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The Blessing of the Fleet boat parade in Kemah is an annual event that celebrates Kemah's history as a shrimp fishing town. [128] The Gulf Coast Film Festival annually showcases independent films from local, regional and international artists in various categories ranging from short films to documentaries.
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The Kemah Boardwalk is a 60-acre Texas Gulf Coast theme park in Kemah, Texas, approximately 30 miles southeast of Downtown Houston, Texas. The Boardwalk is built entirely along the shores of Galveston Bay and Clear Lake .
Kemah (/ ˈ k iː m ə / KEE-mə) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, southeast of Houston along west Galveston Bay. The city's population was 1,807 at the 2020 census , [ 6 ] down from 2,330 at the 2000 census.
The Kemah Boardwalk is a waterfront attraction featuring a variety of rides, restaurants, shops, and other entertainment venues. [45] It is next to the Kemah Marina and hosts annual events such as the Boardwalk Wine Festival. [46] Museums in the area include the Bay Area Museum [47] (Seabrook) and the Butler Longhorn Museum (League City). [48]
Opened August 31, 2007, it is the only wooden roller coaster in Greater Houston, and one of only four wooden coasters in Texas. [1] It is a 96-foot-tall (29 m), 3,236-foot-long (986 m) twisted wooden roller coaster designed by The Gravity Group built on a 1-acre (0.40 ha) footprint, making it one of the most compact wooden coasters in the world ...
The Knights of Momus ("KOM") were a Mardi Gras society in Galveston, Texas, founded in 1871. [6] The original Knights of Momus went defunct around the time of World War II. A new group was founded in the mid-1980s, and seeking to rekindle the spirit of the original group, adopted the Momus name. The group was named after the Greek god Momus.
Kemah may refer to: Kemah, Erzincan, a town and district of Erzincan Province, Turkey; Kemah, Texas, a city in Galveston County, Texas, United States; USS Kemah, a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1919; Kemah Bob, an American comedian