Fort Worth Texas Entertainment & Events
Special Events
International Gem & Jewelry Show
1201 Houston Street • Fort Worth, TX 76102
Fort Worth Convention Center
301-294-1640
Founded in 1967, in the Washington, D.C. area by Herbert A. Duke Sr., the renowned International Gem & Jewelry Show features exhibitors selling the highest quality loose gems, gold, silver, estate jewelry, beads, accessories and much more all at the best possible prices. This International Gem & Jewelry Show will take place on February 22nd-24th, 2013. Show hours are Friday 12pm-6pm, Saturday 10am-6pm, Sunday 11am-5pm. For more information and information on tickets please visit the International Gem & Jewelry Show's website. more...
Cinema
UA Fossil Creek Stadium 11
6100 North Freeway • Fort Worth, TX 76131
817-444-3456
Features critically-acclaimed films, alternative productions, restored classics and first-run foreign movies. more...UA Hulen 10
4920 South Hulen Street • Fort Worth, TX 76132
817-444-3456
Features critically-acclaimed films, alternative productions, restored classics and first-run foreign movies. more...UA Las Vegas Trails 8
8300 I-30 West • Fort Worth, TX 76108
817-444-3456
Features critically-acclaimed films, alternative productions, restored classics and first-run foreign movies. more...UA Eastchase Market Stadium 9
I-30 & Eastchase Parkway • Fort Worth, TX 76120
817-444-3456
Features critically-acclaimed films, alternative productions, restored classics and first-run foreign movies. more...Banff Mountain Film Festival
3200 Darnell Street • Fort Worth, TX 76107
The Modern Art Museum
817-332-2423
Ignite your passion for adventure, action, and travel. The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour will exhilarate you with amazing big-screen stories when it comes to The Modern Art Museum at 7:30 pm on Sunday, September 19th. Journey to exotic locations, paddle the wildest waters, and climb the highest peaks. The 2009/2010 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour brings films from the 34th annual Banff Mountain Film Festival to about 285 communities around the world. From an exploration of remote landscapes and mountain cultures to adrenaline-fueled action sports, films in this year's world tour are sure to captivate and amaze the explorer within you. This stop on the world tour is hosted by Backwoods & The Lone Star Film Society. more...
Night Life
Billy Bob's Texas
2520 Rodeo Plaza • Fort Worth, TX 76106
817-624-7117
Billy Bob's is the world's largest honky tonk, country music-dancing, real bull riding, casino arcade. With all that one would expect of such a place, plus great barbeque, Billy Bob's is perfect for group parties, and families are welcome. more...Pour House Sports Grill
209 West 5th Street • Fort Worth, TX 76102
817-335-2575
Featuring tasty yet inexpensive lunches and dinners, a casual, fun atmosphere, big-screen TV, happy hour, and live music, The Pour House claims to not be "your father's sports bar." more...8.0 Restaurant & Bar
111 East 3rd Street • Fort Worth, TX 76102
817-336-0880
Great live music, dinner, and dancing. 8.0 serves up a great lunch, a rocking dinner and late night schmoozing. Located in the historic Sundance Square in downtown Fort Worth, 8.0 offers a unique and flavorful menu, wine list, and a special drink menu to satisfy every palate. more...Pete's Dueling Piano Bar
621 Houston Street • Fort Worth, TX 76102
817-335-7383
"A sing-along, clap-along, drink-along, have-one-helluva-good-time-along bar!" The combination of seasoned veteran piano players and new talent give this show incredible energy and creativity. more...
