Asador is treating Mother’s Day like an event, not just a reservation. The brunch menu runs from polished breakfast classics to richer savory dishes, all in the kind of hotel setting that makes the whole thing feel a little more dressed up than your average Sunday meal.
When: Sunday, May 10 from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Where: Asador at Renaissance Dallas Hotel, Dallas
Cost: $95 for adults / $40 for children ages 6-12
Bacchus Kitchen + Bar Mother’s Day Brunch
At Hotel Vin, Mother’s Day comes with a ballroom brunch, multiple seatings, and a little Grapevine charm folded in. It’s the kind of outing built for families who want the meal itself to be the centerpiece.
When: Sunday, May 10 with seatings from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Where: Hotel Vin, Grapevine
Cost: $116 per person
BigXthaPlug and Friends Birthday Bash
BigXthaPlug is celebrating at home, which should make this less like a routine tour stop and more like a citywide flex. Dos Equis Pavilion gets the crowd, the volume, and the birthday-bash energy all at once.
When: Friday, May 8 at 9 p.m.
Where: Dos Equis Pavilion, Dallas
Cost: $55 and up
Billy Bob's Concerts (Friday: The Marcus King Band / Saturday: William Beckmann)
When: Friday at 10 p.m. / Saturday at 10 p.m.
Where: Billy Bob’s Texas, Fort Worth
Cost: $20 - $75
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
Chris Mitchell Jazz – Begging For Sax Tour
Chris Mitchell brings the sax out front and keeps the room moving. House of Blues is a good fit for this one — part concert, part Friday-night release valve.
When: Friday, May 8 at 7 p.m.
Where: House of Blues Dallas
Cost: $74 and up
DSO: Beethoven, Bach, Haydn & Mozart
Three spectacular soloists grace this program that follows a thread of musical styles from Baroque to early Classical. Co-Concertmaster Nathan Olson is front-and-center in Bach’s Violin Concerto in E Major, whose poignant Adagio is one of his most sublime creations, with the solo violin exquisitely embroidering the underlying bass line. Our Principal Trumpet Stuart Stephenson does the honors in Haydn’s tour de force concerto, traversing the instrument’s registers by leaps and bounds, but also bringing out its singing qualities. Mozart’s festive “Haffner” Symphony ends in a romping rondo, that Mozart said had to be played “as fast as possible.” In a dramatic concert aria, Kathryn Henry calls down the wrath of the gods on her perfidious lover. Hell hath no fury…
When: Thursday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m. / Saturday, May 9 at 7:30 p.m. / Sunday, May 10 at 2 p.m.
Where: Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
Cost: $47-$216
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)
Dallas Arboretum: Cactus Show and Sale
For one weekend, the Arboretum hands the spotlight to succulents, cacti, and the people who love them. It’s part plant show, part shopping trip, and part reminder that even the prickliest things can be oddly charming.
When: Saturday, May 9 and Sunday, May 10 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Where: Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden, Dallas
Cost: Included with general garden admission
Dallas Is Lit! returns for its fourth year as a four-day festival centered on books, language, storytelling, and the many people who keep a literary city alive. Spread through Oak Cliff from May 6 through 9, the lineup brings together authors, performers, creatives, community leaders, readers, and local literary organizations for a mix of conversations, readings, performances, and gatherings, including the new Community Symposium, Narrative Power & The Futures We Create. The festival casts a wide net, making room for everyone from slam poets and independent bookstores to longtime Dallas writers and curious newcomers.
When: May 6 - 9
Where: Multiple venues in Oak Cliff, Dallas
Cost: Programming varies; many events are free
Illuminature transforms the zoo into a nighttime display of oversized lanterns, glowing sculptures, and nature-inspired installations created by Tianyu. The event is designed primarily as a walk-through experience, with immersive displays, hands-on activities, photo opportunities, a soccer-themed fan zone, and a full lineup of live entertainment at the Wonders of the Wild stage in ZooNorth. Throughout the night, visitors can catch performances including Sichuan Opera face-changing, contortion acrobatics, head balancing, and artistic hula hoop, all set against a backdrop of bright visuals, music, and shifting light effects while most of the animals are off habitat.
