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    Weekend Event Planner

    These are the 10 best things to do in Dallas this weekend

    Alex Bentley
    Mar 22, 2017 | 3:51 pm

    There is a lot going on in and around Dallas this weekend, and the variety is so much that you can do something different and cool every day. The events include a chance to tour some really old airplanes, a thoroughly unique theater experience, a music festival featuring a TV star as a headliner, an honoring of a master filmmaker, and science on display right in front of your eyes.

    Below are the best options for your precious free time Thursday through Sunday. Don't like what you see? Lucky for you, we have a much longer list of the city's best events.

    Thursday, March 23

    Frontiers of Flight Museum presents Wings of Freedom Tour 2017
    The annual Wings of Freedom Tour is a rare opportunity to tour inside and out and fly on World War II aircraft like the Boeing B-17G “Flying Fortress” Nine-O-Nine, Consolidated B-24J “Liberator” Witchcraft, North American B-25J “Mitchell” Tondelayo, and North American TF-51D “Mustang” Toulouse Nuts. The tour is at the Frontiers of Flight Museum through Sunday.

    AT&T Performing Arts Center presents Robot Planet Rising: An Intergalactic Nemesis Live-Action Graphic Novel
    In Robot Planet Rising: An Intergalactic Nemesis Live-Action Graphic Novel, a sequel to The Intergalactic Nemesis: Target Earth, three actors voice the dozens of characters, a Foley artist creates all the sound effects, and a pianist plays a cinematic score while more than 1,250 individual full-color hi-res comic book panels tell a hilarious sci-fi adventure story visually from an enormous movie screen. There are three performances at Wyly Theatre through Saturday.

    NPR presents Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me!
    Now in its 20th season, Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! is National Public Radio’s Peabody Award-winning quiz show in which host Peter Sagal leads a rotating panel of comedians, humorists and journalists, listener contestants, and celebrity guests through a comic review of the week’s news. Panelists for the show are Paula Poundstone, Roxanne Roberts, and Peter Grosz, and singer Charley Pride participates in the "Not My Job" segment. The show takes place at the Music Hall at Fair Park.

    A Dallas Retrospective: JR Ewing Bourbon presents Linda Gray and Patrick Duffy
    At this special event at Winspear Opera House, Linda Gray and Patrick Duffy, two legendary icons from the television series Dallas, discuss their careers, inside stories, and the effect the popular television show had on the Dallas community and the world. The event, sponsored by JR Ewing Bourbon, is moderated by Dallas Morning News city columnist Robert Wilonsky.

    Louie Anderson in concert
    Iconic comedian Louie Anderson is one of the country's most recognized and adored comics, named by Comedy Central as "One of 100 Greatest Stand­-up Comedians of All Time." His career has received a recent bump after he was cast to co­-star along with Zach Galifianakis and Martha Kelly in the FX series Baskets, playing Christine Baskets, the matriarch of the Baskets clan. He performs at Granada Theater.

    Friday, March 24

    Toyota Texas Music Revolution 21
    Country music star Kacey Musgraves and actor-turned-singer Kiefer Sutherland headline Toyota Texas Music Revolution 21 at Oak Point Park and Preserve in Plano. The two-day festival also features performances by Josh Ritter, Zane Williams, Castro the Band, The O’s, Red Shahan, Pail Cauthen, Kevin Deal, Austin Cunningham, 1100 Springs, Tejas Brothers, Max Stalling, Vandoliers, The Birddogs, and Buffalo Ruckus.

    So What?! Music Festival
    The 10th anniversary celebration of So What?! Music Festival takes over multiple venues in Deep Ellum on Friday, followed by two more days of music at AirHogs Stadium in Grand Prairie. Expect lots of 10-year album celebrations from bands like Mayday Parade, Envy on the Coast, Forever the Sickest Kids, Four Year Strong, Set Your Goals, and We the Kings. The festival features performances from more than 100 bands on multiple stages, and it includes an array of musical acts including rock, metal, folk, dance, pop, and pop-punk.

    Saturday, March 25

    American Heart Association presents BeautyKind Unites Concert
    The BeautyKind Unites Concert, benefiting the American Heart Association, is a chance for the audience to raise its voice; help build a community movement to change health disparities in the community; and sing along with music stars like Demi Lovato, Jake Owen, the Band Perry, Cole Swindell, and stroke survivor Randy Travis. The event takes place at AT&T Stadium.

