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Check out all there is to see and do in Dallas. Performances that are running during your visit, museums, and interesting tours await! Check out some local and regional live music while you are here, too!
 
Performances: Dallas doesn't go a day without a performance of some kind! Check out these shows going on while you are in town!
 
Multiple Performances

Dallas Opera                                                Tristan & Isolde

Dallas Summer Musicals                               Bring It On:  The Musical                                        

Dallas Theater Center                                    Giant                                                  

Black Academy of Arts and Letters                 Jazz at the Muse

Theatre Three                                                The Farnsworth Invention

Undermain Theatre                                        Time in Kafka
Second Thought Theatre                                Pluck the Day

 

Sunday, February 12

Mu Phi Epsilon/Dallas Public Library                Laura Salfen, flute, and Danielle Harmon, harp
Dallas Original Jazz Orchestra                        Galen's Dallas County Rock Group plays the music of Chicago and BS&T

 

Monday, February 13

Dallas Chamber Music                                   Muir String Quartet

University of North Texas College of Music       Master Class with the Muir String Quartet

                                                                    Centerpieces: New works from CEMI

 

Tuesday, February 14

Black Academy of Arts and Letters                New Play by David E. Talbert

Orchestra of New Spain                                Valentine’s Day at Arlington Hall

Dallas Wind Symphony                                 A Gershwin Valentine                                              

 

Wednesday, February 15

Dallas Museum of Art                                   Arts and Letters Live: Maxine Hong Kingston

University of North Texas College of Music     UNT Concert Band directed by Nicholas Enrico Williams

 

 

Thursday, February 16

Dallas Museum of Art                                    Jazz in the Atrium:  Joseph Vincelli Group

Sammons Cabaret                                        Aubree-Anna, acc. by Erskine Hawkins

Symphony Arlington                                      “O Romeo, Romeo…”  (Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Bernstein)

University of North Texas College of Music       UNT Wind Symphony and Marcus High School Wind Symphony

 

February 17

Dallas Museum of Art                                    Late Nights at the DMA

                                                                    Fresh Ink:  Richard Mason & Amor Towles

Eisemann Center Presents                            Chris Brubeck’s Triple Play

Garland Symphony Orchestra                        “O Romeo, Romeo…”  (Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Bernstein)

 

Saturday, February 18

Las Colinas Symphony                                “O Romeo, Romeo…”  (Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Bernstein)

Metropolitan Winds                                      Russe a la Francaise (Stravinsky, Ravel, Shostakovich)

Plano Symphony Orchestra                          The Texas Tenors

Orpheus Chamber Singers                            Through a Poet’s Eye

 

Sunday, February 19

Mu Phi Epsilon/Dallas Public Library              Spanish Piano Music with Antonio Pastor and Pia Bose

Cowtown Opry (Fort Worth)                           Cowtown Opry Western Hour
Dallas Original Jazz Orchestra                       Latin Night - Henry Munos' Salsero Group
 
 
Museums: Everything from 8-tracks to Mary Kay Cosmetics is enshrined in a museum in Dallas. Learn about the history of whatever suits your fancy at one of the museums below:
 
Children's Aquarium (Adults welcome, too!)
Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (JFK assassination museum)
 
Self-Guided Tours: From sculpture to architecture to history, there are many spots to explore. Consider one of these tours (most are free!) to get out and about in the city!
 
 
Live music Venues: There is nothing like live, local and regional music. And this is where you can find it! Most are located in Deep Ellum or the Cedars/Southside area downtown.
 
Billy Bob's Texas (World's Largest Honky Tonk; Live rodeos every weekend; in Fort Worth)