• Home
  • popular
  • Events
  • Submit New Event
  • Subscribe
  • About
  • News
  • Restaurants + Bars
  • City Life
  • Entertainment
  • Travel
  • Real Estate
  • Arts
  • Society
  • Home + Design
  • Fashion + Beauty
  • Innovation
  • Sports
  • Charity Guide
  • children
  • education
  • health
  • veterans
  • SOCIAL SERVICES
  • ARTS + CULTURE
  • animals
  • lgbtq
  • New Charity
  • Series
  • Delivery Limited
  • DTX Giveaway 2012
  • DTX Ski Magic
  • dtx woodford reserve manhattans
  • Your Home in the Sky
  • DTX Best of 2013
  • DTX Trailblazers
  • Tastemakers Dallas 2017
  • Healthy Perspectives
  • Neighborhood Eats 2015
  • The Art of Making Whiskey
  • DTX International Film Festival
  • DTX Tatum Brown
  • Tastemaker Awards 2016 Dallas
  • DTX McCurley 2014
  • DTX Cars in Lifestyle
  • DTX Beyond presents Party Perfect
  • DTX Texas Health Resources
  • DART 2018
  • Alexan Central
  • State Fair 2018
  • Formula 1 Giveaway
  • Zatar
  • CityLine
  • Vision Veritas
  • Okay to Say
  • Hearts on the Trinity
  • DFW Auto Show 2015
  • Northpark 50
  • Anteks Curated
  • Red Bull Cliff Diving
  • Maggie Louise Confections Dallas
  • Gaia
  • Red Bull Global Rally Cross
  • NorthPark Holiday 2015
  • Ethan's View Dallas
  • DTX City Centre 2013
  • Galleria Dallas
  • Briggs Freeman Sotheby's International Realty Luxury Homes in Dallas Texas
  • DTX Island Time
  • Simpson Property Group SkyHouse
  • DIFFA
  • Lotus Shop
  • Holiday Pop Up Shop Dallas
  • Clothes Circuit
  • DTX Tastemakers 2014
  • Elite Dental
  • Elan City Lights
  • Dallas Charity Guide
  • DTX Music Scene 2013
  • One Arts Party at the Plaza
  • J.R. Ewing
  • AMLI Design District Vibrant Living
  • Crest at Oak Park
  • Braun Enterprises Dallas
  • NorthPark
  • Victory Park
  • DTX Common Desk
  • DTX Osborne Advisors
  • DTX Comforts of Home 2012
  • DFW Showcase Tour of Homes
  • DTX Neighborhood Eats
  • DTX Comforts of Home 2013
  • DTX Auto Awards
  • Cottonwood Art Festival 2017
  • Nasher Store
  • Guardian of The Glenlivet
  • Zyn22
  • Dallas Rx
  • Yellow Rose Gala
  • Opendoor
  • DTX Sun and Ski
  • Crow Collection
  • DTX Tastes of the Season
  • Skye of Turtle Creek Dallas
  • Cottonwood Art Festival
  • DTX Charity Challenge
  • DTX Culture Motive
  • DTX Good Eats 2012
  • DTX_15Winks
  • St. Bernard Sports
  • Jose
  • DTX SMU 2014
  • DTX Up to Speed
  • st bernard
  • Ardan West Village
  • DTX New York Fashion Week spring 2016
  • Taste the Difference
  • Parktoberfest 2016
  • Bob's Steak and Chop House
  • DTX Smart Luxury
  • DTX Earth Day
  • DTX_Gaylord_Promoted_Series
  • IIDA Lavish
  • Huffhines Art Trails 2017
  • Red Bull Flying Bach Dallas
  • Y+A Real Estate
  • Beauty Basics
  • DTX Pet of the Week
  • Long Cove
  • Charity Challenge 2014
  • Legacy West
  • Wildflower
  • Stillwater Capital
  • Tulum
  • DTX Texas Traveler
