Do Dallas (and Fort Worth and Denton and Plano and Ennis ...)
And as a result, there are loads of things to do here. This is part lensography of all my lenses that have to do with Dallas-Fort Worth area events and part listing of places you should go see if you're in DFW. Because there is so much to see and do here, this will be constantly changed and updated with current events and new locations.
Dallas-Fort Worth Resources
- Guidelive
- Events section of the Dallas Morning News.
- Entertainment
- Entertainment section of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram with events and reviews galore.
- Dallas Observer
- Entertainment calendar from the city's alternative paper.
What Do You Want to Do?
Making Travel Plans
Find airfare, hotel, cruise and package deals at Travelocity
One of my first steps in doing any travel planning is to get on Travelocity
Some Downtown Dallas Stuff
Here's what Yelpers have to say about Active Life in 75202
- White Rock Lake (Dallas)
- "When I moved to Dallas from SF, I said to myself: Self, you are going to have a Dallas address; and self, you are not going to live in a flat field. So I..." more
- Dallas Arboretum & Botanical Garden (Dallas)
- "Great place for kids -- the Arboretum has a huge pirate ship and lots of concerts by the lake. I bought the $60 membership so that I could go to all the..." more
- Katy Trail (Dallas)
- "God Bless Texas? Well then, God Bless the Katy Trail. What a wonderful little park system. I enjoy my fair share of running, walking, and biking, but I..." more
- TopGolf (Dallas)
- "I'll preface this by saying I might be the best girlfriend ever. Once again in my grand girlfriendly efforts to please my man, I found the holy grail of..." more
- The Dallas World Aquarium (Dallas)
- "I think this place is amazing. Tropical rainforest atmosphere with sloths, river otters, exotic birds, crocodiles, snakes, HUGE aquatic turtles, and my..." more
Dallas Arboretum
Stuff Near the Galleria
Here's what Yelpers have to say about Active Life in 75240
- White Rock Lake (Dallas)
- "When I moved to Dallas from SF, I said to myself: Self, you are going to have a Dallas address; and self, you are not going to live in a flat field. So I..." more
- Dallas Arboretum & Botanical Garden (Dallas)
- "Great place for kids -- the Arboretum has a huge pirate ship and lots of concerts by the lake. I bought the $60 membership so that I could go to all the..." more
- Katy Trail (Dallas)
- "God Bless Texas? Well then, God Bless the Katy Trail. What a wonderful little park system. I enjoy my fair share of running, walking, and biking, but I..." more
- TopGolf (Dallas)
- "I'll preface this by saying I might be the best girlfriend ever. Once again in my grand girlfriendly efforts to please my man, I found the holy grail of..." more
- The Dallas World Aquarium (Dallas)
- "I think this place is amazing. Tropical rainforest atmosphere with sloths, river otters, exotic birds, crocodiles, snakes, HUGE aquatic turtles, and my..." more
Dallas Photos
Lone Ranger drinks t...
it's been a ...
Watch out!
Calendar?
Parking for ...
They call it ... shu...
Handywork
Welcome!
Free Pizza Thursday
All in the wrist
No cars!
Big 'ol sign
That's my brand! ;)
Lite light
Fall on me...
Nerd-fest!
DJ! Look busy
Just works ... anywh...
Small session
Sign
So Who Has the Best Activities?
There's a lot of rivalry between Dallas and Fort Worth. Also a lot of working together on things for the North Texas region, but still a lot of rivalry as to which is the best town. Dallas is more metropolitan, Fort Worth more laid back, and this is reflected to some extent in the types of activities and events held there. What do you think?
Which has better events and activities - Dallas or Fort Worth?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byDallas all the way!
George says:
Dallas wins hands down - there's so much more variety and depth of things to see, from the DAM and Nasher to Uptown clubs and the Katy Trail. On the other hand, Fort Worth lives up to its nickname - Cowtown.
Posted September 15, 2009
kiwisoutback says:
I had a layover at Dallas Fort Worth airport (so I'm not sure which city I was in!), but the airport looked nice. I'll just pick Dallas since this side is emptier...
Posted December 12, 2008
mistyblue75605 says:
Not sure only been to Dallas to get to the airport but have heard plenty!
