Nightlife in Houston, TX

Houston, TX's best nightlife spots include 14 Pews ($10 suggested donation), Avant Garden Houston (Free-$15), Axelrad Beer Garden (Free), Buffalo Bayou Park (Free), and Discovery Green (Free).

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Miller Outdoor Theatre

Biggest free outdoor theater in the country

6000 Hermann Park Dr, Houston, TX 77030 · Seasonal, typically Mar-Nov, show times vary

Free
House of Blues Houston

Sunday Gospel Brunch is the move

1204 Caroline St, Houston, TX 77002 · Show nights, check schedule

$20-75
The Secret Group

Best indie comedy in Houston, open mic nights too

2101 Polk St, Houston, TX 77003 · Show nights, check schedule

$10-25
Discovery Green

600+ free events per year in a 12-acre downtown park

1500 McKinney St, Houston, TX 77010 · Daily 6am-11pm

Free
Buffalo Bayou Park

250,000 bats at dusk from the Waugh Drive bridge

1800 Allen Pkwy, Houston, TX 77019 · Lighted areas 6am-11pm daily, other areas dawn to dusk

Free
Rothko Chapel

14 Rothko paintings, total silence, free

3900 Yupon St, Houston, TX 77006 · Daily 10am-6pm

Free
Axelrad Beer Garden

Hammocks, free live music, free Monday comedy

1517 Alabama St, Houston, TX 77004 · Mon-Fri 4pm-2am, Sat-Sun 11am-2am

Free
Houston Improv Comedy Club

National headliners in Memorial City Mall

7620 Katy Fwy #455, Houston, TX 77024 · Show nights Thu-Sun, check schedule

$25-55
Station Theater

$10 improv, five nights a week, BYOB

1230 Houston Ave, Houston, TX 77007 · Wed-Sun, show times vary

$10-20
Avant Garden Houston

Free/cheap and unpredictable every night in Montrose

411 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77006 · Daily 4pm-2am, show times vary

Free-$15
14 Pews

50-seat church microcinema, $10 suggested, BYOB

800 Aurora St, Houston, TX 77009 · Screening nights, check schedule

$10 suggested donation
The Orange Show Monument

26 years of one man's obsession with oranges, built from junk

2402 Munger St, Houston, TX 77023 · Sat-Sun 12-5pm (seasonal, check website)

$5