Renowned comedian, podcast host, and author Bert Kreischer is bringing his The Berty Boy Relapse Tour to Smart Financial Centre this weekend (Friday, December 3, 2021).
Kreischer is known for his unique brand of comedy, which interweaves party-boy antics with humorous anecdotes about family and fatherhood. Currently, 
Kreischer is filming Legendary Entertainment’s movie, The Machine, alongside Star Wars actor, Mark Hamill - an adaptation of the viral story Bert told onstage about getting involved with the Russian mob while studying abroad in College, which has been viewed more than 85 million times online.
Galveston Historical Foundation present their annual Dickens on The Strand this weekend, December 3rd through Sunday December 5, 2021. This will be the 48th year the foundation will be producing the festival. The annual festival is a holiday tradition with great family programming, live entertainment an special events.
The organizers say, "Brush off your bowlers and prepare your petticoats as Galveston Historical 
Foundation presents this 48th annual Dickens on The Strand. Held the first weekend in December, the annual festival is a holiday tradition with great family programming, live entertainment, special events, and more."
To celebrate the holidays, Andrés Orozco-Estrada and the orchestra share music from Tchaikovsky’s iconic Nutcracker score, this weekend at Jones Hall for the Performing arts.
The performances will include Gil Shaham described as one of the foremost violinists of our 
time, also Principal Bass, Robin Kesselman was appointed principal bass by the Orchestra's Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada in 2014. And local news anchor Gina Gaston of ABC 13 will serve a narrator for the performances. The symphony would like for everyone to know dancers are not a part of this concert experience.
Running the gamut from radiant lyricism to jaw-dropping fireworks, Barber’s Violin Concerto is one of the most beloved in the repertoire, and no one plays it better than Gil Shaham. The performances will incorporate Shaham with Principal Bass Robin Kesselman for a dazzling Gran Duo Concertante by double bass virtuoso Giovanni Bottesini.
John Waters is best known for the 1988 film Hairspray which became an international success and was later adapted into a hit Broadway musical. Waters has written and directed other films, 
including Polyester (1981), Cry-Baby (1990), Serial Mom (1994), Pecker (1998), and Cecil B. Demented (2000). His films contain elements of post-modern comedy and surrealism.
This weekend the 75-year-old is presenting "It's a John Waters Christmas... the booster shot you need" in northwest Houston at The Heights Theatre.
It is Water's doing what he does, spoofing life. The one-man show stated in San Francisco, California at the Great American Music Hall and will terminate in his home town of Baltimore, Maryland.
The Brooklyn Vegan.com describes Water's efforts, "Filmmaker and trash connoisseur John Waters is heading out on his annual "A John Waters Christmas" holiday tour starting next week. What to expect? "This rapid-fire monologue for adult delinquents asks the holiday questions, ‘Was Joseph a virgin, too?’, ‘Is Santa now an incel?,’ ‘Is Rudolph a bossy bottom?’, ‘Prancer a no-fats-or-femmes top?’ And Vixen, well, ‘Did she make love with Russ Meyer?’
Gary Owen has been entertaining American audiences for more than a decade with his side-splitting comedy. Having performed to sold-out audiences in all the major comedy clubs and theatres across the country, Owen is one of 
America’s most beloved comedians and was proclaimed by Ebony magazine as Black America’s “Favorite White Comedian.”
Owen will be a Houston's Improv for the next two weekends. Audiences can now see Owen in his fourth Showtime comedy special, "Gary Owen:DoinWhatIDo", which premiered in September. The Showtime special is afollow-up to his three previous Showtime specials, “I Got My Associates,” in 2018, and “I Agree with Myself” and “True Story,” both on Showtime in 2015.
Tomlinson says she started performing standup in 
church basements, school venues, and coffee shops when she turned 16-years old. This weekend Tomlinson will be on the campus of the University of Houston at Cullen Hall.
