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The latest event cancellations in Dallas-Fort Worth due to coronavirus

CultureMap's annual Tastemaker Awards, scheduled for May 7, has been rescheduled for July 30.

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As concerns regarding the spread of the coronavirus and government restrictions on group gatherings continue, more event cancellations and postponements are being announced every day in Dallas-Fort Worth. In an effort to keep you as up-to-date as possible, we'll compile a list of different announcements every week.

Note: Given the pace at which things are happening during these times, cancellations are coming at a rapid clip. To be sure you're up to speed, you may want to check with the presenting organization before going to any event.

Dallas

American Airlines Center: The Sturgill Simpson concert on March 27 has been rescheduled to May 30. Disney On Ice: Road Trip Adventures, scheduled for April 2-5, has been canceled.
AT&T Performing Arts Center: All events at the center's venues - Winspear Opera House, Wyly Theatre, and Annette Strauss Square - have been canceled through April 29.
CultureMap Tastemaker Awards: CultureMap's annual celebration of the best chefs and restaurants in Dallas-Fort Worth, scheduled for May 7, has been postponed to July 30.
Dallas Historical Society: Pour Yourself Into History on April 7 and the Brown Bag Lecture Series on April 14 have been canceled.
Dallas International Film Festival: The biggest film event of the year in Dallas, scheduled for April 16-23, has been postponed, with plans to reschedule for later in the year.
Dallas Observer presents Iron Fork: The foodie event, scheduled for April 29, will be postponed to June 10.
Dallas Opera: Having previously curtailed its schedule, the Dallas Opera canceled the remainder of its 2019-2020 season.
Dallas Symphony Orchestra: DSO has canceled all events through April 29, including the entire SOLUNA Festival. When possible, they will reschedule some concerts.
EarthX: The environmentally-themed festival, scheduled April 23-25, has been canceled. Some programming, including films, will be put online. The film festival will be postponed to the fall.
Four Day Weekend: The comedy troupe has canceled all performances for an undetermined length of time, but they are presenting a virtual show on March 21 to support service industry workers in Dallas and Fort Worth.
Holly Johnson Gallery: The gallery will be open by appointment only for an undetermined length of time. It has extended its current exhibitions.
Meadows Museum: This museum on the SMU campus will close to the public through at least April 6. Its presentation of "Alonso Berruguete: First Sculptor of Renaissance Spain," scheduled to open on March 29, will be postponed to an undetermined date.
Park Cities Historic and Preservation Society: The organization has postponed the Distinguished Speaker Luncheon (April 15), Home Tour (April 18), and Classic & Antique Car Show (April 25).
Reunion Tower: The iconic Dallas landmark will be closed through March 30.
Rolling Stones: The legendary rock band has postponed its entire summer tour, including the stop at the Cotton Bowl on May 29. New dates will be announced at an undetermined point in the future.
Taste of Dallas: The food event has been postponed from June 5-7 to September 4-6.
TITAS/Dance Unbound: ChangMu Dance Company on April 11 and RUBBERBAND Dance on May 1 and 2 have been canceled. The Command Performance on June 6 has been rescheduled for August 29.
Undermain Theatre: The theater company has postponed Whither Goest Thou America?, scheduled for April 16-May 2, to June 11-28, and changed The Savage Seconds, scheduled for June 4-14, to May 28-June 7.
Uptown Players: The theater company has postponed their production of Fun Home, scheduled for April 10-26, to an undetermined date. The postponement will also affect the schedules of future productions.
White Rock Home Tour: The annual home tour in the neighborhoods surrounding White Rock Lake has been postponed to an undetermined date.

Addison

WaterTower Theatre: The theater company has postponed its spring gala on March 27 to an undetermined date. They have also postponed their production of I Am My Own Wife from April 16-May 3 to July 16-August 2.

Fort Worth

Bass Performance Hall: All events through May 17 have been canceled, including two Fort Worth Symphony concerts. The Suzy Bogguss concert on May 2 has been rescheduled for September 25.
Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth: The final two concerts of the classical music group's season, scheduled for April 4 and May 9, have been canceled.
The Cliburn: The classical music organization has canceled all events through May 30, including the 2020 Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition, which will be rescheduled.
Fort Worth Opera: The annual Fort Worth Opera Festival, scheduled for April 17-May 3, has been canceled, as well as the concert featuring soprano Talise Trevigne on April 22 and Pops at the Pavilion on March 29. The Masked Gala, scheduled for April 18, will be rescheduled for a later date. The McCammon Voice Competition has been postponed until fall 2020.
Four Day Weekend: The comedy troupe has canceled all performances for an undetermined length of time, but they are presenting a virtual show on March 21 to support service industry workers in Fort Worth and Dallas.
Tarrant County Book Festival: The festival on April 25, headlined by Jenna Bush Hager, has been canceled. It will return in 2021.
WWE presents Monday Night Raw: The first visit of the WWE to Dickies Arena, scheduled for March 23, has been rescheduled as Friday Night Smackdown on July 31.

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Weekend Event Planner

These are the 11 best things to do in Dallas this weekend

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Benson Boone will perform at American Airlines Center on August 21.