When: April 30 - June 28 (Thursday - Sunday nights)
Where: Dallas Zoo, Dallas
Cost: $16 - $24
Dave Matthews Band at Dos Equis is its own little ecosystem: long songs, loyal fans, and a whole crowd settling in for the night instead of just dropping by. If you’ve ever wanted a concert that stretches instead of sprints, this is it.
When: Saturday, May 9 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Dos Equis Pavilion, Dallas
Cost: $75 and up
While writing his Cello Concerto, the Czech composer Dvořák received word that a dear friend was dying. He immortalized her with a musical quotation of her favorite song, one of his own tunes, in the concerto’s second movement, one of music’s great love letters, and perhaps the most popular cello concerto in the repertoire. The acclaimed Canadian conductor Peter Oundjian conducts this program, which opens with a brand new orchestral work by the Grammy-winning American composer Joan Tower and concludes with Brahms’ second symphony, a work so sunny and pleasant that Brahms — always the prankster — joked to his publisher, “I have never written anything so sad.”
When: Friday, May 8 at 7:30 p.m. / Saturday, May 9 at 7:30 p.m. / Sunday, May 10 at 2 p.m.
Where: Bass Hall, Fort Worth
Cost: $30-$103
Florence + The Machine – Everybody Scream Tour
Florence Welch doesn’t really do understated, and Dickies Arena is about to benefit from that. Huge voice, huge production, huge songs — the kind of concert where the room joins in before it’s even asked.
When: Thursday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Dickies Arena, Fort Worth
Cost: $50 and up
The Latino Cultural Center fills with color, dance, workshops, and celebration for this festival, which ties Cinco de Mayo and Mother’s Day together in one lively evening. It’s generous, welcoming programming — the sort of event that makes a public space feel fully used.
When: Saturday, May 9 from 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Where: Latino Cultural Center, Dallas
Cost: Free
Halperin Park Grand Opening Celebration
Oak Cliff gets a brand-new gathering place this weekend as Halperin Park officially opens with a full slate of music, dance, family activities, fitness classes, story time, arts workshops, and Mother’s Day touches like card-making and build-a-bouquet stations. The new five-acre deck park stretches over I-35E near the Dallas Zoo, so this isn’t just a ribbon-cutting — it’s the debut of a whole new front porch for the neighborhood.
When: Saturday, May 9 beginning at 9 a.m., with a weekend-long celebration through Sunday, May 10
Where: Halperin Park, Oak Cliff / near the Dallas Zoo, Dallas
Cost: Free
The Holy Sepulcher: Treasures from the Terra Sancta Museum, Jerusalem
This extraordinary exhibition showcases more than sixty objects in silver, gold, enamel, and precious jewels, given by European monarchs and rulers to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, a site of Christian devotion and pilgrimage, where they have been used in religious ceremonies for centuries. Including dazzling reliquaries, crosses, candlesticks, chalices, and vestments representing the height of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century craftsmanship, many of these objects have no equivalent anywhere else in the world. Traveling to only two venues in North America, the exhibition represents the first—and possibly only—time these treasures will be seen in the US.
When: Through June 28
Where: Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth
Cost: $14-$18 general exhibition admission
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: May 7-10 / May 14-16
Cost: $24 - $26
Major League Volleyball Championship
Frisco hosts the Major League Volleyball Championship this weekend, with the semifinals on Thursday and the title match on Saturday. Four elite teams. Three electrifying matches. One champion. With $1 million on the line, every point matters.
When: Thursday, May 7 and Saturday, May 9
Where: Comerica Center, Frisco
Cost: $15 and up
Panther Island Pavilion gets a one-day reggae-punk beach-party transplant when Me Gusta Festival rolls in with Sublime, Slightly Stoopid, Iration, food vendors, beer, and a vendor village. It’s built like an all-day outdoor hang, the kind where sunglasses become part of the uniform and nobody is in a hurry to leave.
When: Saturday, May 9 from 12 p.m.
Where: Panther Island Pavilion, Fort Worth
Cost: $96 and up
Micky Dolenz – 60 Years of The Monkees
An afternoon with Micky Dolenz means stories, songs, and a direct line back to one of pop’s most durable catalogues. Nostalgia is part of the appeal, sure, but so is the chance to hear those songs from someone who lived them.
