Arts and Entertainment

Casa Manana

3101 West Lancaster Ave Fort Worth, TX 76107-3042 

817-332-2817 Hours: Box office: 9am-5pm Mon-Fri; 10am-4pm Sat

Admission Charged This historic theater was created by Henry Kaiser, following examples and design principles set by famous architect R. Buckminster Fuller. A large round stage provides the setting for true theater-in-the-round. Entertainers such as Bill Cosby, Johnny Mathis and Barry Manilow have brought their touring shows on stage here. In addition, Broadway touring productions including Cats and Miss Saigon have thrilled visitors with spectacular sets and performances.

Fort Worth Opera

525 Commerce St. Fort Worth, TX 76102-5440 

817-731-0200 (Box Office) Hours: Office Hours: 8am-5pm Mon-Fri; Performance times vary In 1946, three women decided over coffee that it was time for Fort Worth to have an opera company. Seven months later the Fort Worth Civic Opera Association launched its first performance. Today, the Fort Worth Opera performs to the accompaniment of the Fort Worth Symphony in one of the world's top opera houses, the Bass Performance Hall.

Bass Performance Hall

4th and Calhoun Streets (between Commerce and Calhoun)

817-212-4200

Admission Charged

Bass Performance Hall  is one of the top places in the country to see a musical or theater performance. Home to the distinguished Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, its stage has welcomed productions such as The Nutcracker and Handel's Messiah, Broadway shows (like Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk), and pop, jazz, and country big-name concerts. 

Casa Mañana Theater

3101 W. Lancaster at University Drive

Fort Worth, Texas

817-332-2272

The country's first permanent theater designed for the musicals-in-the-round, is an aluminum geodesic dome with an oval stage. Casa, as its known locally, puts on a wide range of dramas, comedies, and musicals, and is home to one of the top children's theater operations in the United States.

The Jubilee Theatre

506 Main St.

Fort Worth, Texas

817-338-4411

Home to intimate African-American theater, staging dramas like Brother Mac (adapted from Shakespeare's Macbeth) and A Raisin in the Sun as well as musicals like Lysistrata Please (a rock version of the Aristophanes classic) and Road Show, an original production.

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra

Bass Performance Hall

525 Commerce St.

Fort Worth, Texas

817-665-6500

Texas Ballet Theater

Bass Performance Hall

Fourth and Calhoun streets

Fort Worth, Texas

817-763-0207 

  Sports

Minor League Baseball

LaGrave Field, 301 N.E. Sixth St.

Fort Worth, Texas

817-226-2287

Games played May through late August The Fort Worth Cats play regular-season home games at., which is ranked among the top five independent ball fields in the U.S.

Bombardier 500K

Texas Motor Speedway

3545 Lone Star Circle

Justin, Texas (30 miles north of Fort Worth)

817-215-8500

Held early – mid June

A weekend of racing events, culminating in an evening of racing under the stars as the Indy Racing League's nighttime race takes place. Texas Motor Speedway.—

Major-League Baseball

Ballpark in Arlington

1000 Ballpark Way

Arlington, Texas (17 miles east of Fort Worth)

The Texas Rangers play regular-season home games.  Season continues through early October  

Auto Racing

The Texas Motor Speedway

I-35W at Highway 114, north of Fort Worth

817-215-8500

It's the place to see NASCAR, Indy, and motorcycle racing. Plan on joining a crowd; more than 150,000 people can attend the races here.

Jingle Bell Jog

817-820-0635

Held in late November or early December, call for exact date, location and time Dashing through downtown Forth Worth, jingling all the way, runners in this annual post-Thanksgiving event will be supporting the Arthritis Foundation while they compete in timed races and just have fun. Participants tie jingle bells (provided by race organizers) to their shoelaces -- and many of them get decked out in costumes -- as they race through Sundance Square competing in the 1-mile Elf Run, which starts at 5PM, and the 5K certified run, with a start time of 5:30PM. Races and related activities are located in downtown Fort Worth at 4th and Main.

Dallas White Rock Marathon

214-372-2068

Held in early December, call for exact date

Not quite up to a 26.2-mile run first thing in the morning? Then the 34th Dallas White Rock Marathon might not be for you. It isn't Boston, or even New York, but White Rock still attracts quality runners from around the world. The marathon course begins and ends at American Airlines Center, passing through Turtle Creek, Highland Park, around White Rock Lake, through Lakewood and down Swiss Avenue. The more serious contenders compete for a share of the total purse of $35,000, but the real winner of the day is the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, which receives the lion's share of the proceeds.

