Looking for the best things to do in Houston this weekend? Here are some family-friendly events and activities to add to your list for this weekend. Y’all, it’s officially Rodeo Season! Time to dust off those cowboy boots and kick things off with the Rodeo Round Up at Houston City Hall or the Rodeo Parade this weekend.

Our weekend top picks also include Black History Month events, Winter Festival “Year of the Snake,” Indian Film Festival Houston and more.

Kern Studios is growing the business of Mardi Gras in New Orleans and beyond with the recent purchase of two vacant lots in Algiers where it plans to build two new float-building warehouses.

Monday, February 24 Past & Present: Uchi Alum Dinner benefiting the Southern Smoke Foundation Former Uchi chefs Chris Davies of March and Mark Wong of Kira join Uchi Houston chef de cuisine Stephen Conklin for the first-ever Alumni Dinner benefiting

Mardi Gras in Galveston is drawing large crowds, prompting increased security measures by local law enforcement.

March 1, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 601 Higgins St., Humble March 1, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Kingwood Town Center Park, 8 N. Main St., Kingwood March 1, 8 p.m. 808 Russell Palmer Road, Kingwood March 5, 2-4 p.m. 4400 Bens View Lane, Kingwood March 10-14, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. $250 (per week), $65 (per day) 3939 Glade Valley Drive, Houston 1700 Lake Kingwood Trail, Kingwood

Local police officers have a lot on their plates over the next few days. Mardi Gras kicks off this weekend in Galveston, and the boozy celebration can lead to drunk driving.

Scattered showers and storms continue throughout the day Saturday and for at least the first half of Sunday. Keep your rain gear handy if you are heading to Galveston Mardi Gras this weekend.

With no sun today, we're likely to stay stuck in the 30s. Chilly northeast breezes will keep wind chills in the 20s for most areas as well.

Temperatures are going to get rather cold this week in Houston, with a light freeze possible in the urban core of the city on Thursday morning, and temperatures in the upper 20s possible

It’s Mardi Gras time again, and the Galveston Strand will be lit up once again as the annual Mardi Gras! Galveston events will begin on February 21.