North Texas Pride’s “Come As You Are” Pride festival is set for Saturday, Oct. 10, at the Art Centre of Plano. See listings for details.
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October
Oct. 3: Avant Chamber Ballet presents ‘Together We Dance’
Avant Chamber Ballet and five fellow dance companies — Ballet Frontier, Bombshell Dance Project, DBDT: Encore!, Grackle Dance Collective and Pegasus Contemporary Ballet — present the free performance Together We Dance from 3-4:30 p.m. at Klyde Warren Park, 2012 Woodall Rogers Freeway
Oct. 3: Scarborough’s Hollow Fall Fantasy Fest
Scarborough’s Hollow Fall Fantasy Fest continues each Saturday through Oct. 31 and on Sunday, Nov. 1, from 1-9 p.m. at Scarborough Village, 2511 FM 66 in Waxahachie. Tickets start at $29.70 for adults and $16.50 for children ages 5-12. Children under 5
are admitted free. Tickets are available only at SRFestival.com.
Oct. 4: The Miss LifeWalk Pageant
Prism Health North Texas presents the annual Miss LifeWalk fundraising pageant from 4-6 p.m. in The Rose Room inside S4, 3911 Cedar Springs Road. The pageant, hosted by Marsha Dimes, features local drag performers competing for the title of Miss LifeWalk 2026, with cash prizes and a year-long role as an ambassador for PHNTX. Tickets start at $10 for standing room general admission, increasing to $45 for seated general admission and $75 for VIP seating, and are available online at LifeWalk.org.
Oct. 4: TAG+ Roll With Pride
Tyler Area Gays+ host “Roll with Pride,” an afternoon of D&D and tabletop games, from 1-5 p.m. at Geek World Games, 1859 Troup Highway. Visit the TAG+ Facebook page for more informataion.
Oct. 4: DHHRM Docent-Led Tour
The Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, 300 N. Houston St., offers a tour of the museum’s permanent exhibition led by one of the museum’s docent educators starting at 1:30 p.m. Tickets are $12-$19, available at DHHRM.org.
Oct. 5: Mixilogy Mondays Cocktail-Making Class
The Parlor inside the Sheraton Dallas Hotel offers a class on the art of crafting classic cocktails with professional flair from, 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the hotel, 400 N. Olive St. Must be 21 or older. Cost is $30 per person, and reservations are required at TheParlorDallas.com.
Oct. 8: TAG+ Bowling Night
Tyler Area Gays+ host Bowling Night from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Times Square Grand Slam,
5201 S. Broadway in Tyler. TAG pays for the lanes; attendees pay for their own shoes. For information visit the Tyler Area Gays+ Facebook page.
Dallas 7: Dallas Frontrunners
Dallas Frontrunners meet for their weekly run/walk at 7 p.m. at Turtle Creek Park. All runners and walkers welcome.
Oct. 8: ‘Dylan Adler” Haus of Dy-lan’
New York City-based comedian/writer/actor/musician Dylan Adler performs from 7-8:30 p.m. at Dallas Comedy Club, 3036 Elm St. Tickets are available at PreKindle.com.
Oct. 8: ‘Hayden Johnson, Live!’
Los Angeles-based trans queer comedian/writer Hayden Johnson performs from 8:30-10 p.m. at Dallas Comedy Club, 3036 Elm St. Tickets are available at PreKindle.com.
Oct. 8: Special Exhibition Opening — ‘Black Cowboys: An American Story’
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, 300 N. Houston St., presents a special exhibition, Black Cowboys: An American Story, with Ronald Davis II Ph.D., curator of the exhibition, leads a presentation from 6-9 p.m. exploring the enduring legacy of these trailblazers and their influence on American culture, identity and storytelling. Visit DHHRM.org for more information.
Oct. 8: TAG+ Book Club
Tyler Area Gays+ host their Book Club from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Village Creamery, 109 E. 8th St. in Tyler. Visit the Tyler Area Gays+ Facebook page] for more information.
Oct. 9: ‘An Evening of Black History and Whiskey’
Fairmont Dallas, 1717 N. Akard, presents an elevated “Uncle Nearest Whiskey Dinner” from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Fountain Room, featuring premium whiskey from Uncle Nearest, handcrafted cocktails, cigar tastings from JM Patriarch and a chef-curated family-style dinner of tomahawk steak and whole suckling pig. Therre will be special remarks from Master Blender Victoria Eady Butler, the first Black woman recognized as a master blender and the great-great-granddaughter of Nathan “Nearest” Green, the first known African-American distiller, whose expertise helped shape the Tennessee whiskey-making tradition. Tickets available at EventBrite.com.
Oct. 9-10: ‘DanceAfrica’
Dallas Black Dance Theatre presents DanceAfrica from 7:30-9:30 p.m. both nights at Moody Performance Hall, 2520 Flora St. Features performance by Dallas Black Dance Theatre, DBDT: Encore, Dallas Black Dance Academy’s Allegro, Senior and Junior Performing Companies and special guest artist Lancaster High School DC3, Voices of Empowerment and the African drum and dance ensemble Bandan Koro. Tickets are $65, available at DBDT.com.
Oct. 10: North Texas Pride
North Texas Pride’s “Come As You Are” Pride festival will be held from noon-5 p.m. at the ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St. in Plano. The festival includes a Kids Zone, cash bar, raffles and giveaways, performances, face painting, music, food trucks and vendor and sponsor booths. Visit NorthTexasPride.org for details.
Oct. 10: TAG+ Boo Ball
Tyler Area Gays+ host their Boo Ball: Disco Edition, a fundraising event, from 7-11 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Conference Center, 5701 S. Broadway Ave. in Tyler. Tickets are $40, available online at Zeffy.com or through Linktr.ee/TylerAreaGays.
Oct. 11: TAG+ Monthly Brunch
Tyler Area Gays+ host their monthly second Sunday brunch from noon-2 p.m. at Sky Bar & Grill, 1721 S. Broadway Ave., Ste. D, in Tyler.
Oct. 12: TAG+ Social Committee
Tyler Area Gays+ meet from 6:30-8:30 p.m. to plan social events for the month. Visit the TAG+ Facebook page for details.
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