It's usually enough for a theater company to put on one show at a time, but one Dallas troupe will up the ante by opening two separate productions this weekend. Other choices include a big festival, four concerts featuring big names, three more local theater productions, and the final days of an art exhibition.

Below are the best ways to spend your free time this weekend. If you want more options, check out our calendar for an even longer list of the city's best events.

Thursday, August 20

Uptown Players presents Application Pending
In Application Pending, B.J. Cleveland stars as Chris Evans, a kindergarten assistant who is unexpectedly thrust into the job as his private school's head of admissions when the previous titleholder is ousted in a scandal. With phones ringing off the hook, Chris must balance beleaguered applicants, venal administrators, and an army of parents who will stop at nothing to get their kids into this exclusive school. The production runs through August 30 in the Theatre Too space within Theatre Three.

Friday, August 21

North Texas Fair & Rodeo
The annual North Texas Fair & Rodeo features 10 nights of country music, rodeos, livestock shows, kid and fun zones, attractions, and more. Headline performers will include Braxton Keith, Chris Cagle, Ned LeDoux, Jake Hooker & The Outsiders, Kody West, William Clark Green, Diamond Rio, and more. The event takes place through August 30 at the North Texas Fairgrounds in Denton.

Avenged Sevenfold and Good Charlotte in concert
It will be a night of rock music when Avenged Sevenfold and Good Charlotte come to Dallas as part of their co-headlining tour. Avenged Sevenfold has released eight albums in their career, most recently Life Is But a Dream in 2023. Good Charlotte is touring in support of their 2025 album, Motel Du Cap. They'll play at Dos Equis Pavilion.

Artstillery presents Los Tres Cabezones
Each solo performance within Los Tres Cabezones incorporates Manifesto Poetico’s 30 years of research and approach to physical theatrical staging. Each piece, though stylistically different, makes use of "spatial dramaturgy" — how the architecture of the theatrical space and the human body work together as one to deliver the story to the audience via direct address. The festival, featuring three solo performers, runs through August 30 at Artstillery.

Theatre Denton presents The Diary of Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank is a drama that recounts the lives of eight people hiding from the Nazis in an attic for over two years. Based on the real diary of young girl who was among those in hiding, it captures the fear, hope, joys, and grief of these individuals in an extraordinary situation. The production runs through August 30 at Theatre Denton.

Art Centre Theatre presents Clue
It’s a dark and stormy night, and a cast of oddball characters has been invited to a very unusual dinner party. Each of the guests has an alias, the butler offers a variety of weapons, and the host is, well, dead. So whodunit? Scarlet, Plum, White, Green, Peacock, and Mustard race to find the murderer in Boddy Manor before the body count stacks up. The production runs through September 13 at Art Centre Theatre in Plano.

Benson Boone in concert
It's been a busy few years for breakout star Benson Boone, as his 2024 debut album, Fireworks & Rollerblades, featured the hit "Beautiful Things" and earned him three Grammy nominations, including Best New Artist. The unrepentant flipper came back quickly with his second album, American Heart, in 2025, going even higher on the Billboard 200, to No. 2, and scoring with another hit, "Mystical Magical." He'll perform at American Airlines Center.

Uptown Players presents Mother Play
Uptown Players presents the regional premiere of Mother Play, the deeply personal and hauntingly resonant new work by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel. Spanning from 1962 to today, the semi-autobiographical drama follows Phyllis Herman, a fiercely independent single mother, and her two children as they endure five evictions, emotional upheavals, and the ongoing tension between unconditional love and self-preservation. The production runs through August 30 at Theatre Three.

Saturday, August 22

Rick Ross in concert
Rapper Rick Ross comes to Dallas as part of the Port of Miami 20th Anniversary Black-Tie Experience Orchestra Tour, featuring the Sainted Trap Choir. The tour is a celebration of Ross' 2006 debut album, Port of Miami, his first of five No. 1 albums. Ross is also touring in support of his new album, Set in Stone. He'll perform at Winspear Opera House.

Santana and The Doobie Brothers in concert
The Latin rock of Carlos Santana and his band and the yacht rock of The Doobie Brothers wouldn't seem to be a natural fit, but this is the second time they've toured together in the last decade. Maybe it's their ability to know what it's like to have a long history, as both of their careers date back to the early 1970s. And yet they're each still "current" acts, as Santana is touring in support of his 2025 album, Sentient, while The Doobie Brothers are touring in support of their 2025 album, Walk This Road. They'll co-headline this concert at American Airlines Center.

Sunday, August 23

Nasher Sculpture Center presents Nic Nicosia: "Everyday Surreal" closing day
Sunday will be the final day to view Nic Nicosia: "Everyday Surreal" at Nasher Sculpture Center. The exhibition is a survey of the last 25 years of the Nicosia’s five-decade career that reveals the material and conceptual evolution of one of the city’s most important living artists. With a fresh focus on his turn to sculpture in the 2010s, the exhibition features over 70 three-dimensional works, drawings, photographs, and films.

Photo by Justin Campbell

Benson Boone will perform at American Airlines Center on August 21.

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