  • Dallas DART
  • Soldiers' Angels
  • Alexan Riveredge
  • Ebby Halliday Realtors
  • Zephyr Gin
  • Sixty Five Hundred Scene
  • Christy Berry
  • Entertainment Destination
  • Dallas Art Fair 2015
  • St. Bernard Sports Duck Head
  • Jameson DTX
  • Alara Uptown Dallas
  • Cottonwood Art Festival fall 2017
  • DTX Tastemakers 2015
  • Cottonwood Arts Festival
  • The Taylor
  • Decks in the Park
  • Alexan Henderson
  • Gallery at Turtle Creek
  • Omni Hotel DTX
  • Red on the Runway
  • Whole Foods Dallas 2018
  • Artizone Essential Eats
  • Galleria Dallas Runway Revue
  • State Fair 2016 Promoted
  • Trigger's Toys Ultimate Cocktail Experience
  • Dean's Texas Cuisine
  • Real Weddings Dallas
  • Real Housewives of Dallas
  • Jan Barboglio
  • Wildflower Arts and Music Festival
  • Hearts for Hounds
  • Okay to Say Dallas
  • Indochino Dallas
  • Old Forester Dallas
  • Dallas Apartment Locators
  • Dallas Summer Musicals
  • PSW Real Estate Dallas
  • Paintzen
  • DTX Dave Perry-Miller
  • DTX Reliant
  • Get in the Spirit
  • Bachendorf's
  • Holiday Wonder
  • Village on the Parkway
  • City Lifestyle
  • opportunity knox villa-o restaurant
  • Nasher Summer Sale
  • Simpson Property Group
  • Holiday Gift Guide 2017 Dallas
  • Carlisle & Vine
  • DTX New Beginnings
  • Get in the Game
  • Red Bull Air Race
  • Dallas DanceFest
  • 2015 Dallas Stylemaker
  • Youth With Faces
  • Energy Ogre
  • DTX Renewable You
  • Galleria Dallas Decadence
  • Bella MD
  • Tractorbeam
  • Young Texans Against Cancer
  • Fresh Start Dallas
  • Dallas Farmers Market
  • Soldier's Angels Dallas
  • Shipt
  • Elite Dental
  • Texas Restaurant Association 2017
  • State Fair 2017
  • Scottish Rite
  • Brooklyn Brewery
  • DTX_Stylemakers
  • Alexan Crossings
  • Ascent Victory Park
  • Top Texans Under 30 Dallas
  • Discover Downtown Dallas
  • San Luis Resort Dallas
  • Greystar The Collection
  • FIG Finale
  • Greystar M Line Tower
  • Lincoln Motor Company
  • The Shelby
  • Jonathan Goldwater Events
  • Windrose Tower
  • Gift Guide 2016
  • State Fair of Texas 2016
  • Choctaw Dallas
  • TodayTix Dallas promoted
  • Whole Foods
  • Unbranded 2014
  • Frisco Square
  • Unbranded 2016
  • Circuit of the Americas 2018
  • The Katy
  • Snap Kitchen
  • Partners Card
  • Omni Hotels Dallas
  • Landmark on Lovers
  • Harwood Herd
  • Galveston.com Dallas
  • Holiday Happenings Dallas 2018
  • TenantBase
  • Cottonwood Art Festival 2018
  • Hawkins-Welwood Homes
  • The Inner Circle Dallas
  • Eating in Season Dallas
  • ATTPAC Behind the Curtain
  • TodayTix Dallas
  • The Alexan
  • Toyota Music Factory
  • Nosh Box Eatery
  • Wildflower 2018
  • Society Style Dallas 2018
  • Texas Scottish Rite Hospital 2018
  • 5 Mockingbird
  • 4110 Fairmount
  • Visit Taos
  • Allegro Addison
  • Dallas Tastemakers 2018
  • The Village apartments
  • City of Burleson Dallas

