april APRIL 23–24
Winspear Opera House
Bonnie Raitt
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Off the Rails Country Music Fest
APRIL 26
Toyota Stadium (Frisco)
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Blake Shelton’s marriage, dating habits and tabloid headlines aside, he’s still one of the biggest names in country music. He’s joined by friends including, Eric Church (“Like a Wrecking Ball”), Sam Hunt (“Take Your Time”) and Chris Young (“Who Am I With You,” “Lonely Eyes”). They bring a runaway train full of country’s hottest music to North for a springtime concert event.
The daughter of a Broadway star (John Raitt), she debuted in the 70’s with the critically acclaimed Give It Up album. Many had written her off by the time her blockbuster album Nick of Time was released in ’89. It turned out to be a pivotal moment for the bluespop-rock legend, jumpstarting her career and restarting her life. She recently released Dig In Deep, which is her twentieth album.
APRIL 18
APRIL 21
APRIL 23
APRIL 27–29
Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
Dallas City Performance Hall
Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas City Performance Hall
The English singer scored with her debut “Lights” followed by “Anything Could Happen” and “Burn.” Delirium was released in November.
Integrating movement, music and visual design, the performance features recklessness, risk and rigor—a debut in Texas.
Architecture and art get the star treatment at this annual fundraiser that features dinner, a luxury live and silent auction and a festive after-party.
One of America’s most beloved contemporary humorists returns for a three-night series of performances in an intimate setting.
Ellie Goulding
Kidd Pivot
Art Ball
APRIL 21 APRIL 18
The Smashing Pumpkins, Liz Phair
Tom Paxton
David Sedaris
APRIL 28 APRIL 23
Jimmy Webb
Kessler Theater
David Cross Majestic Theatre
This creatively stripped-down, acoustic tour by the pair of 90’s-era bands has generated a ton of buzz in concert circles.
The great folk singer received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recognizing an outstanding career spanning more than 50 years.
APRIL 19
APRIL 22–24
APRIL 23–MAY 7
American Airlines Center
Fair Park
Bass Performance Hall (Fort Worth)
The popsters ushered in an era of romanticism via splashy 80’s videos (“Hungry Like the Wolf,” “Rio”). Nile Rodgers and his bandmates open (“Le Freak”).
The two-day festival is the largest of its kind. Learn how green choices can lower costs, improve health and help save the environment.
Celebrate 70 years of the company and a decade of the Festival with the anticipated opera JFK, as well as the classic Barber of Seville.
APRIL 22–25
APRIL 24
Meyerson Symphony Center
Winspear Opera House
The Dallas favorite and his band return to Dallas. The New York Times says Botti exudes “human warmth on a sweeping scale.”
The concert features Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3 and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor: “Babi Yar,” op. 113.
APRIL 23
APRIL 27
The talented duo was one of the hottest bands at SXSW. They blend classical, hiphop, rock and bluegrass, accompanied by a crackerjack band.
Eisemann Center (Richardson)
Poor David’s Pub
APRIL 30
Each of these groups has ten Grammys to their credit. The evening culminates with a duet featuring some of the tightest harmonies in music.
As a member of Celtic Thunder, he’s performed worldwide. He also stages solo gigs featuring songs from group’s repertoire and more.
Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
Majestic Theatre
The cult favorite is known primarily for HBO’s Mr. Show, plus his role on the comedy Arrested Development.
Kessler Theater
His songs have contributed to the soundtrack of a generation (“Galveston,” “Wichita Lineman,” “By The Time I Get To Phoenix”). APRIL 28–MAY 1
Duran Duran, Chic
APRIL 19–MAY 22
Wicked, Dallas Summer Musicals Music Hall at Fair Park
Well before Dorothy dropped in, two young girls met in the land of lions, monkeys and fireballs. It’s the untold story of the witches of Oz. APRIL 20–24
USA Film Festival Angelika Film Center
For 45 years this annual event has welcomed filmmakers, artists, actors and fans to screenings, presentations and seminars, all to cheer motion pictures.
Earth Day Texas
Chris Botti
The Manhattan Transfer, Take 6
Fort Worth Opera Festival
The Dallas Opera Orchestra
Emmett O’Hanlon
Carmina Burana, Dallas Symphony Orchestra Meyerson Symphony Center
A reverie on fortune and fate thrills audiences with medieval chants and spectacle. The DSO Chorus and Children’s Chorus of Greater Dallas perform. APRIL 30
Black Violin Kessler Theater
Third Day with Steven Curtis Chapman Contemporary Christian icons join forces for this musical experience, playing songs together from each artist’s catalogs. D A L L A S H OT E L M A G A Z I N E
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