Posted November 27, 2008
I'm a Fort Worth kind of person.
Christene says:
I've only been to Dallas & Fort Worth once so I'm not all that up on area attractions...but from what I did see I much preferred Fort Worth.
Posted July 18, 2008
Arts Festivals
-
Wildflower! Arts & Music Festival
-
18th edition of one of the best art and music festivals in the area. The Wildflower! Arts & Music Festival began in 1993 as a small community event held in a local park in northeast Richardson, Texas. In just a few years, the festival has grown to be...
-
Artfest | Dallas Festivals | Fair Park Events
-
Signature fundraising event for The 500 Inc. in the Dallas area. Returns to Fair Park where it started more than 30 years. For 39 years, ARTFEST has featured hundreds of artists from around the country, food, entertainment, and a children's interact...
-
Dallas CityArts Festival
-
Head on down to the arts district for the city's annual celebration of the varied arts available in Dallas. Check out the art museums for free, chomp on some carny food and listen to great bands play on the various stages. The festival will be held a...
-
Main Street Arts Festival | Fort Worth Arts Festival | Fort Worth, Texas
-
The Southwest's largest, four-day visual arts and entertainment festival, four days of fine art, food, fun and festivities! Rated as the Number 1 Arts Festival in Texas, the 9th largest Arts Festival in the country as rated by the Harris List and the...
-
Deep Ellum Arts Festival | Deep Ellum | Dallas Festivals
-
Biggest weekend of the Year for the Deep Ellum Entertainment District. The Deep Ellum Arts Festival exemplifies everything that makes this eclectic area rock. Stay tuned for info on the 2010 festival, which happens April 2-4.
Fort Worth Zoo
At Local Attractions
-
Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament
-
Return to the days of yore when chivalry reigned and knights roamed the earth! Too much? Well, go visit Medieval Times and you'll get a good dose of over-the-top entertainment. It's the kind of place that seems to take itself seriously, but you can't...
-
Dallas Roars | The Dallas Zoo | Events at the Zoo
-
Welcome to Dallas Roars! Bring the family and enjoy six weekends of roaring good fun featuring special Dallas Roars! children's activities and entertainment. Now in its third year, the Dallas Zoo's annual festival includes children's activities, ente...
-
Dallas Blooms | Dallas Arboretum | Largest Outdoor Floral Festival
-
Hooray for flowers!! It's time again for the Dallas Blooms festival at the Dallas Arboretum. The 2009 theme is Dallas Blooms a Classic highlighting the incredible beauty of the arboretum throughout the festival. See ya' there!!
Music Festivals
-
Dallas International Guitar Festival & Musicfest | Dallas Music Events
-
The Dallas International Music Festival celebrates 33 years of bringing musicians, guitar makers, collectors, celebrities and music enthusiasts. The 2010 show will be held in April. Stay tuned for dates and more details.
-
National Polka Festival | Ennis Texas | Polka Music
-
43rd Annual National Polka Festival celebrating Czech heritage in Ennis, Texas Held annually on Memorial Day Weekend, the National Polka Festival offers an abundance of activities to be enjoyed by the entire family in the small town of Ennis, just s...
-
Wildflower! Arts & Music Festival
-
18th edition of one of the best art and music festivals in the area. The Wildflower! Arts & Music Festival began in 1993 as a small community event held in a local park in northeast Richardson, Texas. In just a few years, the festival has grown to be...
Some Downtown Fort Worth Stuff
Here's what Yelpers have to say about Active Life in 76102
- Fort Worth Botanic Garden (Fort Worth)
- "All 5 star reviews! Wow.... I hate to be the first 4sie.... Hm. The Botanic Gardens ARE really cool, it's true. But I dunno. I guess my lacking of one..." more
- Fort Worth Zoo (Fort Worth)
- "Great zoo. Not sure if they're still doing it but Wednesday we'd go sometimes because it was discounted. Large overall area & variety of animals... Its..." more
- Fort Worth Water Gardens (Fort Worth)
- "Good to add to your day of fun in Fort Worth. I wouldn't drive all the way to Fort Worth just to see the water gardens, but if you want to make a day of it..." more
- Texas Motor Speedway (Fort Worth)
- "This review is going to be short and to the point, seeing as how I only visited the TMS for a conference this real crappy company I was working for had. It..." more
- The Shooters Club (Fort Worth)
- "10$ for 2 hours. 1$ for each target. Great customer service at the front desk. A very friendly place. Alot of cops shot here. The range can get hot..." more
Fun For the Kids
-
Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament
-
Return to the days of yore when chivalry reigned and knights roamed the earth! Too much? Well, go visit Medieval Times and you'll get a good dose of over-the-top entertainment. It's the kind of place that seems to take itself seriously, but you can't...
