# Events near your area

> This weekend, October 17 and 18. All ages. Within 25 km of your area. Races and other plan-ahead events are left out.

A wknd roll-up from public feeds. JSON: https://wknd.app/near.json?when=weekend&lat=29.76&lng=-95.37. Page: https://wknd.app/near?view=list&when=weekend&lat=29.76&lng=-95.37. Agents can query directly with wknd_feed_query (GET /api/v1/query).

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### [Zoo Boo](https://wknd.app/r/736gmg/zoo-boo)

- When: 2026-10-17 09:00-17:00 (America/Chicago), and 4 more dates
- Scarcity: daily
- Cadence: run
- Where: Houston Zoo, 6200 Hermann Park Drive, Houston, TX 77030 (29.71508, -95.38977)
- Ages: all ages
- Category: festival
- Topics: halloween, animals
- About: Kids explore a glowing pumpkin lantern tunnel, pose with talking pumpkins, and watch elephants, tapirs and lions get pumpkin-themed enrichment treats.
- Source: https://www.houstonzoo.org/events/zoo-boo/
- Feed: [Houston family events](https://wknd.app/f/uyf4pm/houston-family-events)

### [Halloween at the BOO!seum](https://wknd.app/r/kyeeub/halloween-at-the-boo-seum)

- When: 2026-10-17 09:00-17:00 (America/Chicago), and 12 more dates
- Scarcity: daily
- Cadence: run
- Where: Children's Museum Houston, 1500 Binz St, Houston, TX 77004 (29.72282, -95.38516)
- Ages: all ages
- Category: festival
- Topics: halloween, crafts
- About: The children's museum turns spooky all October with costume parades, candy stations, creepy hands-on science labs and Halloween crafts.
- Source: https://cmhouston.org/events/halloween
- Feed: [Houston family events](https://wknd.app/f/uyf4pm/houston-family-events)

### [Houston Pumpkin Festival](https://wknd.app/r/wgh2wz/houston-pumpkin-festival)

- When: 2026-10-17 all day (America/Chicago), and 22 more dates
- Scarcity: daily
- Cadence: daily
- Where: Discovery Green, 1500 McKinney St, Houston, TX 77010 (29.75381, -95.36019)
- Ages: all ages
- Category: festival
- Topics: pumpkin-patch
- About: A pumpkin-filled downtown takeover with a 30-foot slide, carousel rides, a bouncing Jumpkin pumpkin, hay maze and photo ops against the skyline.
- Source: https://www.houstonpumpkinfest.com/
- Feed: [Houston family events](https://wknd.app/f/uyf4pm/houston-family-events)