760 Fest Music & Arts Festival
760 FEST is a daylong outdoor festival built around live music, local makers, food, and family activities. The event features bands and performers on two stages, a vendor market filled with handmade goods and original artwork, and a wide range of food and drink options including tacos, burgers, pizza, wings, ice cream, beer, wine, and cocktails. For families, the Imaginarium Kid Zone adds a vintage-style carnival setup with free games, prizes, entertainment, and themed photo opportunities.
When: Saturday, April 25 from Noon - 10 p.m.
Where: The District at Willow Park, 460 Shops Blvd, Willow Park
Cost: General Admission - $10 / 10 and under - Free
Allen 150 Fest is a one-day celebration packed with live music, amazing food, local art, fun activities, and a few surprises—all honoring 150 years of heart, history, and community spirit. There will be a parade along Main Street, carnival games, a car show, a big performance by Emerald City Band, a drone show, and more. Most streets and parking lots surrounding Allen 150 Fest will be closed to general traffic. Allen 150 Fest guests should use complimentary shuttles or ride share apps for the fastest and most convenient access to the event.
When: Saturday, April 25 at 3 p.m.
Where: Allen Public Library, Allen
Cost: Free
Avant Chamber Ballet: The Seasons / Carnival of the Animals
The Seasons is Avant Chamber Ballet’s debut of Glazounov’s ballet score, presented with live orchestra at Moody Performance Hall. The production moves through four tableaux representing winter, spring, summer, and autumn, using classical ballet to interpret the changing year.
Avant Chamber’s Carnival of the Animals blends Saint-Saëns’ whimsical orchestral suite with ballet in a family-friendly afternoon performance. The program is designed to introduce younger audiences to live orchestra and dance through a playful, visually driven concert.
When: The Seasons - Friday, April 24 and Saturday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. / Carnival - Saturday, April 25 at 2 p.m.
Where: Moody Performance Hall, 2520 Flora St., Dallas
Cost: The Seasons: $27-$81 / Carnival - $27
Billy Bob's Concerts (Friday: Michael Salgado / Saturday: Sara Evans)
When: Friday at 10 p.m. / Saturday at 10 p.m.
Where: Billy Bob’s Texas, Fort Worth
Cost: $28 - $120
Bubble Planet has arrived at Grapevine Mills, bringing a walk-through, multi-sensory exhibit designed to be explored at your own pace. The experience features 12 interactive rooms — including highlights like the Hanging Balloons Room and the Kaleidoscope Room — blending infinity spaces, LED-lit undersea scenes, bubble-filled environments, and virtual reality elements. Most visitors spend about 60 to 90 minutes moving through the installation, which is designed to be engaging for all ages.
When: Daily through June 29, 2026
Where: Grapevine Mills - 3000 Grapevine Mills Pkwy, Grapevine
Cost: $18-$34
Bug Fest is Grand Prairie’s annual insect-themed family event, filling Lynn Creek Park with hands-on exhibits, live demonstrations, insect experts, and interactive activities. The festival is designed for kids, nature lovers, and anyone curious about the strange and fascinating world of bugs.
When: Saturday, April 25 from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Where: Lynn Creek Park at Joe Pool Lake, 5610 Lake Ridge Pkwy., Grand Prairie
Cost: Free
Butterflies in the Garden returns to the Rainforest Conservatory at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, where hundreds of live butterflies fill the space with color and movement. The exhibit features species from Central, North and South America, Africa, and Asia, giving visitors an up-close look at a wide range of wing patterns and sizes. Among the highlights is the vivid Blue Morpho, known for its bright, iridescent blue wings, along with familiar native varieties from North Texas.
When: March 1 - April 30
Where: Fort Worth Botanic Garden, Fort Worth
Cost: Exhibit only - $8 - $12 / Combo Ticket - $12 - $22
Experience the magic of Cirque du Soleil ECHO, where poetry, stagecraft, daring acrobatics, and cutting-edge technology come together to explore the delicate balance between people, animals, and the world we all share. This 20th Big Top show offers bold new visuals, a unique aesthetic, and vibrant characters that bring a universe of color and wonder to life. Inspired by youth's optimism, inventive power, and the value of empathy, ECHO captivates with inspiring music, astounding lights and projections, and never-before-seen acrobatic feats.
