French wine, bistro fare and floor-to-wall digital projections will take over The Heights next month when the French-American Chamber of Commerce Texas hosts its French Festival 2026 at ARTECHOUSE Houston. The gathering is set for Thursday, November 12, and organizers are pitching it as a night where business networking meets full-on French gastronomy and immersive art.
The event appears in CultureMap Houston's listings. The festival pairs French bistro fare and wine with the venue's digital projections. FACC Texas lists General Admission at $85 and a VIP Champagne Ticket at $135, with details on FACC Texas's event page.
The festival isn't just a tasting party. FACC Texas has lined up a roster of corporate sponsors with deep Texas footprints, including ENGIE, SLB, Air Liquide, Schneider Electric, Viridien and Crédit Agricole, according to the chamber's own event listing. That lineup reflects the scale of the business relationship the festival is built to celebrate.
A Chamber That Outgrew Its Houston Roots
FACC Texas has a longer history than the glittering venue might suggest. The chamber was founded in 1980 as FACC Houston before rebranding as FACC Texas in 2021 to expand its trade assistance, business networking and economic services statewide, the organization notes on its website. The pivot from a single-city chamber to a statewide network has paid off: FACC Texas earned the Best Performance & Growth award in 2022 and the Jury's Favorite award in 2023 from CCI France International, the umbrella network representing 125 French chambers of commerce worldwide.
Leadership has drawn recognition too. FACC Texas Executive Director Constance Bost received the French National Order of Merit from French Consul General Valérie Baraban in 2025. The Consulate General of France in Houston, based on Post Oak Boulevard, provides diplomatic and commercial oversight for French nationals and business initiatives across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Texas itself ranked as the top U.S. state for international trade with the European Union in 2025, recording $114 billion in total bilateral trade, per Visual Capitalist. Against that scale, an evening of Médoc and digital projections in The Heights looks less like a one-off party and more like a recurring fixture on the state's transatlantic business calendar.
The Venue's Growing Resume
ARTECHOUSE Houston, at 600 W. 6th Street, opened as a permanent 26,000-square-foot digital art space in June 2024, becoming the national organization's fourth flagship location. The venue has since become a go-to spot for high-profile gatherings that blend culture and spectacle. In September, it hosted the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra's season-launch gala, pairing live orchestra with digital art, a precedent that shows the space can handle everything from classical music to a French wine-and-business mixer.
For French Festival 2026, that same backdrop of floor-to-wall visuals will frame a very different kind of evening, one built around bistro food, open bars and the business relationships that keep French companies planting roots in Texas.
