Places to See and Things to Do in Texas http://www.placestoseeintexas.com Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Fort Worth, and El Paso Fri, 03 Apr 2015 16:11:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.7 South By Southwest http://www.placestoseeintexas.com/south-by-southwest/ http://www.placestoseeintexas.com/south-by-southwest/#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2014 17:23:51 +0000 http://www.placestoseeintexas.com/?p=41 South By Southwest, or SXSW, is a ten-day festival held in Austin Texas focusing on music, film, and interactive technologies. The festival has happened annually since 1987, and today the event draws tens of thousands of people, and over 2,300 official music performers! With that many musicians, nearly every genre is represented, with a significant representation of jazz, blues, folk, country, and rock. South By Southwest is a fantastic place for both creators, and appreciators of the media arts.

Music

In 2014 the music section of SXSW had 2,300 performers, as I already said, which is spread across more than a hundred venues in downtown Austin. There’s more to South By Southwest’s music section than just listening to music, though. The conference portion has tons of great talks for creators about branding, convergence, music streaming, licensing, touring, and much much more. Each year brings a new keynote speaker, with speakers in past years including Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Quincy Jones, and Lady Gaga. All this just scratches the surface what goes on at SXSW Music. If you want to know more, click here.

Film

The film segment of SXSW is delightfully broad, with great panels, workshops in acting and cinematography, mentoring sessions, and of course some great speeches. Film screening is of course also a large part of the festival, with tons of films shown, as well as presentation of the SXSW Film Awards! More here.

Interactive

The Interactive festival has more than 600 sessions on every aspect of emerging technologies, from startups & business strategies, to design & development, entertainment, gaming, biotechnology, as well as a variety of trade shows and workshops. To learn more about SXSW Interactive, click here.

Trade Shows

Check out the trade shows. Seriously. They’re awesome.

Attendance

SXSW isn’t cheap, with admission coming in between $500 and $1800 (2015 prices), depending on when you register, and what you’re coming for. Full pricing here: sxsw.com/attend

See the full festival schedule here: http://sxsw.com/schedule

For similar festivals around the world, check out this list.

Official Website

]]> http://www.placestoseeintexas.com/south-by-southwest/feed/ 1 Bowling Museum in Arlington, TX http://www.placestoseeintexas.com/bowling-museum-in-arlington-tx/ http://www.placestoseeintexas.com/bowling-museum-in-arlington-tx/#comments Wed, 20 Nov 2013 18:13:54 +0000 http://www.placestoseeintexas.com/?p=25 Have you visited the Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame in Arlington, TX? If so, you would know it’s awesome. Regular admission is $9.50 + tax and grants you entrance to over 18,000 square feet of history about bowling.

The museum showcases the history and invention of the sport of bowling, and tells the history of its advocates, champions, and innovators. Learn both the past, and history of bowling from its history as a sport invented by the Egyptians over 5,000 years ago, to its history and innovations today.

Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame
621 Six Flags Dr.
Arlington, TX 76011
Phone: (817) 385-8215

Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/slgc/5864623527/

]]> http://www.placestoseeintexas.com/bowling-museum-in-arlington-tx/feed/ 0 Things to do with kids in Houston http://www.placestoseeintexas.com/things-to-do-with-kids-in-houston/ http://www.placestoseeintexas.com/things-to-do-with-kids-in-houston/#comments Wed, 23 Oct 2013 20:51:27 +0000 http://www.placestoseeintexas.com/?p=20 We understand how difficult it can be to come up with things to do with your kids — especially in the summertime in Houston! Well, hopefully something on this list will sound great to you, and be a reason to get out of the house.

  1. Children’s Museum of Houston
  2. Houston Zoo
  3. Brazos Bend State Park
  4. 7-Acre Wood
  5. Discovery Green
  6. Houston Museum of Natural Science
  7. Oil Ranch
  8. Downtown Aquarium in Houston
  9. Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
  10. Great Play of Sugarland or Great Play of Cypress
  11. P-6 Farms – Montgomery
  12. Madam Newton Einstein Science Academy for Kids
  13. Crocodile Encounter is Houston’s largest wildlife show
  14. UpStage Theatre
  15. The Woodlands Children’s Museum

Check back soon, as we’ll be adding more to this page shortly.

]]> http://www.placestoseeintexas.com/things-to-do-with-kids-in-houston/feed/ 0