-
Highland Village Balloon Festival | Dallas Events
-
The annual 'Lion's Club Balloon Festival' is a great Highland Village tradition. This community event is sponsored by the Highland Village Lion's Club and other area Lion's Clubs. This annual festival includes live entertainment, skydivers, arts and...
-
-
Welcome to Dallas Roars! Bring the family and enjoy six weekends of roaring good fun featuring special Dallas Roars! children's activities and entertainment. Now in its third year, the Dallas Zoo's annual festival includes children's activities, ente...
-
Plano Balloon Festival
-
Join the more than 70,000 people expected to show up this year for one of the biggest balloon festivals in Texas! The EDS Credit Union Plano Balloon Festival, a spectacular three-day event beginning at 4 p.m. Friday, September 18, will provide spect...
-
Day Out With Thomas | Thomas the Tank Engine | Dallas Railway Museum
-
Day Out With Thomas is a family event that offers children and their grownups the opportunity to ride with classic storybook friend Thomas the Tank Engine at heritage railroads nationwide. The Day Out With Thomas experience will engineer miles of smi...
-
Butterfly Festival | Dallas Events
-
Attendees will have the opportunity to explore a 600 square foot landscaped mesh tent populated with hundreds of individual Texas butterflies. Educational seminars detailing the life cycles of the different butterflies will be hosted by butterfly exp...
Food Events
-
Dallas Wine & Food Festival | Wine Tastings | Dallas Events
-
The annual event includes chef demos, food and wine tastings, seminars and entertaining tips. Runs April 21-25 for 2010. The annual Dallas Wine and Food Festival offers five days of exquisite meals, fine wines and tastings at various venues around t...
-
Taste Addison | Addison Texas | Food & Music Festivals
-
More than 60,000 people are expected for this three-day festival highlighting all the great restaurants to be found in Addison. Stay tuned for info on the 2010 version to be held the weekend of May 21-23.
Books on Dallas
Books on Fort Worth
Some Denton Stuff
Here's what Yelpers have to say about Active Life in 76201
- Holiday Lanes (Denton)
- "This is actually University Lanes now. I love this place, after going to Brunswick... It's A LOT cheaper!! It's not as big, but the lanes and game computer..." more
- Lake Forest Dog Park (Denton)
- "I take my dog to Wiggly Field on occasion. Its not her favorite park but I think she is up for just about anything. David M did a really great job..." more
- The Dojo - Traditional Japanese Martial Arts (Denton)
- "The real deal; in business in Denton since 1996. They offer classes in: Aikido, Iaido, jodo, and Uechiryu karate. The schedule of classes is on the..." more
- Bodywise Studio (Denton)
- "Scaravelli yoga is taught here by Karin Ricketts. Scaravelli is ideal for someone who finds the more popular styles of yoga to be too high-impact. She..." more
- Denton Senior Center 50 (Denton)
- "Tai Chi at the Denton Senior Center The style taught is the "Simplified 24 Form" also known as the "International Form." A search of the web will reveal..." more
Restaurants
-
Breakfast in Dallas
-
Dallas has quite the wide variety of restaurant options and I love going out to try new places. Figuring out a good place for breakfast to meet friends or colleagues or clients has always been a bit of a challenge, however, if you want to step out of...
Around North Texas
-
Bluebonnet Trails Festival | Texas State Flower
-
The 58th annual salute to the state flower, sponsored by the Ennis Garden Club, includes free maps for self-guided driving tours of about 40 miles of bluebonnet trails along country roads (good for use throughout April). At the festival, expect arts...
