Jingle Ball

106.1 KISS FM annual holiday Jingle Ball puts Dallas on its nice list

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The annual Jingle Ball Tour is coming to Dallas on November 29, with headliner Meghan Trainor and an appearance by '90s boy band the Backstreet Boys.

Dallas will be the opening date on a 12-city tour that also includes Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. The lineup varies by city. Unlike Los Angeles or New York, Dallas will not get Justin Bieber. The tour ends on December 18 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Each year, iHeartMedia stations across the country host Jingle Ball concerts in select cities, with performances by the year's most iconic recording artists and emerging talent.

"What started as a local holiday concert in New York over 20 years ago, has become a nationwide holiday music tour, radio broadcast, and CW Network telecast," says iHeart president John Sykes in a release.

iHeart will broadcast the December 9 show in New York on iHeartRadio CHR stations and as a live video stream on CWTV.com and within the CW app, beginning at 8:30 pm ET. The event will also be featured in a TV special on The CW Network on December 15.

Tickets range from $51 to $156 and go on sale on October 17. Here's the full lineup:

November 29, Dallas
106.1 KISS FM's Jingle Ball — American Airlines Center. Meghan Trainor, The Chainsmokers, Fifth Harmony, Backstreet Boys, Alessia Cara, Charlie Puth, Daya, Lukas Graham, and Hailee Steinfeld

December 1, San Jose
WiLD 94.9′s Jingle Ball — SAP Center. Shawn Mendes, The Chainsmokers, Charlie Puth, Diplo, Tove Lo, Alessia Cara, Lukas Graham, Daya, and Niall Horan

December 2, Los Angeles
102.7 KIIS FM’s Jingle Ball — Staples Center. Bruno Mars, Justin Bieber, Britney Spears, Meghan Trainor, Fifth Harmony, Diplo, Alessia Cara, Lukas Graham, Daya, and special guest appearance by Niall Horan

December 5, Minneapolis
101.3 KDWB’s Jingle Ball — XCEL Energy Center. Fifth Harmony, G-Eazy, Diplo, Backstreet Boys, Lukas Graham, Alessia Cara, Tove Lo, Hailee Steinfeld, and Gnash

December 7, Philadelphia
Q102's Jingle Ball — Wells Fargo Center. Shawn Mendes, Fifth Harmony, Diplo, Ellie Goulding, DNCE, Charlie Puth, Tove Lo, Alessia Cara, and Lukas Graham

December 9, New York
Z100's Jingle Ball — Madison Square Garden. Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, The Chainsmokers, Meghan Trainor, Fifth Harmony, Ellie Goulding, Diplo, Charlie Puth, Lukas Graham, Daya, and Niall Horan

December 11, Boston
Kiss 108′s Jingle Ball — TD Garden. Ariana Grande, Shawn Mendes, Diplo, Ellie Goulding, DNCE, Tove Lo, Alessia Cara, Daya, and special guest appearance by Niall Horan

December 14, Chicago
103.5 Kiss FM’s Jingle Ball — Allstate Arena. Ariana Grande, Ellie Goulding, Backstreet Boys, Tove Lo, Lukas Graham, Daya, Hailee Steinfeld, and special guest appearance by Niall Horan

December 16, Atlanta
Power 96.1′s Jingle Ball — Philips Arena. Ariana Grande, Meghan Trainor, The Chainsmokers, Fifth Harmony, DNCE, Alessia Cara, Daya, and Lukas Graham

December 17, Tampa Bay
93.3 FLZ's Jingle Ball — Amalie Arena. Pitbull, The Chainsmokers, Fifth Harmony, DNCE, Lukas Graham, Martin Garrix, and Daya

December 18, Fort Lauderdale
Y100's Jingle Ball — BB&T Center. Diplo, Meghan Trainor, The Chainsmokers, Fifth Harmony, Nicky Jam, Alessia Cara, Charlie Puth, Tove Lo, Lukas Graham, and Hailee Steinfeld

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Where to Drink

Where to drink in Dallas right now: 5 bars with cool cocktail specials

Jinya

Sake special at Jinya Ramen Bar

It's always good to support your local watering hole but sometimes the heart wants something else, and even better when it's something cheap. For our March edition of where to drink, we spotlight five drinking opportunities around Dallas that include a seasonally-focused happy hour, a one-day drink special, a new happy hour for the summer, and a new happy hour at an Arts District hotel bar.

Here's Where to Drink in March:

Jinya Ramen Bar
The Dallas location of this sophisticated national Japanese chain joins in on their national "Hanami Hour," which honors the Japanese custom of celebrating cherry blossom season. Starting March 22, they'll be offering a special combo of Nigori Sake and a Spicy Tuna and Salmon Cone for $18. Not exactly sure what that has to do with cherry blossoms? Maybe lost in translation. But a sake special is always a yes. March 22-April 5

New Artisan Distillery
On March 30, the makers of Roxor Gin & Botanical Bourbon are launching a budget-friendly new program for the spring/summer, with a weekday happy hour featuring $5 gin and bourbon cocktails, because gin and bourbon is what they make. Stick around for trivia, karaoke, and a Friday Piano Series on their in-house Steinway Piano. Fancy! The March 30 opener debuts with Trivia Night from Sporcle, whom they say is the leading trivia company in the U.S., and who are we to disagree. Monday-Friday 4-7 pm

Nobu Dallas
Japanese restaurant-bar at the Hotel Crescent Court is part of an international sushi chain from celebrity chef Nobu Matsuhisa that opened in Dallas in 2005 with a celebrity-packed event that included co-owner/investor Robert DeNiro jetting into Dallas to attend. It was exciting! Their happy hour, launched in 2019, has a special name — Tanoshi Hour — and is a killer deal. It features three specialty cocktails, $10 each, that include a lychee & elderflower martini. Plus sake and wine by the glass for $8, Japanese beer for $6, and a menu of snacks including sushi, tacos, and chicken wings, also $10 each. Available in the bar area only, Monday-Friday 5-7 pm

Pyramid Lobby Bar
The bar at the Fairmont Dallas hotel in the Dallas Arts District has a new Texas Happy Hour, with delicious bites and great deals on brews and other beverages, plus live acoustic country music by Tyler Hammond on Thursdays 5-8 p.m. The drink lineup includes $6 Texas draft beers, $10 glasses of wine (house Cabernet, Chardonnay, and Prosecco), and $12 margaritas and Texas mules. Appetizers are $8 and include sweet potato fries, shishito peppers, lamb sliders, and chicken fried deviled eggs. Monday-Friday 2-6 pm, Thursday 11 am-12 am

Sky Blu Rooftop Bar
Design District venue is hosting a cheap-drinking day on March 24 from 4 pm-2 am with a quartet of classic cocktails — the Aperol Spritz, Manhattan, Negroni, and gin martini — for $10. It's just for that day and it's a Tuesday, and you also need to pay $10 for valet. As discount drink experiences go, this one is not the best. But hey, rooftop views, and a discount is a discount. March 24, 4 pm-2 am

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