Arts and Culture
So you think you can dance? Texas does too! The state celebrates its music, arts, and dance year round with live performances, concerts, exhibits, and festivals that are sure to soothe your soul.
Cue The Music, Maestro. Ready? Dance!
Two left feet? Relax instead and listen to the accordion wheeze of biergarten music around the gazebo, Mozart beneath the stars, or Mariachis on the courthouse lawn. Communities across the state sponsor musical performances, many of them outdoors, to suit all tastes from baroque to big band, and much of it is free! Looking for inspiration? Local artists and craftspeople exhibit routinely all over the state, offering insight, imagination, and made-in-Texas canvases, sculptures, photographs, and wares, making art some of the state's most valued home grown handiwork. Feeling creative? "All art requires courage," says Houston Museum of Fine Art photography curator Anne Wilkes Tucker. So don't be shy, participate or spectate but be seen on the Texas art scene.
Explore Arts and Culture Sites & Attractions
Hill Country Trail Region
The Salt Lick BBQ
18300 FM 1826 Driftwood, Texas 78619 (512) 858-4959 Website
Forest Trail Region
Sam Houston and Chief Bowles Statue
700 E Main in Eugenia Sterne Park Nacogdoches, TX 75961
Forts Trail Region
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts
1 Love Street San Angelo, TX 76903 (325) 653-3333 Website
Hill Country Trail Region
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
807 Mission Road Mission Concepción San Antonio, TX 78210 210-932-1001 or 210-533-8955 Website
Mountain Trail Region
San Elizario Historic District
1501 Main Street San Elizario, TX 79849 915-851-0093 or 915-851-9997 Website
Independence Trail Region
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
3523 Independence Parkway South La Porte, TX 77571 (281) 479-2431 Website
Hill Country Trail Region
Sandy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers
603 Barton Springs Rd Austin, Texas 78704 (512) 478-6322 Website
Hill Country Trail Region
Scholz Garten and Saengerrunde Hall
1607 San Jacinto Blvd Austin, TX 78701 (512) 474-1958 Website
Forest Trail Region
School of Theatre at Stephen F. Austin State University
1936 North St. Nacogdoches, TX 75962 (936) 468-4003 Website
Plains Trail Region
Seagraves-Loop Museum and Art Center
201 Main Street Seagraves, TX 79359 (806) 546-2810 Website
Lakes Trail Region
Second Monday Trade Days
1517 E. Wise Bowie, TX 76230 940-872-4861 or 940-841-1550 Website
Forest Trail Region
Select Theater & Lake Country Playhouse
114 N. Johnson Mineola, TX 75773 (903) 569-2300 Website
Tropical Trail Region
Selena Museum
5410 Leopard St. Museum housed at Q-Productions Corpus Christi, TX 78408 (361) 289-9013 Website
Independence Trail Region
Sengelmann Hall
531 North Main Street Schulenburg, TX 78956 (979) 743-2300 Website
Brazos Trail Region
Shady Villa Hotel & Stagecoach Restaurant
401 S. Stagecoach Road Salado, TX 76571 (254) 220-4251 Website
Forest Trail Region
Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe
3648 Staff Sgt. Lucian Adams Drive Port Arthur, TX 77642 (409) 962-6777 Website
Lakes Trail Region
Sid Richardson Museum
309 Main Street Fort Worth, TX 76106 (817) 332-6554 Website
Hill Country Trail Region
Six Square: Austin’s Black Cultural Heritage District
6001 W Parmer Ln Ste 370 PMB 3413 Austin, TX 78727 (512) 505-8738 Website
Independence Trail Region
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
821 Farm to Market Road 1295 Flatonia, TX 78941 (361) 596-4674 Website
Independence Trail Region
Stafford Opera House
425 Spring Street Columbus, TX 78934 (979) 732-5135 Website
Forest Trail Region
Stanley’s Famous Pit Barbecue
525 South Beckham Ave. Tyler, Texas 75702 (903) 593-0311 Website
Hill Country Trail Region
Startz Café
10350 Startz Rd. Canyon Lake, Texas 78133 (830) 899-7522 Website
Lakes Trail Region
State Fair of Texas
3921 Martin Luther King Blvd Dallas, TX 75210 (469) 945-FAIR Website
Hill Country Trail Region
Stephen F. Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel
701 Congress Ave. Austin, Texas 78701 (512) 457-8800 Website
Forest Trail Region
Stringer’s Lufkin Bar-B-Que
203 South Chestnut St. Lufkin, Texas 75901 (936) 634-4744 Website
Lakes Trail Region
Sundance Square
201 Main Street Ste. 700 Fort Worth, TX 76102 (817) 222-1111 Website
Mountain Trail Region
Sunset Heights Neighborhood
Roughly bounded by West Schuster Ave., North Oregon St., and I-10 El Paso, TX 79902
Forest Trail Region
The Symphony of Southeast Texas
4345 Phelan Blvd Beaumont, TX 77707 (409) 892-2257 Website
Forest Trail Region
T. C. Lindsey and Co. General Store
2293 FM 134 Road Jonesville, TX 75659 (903) 687-3382
Forts Trail Region
Taylor County History Center/Buffalo Gap Historic Village
133 North William Street Buffalo Gap, TX 79508 (325) 572-3365 Website
Hill Country Trail Region
Tejano Monument
1100 Congress Ave. Austin, TX 78701 (512) 936-8746 Website
Tropical Trail Region
Tejano R.O.O.T.S. Hall of Fame
213 North Wright Street Alice, TX 78332 (361) 701-6028 Website
Hill Country Trail Region
Tejano Walking Trail
Roughly bounded by Interstate 35, Robert T. Martinez Jr. Street, East 7th Street, and the Colorado River Austin, TX 78702 Website