As always, feel free to add events I've missed in the comments. Links to the event info are helpful and welcome. Feedback about events you've attended or plan to attend is also very welcome.

Noteworthy: 

This week is the 3rd Monday through Saturday and the 4th Sunday of the month. I’ll be adding this each week in case you’re watching for First Saturday, Third Friday type events.

Jim Schutze may be one of the most entertaining writers in modern Dallas history. He’s been making the rounds at Dallas book stores promoting his new fiction book--not his first, but certainly a departure from his lifelong journalism gig--Pontiac. He knows so much about Dallas you might be able to learn its history just sitting in his presence. If you missed him last week, you can catch him at Interabang Books on Tuesday and Whose Books on Saturday. 

North Texas Giving Day is Thursday, September 19. This is a long-time designated day in Dallas every September 19. If you don’t know what that is, check out its mission here. Their website is also a great place to find volunteer opportunities in your area of interest (and that part’s true year round.) Take the quiz on the home page or click the Find a Cause button.

Traffic Notes: A couple of races this weekend could potentially cause traffic issues and street closures on Saturday morning - Tour de Fleurs at the Arboretum/White Rock Lake, and Cheers to Oktoberfest at Trinity Trails in Fort Worth. Festivals that will likely cause congestion are Addison Oktoberfest and the Plano Balloon Festival. Expect traffic in normally congested areas to increase from now through Christmas. (It’s a thing.)

Upcoming: The rest of this year may be a blur for those who love to go and do!  “All-things-pumpkin” season starts this week with the Pumpkin Patch at the Dallas Farmers Market opening on Monday, Pumpkin Nights in Arlington starting Thursday, and Autumn at the Arboretum kicking off on Saturday. 

State Fair season starts next Friday (Sept 27), but before that, the first event of every holiday season in Dallas, the Chi Omega Christmas market  opens (Sept 26-28). I don’t even have a Halloween Round-Up done yet. (But it’s coming soon.) On my blog, I do have a Fall Fun page on my website with lists of pumpkin patches and more, free outdoor concerts and movies this fall, all the Oktoberfests, and more fall festivals than you can imagine. 

Have a great week!

Multi-Day

Sept 19-21 | Addison Oktoberfest at Addison Circle Park

Sept 19-22 | Plano Balloon Festival at Oak Point Park

Sept 19-24 | Magistrorum Magic Convention at Marriott Las Colinas, Irving

Sept 20-22 | DFW Fiber Fest (Convention) at Irving Convention Center

Sept 20-22 | Denton Blues Fest at Quakertown Park

Ongoing

Sept 16-Oct 31 | FREE Pumpkin Patch at Dallas Farmers Market

Sept 19–Oct 31 | Pumpkin Nights at Howell Farms, Arlington

Sept 21-Nov 3 | Autumn at the Arboretum at the Dallas Arboretum

Through Sept 21 | Stein Hoisting Tournament every Friday/Saturday at Odd Muse Brewing, Farmers Branch

Through Sept 24 | FREE Central Market 30th Anniversary In-Store Events at all area Central Market stores

Through Sept 30 while supplies last | FREE Branch Out Dallas Tree Giveaway Registration

Through Sept 30 | Jewish Film Festival of Dallas at Studio Movie Grill Royal Lane

Through Sept 20 | Clear the Shelters at 47 area shelters

Theatre/Performing Arts

Sept 19-22 | Watering Hole Collective/Elevator Project:I am an Island at Wyly Studio Theatre

Sept 19-Oct 20 | Venus in Fur at Theatre Three Too

Sept 20-Oct 5 | Mainstage Irving: The Children's Hour at Irving Arts Center, Irving

Sept 20-Oct 6 | Theatre Denton: Grease at Campus Theatre

Through Sept 22 | Jet Fuel at Bishop Arts Theatre:Center

Through Sept 22 | Sister Act at Upright Theatre, Euless

Through Sept 22 | The Importance of Being Earnest at Stage West, Fort Worth

Through Sept 29 | Garland Civic Theatre: On Golden Pond at Granville Arts Center, Garland

Through Sept 29 | Death Note: Change the World Musical at Art Centre Theatre, Plano

Through Sept 29 | Visiting Mr. Green at Theatre Arlington, Arlington

Through Sept 29 | Athena at Undermain Theatre

Through Oct 13 | Shakespeare Dallas: Julius Caesar at Samuell Grand Park Amphitheater