When: April 9 - May 3
Where: Lone Star Park, 1000 Lone Star Pkwy, Grand Prairie
Cost: $69 and up
DSO: Steve Hackman Conducts his Stravinsky X Kendrick Lamar
Steve Hackman’s Stravinsky X Kendrick Lamar brings together Stravinsky’s Petrouchka and Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. in a concert program that draws out the shared themes between the two works. The piece moves back and forth between the ballet and the album, connecting questions of identity, control, acceptance, and inner conflict as Petrouchka and Kendrick’s “Kung-Fu Kenny” each struggle to understand who they are and what shapes their fate. Presented as a single fused work, the concert follows the original order of both pieces, pairing scenes from Petrouchka with songs such as “LOVE.,” “FEAR.,” “XXX.,” “FEEL.,” “LOYALTY.,” and “HUMBLE.”
When: Saturday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
Cost: $68 and up
Dallas Arboretum: Bunnies, Birds & Butterflies
Hunt Slonem: Bunnies, Birds & Butterflies turns the Dallas Arboretum into an open-air art exhibition from April 20 through September 30, featuring 28 large-scale installations and more than 100 works by the internationally recognized neo-expressionist artist. Known for his bold color, layered texture, and recurring images from the natural world, Slonem places monumental sculptures of rabbits, birds, and butterflies throughout the garden, with additional pieces displayed inside the Historic Camp House. The exhibition is included with regular garden admission or membership, and select evenings from May 1 through September 27 will also feature Twilight Nights, offering a different view of the artwork as the garden shifts into dusk.
When: April 20 – September 30
Where: Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden, Dallas
Cost: Garden admission (around $26)
The Cowboys hold two first round picks on Thursday and they’ll host an in-person Draft Party at the Ford Center at the Star. The night is packed with appearances by current players and alumni, high-energy performances from the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders and Dallas Cowboys Rhythm & Blue, plus mascot Rowdy. Enjoy games, live music from DJ 13lackbeard, and nonstop entertainment throughout the night.
When: Thursday, April 23 at 6:00 p.m. (also events on Friday and Saturday)
Where: Ford Center at the Star, Frisco
Cost: Free
Dallas International Film Festival
The Dallas International Film Festival celebrates its 20th edition with more than 120 films, Q&A sessions, filmmaker and actor panels, red carpets, and special events. Most of the festival takes place at Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas Victory Park, with additional screenings and events at Texas Theatre and Virgin Hotels Dallas.
When: April 23 - 30
Where: Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas Victory Park and additional venues in Dallas
Cost: $50 - $300
Dash to the Deck is Reunion Tower’s stair-climb fundraiser benefiting the American Lung Association. Participants climb 837 steps to the GeO-Deck, with proceeds supporting lung-health programs and event registration including a race shirt and awards component.
When: Saturday, April 25th from 7 a.m. - Noon
Where: Reunion Tower, 300 Reunion Blvd. E, Dallas
Cost: $75-$85
Dream Hou$e follows two Latina sisters appearing on an HGTV-style reality show as they try to sell their family home in a rapidly changing neighborhood. As the show-within-the-show starts to crack, the play shifts into a darker, more surreal look at family history, gentrification, and what gets lost when a neighborhood becomes a commodity.
When: April 24-26 / April 30-May 3
Where: Kitchen Dog Theater, 4774 Algiers St., Dallas
Cost: $25
Where: Toyota Music Factory, Irving
When: Saturday, April 25 at 7 p.m.
Cost: $19 and up
FWSO: Spanish Masters: An Evening of Music and Art
The ballet The Three-Cornered Hat chronicles a magistrate’s attempt to seduce a miller’s faithful wife with a lightly spiced score of colorful orchestral dances drawn from Andalusian folk music by Spanish composer Manuel de Falla. For this special performance, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra has partnered with the Kimbell Art Museum to project exquisite Spanish masterpieces during the concert, which also features Ravel’s Rapsodie espagnole and the incomparable mezzo Kelley O’Connor singing American composer Peter Lieberson’s Neruda Songs, drawn from the poetry of Pablo Neruda.
