✨ Daily Events
🍩 Friendship Bakehouse Donuts for Sale
📅 Date: Daily, all Chanukah
📖 Description: Fresh donuts made by young adults with special needs through Friendship Bakehouse.
📍 Location: Pickup details provided after purchase
⏰ Time: 12:00–2:00 PM
🕯️ Aishel House Lobby Menorah Lighting
📅 Date: Daily (except Friday)
📖 Description: Community menorah lighting for Aishel House residents and visitors.
📍 Location: 1955 University Blvd., Houston, TX
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM
🛒 HEB Menorah Lighting
📅 Date: Daily (Friday schedule varies)
📖 Description: Join H-E-Buddy for a menorah lighting with gifts for children.
📍 Location: 4955 Beechnut St., Houston, TX 77096
⏰ Time: 4:00 PM (Friday at 2:30 PM)
🎉 Pre-Chanukah Events
🫒 TMC Mishpacha Moments – Olive Oil Press & Menorah Making
📅 Date: Sunday, Dec. 7
📖 Description: Family-friendly olive oil pressing and menorah craft.
📍 Location: Aishel House Chabad TMC
⏰ Time: 1:00 PM
🎈 TDS PTO Pre-Chanukah Carnival
📅 Date: Sunday, Dec. 7
📖 Description: Family carnival with games, bounce houses, snacks, and raffle. $25 per family.
📍 Location: 10901 Braes Bend Dr., Houston, TX 77071
⏰ Time: 1–4 PM
💵 Cost: $25 per family
🧸 Rice University Pre-Chanukah Bash & Toy Drive
📅 Date: Sunday, Dec. 7
📖 Description: Pre-Chanukah event and toy drive for children at TMC.
📍 Location: Ray’s Courtyard, Rice Student Center
⏰ Time: 4:30 PM
🫒 Olive Press at The Children’s Museum
📅 Date: Thursday, Dec. 11
📖 Description: Press olives with Rabbi Mendy like the Maccabees.
📍 Location: 1500 Binz St., Houston, TX 77004
⏰ Time: 5:30 PM & 6:30 PM
📚 Story Hour at The Children’s Museum
📅 Date: Thursday, Dec. 11
📖 Description: Chanukah stories of warmth and miracles.
📍 Location: 1500 Binz St., Houston, TX 77004
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM & 7:00 PM
🕯️ FIRST NIGHT OF CHANUKAH – SUNDAY, DEC. 14
🎪 UOS Chanukah Carnival
📖 Description: Sufganiyot decorating, face painting, DIY menorah making, Chanukah-themed prize stations, spectacular fire show, and more, followed by a community menorah lighting!
📍 Location: UOS
⏰ Time: 3:30-5:30 PM
💵 Cost: $15/person, $50 family max
Link to Event Details
🤸 Congregation Beth Rambam
📖 Description: Trampoline park fun!
📍 Location: Altitude Trampoline Park
⏰ Time: 6:15-8:30 PM
💵 Cost: $20/person
Link to Event Details
🎶 Bellaire Chanukah Festival
📖 Description: Face painting, crafts, dinner buffet, menorah lighting, live music, Judah the Maccabee on stilts, and a gelt launcher.
📍 Location: Bellaire Town Square, The Great Lawn, 7008 S. Rice Ave.
⏰ Time: 4:00 PM
🚗 Car Menorah Parade
📖 Description: Annual parade honoring Houston’s First Responders. 50 menorah-topped cars plus police, fire, EMS and rescue vehicles.
📍 Location: From Chabad Outreach (11000 Fondren Rd.) to Houston City Hall
⏰ Time: 4:00 PM
🎤 Katy: Concert & Menorah Lighting at La Centerra
📖 Description: Live music with Yoel Sharabi, sufganiyot, gelt cannon, family fun. Free admission.
📍 Location: 23501 Cinco Ranch Blvd., Katy, TX 77494
⏰ Time: 4:00 PM
🚴 Uptown BMX Chanukah
📖 Description: Giant menorah lighting, BMX bike show, parade drive-by, donuts, latkes, music. RSVP required.
📍 Location: Martin Debrovner Park, 1701 S. Post Oak Ln., Houston, TX 77056
⏰ Time: 4:00 PM
Link to Event Details and RSVP (required)
🎪 Israeli Center Chanukah Fair (Hebrew Event)
📖 Description: Huge family Chanukah fair with trampolines, climbing wall, juggler, sufganiyot, popcorn, falafel, and more.
📍 Location: Chabad Israeli Center, 2 Mockingbird Cir., Houston, TX 77074
⏰ Time: 4:15 PM
🛍️ Cypress: Menorah Lighting at Houston Premium Outlets
📖 Description: Grand lighting, Chanukah foods, fire juggling, crafts, and music.
📍 Location: Houston Premium Outlets (near Saks Fifth Avenue), 29300 Hempstead Rd., Cypress, TX 77433
⏰ Time: 4:30 PM
🎵 The Woodlands: Chanukah on Market Street
📖 Description: Live music, juggling, latkes, donuts, face painting.
📍 Location: Market Street Central Park, 9595 Six Pines Dr., The Woodlands
⏰ Time: 4:30 PM
🌟 Sugar Land: Chanukah Outdoor Extravaganza
📖 Description: Giant menorah lighting with officials, crafts, activities, donuts. Free.
