FRIDAY, SATURDAY
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Texas Motor Speedway: 2015 Firestone 600
The Firestone 600 is the Verizon IndyCar Series' premiere night race. Come see the drivers go wheel-to-wheel on the mile and a half banks at Texas Motor Speedway!
FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY
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Casa Mañana- Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story
Follow the incredible journey of Buddy’s meteoric rise to fame to the top of the record charts during the golden days of rock ‘n’ roll, to his untimely death in 1959 in this popular tribute. Dubbed the “World’s Most Successful Rock Musical,” Buddy will have you dancing in the aisles with rousing hits such as “Peggy Sue,” “That’ll Be the Day” and “Maybe Baby.”
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Fort Worth Modern Museum of Art:
Marcio Garcia Torres
Mexico City–based Mario García Torres is best known for his engaging cinematic narratives that explore and reveal the overlooked and now-buried histories and personalities of 1960s and 1970s conceptual art. García Torres researches evidence, myths, and particular stories to retell some of these forgotten narratives from an important moment in art history, while also filling in missing gaps with fictional threads.
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Amon Carter Museum: American Still Life
This exhibition showcases approximately 30 works from the museum’s collection of 19th and 20th century still lifes. Organized in celebration of the recent acquisition of Raphaelle Peale’s Peaches and Grapes in a Chinese Export Basket (1812), the exhibition includes works from across the collection including paintings by trompe l‘oeil masters, vibrant floral subjects, prints and photographs.
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Fort Worth Museum of Science & History: Design Zone
Design Zone is a highly interactive, hands-on exhibition where visitors can explore a variety of creative concepts to learn the processes and tools needed to create a successful design. Design Zone is organized into three thematic zones, all highlighting the importance of science and mathematical thinking, in areas critical to building creativity and innovation: Art, music and engineering.
SATURDAY, SUNDAY
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Stockyards Station: Summer Gunfight Shows
Come see this FREE, family friendly show every Saturday and Sunday inside Stockyards Station.
Showtimes are 11:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. -- following the Fort Worth Herd Cattle Drives!
FRIDAY
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Fort Worth Community Arts Center: Gallery Reception
Monthly reception for art exhibits opening at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center.
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Concerts in the Garden:
25th Anniversary Celebration with Pink Martini
Pink Martini is a rollicking around-the-world musical adventure, brilliantly combining elements of classical, jazz, world music and timeless pop. Celebrate the launch of the No. 25 Anniversary Concerts in the Garden with their infectious signature sound, joined by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.
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White Elephant Saloon: Tommy Alverson
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Texas Motor Speedway:
Nascar Camping World Truck Series
The WinStar World Casino & Resort 400 kicks off the only NASCAR/INDYCAR doubleheader of the racing season at Texas Motor Speedway. Fans open with the fender beating and banging of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series on Friday evening that is followed the next night by the pure speed of the Verizon IndyCar Series. It also will be the milestone No. 500 career race of the Camping World Truck Series.
Live Oak Music Hall and Lounge: Max Stalling
Stalling's style is modern with a vintage feel. With Jeff Howe on drums and percussion, Bryce Clarke on nylon-string guitar, electric guitar and mandolin, and Jason Steinsultz swapping between stand-up and electric bass, Stalling creates a dynamic live show that's smart, charming and as listenable as it is danceable. Stalling and troupe are equally at home on a huge concert stage in front of thousands or playing an acoustic set for a hundred. Attendance numbers at shows have continued to rise.
Woodshed Smokehouse: Lost Immigrants
SATURDAY
Live Oak Music Hall & Lounge: Summer Heat Patio Party
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Concerts in the Garden: Classical Mystery Tour
Roll up for the Classical Mystery Tour and enjoy The Beatles’ timeless classics paired with beautiful orchestration by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. Enjoy your favorite hits by the Fab Four, including “Yesterday,” “Hey Jude,” “Eleanor Rigby,” “All You Need is Love” and much, much more.
Billy Bob's Texas: Robert Earl Keen
Among the large contingent of talented songwriters who emerged in Texas in the 1980s and ’90s, Robert Earl Keen struck an unusual balance between sensitive story-portraits (“Corpus Christi Bay”) and raucous barroom fun (“That Buckin’ Song”). These two song types in Keen’s output were unified by a mordant sense of humor that strongly influenced the early practitioners of what would become known as alternative country music.
Live Oak Music Hall & Lounge: Colin Boyd
First Jefferson Unitarian Universalist Church:
Friday Breakaway
Second and fourth Fridays. Lessons start at 8:00 p.m.
Open dancing, 9:00 p.m.- Midnight.
Tickets: $6 for general admission/ $4 for members, students and affiliates.
Check website for changes and other events. Fort Worth Swing Dance Syndicate.
Fort Worth Central Library:
Fort Worth Local History Month
Kick off the month with us as we feature local history, including: Councilmember Ann Zadeh, presentations from Quentin McGown and Richard Robinson, the Into the Past digital photography project and music from Nueva Era Mariachi Band and Trumpets4Kids.
Reception: Central • 1-2 p.m. Sat., June 6
Program: Central • 2-3:30 p.m. Sat., June 6
Woodshed Smokehouse: Vanillaface Jones, Matt Nix
SUNDAY
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Woodshed Smokehouse: Christ Watson, Phil Pritchett
Billy Bob's Texas: Clint Black
Prolific singer-songwriter Clint Black has long been heralded as one of Country music’s brightest stars. His many talents have taken him even further, as Black has transcended genres to become one of the most successful artists in all the music industry.
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Live Oak Music Hall & Lounge: Sunday Supper Club
Jason Eady & Courtney Patty
The Mississippi native and Texas transplant has spent the last seven years in an incubation period undergoing a musical metamorphosis that has led him through lonesome delta blues, inspirational church house harmonies, poetically spun tales of Americana and into the naked and honest regions of good ole' country music.
Singer/songwriter Courtney Patton has flown a little under the radar in recent years, far from a household name but a welcome discovery for listeners who’ve found their way to her sweet, soulful, and subtle approach to classic country music.
KXT Presents: Flying Saucer 20th Anniversary Party
Fort Worth Central Library: First Sunday Film Club
This series showcases the Fort Worth Library’s large and vibrant media collection.