Concerts & Performances
Cliburn Concerts
2525 Ridgmar Boulevard, Suite 307 • Fort Worth, TX 76116
817-738-6535 Tickets 817-335-9000
Begun in 1976, this annual concert series presents some of the world's finest classical concerts, featuring some of the best classical performers from around the world. Presentations feature the best in both instrumental and vocal-based works and are held at Bass Performance Hall and the Recital Hall. more...Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
330 East 4th Street, Suite 200 • Fort Worth, TX 76102
817-665-6000
Offering both Classical and Pops concerts, as well as special concert events featuring stars of popular music, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra has a mission to "provide symphonic performances at the highest level of artistic excellence; to promote symphonic music to the widest possible audience; and to serve and enrich our community." more...Texas Ballet Theater
6845 Green Oaks Road • Fort Worth, TX 76116
817-763-0207
Performed to live musical accompaniment by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, this ballet company offers professional performances of classical ballets to both Forth Worth and Dallas. Some productions that are typical of the company's offerings are Giselle, West Side Story, The Nutcracker, Three of Hearts and Cinderella. more...Fort Worth Opera
4th & Calhoun • Fort Worth, TX 76102
817-731-0726
Fort Worth Opera, the oldest opera company in Texas, stages three high-quality productions each season at the Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall, recently named as one of the top 10 opera houses in the world. Since its beginning in 1946, Fort Worth Opera has helped to launch the careers of great performers such as John Alexander, Luigi Alva, Martina Arroyo, Enrico de Guiseppe, Placido Domingo, Giorgio Tozzi, and Beverly Sills. more...Cowtown Opry
131 East Exchange Avenue, Suite 140 • Fort Worth, TX 76164
817-366-9675 or 817-521-4969
817-521-4969
Cowboy Music from Cattle Drive days- each Sun. 2pm on steps of Exchange Building-great relaxing music by talented band and Devon Dawson, voice of "Jessie the Yodeling Cowgirl" on Disney Toy Story II. Come, relax and enjoy the best of cowboy music anywhere. Cool your ears with smooth and peaceful western music of "Silver Screen", Gospel or "Lone Pairie" tunes as you will not hear anywhere else. Catch the "Historic Walking Tour" thro the Stockyards while there to understand how 1,100 head of cattle were unloaded, pened, sold and loaded and shipped out each day to make this the "Wallstreet of the West" with more money changing hands than anywhere West of Mississippi Wallstreet. Enjoy seeing and riding the Antique Steam Engine or ride the Mechanical Bull or try sitting on a live Longhorn Steer or just watch the "Longhorn Trail Drive" reenactment twice daily. more...Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall
Fourth and Calhoun Streets • Fort Worth, TX 76102
817-212-4325
Renowned for its superb acoustics, the Bass Hall is host to a variety of premier events and performances in Ft. Worth. more...
Plays & Productions
Stage West
1300 Gendy Street • Fort Worth, TX 76107
817-STG-WEST
Stage West is known for its effervescent and consistently strong performances of both classic and new dramatic works. The plays of Shakespeare are prevalent within the nucleus of the troupe's productions, and even more so in the educational programs that are offered. more...Casa Mañana Theatre
3101 West Lancaster • Fort Worth, TX 76107
817-332-2272
Through live productions, educational and outreach programs, and special events, Casa Mañana strives to 'promote, create, nurture and advance' live theatre of artistic excellence, thereby enriching the lives of those involved in the creative aspect of the theatre, as well as those in the audience who are touched by the exuberance and transcendence of the productions themselves. more...Casa's Theatre On The Square
109 East 3rd Street • Fort Worth, TX 76102
817-332-3509
This intimate, 130-seat theater is located upstairs in the Knights of Pythias Building, and features touring shows on weekends.Circle Theatre
2525 Ridgmar Boulevard, Suite 307 • Fort Worth, TX 76116
817-738-6535 Tickets 817-335-9000
Begun in 1976, this annual concert series presents some of the world's finest classical concerts, featuring some of the best classical performers from around the world. Presentations feature the best in both instrumental and vocal-based works and are held at Bass Performance Hall and the Recital Hall. more...Hip Pocket Theatre
1627 Fairmont Avenue • Fort Worth, TX 76104
817-927-2833
Known for its innovative and original works, this theatre group performs a wide range of productions, from musicals to comedy and spoofs, in a variety of locations, including its summer 'theatre under the stars,' in the Oak Acres Amphitheatre. The innovative productions offered by this troupe include such elements as mime, dance, masks, puppetry, music and projections, to create an original theatre experience that is often pleasantly startling. more...Circle Theatre
230 West 4th Street • Fort Worth, TX 76102
817-877-3040
Offers a full line up of contemporary productions. more...Kids Who Care
1300 Gendy Street • Fort Worth, TX 76107
817-737-5437
Kids Who Care is a non-profit international theatre company based in Fort Worth that seeks to produce confident and creative kids through leadership, education and performance. Kids Who Care offers professional musical theatre classes, leadership training, summer musical theatre camps, international cultural exchanges, a touring Resident Company, public performances and more. more...
