Weekend Event Planner

The Book of Mormon dominates best weekend events in Fort Worth

The holiday season is naturally full of events with either overt or subtle references to religion, but it'll be a totally different religious experience that takes center stage in Fort Worth this week. Other choices include several more holiday-themed events and a new theater production.

Below are the best options for your precious free time Thursday through Sunday. Don't like what you see? Lucky for you, we have a much longer list of the city's best events.

Thursday, December 3

Performing Arts Fort Worth presents The Book of Mormon
From the twisted minds of South Park's Trey Parker and Matt Stone comes the profane yet touching — and Tony-winning! — story of two Mormon missionaries sent to Uganda. Their attempts to spread the Book of Mormon take a back seat to the warlords, famine, and disease that are running rampant in the country. The production will pay at Bass Performance Hall through Sunday.

Saturday, December 5

2015 Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis – Fort Worth
The 24th Annual Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis – Fort Worth raises awareness and funds to impact the fight against arthritis, which strikes 50 million adults and an estimated 300,000 children in the U.S. The event, taking place at Burnett Plaza and Park near downtown Fort Worth, encourages participants to dress up in their favorite holiday gear.

North Central Ballet presents The Nutcracker
This week's version of The Nutcracker comes to you from North Central Ballet, a company that includes all levels of dancers, from beginners to those looking to make a career in dance. They'll present two separate performances of the classic holiday ballet — one Saturday and one Sunday — at Will Rogers Memorial Center.

Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis' Holiday Shindig
Partners in music and life, the country music duo of Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis will make their annual holiday trip to play at McDavid Studio inside Bass Performance Hall. The concert will feature material from their recently released new album, Our Year, as well as songs from their extensive solo catalogs and holiday favorites, old and new.

Sunday, December 6

Amphibian Stage Productions presents Daedalus
The latest from Amphibian Stage Productions is a staged reading of Daedalus, a play from award-winning playwright David Davalos that takes a fictional look at when artist Leonardo da Vinci renounced the art world and worked as a military engineer for Cesare Borgia. There will be two performances of the staged reading — one on Sunday and one on Monday.

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The annual Jingle Bell Run/Walk will take place on December 5 at Burnett Plaza and Park.

$Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis \u2013 Fort Worth$

Photo courtesy of Arthritis Foundation

The annual Jingle Bell Run/Walk will take place on December 5 at Burnett Plaza and Park.

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Editor's note: A lot happened this week, so here's your chance to get caught up. Read on for the week's most popular headlines. Looking for the best things to do this weekend? Find that list here.

1. 16 best new restaurants in Fort Worth compete for 2024 Tastemaker Award. Fort Worth's culinary scene is so hot that the 2024 CultureMap Fort Worth Tastemaker Awards category for Best New Restaurant has doubled in size from 2023, this year drawing 16 nominees. Voting is open now at this link. People may vote once per round, through four rounds of competition. Round one ends at 11:59 pm on Saturday, April 13.

2. Hash Kitchen brings over-the-top breakfast to Texas with Fort Worth debut. A new-to-Texas breakfast chain is coming to Fort Worth: Called Hash Kitchen, it's an Arizona-based concept that will open a location at 3240 Tracewood Way #110 in early May. Fort Worth is one of six new locations across three states the chain will be opening in the next two years.

3. Fort Worth brewpub Funky Picnic to close despite heroic efforts otherwise. A beloved brewpub in Fort Worth is calling it quits: Funky Picnic, a true original with a unique vibe and offerings that opened in the Near Southside in 2019, will close for good on April 27 after five years. The owners shared the news in a Facebook post, citing a lethal combination of declining business and rising costs.

4. 10th Fort Worth Food + Wine Festival wows record crowds at 5 sell-out events. After a decade of showcasing Cowtown’s culinary talent, the 10th annual Fort Worth Food + Wine Festival proved Fort Worth foodies can’t get enough of the four-day feeding frenzy. Held April 4-7, the milestone festival sold out in record time with all five events hitting capacity by Thursday morning.

5. Texas supermarket chain H-E-B opens new H-E-B Alliance in north Fort Worth. April 10 was a special day for far north Fort Worth: The H-E-B supermarket chain opened its H-E-B Alliance store, the fifth store the San Antonio-based retailer has opened in the DFW Metroplex. The new store is 125,000 square feet and is located at 3451 Heritage Trace Pkwy., at the northwest corner of Heritage Trace Parkway and North Riverside Drive on the northern edge of Fort Worth.