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What’s the Hot Music at this Year’s State Fair?

Tripping Daisy

Most people show up to the State Fair of Texas thinking about corny dogs and butter sculptures, and forget there’s an entire free music festival built into the ticket price. The Chevrolet Main Stage has been doing this for almost 30 years, and this year’s lineup is one of the more genre-scrambled ones the fair has put together in a while. Country one night, classic rock the next, then a Pink Floyd laser show, then a Norteño act, then a tribute band. Nobody’s pretending it’s curated for one kind of fan. It’s built for everybody who walks through the gate.

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 Big Tex Choice Awards 2026: A Fletcher Wins by Reinventing Her Own Family Legacy 

The corny dog was born at the State Fair of Texas in 1942, when Neil and Carl Fletcher figured out how to get a hot dog on a stick into hot oil without it falling apart. Eighty-four years later, a member of that same family just won one of the fair’s biggest honors by taking the family’s own invention apart and putting it back together as dessert.

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DFW Restaurant Week Turns 30, and This Year’s Menu of Perks Is Bigger Than the Food

Thirty years ago, a handful of Dallas restaurants agreed to knock a little off the check in exchange for sending a cut to a food bank. Nobody involved could have guessed it would still be running three decades later, or that it would grow into the second-longest-running restaurant week in the country. This week it did exactly that, officially kicking off its 30th year on August 10, with more than 175 restaurants across five counties taking part.

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Riscky’s BBQ 20th Annual Rib-Eating Contest

Fort Worth’s ultimate test of appetite and speed is back for a historic milestone. Riscky’s Barbeque—the legendary 99-year-old smokehouse staple—will host its landmark 20th annual Rib-Eating Competition at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 25, at its Stockyards Station location at 140 East Exchange Avenue.

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Where to Watch the FIFA World Cup 2026 in Dallas — Every Bar, Pub, Fan Zone, and Free Screen in North Texas

Dallas is hosting nine World Cup matches — more than any other city in the tournament. Most people watching those matches won’t be inside AT&T Stadium. Tickets are expensive, parking in Arlington is a commitment, and frankly some of the best World Cup viewing in North Texas happens nowhere near the stadium. The city has been building toward this summer for years, and the watch party scene that has developed around it is genuinely impressive. Here is every option, organized by neighborhood and type, so you can find your spot before June 12.

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Sant Ambroeus Picks Dallas for Its First Texas Location

If you have spent any time in New York and wandered into one of those rooms on the Upper East Side or in the West Village where the espresso is perfect and the pastel-colored cakes look like they came from a set designer’s dream, you already know Sant Ambroeus. If you have not, you are about to get a proper introduction. The celebrated Milanese hospitality group is opening its first Texas location on Knox Street in Dallas, and it is the kind of announcement that makes the city sit up a little straighter.

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Easter Supper at Delilah

Carrot Glazed Been Rib

We mentioned Easter Supper at the new Delilah and feel it is important enough to reprise that with new information. What a terrific way to be introduced to Deliliah.

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Easter Brunch at FB Society Concepts

Easter weekend is shaping up to be a great one for brunch across FB Society restaurants. From build-your-own bubbly boards and chef-driven brunch menus to Texas-style buffet spreads, our brands are offering plenty of ways for families and friends to gather around the table and celebrate the holiday. FB Society owns a group of great restaurants and one will surely fit your Easter wishes. Make reservations now.

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