Art Exhibits
A Night of Contemporary Art
900 Houston Street • Fort Worth, TX 76102
Bar 9
A night of Contemporary Art featuring Abstract Artist Sonia Semone at Bar 9. Your eyes will be delighted by a dance of colors by this internationally collected artist. All works will be for sale. The show runs one night only, December 13 from 6 p.m. until 11 p.m.
Antique Shows & Auctions
Action Auction Company
5400 Parker Henderson Road, #290 • Fort Worth, TX 76119
817-239-2205
Premier auction company, available to serve and assist you. Consignments are accepted
Festivals & Fairs
Greek Food Festival
2020 Northwest 21st Street • Fort Worth, TX 76106
817-626-5578
The festival is held on the second weekend in November every year from Friday through Sunday. It features traditional Greek food and pastries, live Greek music and dance performances, frozen foods to go, a gift shop, children's area and much more. more...Main Street Art Festival
Main Street • Fort Worth, TX 76102
817-336-2787
The brick-paved Main Street is blocked off from the courthouse, south for nine blocks, almost to the convention centre, to become the site of the Southwest's largest art festival, held each April. The average draw each year is 430,000 people who come to enjoy this four-day celebration of visual art, entertainment and culture. One will revel in the streets that are filled with artists, dancers, performance artists, food vendors, entertainers, and others who are there to join in the good times. more...
Sponsored By: Downtown Fort Worth, Inc.Mayfest
Trinity Park • Fort Worth, TX 76107
817-332-1055
This annual four-day event, held from late April through the first of May, is Fort Worth's own rite of spring, which began as a loosely organized community-wide picnic on the banks of the Trinity River in the early 1970s. Now, one can expect a weekend of music, food and fun. Entertainment usually includes performances by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and a variety of big-name popular acts. more...
Marathons & 10K Runs
Rahr Oktoberfest 5K
701 Galveston Avenue • Fort Worth, TX 76104
Rahr Brewery
214-339-7867
The cry of happy beer drinkers at the start of the Munich Oktoberfest, which in German means, "The keg is tapped!" Well, almost. It is time to lace up those running shoes, dust off your lederhosen & dirndl, grab your favorite beer stein and meet them at Rahr & Sons Brewery on Saturday, September 25th for the inaugural running of the Rahr & Sons Oktoberfest 5K all benefitting the Trinity Habitat for Humanity. more...Brain Aneurysm Race for Awareness 5K/1 Mile FunRun
2401 University Drive • Fort Worth, TX 76107
Located at Trinity Park Pavilion #1
617-431-1173
As part of Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month, the Brain Aneurysm Race for Awareness 5K/1 Mile Fun Run will be held in memory of Taylor G. Mangham on September 24, 2011, at 8 a.m. at Trinity Park. The event will commemorate the life of Taylor and raise funds for research for the Brain Aneurysm Foundation. more...Joe's Run - Benefiting Samaritan House
395 Purcey Street • Fort Worth, TX 76104
Panther Island Pavillion
214-339-7867
"Grab your tropical shirts, leis and brightest pair of running shoes, and register to shake your tail feathers at Fort Worth's most colorful summertime race and Parrot-Dise party!" more...
Sporting Events
Texas Motor Speedway
Intersection Iinterstate 35 West & Highway 114 • Fort Worth, TX 76101-2500
North of Fort Worth
817-215-8500
This 1.5 mile speedway is the site of both major NASCAR and Indy Racing League events, including a number of 300 and 500-mile races. more...Cowtown Coliseum
121 East Exchange Avenue • Fort Worth, TX 76106
817-625-1025
The Cowtown Coliseum was the site of the world's first indoor rodeo. It hosts a variety of events throughout the year. more...NRHA Cowtown Classic [Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013]
3401 West Lancaster Avenue • Fort Worth, TX 76107
Will Rogers Memorial Center
817-877-2438
The Cowtown Classic offers about $300,000 in added money in more than 40 reining classes. There is also a Novice Horse Open Derby for 4, 5 and 6-year-olds who have won less than $20,000 in NRHA Lifetime Earnings. Also there will be a Pre Futurity, the Silver Spurs Equine 7 & Up Non Pro, the Four Minutes of Fame Freestyle Reining, a 4D-style Reining and the "Rein & Shoot" with a competition amongst Cowboy Mounted Shooters and NRHA members. This show will not be a boring one! Come and watch or ride at this year's Cowtown Classic! All horse trailers must enter off of Harley Ave and they will check your 12 month negative coggins and 30 day health paper. Parking is $5 more...
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