    Texas Theatre and USA Film Festival present An Evening with Whit Stillman
    Writer/director Whit Stillman is an Oscar-nominated filmmaker known for movies like Metropolitan​ and Damsels in Distress.The Texas Theatre and the USA Film Festival in Dallas are honoring Stillman in conjunction with a double feature of two of his best-loved films, Love & Friendship and The Last Days of Disco. The evening includes screenings of both films and an on-stage Q&A session with Stillman.

    Sunday, March 26

    Brain Candy Live!
    Adam Savage and Michael Stevens present Brain Candy Live!, a one-of-a-kind interactive, hands-on, minds-on theatrical experience. The master explainers bring along crazy toys, incredible tools, and mind-blowing demonstrations for a celebration of curiosity at Majestic Theatre. Members of the audience act as both test subjects and participants as they spend two hours laughing, learning, and exploring during a theatrical experience like no other.

    Adam Savage, along with Michael Stevens, brings Brain Candy Live! to Majestic Theatre on March 26.

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    Adam Savage, along with Michael Stevens, brings Brain Candy Live! to Majestic Theatre on March 26.
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    These are the 15 best things to do in Dallas this weekend

    Alex Bentley
    Mar 5, 2025 | 6:37 pm
    Indique Dance Co presents The Wedding is Fixed - A Bollywood Love Story
    Photo by Leah Joseph
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    This weekend around Dallas has a lot going on, from events featuring local arts groups to traveling performers. Choices include three theater productions, two dance productions, three completely different types of concerts, three big comedians, a new art exhibition, a symphonic celebration of a popular anime series, monster trucks, and a special theatrical light experience.

    Indique Dance Co presents The Wedding is Fixed - A Bollywood Love Story
      
    Photo by Leah Joseph

    Indique Dance Co presents The Wedding is Fixed - A Bollywood Love Story will be at Wyly Theatre, March 6-8.

    Below are the best ways to spend your free time this weekend. Want more options? Lucky for you, we have a much longer list of the city's best events.

    Thursday, March 6

    Meadows Lyric Theatre presents Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
    Sweeney Todd tells the story of the barber, Benjamin Barker, who is sent away to prison on a false charge by the corrupt Judge Turpin. Returning to London after 15 years and now known as Sweeney Todd, he intends to exact his revenge on those who wronged him. This new production of Sweeney Todd, which has been updated to occur during the violent turbulence of the London Blitz at the end of the Second World War, will have four performances through Sunday at the Meadows School of the Arts on the SMU campus.

    Indique Dance Co presents The Wedding is Fixed - A Bollywood Love Story
    Across the world, a new fascination with Indian weddings has emerged. A typical Indian wedding spans several days with many shenanigans and festivities that keep everyone engaged and exhausted, but most importantly, entertained. Indique Dance Co will bring the dance and the “drama” in this comedic take on a whimsical Bollywood love story. The production, part of AT&T Performing Arts Center's Elevator Project, will have three performances through Saturday at Wyly Theatre.

    Apocalyptica in concert
    Apocalypitca is a Finnish symphonic metal band comprised of three classically trained cellists who are known for their unique take on the heavy metal genre. After getting their start in 1996 by releasing the album Plays Metallica by Four Cellos, they have returned to that legendary group almost 30 years later with their latest album, Plays Metallica, Vol. 2. They'll play at Majestic Theatre.

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra presents "Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3"
    Conducted by Fabio Luisi and featuring pianist Nelson Goerner, this concert from the Dallas Symphony Orchestra will feature Rachmaninoff’s beloved Concerto No. 3 and Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks by Strauss. Rounding out the evening are DSO-commissioned works by two eminent female composers, Sophia Jani, the DSO’s Composer-in-Residence, and Arlene Sierra. There will be four performances through Sunday at Meyerson Symphony Center.

    Rover Dramawerks presents The Hat Box
    Do we ever really know our parents? Do we want to? Really? Two sisters are about to find out when they discover a hat box hidden in the back of their recently deceased father's closet. What sits inside sends them off on an impromptu road trip to visit eccentric Aunt Esther and on an increasingly wild ride down memory lane. With surprising twists and hilarious turns, the brand-new comedy of family lore revels in the bizarre and beautiful mysteries that make up a life. The production runs through March 22 at Cox Playhouse in Plano.

