There were all kinds of interesting costumes taking essentially three themes.  Some were just dressed in Victorian clothes.

I am not sure how many of the costumes were “vintage” and how many were made for the event.  Galveston does have several shops that specialize in these kinds of clothes.  But, lots of people wore these things.

There were also lots of street performers and stage performers.  They had several stages, and they all seemed to have magicians and jugglers performing when we were there.  There were also people just performing in the street. This is a girl who just sat in the middle of the street playing her violin.