Dallas Cowboys (NFL)

Games played at Texas Stadium

Located 28 miles east of Fort Worth

2401 E. Airport Freeway

Irving, Texas 75062.

972-554-1804

Games played September – January, call for schedule

Fort Worth Brahmas Hockey Club (CHL) 1314 Lake Street, Suite 200 Fort Worth, Texas 76102 817-336-4423

Season: October -March

Fort Worth Convention Center (FWCC) serves as “home” for the Fort Worth Brahmas.

Dallas Mavericks (NBA)

American Airlines Center

2500 Victory Ave. Dallas, TX 75219

Arena is located 36 miles east of Fort Worth

214-747-MAVS

Dallas Stars Hockey (NHL)

American Airlines Center

2500 Victory Ave

Dallas, Texas 75219

Arena is located 36 miles east of Fort Worth

214-GO-STARS,

Golf Club at Fossil Creek

3401 Club Gate Drive Fort Worth, TX 76137-2919 

817-847-1900

Call for tee times and additional information Hours: dawn-dusk daily Take your best shot on this par-72, 6,875-yard championship public golf course, which was designed by the legendary Arnold Palmer. Tee times are accepted.

Annual Events

January

Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show Will Rogers Memorial Center 817-877-2420

Held each year from late January to early February This truly spectacular showcase of Western heritage features a world-class rodeo, national livestock shows and sales, family entertainment, and more than 20,000 head of the finest animals anywhere.

All Western Parade Downtown Fort Worth 817-877-2420

March

Cowtown Goes Green Stockyards Parade

Downtown in the National Historic District

817-626-7921

Held on the Saturday of St. Patrick's Day weekend.

Fort Worth celebrates St. Patrick's Day with a parade and festival

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April

Main St. Arts Festival

817-336-2787

More than 400,000 visitors and 500 artists, dancers, street performers and musicians fill nine blocks of Main Street in one of the U.S.' leading art festivals. A juried fine-art and crafts fair takes place as well, and at least 100 local, regional and national bands give live concerts.

Texas Frontier Forts Muster Stockyards National Historic District 817-336-8791

The Texas Frontier Forts Muster provides an exciting and historic look at frontier life in Texas. Learn about the many forts along the Texas Forts Trail and elsewhere in Texas, and experience the sights and sounds of this important era. Events also include Quanah Parker Comanche Pow Wow and honor dances and cavalry competitions.

July

Independence Day Fireworks

LaGrave Field

301 N.E. Sixth Street

Fort Worth, Texas

817-226-2287

The minor-league Fort Worth Cats host some of the city's most popular fireworks at the end of a home game. The fireworks go off on the banks of the Trinity River.

Miss Texas Pageant

Will Rogers Memorial Center

3401 W. Lancaster Ave.

Fort Worth, Texas

817-335-9000

The winners of local preliminary pageants compete in several events to qualify for the national Miss America contest and scholarship money.

September

State Fair of Texas

Fair Park

3809 Grand Ave

Dallas, Texas

214-565-9931

The massive three week tradition teems with interactive games, antique cars, a make-believe circus, educational displays, rides and nightly laser shows. Pavilions, vendor booths and 750,000 square feet of Fair Park buildings will offer live music, livestock exhibitions, dance, those legendary corn dogs, a petting zoo, Clydesdale horses, puppet shows, a midway and a host of other activities and special shows.

October

Red Steagall Cowboy Gathering and Western Swing Festival Stockyards National Historic District 817-336-8791 or 888-COWTOWN Held in October, this three-day festival promotes the cowboy way of life. You can enjoy Western swing music, ranch rodeo action, cowboy poetry, an authentic chuck wagon competition, horsemanship clinics, kid's events, and a cowboy trading post.

December

Chisolm Trail Round-Up

131 East Exchange, Suite 109 Fort Worth, TX 76106-8213 

817-625-7005 This annual event celebrates Fort Worth history, similar to a county fair and block party rolled into one big festival. Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year in the Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District, this event is one of the largest held in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. Trail rides commemorate Fort Worth's role as the last stop along the historic Chisholm Trail, and chuck wagon campsites give you a taste of how cowboys lived. Events begin as early as 9 a.m. each day and continue throughout the day with music ending around 10 p.m.