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Houston Art Bike Parade & Festival

A CITY-WIDE CELEBRATION OF HUMAN-POWERED ART ON WHEELS

SATURDAY MARCH 28, 2026

10AM - 12PM

FONDE PARK

Presented by

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About

About the Houston Art Bike Festival

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Houston Parks Board & Orange Show Center for Visionary Art are proud to present the Houston Art Bike Parade & Festival on Saturday March 28, 2026 at Fonde Park and Smither Park! This celebration of arts and culture brings together community members and youth programs from across the city as we explore our personal creativity, promote health and wellness, and celebrate the artist in everyone!

2026 Houston Art Bike Parade Schedule

Free parking at 5330 Gulf Freeway, Houston 77023

9 am - Parade Lineup begins at Fonde Park

10 am - Houston Art Bike Parade Festival opens - music, community & art activations at both Fonde & Smither Parks

10:15 am - 4th Annual Houston Art Bike Parade Rolls at Fonde Park

11:00 am - 12 pm - Houston Art Bike Awards Ceremony, live music, and community activations at both Fonde & Smither Parks

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Through our partnership with Houston Independent School District (HISD), students from participating schools proudly pedal and accompany their art bikes along the parade route, as families and community members cheer them on from the sidelines. 

We also welcome you, your family, friends, co-workers, and neighbors, to design and create an Art Bike of your own. Anyone and everyone can participate, as we celebrate diversity through artistic interpretations of how the outdoors connect us - embracing our health, our environment, our families, our friends, our civic pride, and our creativity. 

How to Participate

Participation is FREE and open to anyone interested in building and showing off their two (or more)-wheeled human-powered mobile masterpiece! Simply click the button below to fill out the participation form. You'll receive information about where and when to meet up on parade day after your participation form has been reviewed. Deadline for registration is February 20th 2026!

Art Bike Workshops

Interested in learning more about how to build an art bike? Join us for any of our FREE upcoming Art Bike workshops! Bring your bike, your helmet, or just yourself and create some amazing art to transform your bike and your gear!

January 17, 2026 

Time: 1:00 - 3:00 pm

Location: Orange Show World HQ / Houston Found Object Sculpture Project and Competition

 

March 14, 2026

Time: 2:00 - 4:00 pm 

Location: Discovery Green

 

March 15, 2026 

Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm 

Location: Smither Park / Smither Park Sunday

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Houston Parks Board expands, improves, and protects parks and greenspace in the Houston region. Since 1976, the 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization has utilized public-private partnerships and its extensive philanthropic, government, and community relationships to provide equitable access to quality parks and greenspace to the Greater Houston region. In addition to leading the transformational Bayou Greenways initiative, Houston Parks Board cares for more than 3300 acres of greenspace and supports park projects large and small. 

Learn more at www.houstonparksboard.org

Now in its 44th year, The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art is a non-profit  organization with a mission to preserve, promote and document visionary art environments, provide opportunities for the expression of personal artistic vision, and create a community where that expression is valued. The Orange Show owns and operates The Orange Show monument, The Beer Can House, and Smither Park, as well as produces the annual Houston Art Car Parade.

Learn more at www.orangeshow.org

2025 Houston
Art Bike Festival Winners

In 2025, Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, Houston Parks Board, and HISD Fine Arts Department distributed awards to three community groups and ten HISD schools that exhibited exemplary Art Bikes in this year's Houston Art Bike Parade. Each HISD school winner received a $500 gift card for Art Supplies for their classroom.

HISD AWARD WINNERS

You Call This School Spirit? Winner: Madison High School

Repurpose with a Purpose  Winner: Browning Elementary

Colorfully Artsy  Winner: Love Elementary

Biking Up STEAM  Winner: Durham Elementary

It's Alive!  Winner: Kinder HSPVA

Recognize the Size: Winner: Waltrip High School

To Bike or Not to Bike  Winner: Black Middle School

Imagination Station  Winner: Shearn Elementary

Wow the Crowd  Winner: YES Prep Southwest

Spirit of Movement  Winner:  Slow Soul

COMMUNITY AWARD WINNERS

Fonde Civic Club

Barrio Dogs

Elizabeth Burnham

Sponsors

Sponsors

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Interested in being a sponsor for the  Houston Art Bike Parade & Festival and showcasing your brand to a diverse audience? Contact the Houston Parks Board at partner@houstonparksboard.org or the Orange Show at oranges@orangeshow.org

Volunteer

Houston Art Bike Parade wouldn’t be possible without our volunteers!

Contact Us

What

Houston Art Bike Parade & Festival

When

Where

March 28, 2026

Fonde Park & Smither Park

free parking:

5330 Gulf Freeway

Contact

For questions, email

artbike@orangeshow.org

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