Pride Block Party
June 16, 6 p.m.| Dallas Arts District
The Dallas Arts District will host a Pride Block Party from 6 p.m. to midnight, encompassing the three museums in the district: Crow Museum of Asian Art, the Dallas Museum of Art, and the Nasher Sculpture Center. Expect artists, food, a community mural, family-friendly activities, and programming in each museum that includes art (of course), concerts, films, and guided tours. Get tickets.
(Go here to see a full list of Pride events this weekend and beyond.)
Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival: Final Round Concert and Awards Ceremony
June 17, 2:30 p.m.| Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center
The best 13-to-17-year-old pianists from around the world have been competing in Dallas since last weekend through four rounds of competition. The final round is Saturday afternoon, an opportunity to see up-and-coming artists as they become some of the world’s best pianists. Get tickets.
Garbage and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
June 17, 7 p.m.| Dos Equis Pavilion
Late 90s and early 2000s fans, rejoice: Garbage and Noel Gallagher will visit North Texas this weekend. Gallagher and his High Flying Birds are in North America for the first time since their 2019 tour with Smashing Pumpkins. It’s the first time Garbage has been in North America since 2021. The former lead guitarist and main songwriter for Oasis formed High Flying Birds in 2011. Garbage has been together since 1995, during which time Shirley Manson, Duke Erikson, Steve Marker and Butch Vig amassed plenty of hits and seven Grammy nods. Get tickets
Walker Hayes
June 17, 6:30 p.m.| Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory, Irving
In 2021, you couldn’t turn on the radio without hearing Walker Hayes’ ode to Applebee’s, “Fancy Like.” Hayes’ family-friendly country genre got a huge boost thanks to TikTok viral stardom before seeing “Fancy Like” hitting country charts and the U.S. BillBoard Hot 100 in 2021, followed by “U Gurl” and “AA.” He’ll hit Irving Saturday night in support of his 2022 release, Country Stuff the Album. Get tickets
Lea Salonga
June 17, 8 p.m.| Winspear Opera House
In her lengthy career, Lea Salonga has picked up a Tony, Olivier, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Theater World awards for her performances in Miss Saigon and Les Misérables on Broadway. You may also recognize her voice in Aladdin and Mulan, where she portrayed Princess Jasmine and Fa Mulan, respectively. She’ll bring her impressive catalog to the Arts District Saturday night. Get tickets
Patti LaBelle and Gladys Knight
June 18, 6:30 p.m.| Texas Trust Credit Union Theatre, Grand Prairie
Sunday night is an opportunity to see two legends—Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle—as they make a stop in Grand Prairie on their summer tour. The two award-winning singers have led their own groups—Knight with the Pips and LaBelle with the group LaBelle, and have plenty of hits to pull from for their setlists. Get tickets
Juneteenth Block Party
June 19, Noon| Deep Ellum
The Deep Ellum Foundation will take over Main Street for its inaugural Juneteenth Block Party. There will be 30 vendor booths up and down Main and onto Pryor, and there will be musicians and DJs playing all afternoon. Ei8th Notes Band and Jess Garland will take the stage first, while R&B group Dru Hill, celebrating its golden anniversary this year, will headline at 5 p.m. General admission is free. Get details
(Go here to see a full list of Juneteenth events this weekend.)
Also check out:
The Ballroom Thieves with Emily James, June 16, 7 p.m., Dada. Get tickets
Thomas Csorba and the Longhorn Ballroom Players, June 16, 7 p.m., Longhorn Ballroom. Get tickets
Zac Harmon w/ Wanda King and Junior Boy Jones, June 16, 7 p.m., Audubon Park, Garland. Get details
Ava Max, June 16, 7 p.m., Echo Lounge & Music Hall. Get tickets
Angela Aguilar, June 16, 8 p.m., The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory, Irving. Get tickets
Logic, June 16, 8 p.m., South Side Ballroom. Get tickets
Sue Foley, June 16, 8:30 p.m., Levitt Pavilion, Arlington. Get details
Billy Currington, June 16, 10 p.m., Billy Bob’s Texas, Fort Worth. Get tickets
Anna Weber Music, June 17, 6:30 p.m., Ruins. Get tickets
Blaque Dynamite, June 17, 7 p.m., Deep Ellum Art Company. Get tickets
Drain, June 17, 7 p.m., The Studio at the Factory. Get tickets
Alex Lahey, June 17, 7 p.m., Dada. Get tickets
Cory Morrow, June 17, 10 p.m., Billy Bob’s Texas, Fort Worth. Get tickets
Sunday Supper Concert Series: Nathan Mongol Wells, June 18, 6:30 p.m., Cafe Momentum. Get tickets
Ax and the Hatchetmen, June 18, 7 p.m., Dada. Get tickets
To see what concerts are coming to North Texas this year, go here.
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