Where: Bass Hall, Fort Worth
When: April 24-26
Cost: $30 and up
FWBG Neighbors in Nature: An Earth Day Celebration
Celebrate the beauty and importance of nature at Neighbors in Nature: An Earth Day Celebration on Friday, April 24. Enjoy a day of free admission to the garden, filled with engaging activities and opportunities to connect with the environment. From family-friendly yoga sessions to educational film screenings, this event has something for everyone.
When: Friday, April 24 from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Where: Fort Worth Botanic Garden, 3220 Botanic Garden Blvd., Fort Worth
Cost: Free
Fort Worth Botanic Garden Japanese Spring Festival
The Fort Worth Botanic Garden’s Japanese Spring Festival brings a weekend of Japanese cultural programming into the garden, with taiko drumming, tea ceremonies, traditional music, martial arts, sword demonstrations, raku pottery, food trucks, craft vendors, and family-friendly activities spread throughout the grounds. The event is built as a seasonal celebration of the Japanese Garden and the traditions that shape it.
When: Saturday, April 25 and Sunday April 26 from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Where: Fort Worth Botanic Garden, 3220 Botanic Garden Blvd., Fort Worth
Cost: $15 for adults / $9 for kids / $13 for seniors
Frisco Uncorked is a large food-and-wine festival held in Frisco Square, featuring hundreds of wines, local restaurant tastings, a craft beer garden, shopping, grape stomping competitions, and activations. The event is structured as a spring tasting festival with multiple pass options, including wine-only, food-only, and VIP packages.
When: Saturday, April 25 from 12 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Where: Frisco Square, 8843 Coleman Blvd., Frisco
Cost: $45-$125, depending on package
FuelFest brings together car culture, live entertainment, and celebrity appearances in a festival built for automotive fans. The event combines a large car show, custom builds, drifting exhibitions with professional drivers, live music on the festival stage, and appearances from Fast & Furious stars Tyrese Gibson and Cody Walker, along with vehicle reveals and other automotive-focused attractions. New this year, the festival also adds Lucha Libre wrestling, introducing masked, high-flying matches to the mix.
When: Saturday, April 25 from 1 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Where: Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth
Cost: $35 and up
Hops and Props is the Fort Worth Aviation Museum’s annual beer festival and fundraiser, pairing craft beer with live music, food, games, airplane rides, and family-friendly vendors. The event also highlights veteran support groups and helps fund the museum’s education and preservation programs.
When: Saturday, April 25 from 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Where: Fort Worth Aviation Museum, 3300 Ross Ave., Fort Worth
Cost: $20 - General Admission (no beer) / $15 for kids / $35 - Beer Tasting
Jurassic Quest combines a dinosaur exhibit with hands-on activities for children and families, pairing life-size moving dinosaur models with fossil digs, baby dinosaur encounters, and ride attractions. This version of the event also adds LEGO-inspired features, including large brick-built sculptures, interactive building areas, and a Brick Derby where kids can test their own creations. The setup is designed as a broad family outing that mixes dinosaur-themed entertainment with open-ended play and building activities.
When: Friday, April 24 - Sunday, April 26
Where: Fair Park - Centennial Hall, Dallas
Cost: $30 and up
Kinky Boots follows Charlie Price, who inherits his father’s struggling shoe factory and is forced to figure out how to keep the business alive. His path changes when he meets Lola, a performer who needs sturdier high-heeled boots, and the two begin an unexpected partnership that pushes the factory in a new direction. Built around pop-inflected music, comedy, and big stage numbers, the musical centers on friendship, reinvention, and the ways unlikely collaborations can change people’s lives.
