Venture out and have fun at the annual Texas Jazz Festival, the longest free-running festival in the world. This three-day festival has taken place for more than 50 years, bringing the city jazz music for every age. The Texas Jazz Festival is a free event welcome to all ages and features three stages of live jazz music, incredible food, and market vendors.
Watch the winds take the sails at the weekly Corpus Christi Marina's Sailboat Races. Spectators who show up early can volunteer to join a crew for those captains who are willing. Or you can always sit and watch the races while cheering on your favorite team.
Cruise along the waters of the Lydia Ann Channel in search of wild dolphins, flocks of sea birds, and the iconic Lydia Ann Lighthouse with The Scarlet Lady, one of the most exciting Dolphin Watching Adventure Tours in Port Aransas. Built for comfort, excitement, and fun, they provide passengers with a full bar where you can find some of the best Pina Coladas on the island and enjoy them while watching wild dolphins in their natural habitat.
An architectural gem on the city's bayfront, The Art Center of Corpus Christi is home to 11 arts organizations, and showcases works from local and area artists in rotating exhibitions. The 14,400-square-foot building houses a main gallery and four studios, including a clay studio that encourages artists to complete works-in-progress in front of visitors. The Art Center also offers art classes, to express your own creativity in photos, watercolors, oils, sculpture or other media. Workshops, outreach projects and other events to promote the arts to the public are an integral part of the Art Center of Corpus Christi as well.