The Houston Downtown Management District (Downtown District) is shutting down Main Street on Friday, Nov. 26 for the return of Thing-A-Ma-Jingle, a night of festive fun for ages 21 and up throughout Downtown’s Historic District. The giant block party will kick off at 5 p.m. with a Night Market on Preston Street between Milam and Main. Hosted by HTX Boss Babes and State Line Designs, the market will feature photo ops, DJs and shopping from 80 vendors until 10 p.m.

The fun continues from 7 p.m. to midnight with pop-ups along Main Street between Commerce and Rusk including roving Christmas carol karaoke, a mechanical reindeer ride, art activations and holiday trivia, plus photo ops with Hipster Santa and festive art cars. In addition to the celebrations on the street, event-goers can enjoy food and drink specials and live music at area bars and restaurants.

Rounding out the pageantry is holiday décor on Main Street from Polk to Texas. Elements include custom 30-foot holiday trees, pole decorations, 40-foot-wide street transverses and an oversized Noel “selfie moment” as well as multi-colored shooting star pole decorations located from Texas to Commerce in the Historic District. In addition, Texas’ largest mistletoe ball will be at Market Square Park, so pucker up!

For more information about the event, visit www.downtownhouston.org. For more information about holiday happenings in Downtown, visit https://bit.ly/3EPqjB0. On-street parking is free after 6 p.m. Visit www.downtownhoustonparking.org for an interactive map with garages, surface lots and other parking and transportation options in the area.