When: Thursday, April 23 - Saturday, April 25
Where: Winspear Opera House, Dallas
Cost: $45 and up
Klyde Warren Park: Movies in the Park
Grab a seat on the lawn on Saturday, April 25 and Wicked: For Good at Klyde Warren Park.
Where: Klyde Warren Park, Dallas
When: Saturday, April 25 at 7 p.m.
Cost: Free
LANY in Concert with special guests Aiden Bissett + Riah
LANY comes to Fort Worth in support of the band’s album Soft. The indie-pop group’s live show is built around polished production, emotional pop hooks, and a setlist drawn from both the new record and its earlier catalog.
When: Saturday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Dickies Arena, Fort Worth
Cost: $35 and up
The Legend of Deadeye Mary is a tongue-in-cheek western melodrama built around bounty hunter Deadeye Mary as she pursues an outlaw, a stash of buried gold, and a corrupt lawman through a story framed as a dime-novel adventure. The show mixes broad comedy, gunplay, music, and audience participation, leaning into oversized characters and old-fashioned frontier theatrics. It plays with the style of classic stage melodrama while keeping the tone fast, playful, and rowdy.
Where: Pocket Sandwich Theatre, 1104 Elm St, Carrollton
When: April 23-26 / April 30-May 3 / May 7-10 / May 14-16
Cost: $24 - $26
Let’s Fly: A Traveling Exhibition
Balloon Museum presents Let’s Fly in Dallas — the third stop of its Texas tour. A one-of-a-kind experience set in the iconic space of the South Side Studios, featuring monumental inflatable artworks by renowned international artists. The exhibition explores air not only as a physical element, but as a metaphor for movement, lightness, and boundless travel.
Where: Winspear Opera House, Dallas
When: Daily through April 26
Cost: $51 for adults
Lone Star Smokeout combines country music and barbecue in a stadium-sized festival at AT&T Stadium. The 2026 edition features headliners Riley Green, Koe Wetzel, and Shaboozey, plus more than a dozen barbecue pitmasters from Texas and around the country, with a new Sunday brunch added this year.
When: Friday, April 24 / Saturday, April 25 / Sunday, April 26
Where: AT&T Stadium, Arlington
Cost: $69 and up
Step into the storied world of Fleetwood Mac, the legendary band whose evocative music has captivated listeners for generations. Go on a journey through their greatest hits, from the soulful storytelling of “Rhiannon,” “Dreams,” and “Landslide” to the intense energy of “Go Your Own Way,” “The Chain” and more. The Reid Cabaret Theatre brings the music, lore and legacy of one of rock’s most influential bands to life. This show is suitable for most audiences.
Where: Casa Mañana Theatre, Fort Worth
When: April 21-24
Cost: $115
Oklahoma! brings Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic musical to Fort Worth, centered on farm girl Laurey, cowboy Curly, and the darker rival competing for her attention. Set on the Western frontier, the show mixes romance, rivalry, and community spirit with songs like “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’” and “People Will Say We’re in Love.”
When: April 23-26
Where: Stolen Shakespeare Guild, 3623 Decatur Avenue, Fort Worth
Cost: $28
Over the River and Through the Woods
Over the River and Through the Woods is a family comedy by Joe DiPietro about a man whose close-knit grandparents are not ready to accept that he might move away. The play centers on family expectations, guilt, affection, and the generational push and pull around staying close versus moving on.
When: April 10-May 3
Where: Richardson Theatre Centre, 518 W. Arapaho Rd., Suite 113, Richardson
Cost: $22 Thursdays and Sundays / $24 Fridays and Saturdays
The rock musical follows a group of young artists struggling to survive, create, and love in New York City under the shadow of poverty and the AIDS crisis. Set in the late 1980s, the show captures the urgency of a generation living without guarantees and fighting to hold onto their dreams. With its iconic score and message of community, resilience, and “no day but today,” RENT remains a powerful anthem for chosen family and living life on your own terms.
