A short, highly curated Dallas shortlist, the few things I'd actually leave the house for. A new list every Thursday.
One man, a loop pedal and a stadium full of people singing every word. He is touring the new album Play, and the Arlington stop is the big room version. Tickets from around $40 on resale. Budget the drive, Arlington on a concert night is its own event.
Tickets and start time: confirm at the source before you go.
More than 50 breweries and 150 beers spread across Old City Park, plus food trucks, lawn games and an 80s cover band. Early admission starts at noon, general admission at 1 PM. From $62, and admission includes the beer samples.
Tickets and admission times: confirm at the source before you go.
Cedar Springs closes down and turns into the biggest costume party in Texas. Live music, a drag show at 9:30 PM and a costume runway at 11 PM, and the crowd is half the show. Entry is free, 18 and up, 21 and up to drink.
Street times and venue covers: confirm at the source before you go.
A whole festival built around one perfect hand pie, hosted at Four Corners Brewing in the Cedars. This is the easy Sunday plan: show up hungry at noon, work your way down the line, and let lunch take as long as it takes. Listed as free entry.
Entry and vendor list: confirm at the source before you go.
Sunday afternoon wine tasting on the lawn at City Hall Plaza, downtown. A slower close to the weekend than Saturday deserves, and the mostly cloudy forecast actually helps this one. From $41.
Tickets and pour list: confirm at the source before you go.
Nothing in this filter this weekend, try another mood.
No rain is coming to save you from the heat, so treat the outdoor picks like summer, not fall. Do the Brew Festival and Oktoberfest with water and sunscreen in hand, grab shade when you can, and know that everything gets better after sunset: both evenings land in the high 50s and low 60s, which is perfect block party and stadium weather with one light layer.
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