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In a city this big, there’s something to do every single day of the week. How could there not be? Dallas is a destination for festivals, traveling art exhibitions, stand-up comedy circuits and literally everything in between. This list is by no means exhaustive, but it is a curated, weekly guide of top picks you won’t want to miss. And the ways to fill your schedule don’t stop here — check out our full events calendar for even more ways to get through the week in North Texas.
Murderous laughs, Nine Inch Nails, the Queen of Hip Hop and music lessons from a pig are at the center of some of the best things to do around Dallas this week.
Monday, March 2
Tulip Season at Texas-Tulips
10656 FM 2931, Pilot Point
Tiptoe through the tulips (if you get that reference, you’re old, BTW) at Texas-Tulips in Pilot Point, where you can stroll among fields of 1 million of the short-blooming harbingers of spring and cut your picks to bring home. It’s open 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. daily regardless of weather, and admission is $7 per person.
Tuesday, March 3
Nine Inch Nails
American Airlines Center, 2500 Victory Ave.
Industrial rock god Trent Reznor brings his powerhouse band to AAC for a stop on its Peel It Back Tour. In its 1990 review of NIN’s first album, Pretty Hate Machine, Rolling Stone described the blend of hard-edged industrial rock and pop as “harrowing but catchy.” Thirty-six years in and with a slew of hits, including the anthemic “Head Like a Hole” and “Hurt,” NIN is still catching fans. The show starts at 8 p.m., and tickets start at $62.
Wednesday, March 4
Where We Stand
Bryant Hall at Kalita Humphreys Theater, 3636 Turtle Creek Blvd.
Popular Dallas actress Liz Mikel stars in this one-person play that combines poetry, music and audience participation. A desperate neighbor has struck a dangerous bargain with a mysterious stranger, and the audience is part of a town hall meeting to decide whether she deserves justice or mercy, with the audience’s choice deciding the ending. Wednesday’s performance is at 7:30 p.m., and shows continue through March 22. Tickets are $92 general admission or $82 of military service members.
Rent in Concert
Majestic Theater, 1925 Elm St.
Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning musical gets a symphonic treatment as an ensemble of vocalists and musicians perform the full score, minus all the dreary talking parts about art, poverty, homelessness and dying of AIDS in Manhattan’s East Village in the ’90s. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $140.
Thursday, March 5
SAW The Musical: The Unauthorized Parody of SAW
Theatre Three, 2688 Laclede St.
Add some tunes, some larfs and a love story, and SAW, the notoriously dark, sadistic and twisty 2004 horror film becomes a laugh-out-loud romp. That’s the plan, at least, for what Theatre Three calls “Little Shop of Horrors meets Avenue Q.” See if they pull it off in this parody of one of the most popular and bleak horror films ever. The fun begins with this preview performance at 7:30 p.m., and shows continue through April 12. Tickets for Thursday’s show are $75.
Arsenic and Old Lace
Pocket Sandwich Theatre, 1104 Elm St., Carrollton
Theatre Three isn’t the only local troupe exploring the lighter side of serial murder and insanity this month. Pocket Sandwich Theatre is reviving Arsenic and Old Lace, best known by its 1944 movie adaptation starring Cary Grant. It’s about two sweet old aunties with a penchant for poisoning homeless old men and having their nephew, who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt, bury them in their cellar. It’s pretty damn funny, actually, though Grant chews up the scenery a bit, so we’re hopeful about that SAW parody. See it at 8 p.m. Thursday for $20 or at other performances through March 28.
Friday, March 6
North Texas Irish Festival
Fair Park, 3809 Grand Ave
Get a jump on celebrating St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) with the 44th Annual North Texas Irish Festival. Here is a fun fact: The Irish do not drink green beer on St. Patrick’s Day (surprise!). That’s an American thing that started in 1914, when a New York doctor added a laundry whitener to beer to give it a green tint. Luckily, the addition was only mildly toxic, and today, presumably safer food colorings bring the green, though the tradition is still, let’s be honest, fairly dumb. Take part in something more Irish and fun at NTIF’s three-day blowout, featuring high-stepping dance and tons of bands performing traditional Irish music, along with some modern Irish rock. There’ll be three stages of music and one of dance around the fairgrounds on Friday, beginning at 6:30 p.m., and the joy continues Saturday and Sunday. (If you’d like it to continue in the years ahead, the volunteer festival organizers are seeking donations to offset rising costs.) Adult tickets are $20 on Friday, $30 on Saturday and Sunday, with tickets for children and weekend packages available.
