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“Houston! You got to give us some time because we are fucking rusty,” says a laughing Felipe Galvan as he stands, beer in hand, center stage in front of the crowd. People scream as he leads his band, Los Skarnales, into the next song of the night. The music starts and the audience, some dressed as different characters from fantasy novels and movies, jump in approval. A man in a silver metallic suit reaches inside of his pocket and flips a switch causing his whole body to illuminate with blinking Christmas tree lights.
“Hey! Everybody stop! This is important!” yells Galvan as everyone quiets down to listen to his serious tone. “It is every parent s responsibility to make sure that ALL children know The Ramones!”
The Houston Art Car Parade has been a yearly tradition since 1988 and one of the city s most festive and eclectic celebrations of artists in the community. Every year the much anticipated event is sandwiched into a fun weekend where art cars can be seen cruising all around Houston’s busy streets.
Last year the parade and all of the surrounding events were canceled, but this year, true to their mission to encourage creative self-expression, The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art found a new and adaptive way to do things.
The Art Car Experience will take place the weekend of May 14-16 with daytime and nighttime events planned to allow Houston to celebrate and engage with the art cars and celebrate Houston. For those looking to get an early start on the festivities, Houston photographer Emily Jaschke will host an opening for her solo photo exhibit,
The Suffers rock out first performance since 2019 at new Art Car event culturemap.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from culturemap.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.