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Mark Your Calendars!

38th Annual Houston Art Car Parade
APRIL 12, 2025

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2024 Ann Harithas Legacy Award Winner

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The Ploppet

Claire & Kyle Johnson and The Ploppet Crew

Scottsdale, AZ

Houston Art Car Parade Photo Archive

For 38 years, people around the globe have captured photos of the unique, surreal, and majestic rolling masterpieces presented annually in the Orange Show's Houston Art Car Parade. We've spent hundreds of hours compiling these images into an online archive free for anyone to view and enjoy.

Do you have photos of Art Cars rolling in the Houston Art Car Parade that you'd like to submit to our archives? Email us at archives@orangeshow.org!

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2024 Houston Art Car Parade Grand Marshal

In celebration of Saint Arnold's 30th Anniversary, and their continued commitment to supporting the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art and the Houston Art Car Parade - as well as their significant contributions to many other Houston arts and culture organizations - we are pleased to be recognizing Brock Wagner as this year's Houston Art Car Parade Grand Marshal!

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Brock Wagner
Founder / Brewer of Saint Arnold Brewing Company 

2024 Featured Artist

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Jacob Heredia
Student, The HUB Houston

2024 Honorees

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Becky Mustachio 
Art Teacher
Spring Forest Middle School

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Moon Papas
Artist Collaborative
Houston, TX

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Barbara & Marks Hinton
Patrons & Volunteers of the Orange Show

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HISTORY OF THE PARADE

Houston's largest free cultural event and one of its most iconic celebrations started out nearly four decades ago with humble beginnings. Through the passion and commitment of like-minded artists across the country and the leadership of the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, the Houston Art Car Parade has become a world-wide phenomenon, drawing hundreds of thousands of spectators to witness the awe and splendor of mobile art on wheels.

PHOTO GALLERIES