It's a big music weekend around Fort Worth, with six concerts leading the way, including a country extravaganza in Arlington and a busy three days for Dickies Arena. Other choices include a large-scale musical from a local theater company, a comedian, screenings of a new film, and the opening of a new art exhibition.
Below are the best ways to spend your free time this weekend. Want more options? Lucky for you, we have a much longer list of the city's best events.
Thursday, August 15
Santana and Counting Crows in concert
Guitarist Carlos Santana and rock band Counting Crows will co-headline the Oneness Tour. Santana will perform songs from their 50-year career, including a celebration of the 25th anniversary of Supernatural. Counting Crows will perform their hits, including music off their most recent project, 2021's Butter Miracle, Suite One. The concert will be at Dickies Arena.
Jubilee Theatre presents Sister Act
In the musical version of Sister Act, the original film’s location changes to Philadelphia and the action now is set in the 1970s. When disco diva wannabe Deloris Van Cartier sees her gangster boyfriend Curtis Shank commit a murder, she is placed in a convent as part of the witness protection program. Deloris uses her singing talent to inspire the other nuns to create a more contemporary choir, and they become the hit of the community. For this special one-weekend-only production (five performances through Sunday), Jubilee Theatre will get to move into the larger confines of Bass Performance Hall.
Improv Arlington present Shuler King
Shuler King is probably the only comedian/funeral director on the comedy circuit, and he has opened for some of the most notable and talented comedians in the industry. He credits his parents’ strict yet loving upbringing, his harsh surroundings growing up, and the state of the country today with giving him his comedic style, which he describes as raw. He'll perform six times through Sunday at Improv Arlington.
Friday, August 16
Magnolia at the Modern: Coup!
Isolated on a seaside estate, an entitled journalist (Billy Magnussen) and his socialite wife (Sarah Gadon) take in a mysterious grifter as a private cook (Peter Sarsgaard). When a plague descends on the island, the wily cook rouses his fellow staff to rebel and take over the mansion. Their employer suspects the cook’s coup is part of a more sinister agenda, and mind games between master and servant escalate into all-out class warfare. The film will screen seven times through Sunday at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.
Statewide Emergency
It's not immediately clear why this multi-artist concert at Dickies Arena is called "Statewide Emergency," but all hip hop fans need to know is that it features a slew of their favorite performers. Taking the stage will be rappers like Boosie BadAzz, Webbie, DaBaby, Jeezy, NoCap, and Montana.700.
Sawyer Brown in concert
Country band Sawyer Brown is celebrating its 40th anniversary in the recording business, having released their self-titled debut album in 1984. They had a great run in both the '80s and '90s, scoring 19 top 10 hits, including three that went to No. 1. After a long break, they released their first new album in 13 years, Desperado Troubadours, earlier in 2024. They'll play at Billy Bob's Texas.
Saturday, August 17
Arlington Museum of Art presents "She Said, She Said: Contemporary Artists from the Rubell Museum" opening day
Arlington Museum of Art continue its ongoing collaboration with Miami's Rubell Museum through the presentation of "She Said, She Said," a new exhibition of work by women artists curated from the Rubell Museum’s expansive contemporary art collection. Curated by the Rubell Museum’s Alexandra Perez, the exhibition features over 50 works spanning painting, photography, sculpture, video, and installation by more than 30 artists of different generations, cultures, and disciplines. It will remain on display through November 3.
Zach Bryan in concert
In five short years, Zach Bryan has become one of the biggest stars in country music. After self-releasing his first two albums, Bryan broke out in 2022 with his major label debut, American Heartbreak, and he hasn't looked back since. That album and the following two, including the new The Great American Bar Scene, each went to No. 1 on the Billboard Country chart. The fervor around him has gotten so big that only one venue, AT&T Stadium in Arlington, is appropriate for this concert. He'll be joined by Matt Mason and Levi Turner.
Kings of Leon in concert
The path the rock band Kings of Leon took to stardom was an unusual one for the 21st century. They were signed by a major record label, RCA, early in their career, but their first three albums failed to light the world on fire. That all changed with their fourth album, 2008's Only by the Night, which featured the hits "Sex on Fire" and "Use Somebody." They'll play at Dickies Arena in support of their new album, Can We Please Have Some Fun.
Kyle Park in concert
Texas singer Kyle Park has had modest success on the country music charts, peaking at No. 24 with his 2013 album, Beggin' for More. Like all musicians struck with the bug to keep creating, though, he's kept at it, releasing three more albums, including the new All Nighters. He'll play at Billy Bob's Texas.
