When to Come

Weather

With a high in the mid 50s and lows in the 30s in the winter and highs in the 90s in the peak of the summer, Dallas/Ft. Worth is a perfect destination all year round.

 

 

 

Events Calendar

Events subject to change. Please visit event links for latest updates.

 

March 2025

 

1-16 College Station: Backstage Hollywood: The Photographs of Bob Willoughby – J. Wayne Stark Galleries, featuring photographs from the sets of seventeen iconic Hollywood films, uart.tamu.edu

 

1-16 College Station: A Colorful Dream – Forsyth Galleries, Adrien Broom tells a simple coming-of-age story in rich symbolic language that takes the viewer on a journey through the entire spectrum of the rainbow, uart.tamu.edu

 

1-27 Irving: Phases: Toni Shuster & Richard Widener – Irving Arts Center, recent work by Irving artists and longtime friends, Richard is now 97, living with a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s and painting up to 4 hours every day, irvingartscenter.com

 

1-29 Fort Worth: Bull Riding – Billy Bob’s Texas, with a long history, Billy Bob’s and bull riding go hand-in-hand. From the very beginning, plans were made to use the former auction ring as a bull riding arena. It was a brilliant marketing strategy. “Real Bulls, Not Steel Bulls” read the bumper stickers. Instantly, the real bull riding inside the facility separated Billy Bob’s from any other club in the world, billybobstexas.com

 

1-29 Irving: Papier Mâché, Prints & Patterns – Irving Arts Center, a fun, very hands-on class exploring color, texture and patterns, irvingartscenter.com

 

1-30 College Station: The Spirit of the Place – George H.W. Bush Presidential Library & Museum, this is a campaign to honor his life and legacy of service during what would have been the 100th anniversary of his birth, bush41.org

 

1-04/06: Japanese War Brides: Across a Wide Divide – Irving Archives Museum, examining the lives of women who navigated the divide between the country of their birth and the country of their husbands following WWII, irvingarchivesandmuseum.com

 

1-05/18 Irving: Working America – Irving Archives Museum, artist Sam Comen presents American immigrants and first-generation Americans at work in the small, skilled trades as icons of the American experience, irvingarchivesmuseum.com

 

1-06/28 Irving: Rachel Black: Journeywork – Irving Arts Center, this exhibition will feature recent landscape paintings inspired and informed by her travels throughout the American West, irvingartscenter.com

 

7 Brenham: Brenham First Fridays Farmer & Artisan Market – Main Street, First Friday of each month, featuring fresh, local foods and products, visitbrenhamtexas.com

 

7-22 Irving: Into the Breeches – Irving Arts Center, a modern and moving comedy about how art and community reveal our boldest selves even in the darkest times, irvingartscenter.com

 

7-29 Waco: Spring Season at the Silos – Silo Grounds, every weekend, live music playing on our stage, artists painting, destinationwaco.org

 

8-23 Grand Prairie: Animatronic Dinosaurs – Epic Central, get ready to travel back in time to the age of the dinosaurs! You’ll have the chance to see life-sized animatronic dinosaurs, like the mighty T-Rex, Stegosaurus, and Brachiosaurus up close, visitgrandprairietx.com

 

9 Fort Worth: Texas Independence Jam – Billy Bob’s Texas, offering a one-of-a-kind concert experience in the heart of the Fort Worth Stockyards! While you’re here check out the Honky Tonk Kitchen, Billy Bob’s gift store, and live bull riding, billybobstexas.com

 

14-16 Palestine: Piney Woods Express Steam Excursion – Texas State Railroad, don’t miss this opportunity to ride behind the magnificent locomotives of yesteryear, a fun time and a great opportunity to bring the kids out, visitpalestine.com

 

15 Brenham: Texas Ranger Day – Burton Heritage Society & Railroad Depot, celebrate with an afternoon of activities, tasty food, Chili and Bean cook-off, demonstrations, kids activities, mule driven buggy rides, and tours, visitbrenhamtexas.com

 

15 Fort Worth: Mark Chestnutt – Billy Bob’s Texas, offering a one-of-a-kind concert experience in the heart of the Fort Worth Stockyards! While you’re here check out the Honky Tonk Kitchen, Billy Bob’s gift store, and live bull riding, billybobstexas.com

 

15 Greenville: All Pat’s Day – Downtown, Greenville rolls out the Green Carpet with a parade, green beer, live entertainment, merchant specials, this is one of the funniest events of the year, ci.greenville.tx.us

 

15 WACO: Spring Break Round Up – Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum,   bring your family down to meet Texas Ranger reenactors and even see a real Texas Ranger, destinationwaco.org

 

21-23 Palestine: Dogwood Bloom Trolley Tour – Sculpture Park, hop aboard our guided trolley bus tour and experience the breathtaking beauty of Davey Dogwood Park in full bloom, visitpalestine.com

 

21-04/06 Palestine: Dogwood Festival – Historic Downtown, locals and guests come to celebrate the season of beautiful Dogwood blooms of East Texas with live music, art, specialty products, food vendors, kids’ activities and more, visitpalestine.com

 

22-23 College Station: Living History Weekend – Museum of the American G.I.’s, the largest event of its kind in Texas! Living History displays, shop in the Military Swap Meet, witness the roar of tanks in our WWI Battle reenactments, tank rides, family-friendly, americangimuseum.org

 

25-08/16 Irving: Portraits Of Dementia – Irving Arts Center, destigmatizing those living with dementia through moving portraits and stories of lives well lived, irvingartscenter.com