Fort Worth Texas at Sunset
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Every Friday night: The Divine Miss Divas show, 10:30pm fun with the girls. Free parking, drink specials, bartender Jimmy (Big Daddy) "is the man." Also Nikki Koutoure, Lauren Sugarbaker, Roxianna Divine, and host LaTasha LaMoore.
Apr 28, 10:30 pmMonthly meetings, brunches, cookouts, camping weekends, pub crawls and other year-round events. See the website for dates and locations.
January 4-6, 2013 New Year's run at the Buzzards' Peak Landsite, 30-plus acre campground outside Cameron, Texas. All meals provided, beginning with Friday dinner, fun games, cocktail parties, open to anyone interested, veterans of the Landsite, or never been before. $45 registration online before Dec 20, 2012, or $60 at the gate.
January 20, 2013, 4pm at at the home bar, Club Reflection, 604 Jennings, Fort Worth. Open to any club or individual with prizes for Best Taste, Best Presentation and Best Overall. Stir up your best chili and enter for a fun afternoon.
March 15-17, 2013, at Pasadena Fairgrounds, 7902 Fairmont Pkwy, Pasadena, TX. Rodeo, entertainment, socials, see details online as announced.
Early-June, 2013, annual film festival at the Rose Marine Theater. In 2012 featured 40 films from 11 countries, including World, US, Southwest and Texas premieres, appearances by filmmakers. QLive film and open mic comedy events all year, see website for details.
Early October, 2013. Annual Saturday parade, 10am-noon, Main St at Wheatherford to East at 7th, downtown Fort Worth; Sunday, noon-6pm picnic at Trinity Park, Fort Worth with food, beer, wine, all-day stage entertainment, vendors.
Surprisingly, Fort Worth’s small art galleries are home to an impressive collection of works by renowned artists. The Kimbell Art Museum houses paintings by Matisse, Goya, Mondrian and Picasso among others in a spectacular modernist building. The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth has a large permanent collection of American artists (including Jackson Pollack) and many travelling exhibits.
Fort Worth’s major arts centre, Bass Performance Hall, has been rated one of the best opera houses in the world for its stunning architecture and fine acoustics. It houses regular opera, orchestra, ballet, comedy, and Broadway musical performances, so whatever your taste, you’ll find a show to enjoy there.
Fort Worth – “Cowtown” to the locals – still has an active ranching and cowboy scene. At the Stockyards on Exchange Street, you can watch the world’s only twice-daily cattle drive, pick up a new Stetson and boots at a western wear shop, and get great Texas barbecue. On weekends, stop by the Stockyards Championship Rodeo at the Cowtown Coliseum for live bull-riding, barrel-racing, calf-roping, and Pawnee Bill’s Wild West Show!
Proving that everything’s bigger in Texas, Billy Bob’s Texas is a massive, three-acre country music venue that boasts the “world’s largest honky-tonk” and hosts the genre’s biggest names every weekend.
If that’s not enough cow for you, you can check out the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, and the National Cowboys of Color Museum.
The website has information on leather events around town that include Leather Knights and bear nights at the Dallas Eagle, gay bingo, and variety show fundraisers for local charities.
This 20-block neighborhood of shops, bars, and restaurants is the heart of Fort Worth. Here you’ll find brick-paved sidewalks and historic buildings along with some of the city’s best shopping and cultural events. Year-round, Sundance Square hosts outdoor concerts and festivals, so check the web site to find out what’s happening while you’re there.
