A free, family-friendly music festival is scheduled for this weekend at the Telfair community in Sugar Land. The TelfairLife International Music Festival is set for Oct. 3, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Telfair, located at U.S. 59 and University Boulevard, just south of Hwy. 6.
The festival takes place alongside grand opening festivities for the new Houston Museum of Natural Science at Sugar Land, with the stage located next to the historic building that is the museum’s new home in Telfair.
The festival takes place alongside grand opening festivities for the new Houston Museum of Natural Science at Sugar Land, with the stage located next to the historic building that is the museum’s new home in Telfair. Local residents are invited to bring blankets and lawn chairs to enjoy the free lineup of music, dancing and entertainment.
The festival program includes:
- Kid’s Hour, 11:30-12:30 p.m. Featuring FLY Kids, an exciting multi-cultural dance crew, and STIX, a high-energy percussion ensemble that uses oilcans, buckets, trashcans and objects from the audience to create rhythmic beats.
- Asian Hour, 1-2 p.m. Lee’s Golden Dragon Dance Troupe combines martial arts, theater and acrobatics, set to the rhythm of live music.
- American Country & Rock Hour, 2:30-3:30 p.m. The Spiffingtons, a five-piece band, will play from their repertoire of over 250 rock, country, Motown, pop and R&B favorites.
- Indian Hour, 4-5 p.m. The Bollywood Masala troupe will sing and dance their way through an hour of upbeat music.
Face painting and other activities will be offered for a nominal charge, and festival-goers will be able to purchase international food and drinks from selected vendors. Bottled water will be sold by Sugar Land’s Living Water International, with proceeds benefitting efforts to provide clean drinking water in developing countries.
Free parking will be available at the University of Houston Sugar Land, located across U.S. 59 from Telfair, with free shuttles sponsored by Premier Dental. To reach the parking, take U.S. 59 South to University Blvd. and turn left.
For more information, visit www.TelfairLifeIMF.com.
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This should be a great deal of fun!
I have been hoping for this for twenty years! We are so very fortunate to have this great resource in Sugar Land. Bring the kids, bring the grand kids, heck if you can’t find any kids, bring your neighbor’s kids.
I can’t wait.