    Friday, March 7

    Mainstage Irving-Las Colinas presents Into the Breeches!
    It’s 1942 and Oberon Playhouse’s director and leading men are off at war with the Axis. With the men overseas, the women of the company see their chance to move from the sidelines to center stage and mount the first all-female production of Shakespeare’s Henry V. Into the Breeches! is a hilarious and heartwarming play about what happens when we’re all in it together, exploring how theatre can unite a community and expand our idea of who that includes. The production runs through March 22 at Irving Arts Center.

    Marc Maron: All In
    Comedian Marc Maron has released five hit stand-up comedy specials in his career, most recently the 2023 HBO special, From Bleak to Dark. Maron is also one of the original podcasters, hosting WTF with Marc Maron since 2009. He has starred in in the Netflix series Glow and the IFC series Maron, and has also appeared in movies like To Leslie, Joker, Respect, and Sword of Trust. He'll perform for one night only at Majestic Theater.

    Saturday, March 8

    Crow Museum of Asian Art presents Saya Woolfalk: "Floating World of the Cloud Quilt" opening day
    Over the span of 20 years, artist Saya Woolfalk has undertaken the project of world-building in which a fictional race of women known as Empaths inhabit an Empathic Universe. For this immersive installation of "Cloud Quilt," Woolfalk created a dynamic interplay of symbols and imagery by drawing on her vast analog and digital archives of past projects. She also draws upon works from the Crow Museum’s vast collection. The exhibition will remain on display through March 8 at the Crow Museum of Art location on the campus of The University of Texas at Dallas.

    Naruto: The Symphonic Experience
    Naruto: The Symphonic Experience is a live show featuring an original two-hour feature film (shown with subtitles) created from the first 220 original episodes of the Naruto animated series. An orchestra will perform the iconic songs and themes from the series, live-to-picture, as scenes are projected on a full-size, HD cinema screen. There will be two performances on Saturday at Majestic Theatre.

    Monster Jam
    Monster Jam will be an adrenaline-charged event featuring heated rivalries, high-flying stunts, and fierce head-to-head battles. It will feature Monster Jam trucks like the legendary Grave Digger, Megalodon, El Toro Loco, Zombie, and more in Freestyle, Skills, and Racing competitions. The event takes place at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.

    Dallas Black Dance Theatre presents Dancing Beyond Borders
    DBDT: Encore!, the professional training company for Dallas Black Dance Theatre, transcends borders and boundaries in their 25th anniversary season with a display of contemporary works. The program for this event includes Prototype by Tyrone C. Walker, High Society by Floyd McLean, Jr., and more. They'll perform at Eisemann Center for Performing Arts in Richardson.

    Texas Trust CU Theatre presents Jo Koy
    Jo Koy's uniquely relatable comedy pulls inspiration from his colorful family that has reached all kinds of people and has translated into sold-out arenas around the world. Koy starred in the 2022 film Easter Sunday, and he's also appeared in Disney’s Haunted Mansion and voiced characters in Netflix’s animated films Monkey King and Leo. He'll perform at Texas Trust CU Theatre in Grand Prairie.

    Matt Rife: Stay Golden
    Comedian Matt Rife comes to Dallas as part of his Stay Golden tour. Rife self-produced two comedy specials, Only Fans and Matthew Steven Rife, both available on YouTube, which led to two Netflix specials, Matt Rife: Natural Selection and Lucid. He is set to take on a leading role in Rolling Loud, an R-rated comedy also starring Owen Wilson. He'll perform at American Airlines Center.

    Sunday, March 9

    Lightwire Theater presents The Ugly Duckling
    In an age when technology seems to provide many distractions, Lightwire Theater brings the classic tale, The Ugly Duckling, to the modern stage. Lined with electroluminescent wire, the beloved story of The Ugly Duckling plays out through a cutting-edge blend of puppetry, technology, and dance. The performance takes place at Eisemann Center for Performing Arts in Richardson.

    The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra: Tribute to Frank Sinatra
    In Big Band history, Tommy Dorsey’s Orchestra is recognized as one of the best all-around dance bands. Tommy Dorsey, “The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing,” was a master at creating warm, sentimental, and always musical moods. Frank Sinatra's career blossomed with Dorsey, and, with Sinatra's vocals, the band became more successful than ever. This special concert featuring a tribute to Sinatra takes place at the Music Hall at Fair Park.

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