    Weekend Event Planner

    These are the 15 best things to do in Dallas this weekend

    Alex Bentley
    Apr 26, 2023 | 5:00 pm

    It's another busy weekend in and around Dallas. There will be two different film festivals, an NFL draft celebration, four new theater productions, two dance events, a quartet of concerts featuring well-known names, a special movie event with famous actor, and more.

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

    Thursday, April 27

    Thin Line Fest
    Thin Line Fest combines the best of modern media to create an engaging, multi-layered experience. Thin Line Film is the longest running documentary film festival in Texas, while Thin Line Music has a mix of styles from national and regional acts on small and intimate stages. The festival will take place at multiple venues around Denton, including Campus Theatre, Dan's Silverleaf, Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios, and more through Sunday.

    Dallas Cowboys Draft Weekend
    The Dallas Cowboys Draft Weekend at The Star in Frisco will feature a Draft Day Party on Thursday to watch live coverage of the 2023 NFL Draft, including the Dallas Cowboys’ first round selection. Visitors can see current players and alumni, Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, and Rowdy the mascot. On Friday, Draft Night Out will feature live draft coverage, live and local music by Ray Johnston Band, food trucks, lawn games, and more on Tostitos Championship Plaza. The weekend ends with the Dallas Cowboys Draft Day 5K on Saturday and live draft coverage.

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra presents "Shostakovich Symphony No. 8"
    Known for his interpretations of Shostakovich, conductor Jukka Pekka Saraste leads the Dallas Symphony Orchestra through the composer's Eighth Symphony. The concert will also include Sibelius' Pohjola’s Daughter. There will be three performances through Sunday at Meyerson Symphony Center.

    Prism Movement Theater presents Circe: The Song of Benedito
    Circe: The Song of Benedito combines dance, song, and martial arts to tell the story of enslaved Africans from Angola who developed Capoeira. The martial art utilized song and dance to secretly develop techniques that allowed them to escape their captors. There will be six performances of this outdoor production through May 13 at Kidd Springs Park.

    Brian Culbertson in concert
    Over the course of crafting 25 albums and releasing nearly 40 Billboard No. 1 singles as a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer, jazz/R&B pianist Brian Culbertson has charted his own unique course in music. The Trilogy Tour will feature a mix of songs from The Trilogy Albums, as well as the greatest hits from his catalog. He'll perform at Majestic Theatre.

    Friday, April 28

    Dallas International Film Festival
    The 17th Dallas International Film Festival will feature screenings of more than 100 films submitted from more than 60 countries, as well as Q&A sessions with filmmakers and actors, nightly DIFF Red Carpets, a Festival Lounge, and special events. Notable films in the festival include BlackBerry, A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened, Gibson Icons: Rex Brown of Pantera, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, and more. The festival takes place daily through May 5 at Violet Crown Cinema.

    HITS! The Musical
    HITS! The Musical is a high energy musical production featuring a cast of 30 members who will take audiences on a musical journey through the decades; highlighting the biggest hits of all time in pop, rock, and Broadway, and the most iconic songs from the 1960s to present day. The production will have a one-night-only performance at the Music Hall at Fair Park.

    Avant Chamber Ballet presents Women's Choreography Project
    To finish their season, Avant Chamber Ballet presents an evening of world premieres and commissions with live music. The program features new works by female-identifying choreographers who are under-represented voices in the creation process in the world of dance. There will be performances on both Friday and Saturday at Sammons Center for the Arts.

    Art Centre Theatre presents The Bad Seed
    The Bad Seed takes place in a small Southern town where Rhoda is, on the surface, sweet and charming girl, full of old-fashioned graces, loved by her parents, admired by all her elders. But Rhoda’s mother has an uneasy feeling about her. When one of Rhoda’s schoolmates is mysteriously drowned at a picnic, Rhoda's mother is alarmed. The production runs through May 13 at Art Centre Theatre in Plano.

    Dinosaur Jr. in concert
    Alt-rock band Dinosaur Jr. has been around for nearly 40 years, gaining cult status thanks to '90s songs like "Start Choppin'" and "Feel the Pain." Led by lead singer J Mascis since the beginning, the band took a break in the late '90s/early 2000s before reuniting in 2005, releasing five more albums, most recently 2021's Sweep It Into Space. They'll play at Longhorn Ballroom.

    Bruce Wood Dance presents 13th Anniversary Performance & Gala
    Bruce Wood Dance's 13th Anniversary Performance & Gala will feature the work of choreographic legend Lar Lubovitch. The performance also features the world premiere of Conversing with Brahms, the Dallas premiere of his masterwork, Concerto Six Twenty–Two, and the return of his jubilant Elemental Brubeck. A gala dinner and entertainment will follow the show at Moody Performance Hall.