When: Saturday, May 9 at 3 p.m.
Where: Majestic Theatre, Dallas
Cost: $49 and up
Nocturne Immersive Art Experience
Frisco Commons Park turns into a mile-long nighttime art trail for Nocturne, where light, sound, and sculpture take over the paths after sunset. It’s less “festival tent” and more “wander into something strange and pretty,” with installations tucked into the trees and the whole park reimagined after dark.
When: Friday, May 8 and Saturday, May 9 from 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Where: Frisco Commons Park, Frisco
Cost: Free, but tickets are required
The Other Art Fair takes a more relaxed, direct approach to contemporary art, moving away from the formal gallery model and putting visitors face-to-face with independent artists and their work. The event brings together 135 artists, original pieces at a range of price points, immersive installations, live performances, DJs, and a full bar, creating a setting that is as much social outing as art show. The idea is simple: make art approachable, engaging, and open to anyone who wants to step in and explore.
When: Thursday, May 7 from 6 p.m. - 10 p.m. / Friday, May 8 from 5 p.m. - 10 p.m. / Saturday, May 9 from 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. / Sunday, May 10 from 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Where: Dallas Market Hall, Dallas
Cost: $20 advance general admission Friday-Sunday / $30 advance opening night / premium options available
PBR World Finals: Unleash The Beast at Cowtown Coliseum
This is Fort Worth at full volume: tight arena, dirt in the air, and riders trying to survive eight seconds at a time. The PBR World Finals start their run in the Stockyards, where the crowd does not need much warming up.
When: Thursday, May 7 through Sunday, May 10 at 7:45 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 1:45 p.m. Sunday
Where: Cowtown Coliseum / Fort Worth Stockyards
Cost: Resale starts around $117 and up
The Queens: 4 Legends, 1 Stage
Music history will be made as four of the most legendary voices in R&B, soul, and pop come together for an unforgettable tour! Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight, and Stephanie Mills—each a powerhouse in their own right—will share the stage for the 4 Legends! 1 Stage tour, celebrating decades of iconic music and timeless hits.
When: Friday, May 8 at 7 p.m.
Where: Dickies Arena, Fort Worth
Cost: $74 and up
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: May 7-9 / May 14-16
Where: Circle Theatre, 230 W 4th St, Fort Worth
Cost: $35 and up
Romeo Santos & Prince Royce – Mejor Tarde Que Nunca Tour 2026
Two of bachata’s biggest names on one stage is enough to do the selling by itself. The AAC gets a major Saturday-night Latin show, complete with the kind of crowd that treats every chorus like it belongs to them.
When: Saturday, May 9 at 8 p.m.
Where: American Airlines Center, Dallas
Cost: $131 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: 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
The most Tony Award-winning Show of the year. The most Tony Award-nominated Play of all time. Stereophonic mines the agony and the ecstasy of creation as it zooms in on a music studio in 1976. Here, an up-and-coming rock band recording a new album finds itself suddenly on the cusp of superstardom. The ensuing pressures could spark their breakup—or their breakthrough.
When: Friday, May 8 through Sunday, May 10
Where: Winspear Opera House, Dallas
Cost: $39 and up
Sting closes out the weekend in Irving without needing much more than his songs and a tight trio behind him. The setup is leaner than some of the bigger legacy tours, but that gives the music more room to breathe.
When: Sunday, May 10 at 8 p.m.
Where: The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory, Irving
Cost: $43 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)
Wicked retells the story of Oz from the perspective of the two witches long before Dorothy arrives. At the center are Elphaba, a brilliant and misunderstood young woman with green skin, and Glinda, a charming and widely admired blonde whose early rivalry with Elphaba slowly grows into an unlikely friendship. As their lives move in different directions, the world around them begins to sort one into the role of “good” and the other into “wicked.” Featuring songs like “Defying Gravity,” “Popular,” and “For Good,” the musical reimagines familiar Oz mythology through friendship, conflict, and the forces that shape a person’s reputation.
When: May 7 - June 14 (no shows on Mondays)
Where: Music Hall at Fair Park, Dallas
Cost: $56 and up
