Annual Dallas Festivals

The Dallas Fort Worth area is full of culture and fun. Each year the city hosts a number of festivals celebrating food, wine, art, music and entertainment from around the world.

Deep Ellum Arts Festival - April 2 -4
This free three-day festival is adult oriented with rock bands, beer gardens and the potential to be one of the best parties of the year in Dallas. Over 100 decorative and visual artists, poetry, muralists and dancers will be at the festival also known for the Pooch Parade.

Main Street Fort Worth Arts Festival - April 8 - 11
This is the Southwest's largest, four-day visual arts and entertainment festival. It is packed with fine art, food, fun and festivities!  It is rated as the #1 Arts Festival in Texas and the 3rd largest Arts Festival in the country by the Harris List and the Art Fair SourceBook.

Dallas Wine and Food Festival - April 21 -25
Cooking demonstrations, films, a farmer's market and other exhibitions give people from all backgrounds the chance to experience the wondrous world of food and wine in Dallas at this annual festival.

Scarborough Renaissance Festival - April 10 -May 31
Travel back to the 16th century and enjoy unique entertainment, arts and food from the past.

Taste of Dallas - July 9 - 11
Over 40 Dallas-Fort Worth restaurants sell food below menu price at this free-entry Dallas festival. The outdoor event draws more than 275,000 people throughout the weekend to the trendy West End of Dallas to enjoy food, drink, retail booths and music on three stages.

GrapeFest - September 16 -19
The GrapeFest is a four-day wine tasting event with live music on several stages, grape stomping, auctions, wine competitions, cooking demonstrations and even a tennis match. As the largest wine festival in the Southwest, the Annual GrapeFest allows wine connoisseurs and novices to have the chance to taste award-winning wines from Texas and beyond.

Texas State Fair - September 24 - October 17
Every fall for the past hundred years the month-long Texas State Fair has been held in Dallas' 277-acre Fair Park. The festival has more than 70 rides including America's biggest Ferris wheel known as the Texas Star.