Houston Futures Festival
Community, Conversations and Culture
Houston Futures Festival is a daylong celebration of community, creativity and civic
engagement that explores the issues shaping the city’s future. On Saturday, Oct. 3, from noon to 8 p.m., the inaugural festival will transform Emancipation Park, One Emancipation Center
and the Eldorado Ballroom in Third Ward into vibrant spaces for learning, dialogue and entertainment.
The free event is hosted by the Elizabeth D. Rockwell Center on Ethics and Leadership
in partnership with the Third Ward Cultural District, Texas Southern University’s
Center for Africana Futures and School of Communication, the University of Houston’s
Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, the Center for Health and Thriving, and the
Greater Third Ward Super Neighborhood 67.
The festival will feature concurrent programming, including performances from noon
to 5:30 p.m., workshops from 1 to 5:30 p.m., short films, local vendors and community
resources. Workshops and discussions will explore public education, food insecurity,
affordable housing and other pressing challenges facing Houston. The festival will
culminate with a live headlining artist performance at 7 p.m. Programming details
and the festival schedule will be announced soon.
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