Art/Visual Arts - ALL ARE FREE

Through Sept 20 | MCat Davis: Gaps and Spaces at Goldmark Cultural Center

Through Sep 22 | who’s afraid of cartoony figuration? at dallas contemporary

Through Sept 28 | Eileen Maxson: Parent Trap at Keijsers Koning Gallery

Through Sept 29 | Blooms & Tempests at Janette Kennedy Gallery

Through Sept 30 | Los Trompos Art Exhibit at Dallas Galleria Outdoor Plaza (near North Italia)

Through Oct 1 | Antonio Lechuga: Flowers for the Living at Latino Cultural Center

Through Oct 4 | Victoria Morales Walters: Colliding Worlds at Moore Art Gallery, El Centro

Through Oct 18 | Mumentous: Celebrating Tradition in Garland at Garland City Hall

Through November 9 | Portraits of Frida at PDNB Gallery

Other Exhibits/Activities

Through Feb 2025 | Hidden History: Recounting the Shanghai Jewish Story at Dallas Holocaust & Human Rights Museum

Through Oct 2  | "O" by Cirque du Soleil at Cosm (Grandscape), The Colony

Through Oct 27 | Atmosphere (Polyphonic Spree) at Sky Theatre Planetarium, Denton

Daily Thing to Do

Monday, September 16

National Guacamole Day

The Marley Brothers: The Legacy Tour at Dos Equis Pavilion at Fair Park

FREE Liz Mikel’s Open Mic and Entertainers’ Showcase at The Balcony Club

Zolita - The Queen Of Hearts Tour at House of Blues

Live Music: Caña Dulce y Caña Brava at Deep Vellum Books

Classics in Black and White: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington at Angelika Dallas

Time Capsule 1979: Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Director’s Edition at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Richardson

FREE Poker Night, Trivia Night & Billiards Tournament at Underdog Dallas

FREE Mexican Independence Day Celebration at Armstrong Park, Duncanville

Fluid Art Workshop at Pipe & Palette Plano at The Shops at Willow Bend, Plano

FREE Mexican Independence Day Celebration at Legacy Hall

Tuesday, September 17

Holocaust Education Series with Dr. Rafael Medoff at Holocaust & Human Rights Museum

FREE Tuesday Cult Classics Movies: Running Man at Jaquval

Film: We Are Fugazi from Washington, D.C. at Texas Theatre

FREE Rooftop Movie: Anyone But You at Sundown at Granada

FREE (with RSVP) Verb Kulture Presents: W.O.W. (Words Over Wine) Poetry Open Mic at Chocolate Secrets

FREE Trivia Night at Cheba Hut

FREE Karaoke at The Nines

FREE Boombox Bingo at Four Corners Brewing

FREE Lakefront Live: Madame X at Bath House Cultural Center

FREE Discussion and Book Signing: Jim Schutze’s Pontiac at Interabang Books

Nicki Minaj Presents: Pink Friday 2 World Tour at American Airlines Center

FREE Pickleball Tournament & Mixer at Chicken and Pickle, Grand Prairie

Wednesday, September 18

Evening Yoga at Dallas Farmers Market (FREE, Donations Requested)

Mixology Class with The Botanist at The Exchange Hall

Shelley Carroll at Reveler’s Hall

FREE Texas Hold 'Em at Sylvan Avenue Tavern

FREE Silent Read Event at Half Price Books Flagship (NW Hyw)

FREE Trivia Night at Community Beer Company

Movie Early Access: The Substance at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, The Cedars

FREE Open Mic Comedy at Dallas Comedy Club

The Basement Yard Experience at The Majestic

Black Tusk/Somnuri/Horseburner at Double Wide

Fall Wine Tasting at Tricky Fish CityLine, Richardson

FREE FC Dallas Watch Party at The HUB, Allen

Thursday, September 19

Momentum Live Fundraiser Four-Course Dinner at Cafe Momentum

Arts and Letters Live: Attica Locke Guide Me Home at Dallas Museum of Art

FREE Movie Night for Adults: 'Frida' at Prairie Creek Branch Library

Drag Bingo Thursday at CANVAS Hotel Dallas

80s vs 90s vs 00s Silent Disco at JR's Bar & Grill

Big Bash Supporting Big Brothers and Sisters at High Fives

Mexican Design Stained Glass CD's Class at Mountain Creek Branch Library

FREE Facility Tour at Triumph Workshop (Makerspace)  Registration Required

FREE PNC Patio Sessions - Covie the Band at Flora Cantina (Dallas Arts District)

FREE Hispanic & Latino Composers Concert presented by New Song Young Artists at Bath House Cultural Center Black Box Theater  

