This March is already set up to be an epic one in Cowtown. From our very first Festival of Colors event, to the near sacred homeTOWNESfest, honoring the late singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt, there’s enough stuff going on around town to keep anyone busy. As a courtesy to help people mark their calendars, we’ve compiled a list of several happenings us Fort Worthians won’t want to miss.
March 7
Fall Out Boy
One of the most successful rock bands from the 2000s, Fall Out Boy is touring behind its 2023 album, So Much (For) Stardust, which became the group’s seventh consecutive Top 10 album.
Dickies Arena
March 8–10
John Williams Celebration
The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra will pay tribute to one of the most influential film score composers of all time with performances of his memorable work from “Superman,” “Harry Potter,” “Star Wars,” and likely much more.
Bass Performance Hall
March 9
Loving
Hot on the heels of releasing their third full-length album, these indie groovers from Victoria, British Columbia, perform a hypnotic brand of balladry that’s not easily forgotten.
Tulips
March 9–10
homeTOWNESfest
The city where Townes Van Zandt was born and spent the first eight years of his life is as good as any to call his hometown, and that city’s also as good as any to host a festival in the late singer/songwriter’s honor.
Southside Preservation Hall
March 10 – July 28
Surrealism and Us
A new exhibition that highlights Caribbean surrealist artists, this showcase will feature over 50 works of varying media — painting, sculpture, drawing, and video — from the 1940s to the present day.
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
March 16
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African American Roots Music Festival
Displaying the wide breadth and rich history of African American music, this one-day festival aims to change the misguided perception many may have of Black music and celebrate its past and innovation.
Southside Preservation Hall
March 16
Festival of Colors
We’d leave our Sunday best at home for this Hindu-inspired festival, where attendees celebrate the arrival of spring by throwing handfuls of colored powders known as gulal at one another.
Panther Island Pavilion
March 16–17
Southside Spillover
Fort Worth gets a taste of Austin’s SXSW when a bevy of artists who wrapped up performances at the annual festival and conference make their way up I-35 to play this two-day festival.
Tulips
March 21
‘The Simon & Garfunkel Story’
A celebration of one of music’s most popular duos, “The Simon & Garfunkel Story” merges projected photos and original film footage with a live band performing all of the hits.
Bass Performance Hall
March 21 – April 13
Water by the Spoonful
The Circle Theatre takes on this 2012 recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, which tells the story of multiple members of a Philadelphia family and their struggles with trauma and recovery.
Circle Theatre