-
Scarborough Renaissance Festival | Medieval Festival | Renaissance Fair
-
Spend the day in the 16th century and have the time of your life at this year's Scarborough Renaissance Festival down in Waxahachie. 2010 dates are April 10 through May 31. You'll find everything you need to know here as well as information about th...
-
-
43rd Annual National Polka Festival celebrating Czech heritage in Ennis, Texas Held annually on Memorial Day Weekend, the National Polka Festival offers an abundance of activities to be enjoyed by the entire family in the small town of Ennis, just s...
Other Special Events
-
Real. Texas. Festival.
-
Three days of country music and cowboy fun in Mesquite, the Real. Texas. Festival. includes live country music, a marketplace featuring made-in-Texas arts and crafts, children's activities, Old West shootout re-enactments and a car show. It's three d...
-
Plano Balloon Festival
-
Join the more than 70,000 people expected to show up this year for one of the biggest balloon festivals in Texas! The EDS Credit Union Plano Balloon Festival, a spectacular three-day event beginning at 4 p.m. Friday, September 18, will provide spect...
-
Quilt Celebration | Dallas Quilt Show | Quilters Guild of Dallas
-
Quilt Celebration is an annual quilt show put on by the Quilt Guild of Dallas. The theme for the 2010 show is A Log Cabin Odyssey. It runs March 12-14 and is a great place to learn with lectures and demonstrations, as well as be inspired by all the b...
-
Texas Scottish Festival & Highland Games
-
Let the wee bit of Scot out in you at the 24th annual Texas Scottish Festival and Highland Games. Watch the caber toss, catch the Scottish fiddlers, scarf down some haggis. This three-day festival is a Scottish delight. Dates for 2010 are June 4-6.
Traders Village
Host to a ... host of festivals throughout the year and a darn good flea market the rest of the time.-
Traders Village | Grand Prairie Texas | Dallas-Area Festivals
-
Traders Village is centrally located in Grand Prairie - halfway between Dallas and Fort Worth. The grounds play host to a huge flea market and a series of festivals, one of the most unique being a Native American celebration and pow wow.
Will We Be Seeing You in DFW Any Time Soon?
-
Reply
- amy1980 amy1980 Oct 25, 2009 @ 11:04 am
- Lensrolled to my What to do with Kids in Fort Worth lens.
-
Reply
- ChineseKitesforKids ChineseKitesforKids Apr 29, 2009 @ 6:52 pm
- My favorite thing in Dallas is the Texas State Fair. Great lens! What a great idea! This should be on Expedia or something similar. An easy five stars!
-
Reply
- Mickie_G Mickie_G Feb 19, 2009 @ 6:50 pm
- My husband and I visit Dallas every once in a while. I once visited the Crate and Barrel outlet! My daughter lived near SMU and I love the little shops there. Also, great BBQ.
-
Reply
- kiwisoutback kiwisoutback Dec 12, 2008 @ 1:04 pm
- The Guitar Festival sounds like fun! Nice work.
-
Reply
- mistyblue75605 mistyblue75605 Nov 27, 2008 @ 12:52 pm
- way to go!
- Load More
All My Lenses
Want to see more lenses by me? Here's my complete lensography.-
SusanVillasLewis
-
Well, probably for my mom and my husband. But I guess the rest of you won't love me just for existing. So here's more about me, links to my various lenses, thoughts on future lenses and just the general randomness that is Susan. This will forever be...
by SusanVillasLewis
Basic gal from the Dallas area who has a lot to say!! I'm working on lens related to my odd-ball interests, as well as some tying back to my husband'...
(more)Explore related pages
Scarborough Renaissance Festival | Medieval Festival | Renaissance Fair- Spend the day in the 16th century and have the time of your life at this year's...
Real. Texas. Festival.
- Three days of country music and cowboy fun in Mesquite, the Real. Texas. Festiva...
Mesquite Championship Rodeo | Dallas Events- Head out to Mesquite for some stereotypical Texas fun at the Mesquite Championsh...
Highland Village Balloon Festival | Dallas Events- The annual 'Lion's Club Balloon Festival' is a great Highland Village tradition....
Butterfly Festival | Dallas Events- Attendees will have the opportunity to explore a 600 square foot landscaped mesh...