2026 National Vocal Competition
Winspear Opera House, 2403 Flora St.
The potential opera stars of tomorrow take the stage as The Dallas Opera Orchestra provides the accompaniment. Singers from across the United States will perform in a competition that includes an audience vote for the “People’s Choice Award.” Tickets are $10.
Saturday, March 7
Cardi B, Little Miss Drama Tour
American Airlines Center, 2500 Victory Ave.
The Reigning Queen of Rap brings her Little Miss Drama Tour to AAC at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. Funny, fearless, raw and politically active, Cardi B has had plenty of drama surrounding her career, including pearl-clutching over her song “WAP,” with Megan Thee Stallion. We don’t get why a song about the Weatherization Assistant Program caused such a stir, but we appreciate any artist willing to delve that deeply into federal programs. An outspoken feminist and philanthropist, she also once successfully sued a rumor-mongering YouTuber for defamation, which is reason enough to love her and be a little scared of her if one is writing for an alternative news site. Notably, she recently endorsed Dallas U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett in the Democratic primary for the Senate. We calculate the odds of Crockett making an appearance at the show as roughly 99-1 in favor. Few tickets are left, so hurry if you want to snag one. They start at $441, but then, she is the queen.
Peppa Pig: My First Concert
Majestic Theater, 1925 Elm St.
Applause for the educator, musician or marketing mastermind who came up with the idea of employing Peppa Pig, the popular star of the eponymous children’s show, to introduce kids 18-months and older to the instruments and harmonies. Those of us from old generations were stuck with a couple of Warner Bros. cartoons and “Peter and the Wolf” (snooze) to introduce us to orchestral music, which explains a lot about our musical tastes today. As the sapling is bent, so grows the tree, and all that. Join Peppa and her younger brother George in one of two performances presented by the AT&T Performing Arts Center. The first is at 2 p.m., the second at 5 p.m. Tickets start at $32.80.
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Sunday, March 8
The Dallas Festival of Colors
Myers Park & Event Center, 7117 County Road 166, McKinney
Celebrate spring, love and the triumph of good over evil (emphasis and fingers crossed on that last one) at the annual celebration of Holi, an ancient Hindu festival that’s also a chance to fete the culture of North Texas’ large Indian population. In addition to food, music and vendors, the highlight of the fest is the chance to boff your neighbor with handfuls of vibrantly colored powders provided for free. Judging by the smiles on the colored faces of participants from the long-running fest, love and goodness flow freely. Tickets are $12.51 or $375.32 for a package of six, which includes a cabana, T-shirts, extra colors and parking. It happens at 11 a.m.
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Continuing Events
International Surrealism at the Dallas Museum of Art, through March 22, 2026
The DMA (1717 N. Harwood St.) will be showing its latest exhibition, International Surrealism, from now through March 22, 2026. Featuring Surrealist icons like Salvador Dalí, René Magritte and Leonora Carrington, this showcase aims to “[plunge] audiences into the mind-bending dreamscapes of the Surrealist movement” and “[highlight] the wide range of practices and techniques from around the globe that define Surrealism.” Public tickets cost $20 and DMA members get in for free. International Surrealism will be included in the DMA’s Free First Sundays for every month of its run.
Groundbreakers: Post-War Japan and Korea from the DMA Collection at The Crow Museum of Asian Art at UT Dallas, through July 26, 2026
If you missed it at the Dallas Arts District location of The Crow, now’s your chance to see Groundbreakers: Post-War Japan and Korea from the DMA Collection… and consider that second degree. The Crow Museum of Asian Art at UT Dallas offers up the fantastic exhibition that includes pieces created in fascinating ways: with feet, with a mouth, by pouring paint onto a canvas, and other methods that channeled convention after the considerably conventional 1950s. Don’t miss it. Find out more online.