📍 Location: Sugar Land Town Square, 2700 Town Center Blvd N., Sugar Land, TX 77479
⏰ Time: 4:30 PM
🌊 Bay Area: ChanukahFest at the Lagoon
📖 Description: Waterside party with music, lighting, food, crafts, prizes. RSVP encouraged.
📍 Location: Blue Lagoon at Lago Mar, Texas City, TX
⏰ Time: 5:00 PM
RSVP encouraged
Link to Event Details
🏛️ Houston: City Hall Menorah Lighting & Concert
📖 Description: Annual City Hall lighting; dignitaries, music, sufganiyot, dreidels, gifts for kids.
📍 Location: Houston City Hall, 901 Bagby St., Houston, TX 77002
⏰ Time: 6:30 PM
🕯️ SECOND NIGHT – MONDAY, DEC. 15
🧆 Young Israel of Houston Chanukah Party
📖 Description: Latkes, crafts, photobooth, inflatables, and more!
📍 Location: Young Israel of Houston
⏰ Time: 4:30 PM
👥 Friendship Circle Adult Chanukah Party
📖 Description: Chanukah party with adults and State School clients.
📍 Location: Chabad of West Houston, 12645 Whittington Dr., Houston, TX 77077
⏰ Time: 12:00 PM
🕎 The Galleria Menorah Lighting
📖 Description: Annual lighting of the handcrafted Galleria menorah; music, gifts, sufganiyot, dreidels.
📍 Location: The Galleria between Nordstrom and the indoor fountain
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM
🕯️ THIRD NIGHT – TUESDAY, DEC. 16
👶 Uptown Chanukah Mommy & Me
📖 Description: Program for mothers and babies (newborn–2 years).
📍 Location: Chabad of Uptown, 4311 Bettis Dr., Houston, TX 77027
⏰ Time: 10:30 AM
🏥 Grand Menorah Lighting at the Medical Center
📖 Description: Lighting, sufganiyot, crafts, entertainment.
📍 Location: Baylor College of Medicine, 1 Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030
⏰ Time: 5:15 PM
🏙️ West Houston: City Centre Menorah Lighting
📖 Description: Lighting, crafts for kids, donuts. Free.
📍 Location: 800 Town and Country Blvd., Houston, TX 77024
⏰ Time: 5:30 PM
🕯️ FOURTH NIGHT – WEDNESDAY, DEC. 17
🔒 TDCJ Chanukah Celebration at Stringfellow Unit
📖 Description: Menorah lighting and program for inmates.
📍 Location: TDCJ Stringfellow Unit, Rosharon, TX
⏰ Time: 12:00 PM
👵 West Houston Senior Menorah Lighting
📖 Description: Menorah lighting and program for seniors.
📍 Location: Eagles Trace, 14703 Eagle Vista Dr., Houston, TX 77077
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM
🕯️ FIFTH NIGHT – THURSDAY, DEC. 18
🏡 Heights Chanukah Celebration
📖 Description: Menorah lighting, kids crafts, latkes, donuts.
📍 Location: Address sent after RSVP
⏰ Time: 4:30 PM
🍺 Torchwood Trivia Night
📖 Description: Endless Beer & Wings + Trivia. Music, drinks, and Good Vibes. $18
📍 Location: Torchwood
⏰ Time: 7:30 PM
🕯️ SIXTH NIGHT – FRIDAY, DEC. 19
🍽️ West Houston Chanukah Shabbat Dinner
📖 Description: Community Shabbat dinner. Menorah & candle lighting at 5 PM; dinner 6:45 PM.
📍 Location: 12645 Whittington Dr., Houston, TX 77077
⏰ Time: 5:00 PM
✨ Uptown Chanukah Shabbat Dinner
📖 Description: High-energy Uptown Shabbat dinner with candle lighting.
📍 Location: Chabad of Uptown, 4311 Bettis Dr., Houston, TX 77027
⏰ Time: 5:00 PM
🕯️ SEVENTH NIGHT – SATURDAY, DEC. 20
🍳 CBR Master Chef Cook-Off
📖 Description: Master Chef cooking competition
📍 Location: Beth Rambam
⏰ Time: 7:30-10:30 PM
🍩 YJP Houston & Moishe Pod Chanukah Donut Factory Party
📖 Description: Donut-decorating, latke board, hot chocolate bar, themed drinks, music.
📍 Location: YJP Houston, 4311 Bettis Dr., Houston, TX 77027
⏰ Time: 9:00 PM
🕯️ EIGHTH NIGHT – SUNDAY, DEC. 21
🌴 Galveston: Chanukah on the Strand
📖 Description: Historic Strand celebration with lighting, treats, music, raffle.
📍 Location: Saengerfest Park, 2302 Strand St., Galveston, TX 77550
⏰ Time: 5:30 PM
🏥 Chanukah at Menninger Clinic
📖 Description: Menorah lighting and celebration for residents.
📍 Location: Menninger Clinic
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM
⛸️ Chanukah on Ice
📖 Description: An evening in support of RCCS cancer patients
📍 Location: Sugar Land Ice Rink
⏰ Time: 12-4 PM
💵 Cost: $18-$25
Link to Event Details
🎪 BJC Chanukah Extravaganza
📖 Description: All-you-can-eat Chinese food, amazing Cirque performer, donuts, cotton candy, Chanukah crafts, and more!
📍 Location: Godwin Park, 5101 Rutherglen Dr.
⏰ Time: 3:33 PM
💵 Cost: Online: $20/adult, $15/child, $69/family max. At the door: $25/adult, $18/child, $85/family max
Link to Event Details