Crawfish Bash, Motown tribute, and 5 more events to attend in the Bay Area in May

Kemah Boardwalk will host a full day fiesta to celebrate Mexican culture. The event will include a folklorico dance performance, a live DJ, kids arts and activities, and a Mexicana fiesta dance performance.

• May 5, 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Free (admission)
• 215 Kipp Ave., Kemah
• www.kemahboardwalk.com

Social services organization Bay Area Turning Point hosts this first-ever competition between 36 two-person teams at the Webster Chicken N Pickle venue. For all participants, tickets are for food, drinks and games, such as giant Jenga, Battleship, pingpong and cornhole. There will be prizes for the first-, second- and third-place winners.

• May 5, 1-4 p.m.
• $10 (spectators 17 years old and younger), $20 (adult spectators), $100 (two-person teams)
• 21799 Gulf Freeway, Webster
• www.bayareaturningpoint.org

Houston-area musicians Blaque Vinyls will perform throughout the day at Kemah Boardwalk to celebrate the iconic Motown sound out of Detroit, which elevated generational artists, such as Stevie Wonder, the Supremes and Marvin Gaye.

• May 11, 1-10 p.m.
• Free
• 215 Kipp Ave., Kemah
• www.kemahboardwalk.com

Bounce houses, agility challenges, face painting, a petting zoo, carnival games, food trucks and photo ops with the Houston Astros world series trophy are just a few of the features for this first-ever children’s festival at Water Street in Dickinson.

• May 18, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
• $25-$50 (admission)
• Water Street Square, Dickinson (I-45 South, just past FM 517 on feeder road)
• www.galvestoncountychildrensfestival.com

This 10th annual food festival will feature all-you-can-eat crawfish, plus other food and drink vendors, live zydeco music, carnival rides for kids and local merchandise vendors. It’s hosted by a Texas nonprofit that works with local charities that benefit veterans, children and the disabled. This year, they will donate proceeds to organizations, such as Camp Hope, Texas Special Olympics and local education foundations.

• May 18, 1-6 p.m.
• $35 (all you can eat), kids free
• 10000 Emmett F. Lowry Expressway, Texas City
• https://bigasscrawfishbash.com