Southern Smoke Festival

Houston, TX · Food & Drink

When: October 3, 2026
Where: Discovery Green, 1500 McKinney St · Houston · TX
Cost: Not confirmed
Status: Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule

Founded in 2015 by James Beard Award winning chef Chris Shepherd, this benefit food and drink festival at Discovery Green gathers dozens of chefs and bartenders from across the country to raise money for food and beverage workers in crisis. It has grown into one of Houston's marquee culinary events, raising well over a million dollars in a single day.

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Founded in 2015 by James Beard Award winning chef Chris Shepherd, this benefit food and drink festival at Discovery Green gathers dozens of chefs and bartenders from across the country to raise money for food and beverage workers in crisis.
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Houston voters rejected zoning in 1948, 1962 and 1993, and it remains the only large American city without it.
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Houston's only outdoor ice-skating rink, created each winter by freezing over Discovery Green's Kinder Lake in downtown Houston.