When: April 23-25 / April 30-May 2 / May 7-9 / May 14-16
Where: Circle Theatre, 230 W 4th St, Fort Worth
Cost: $35 and up
Richardson Symphony Orchestra:"Ravel & Rachmaninoff"
A stunning season finale awaits with music by living composer Anna Clyne, renowned pianist Jon Kimura Parker, and your Richardson Symphony Orchestra. The program opens with Clyne's vibrant festival-inspired work. Parker dazzles with Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major, blending joyous melodies and jazz influences. While Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances incorporates the composer’s luscious lyricism in an unforgettable night of musical brilliance.
When: Saturday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Eismann Center, Richardson
Cost: $28 and up
Scarborough Renaissance Festival
Now in its 45th year, the Scarborough Renaissance Festival transforms its grounds into a 16th-century English village filled with period-style entertainment, performers, and attractions. Visitors can catch full-combat jousting, birds of prey exhibitions, live music, comedy acts, interactive performances, games of skill, and human-powered rides throughout the day. The festival also includes one of the country’s largest outdoor juried artisan marketplaces, with more than 200 shops featuring handmade goods.
When: April 25-26 / May 2-3 / May 9-10 / May 16-17 / May 23-25
Where: Scarborough Renaissance Festival, 2511 FM 66, Waxahachie
Cost: Kids - $16 and up / Adults - $37 and up
Join the American Diabetes Association along with friends, family, and colleagues to walk in support of people living with diabetes. This event increases awareness, connects communities, contributes to diabetes prevention and management, and supports the ADA’s vision of life free of diabetes and all its burdens.
When: Saturday, April 25 at 9 a.m.
Where: Levy Event Plaza, Irving
Cost: Free to walk. They’d love for you to raise some money.
Sweet Charity follows Charity Hope Valentine, a dance hall hostess in New York City whose optimism keeps colliding with disappointment as she searches for love and a better life. Loosely inspired by Federico Fellini’s Nights of Cabiria, the musical pairs Charity’s misadventures with a 1960s score by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, and a book by Neil Simon. The show balances comedy and heartbreak while featuring familiar songs like “Big Spender,” “If My Friends Could See Me Now,” “I’m a Brass Band,” and “Baby, Dream Your Dream.”
When: April 24-26 / May 1-3
Where: Lyric Stage, 1170 Quaker St, Dallas
Cost: $43-$63
Texas Lone Star Elvis Festival
The Texas Lone Star Elvis Festival is an officially licensed Elvis Presley Enterprises event that brings Elvis tribute artists from around the world to Grapevine for a weekend of music and memorabilia. The festival features live performances, appearances by champion tribute artists, backing from Fever The Band, and special exhibits tied to Elvis’ legacy.
When: April 25 - 26
Where: Palace Arts Center, 300 S. Main St., Grapevine
Cost: $70 - $100
The 4th Annual Texas Street Food Festival returns to Billy Bob’s Texas on Saturday, April 25, expanding across both the iconic indoor venue and the surrounding outdoor grounds in the Fort Worth Stockyards. The festival brings together more than 70 vendors, including over 40 restaurants and food trucks, with food from around the world and all menu items priced at ten dollars or less, including five-dollar options at every vendor. Beyond the food, the event includes live music and DJs, mechanical bull riding, dance lessons, axe throwing, cooking demonstrations, eating challenges, a large vendor market, and a kids’ fun zone, making it a broad, family-friendly festival built around Texas-style entertainment.
When: Saturday, April 25 at Noon (General Admission starts at 2 p.m.)
Where: Billy Bob's Texas, Fort Worth
Cost: General admission - $16 and up
The Walt Disney Studios and World War II Exhibition
The Walt Disney Studios and World War II explores how the famous animation studio shifted into wartime service after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The exhibition features more than 500 artifacts, film clips, and historical materials showing how Disney artists created training films, public information shorts, and military insignia while also producing artwork used in wartime campaigns at home. It also highlights the role Walt Disney and his staff played in supporting the Allied effort, using familiar characters and animation to inform the public, boost troop morale, and promote initiatives like rationing, recycling, and war bond drives.
When: March 13 - September 10
Where: Dallas Holocaust and Human Right Museum, Dallas
Cost: $12 and up (free for students)