    Saturday, April 29

    Hardy in concert
    Going only by his last name, country singer Hardy has quickly made a name for himself in the genre. He released his debut album, A Rock, in 2020, which featured the No. 1 song "One Beer." He's already had one hit song, "Wait in the Truck," off of his 2023 sophomore album, The Mockingbird and the Crow, with more sure to come. He'll play at The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory in Irving.

    Ochre House Theater presents Darken: Less A Light On
    Ochre House Theater presents Darken: Less A Light On, which takes place in truly absurd times. A woman, having done something brave, now fears for her safety, and falls into a cloud of fear and paranoia. An oddball group of friends, family and strangers try to push her forward, or pull her back. The Absurdist piece points out the fears (both outside and within) people live with, in these precarious times. The production runs through May 20.

    Sunday, April 30

    Bruce Campbell presents Bruce-O-Rama: Evil Dead II
    Cult favorite genre film star Bruce Campbell comes to Dallas as a part of his tour, Bruce-O-Rama. A two-part evening of indulgent fun, it begins with Last Fan Standing, an interactive game show exclusively for fans of pop culture. In the second half, Campbell will introduce Evil Dead II and take questions before the screening in a lively half-hour of anecdotes, insults, and random cash giveaways. The event takes place at Texas Theatre.

    Seal in concert
    Seal comes to Dallas as part of his 30th Anniversary Tour, commemorating three decades of his landmark self-titled 1991 debut album and eponymous follow-up Seal II (1994). He will perform the records in their entirety for the first time, delivering a set highlighted by hits like “Crazy,” “Future Love Paradise,” “Killer,” and “Kiss From A Rose.” Soul staples and standards will be peppered throughout the concert, taking place at the Music Hall at Fair Park.

    Art Centre Theatre presents The Bad Seed
      
    Photo courtesy of Art Centre Theatre

    Art Centre Theatre in Plano presents The Bad Seed, April 28-May 13.

    festivalsmoviessportsconcertssymphonytheatermusicdanceevent-planner
    news/entertainment
    popular

    This Week's Hot Headlines

    4 Dallas-area universities rank among world's best and more top stories

    CultureMap Staff
    Jun 28, 2025 | 10:00 am
    SMU, Southern Methodist University
    SMU Facebook
    undefined

    Editor's note: In the top Dallas news of the week, Big D shines in two new reports. Plus, two hot restaurant openings and a gleaming Texas glamping experience. Get the details on our most popular Dallas stories below, then visit this event guide to make some weekend plans.

    1. 4 Dallas-area universities make 2026 list of world’s best schools. Four Dallas-Fort Worth universities are in a class of their own, earning spots on a new global ranking of the world's best universities. They are among the top 1,200 schools included in the QS World University Rankings 2026. Eight more schools across Texas make the list.

    2. Dallas restaurant Frenchie debuts in former Corner Bakery spot. A French restaurant has debuted in an iconic Dallas space. Called Frenchie, it's a new concept from Travis Street Hospitality now open in the former Corner Bakery space at 8420 Preston Center Plaza.

    FrenchieFrenchie is now open.Photo courtesy of Frenchie

    3. Dallas surpasses Austin in new ranking of America's best cities. A just-released national report ranking the best cities in America has declared Dallas is the 14th best U.S. city in 2025. Dallas climbed up two spots from its No. 16 rank in 2024, and in the process eclipsed Austin. So sorry, Austin.

    4. Crazy mirrored glamping houses near Austin reflect back the trees. Just in time for unbearable temperatures across Texas, the Lower Colorado River Authority has debuted a cool glamping solution. The Ööd Mirror Houses are LCRA Parks' newest accommodations at Lake Bastrop South Shore Park, about 40 minutes outside of Austin.

    5. Savvy chef team to open Elia Greek Tavern in Dallas' Bishop Arts. A new restaurant is coming to a revered Oak Cliff location. Called Elia Greek Tavern, it will open this summer in Bishop Arts at 205 N. Bishop Ave., better known as the former home of Nora Restaurant and Bar.

    hot-headlinesmost popular storiesrankingsuniversitiessmuopeningsbest citiesglampingtraveltop stories
    news/entertainment
    popular
    Loading...