events and recreation
  boat tours
  canoe and kayak trips
  regatta
  anything that floats
planting on the parkway
dragon boat festival
history hikes
family nights
trash bash

   Visit Buffalo Bayou's newest park,

   The Sabine to Bagby Promenade!

   More information here.

  Find out what's happening along Houston's

  Buffalo Bayou in our calendar, Doings Down

  on The Bayou (pdf).

 

Upcoming Events

Buffalo Bayou Partnership’s annual fundraising event
on historic Sabine Bridge overlooking the downtown waterfront

Thursday, November 6 – 7pm for cocktails and dinner

CELEBRATING
Clean & Green, a Buffalo Bayou Cleanup and Recycling Program.

HONORING
Elyse and Mayor Bob Lanier
Kim Ogg
Port of Houston Authority
Shell Oil Company
For their leadership in creating and funding Clean & Green

TRANSFORMING
The form and function of everyday materials polluting
our city’s historic waterway.

CHAIRING
Debby Francis
Molly and Ford Hubbard

Special thanks to Waste Management’s Green Squad for helping us create a heightened sense of "green" awareness at this year’s Buffalo Bayou Ball.

To ensure the greenest event possible, please send your name and e-mail address to info@buffalobayou.org so that we may send you an electronic event invitation.


For sponsorship opportunities, contact Jennifer Gaines at jgaines@buffalobayou.org.

 

 

Past EVENTS:

KBR Kid's Day on Buffalo Bayou

Saturday, June 14

10am-2pm

FREE Family Fun!

The second annual KBR Kids Day on Buffalo Bayou will be held on June 14, 2008! Mark your calendars for a day filled with family fun, educational activities, music, food, dazzling park performers, and bayou boat rides on the Bayou Breeze!

This event is Free to the public.

Location: The Sabine-to-Bagby Promenade

Parking: City Lots H and C

Time: 10am-2pm

Kids Day Bayou-rific Activities...

  • Hands on activites with over 20 Houston non-profits
  • Bayou boat tours
  • Wetland hikes
  • Skateboarding demonstrations
  • Bayou scavenger hunts
  • Kayaking demos with REI
  • Bat games with TX Parks & Wildlife
  • Fishing Lessons
  • Soccer games with the Houston Dynamos
  • Basketball activites with the Houston Rockets
  • Live Music with Mr. Habitat, Bill Oliver
  • Wildflower plantings in the bayou prairies
  • Face painting, balloon twisting, and jugglers!


For more information, please email jballard@buffalobayou.org or call (713) 752-0314 ext 4

 

 

NIGHTS ON BLUE BAYOU-STARGAZING

Friday, May 9 from 6-9pm

Downtown’s Sabine Promenade (between Allen Parkway and Memorial Drive)

 

Join us for evenings under the stars at downtown’s waterfront park, the Sabine Promenade.  Star gazing will be the theme for this series, second year in a row, to include the Houston Museum of Natural Science’s Discovery Dome planetarium, George Observatory volunteers and their telescopes, balloon artist, storytelling and boat rides.

 

Bring a picnic or purchase food and drinks on site. Blankets and lawnchairs, canoes or kayaks are encouraged for optimal stargazing.

 

Free parking is available at City Lot H (next to Fonde Recreation Center at Sabine Street and Memorial Drive) and Lot C (Memorial Drive and Houston Street) and paid parking at the Hobby Center for Performing Arts at Bagby and Walker.

 

This is the second year of nighttime activities throughout the year to highlight the downtown waterfront park as the night unfolds and the dramatic trail lights appear.

 

The award-winning blue lights will reveal the bridges, trails and water of the park and changes in tandem with the phases of the moon.  The park along the banks of Buffalo Bayou features jogging and biking trails, lush landscaping, canoe launch public art and a new pedestrian bridge. 

 

SPONSORS

    

Continental Airlines

http://www.continental.com/web/en-US/content/company/advertising/logos.asp

BIRDING ON THE BAYOU

Sundays, April 20 (Tour filled) April 27 (Tour filled)

9-11am


East End Trails (April 20) and Japhet Creek (April 27)

Free (limited to 15 – reservations required)

Keep Buffalo Bayou wild!  Join birder and Houston Ornithology Group member Michael Williams as he highlights the variety of birds that call Buffalo Bayou home.

April 20 will focus on a dense area along the bayou trails east of downtown – Scott Barnes, BBP’s Director of Conservation, will also join the group and point out unique flora and fauna.

April 27 birding hike to take place at Japhet Creek – a green finger along Buffalo Bayou – “green fingers” are expanded portions of the bayou that reach into surrounding neighborhoods establishing green links.  Before the birding tour, Jim and Eileen Ohmart, head of the Japhet Creek Association, will give an overview of restoration along this area as well as creating pedestrian friendly connections from the historic Fifth Ward neighborhood and schools to the Buffalo Bayou hike and bike trail system.


 

TRASH BASH 2008

March 29 8:30am-1:30pm

Grab those old shoes and mucky clothes and head down to the bayou for a day of trash clean-up pandemonium! Meet at the Sabine to Bagby Promenade for registration and then head out for a couple of trash-filled hours. Return to a scrumptious hot dog lunch complete with entertainment and PRIZES!

For more information on the Sabine to Bagby clean-up site,

click here. For more information on Trash Bash, click here.

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

Photos courtesy of Jim Olive (www.stockyard.com) and

Mike Herrera