, 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Saturday
and 90 minutes before each performance
Website: www.houstongrandopera.org
Phone -- 713.228.6737 (Subscriptions and Single Tickets)
Phone -- 713.546.0248 (Groups of 10 or more)
Society for the Performing Arts (traditional/contemporary touring artists and family fun)
Location -- Jones Hall, 615 Louisiana (Courtyard Level)
Hours -- 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., Monday - Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Saturday (Saturday hours only during SPA season), and 90 minutes before each performance at Jones Hall or Wortham Center
Website: www.spahouston.org
Phone -- 713.227.4SPA (4772) - Subscriptions and Single Tickets
Phone -- 713.632.8113 (Groups of 15 or more)
Da Camera of Houston (chamber music and jazz)
Location -- 1427 Branard
Hours -- 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday. Tickets may be purchased at the Wortham Center 90 minutes before the performance
Website: www.dacamera.com
Phone -- 713.524.5050 (Subscriptions, Single Tickets, and Groups of 10 or More)