FREE Beyond the Margins Book Club: Black Cake at Whose Books

FREE (with reservation) Ravens/Cowboys Pre Game Thursday at Spatch Kitchen and Cocktails

FREE Midnight Movie Night: Hairspray at Assembly Park, Plano

Marquee Night Out - Whiskey Trio Mixology Tasting at B & B Theatres, Red Oak

Friday, September 20

FREE Metro African Violet Fall Sale at North Haven Gardens

FREE Paella y Pasion DFW Flamenco Festival at Bath House Cultural Center

Glass Animals: Tour of Earth at Dos Equis Pavilion at Fair Park

Marten Horger at Stereo Live

FREE The Village Main Street Fest at The Village Dallas

FREE Movies on the Lawn: Coco at AT&T Discovery District 

Dallas Contemporary Gala After Party at Dallas Contemporary

FREE ‘til Midnight at the Nasher

September Murder Mystery Dinner at Maggiano’s NorthPark

Marvel Trivia and Dinner at Dallas Hemp Company

Danae Hays At The Texas Theatre

FREE FTC Comedy Presents Lawrence Rosales at the Latino Cultural Center

Los Lobos with special guests Greyhounds at Longhorn Ballroom

FREE Dev Wulf Live Music at Legacy West (in front of Free People), Plano

FREE Helio Portales Latin Music Night at CityLine Plaza, Richardson

FREE Jon Christopher Davis Duo at Lakeside Music Series, Flower Mound

Saturday, September 21

National Batman Day 

FREE Dia de Communidad and Volunteer clean-up/tree planting at Gateway Park

FREE Jim Schutze Author Talk at Whose Books

FREE Girls in Aviation Day at Henry B. Tippie National Aviation Education Center

FREE Cedar Hill State Park Presentation at Hampton-Illinois Branch Library

FREE Hispanic Heritage Month: Ollimpaxqui Ballet Company at Dallas West Branch Library

FREE Mexica Fall Equinox at the Latino Cultural Center

FREE Hispanic Heritage Month Fiesta at Arcadia Park Branch Library

FREE Hispanic Heritage Month movie: Encanto at Pleasant Grove Branch Library

FREE Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas Fall Gallery Walk at 14 Galleries, After Party at Meddlesome Moth

FREE 4th Annual Oktoberfest at Pegasus City Brewery (Downtown)

FREE Spocktoberfest at Celestial Beerworks

FREE Oktoberfest at Oak Highlands Brewery

Colt & The Old 45s at Poor David’s Pub

Junior H: Sad Boyz Mania Tour at Dos Equis Pavilion

Miguel Migs & Tony Humphries at It'll Do Club

Hector Sifuentes & Friends at Strangeways

Bob Schneider (2 shows) at The Kessler

Los Juanos w/ The Eddie Garcia Band at Slow & Steady Oak Cliff

214 Vs The World at Ruins

Flowmoon featuring Marvel Years + Vincent Antone at Deep Ellum Art Co

Henni Clothing: Walking Art Show at Soar Creative

Walk of Fame Fashion & Entertainment Show at Royal Lane Studios

DJ Duel Silent Disco at Sweet Tooth Hotel

Disco Cowgirl: 10th Anniversary Wine Walk at The Plaza on Main in Deep Ellum

KNON Goth Night at Sons of Hermann Hall

Grand Opening at Roboland Dallas

FREE Alegre Ballet Folklorico at The Sound at Cypress Waters 

FREE Fall Fest  at the Downtown Square, Garland (.5K Guzzler Run is not free and requires registration)

Movie: Will & Harper w/Livestream Q & A following at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Lake Highlands

Sunday, September 22

WRC Latte Art Workshop at White Rock Coffee Brew Lab

FREE Alma y Corazón Tejano Ballet Folklórico Performance at NorthPark Center

Cinema Con Nosotros Presents Boulevard Nights at Texas Theatre

Colors at the Rodeo at Sandaga 813

Sunday Funday Poolside Party with DJ Sober at CANVAS Dallas Hotel

Beat - Belew/Vai/Levin/Carey play 80s King Crimson at The Majestic

Rosebud: The Music of Jerry Garcia Band at Deep Ellum Art Co

I Told You So! - A Storytelling Show at Dallas Comedy Club

FREE Justin Russell at Truck Yard Dallas

FREE The Unplugged Series: Women's Voices in Musical Theatre at Opening Bell Coffee

FREE Sunset Sessions at Green Light Social Ruby Room

Barn-Raising Farm Tour and Dinner at Profound Farms, Allen

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