Friday 10.06 — Sunday 10.08
Dallas Black Pride Weekend continues gay celebration
Pride didn’t end last month on Cedar Springs. In fact, Pride means a lot to many folks year round, and North Texas’ African-America community celebrates its own way with Dallas Black Pride Weekend, this year subtitled “Black by Popular Demand.” Tons of events, parties, music and fun are planned so visit the website for a full list of ways to turn it up this weekend. Presented by Dallas Southern Pride.
DEETS: For full lineup of events,
visit DallasSouthernPride.com.
Friday 10.06 – Saturday 10.07
DanceAfrica returns with multicultural celebration
Celebrating peace, love and respect for everybody, the Dallas Black Dance Theatre presents its annual DanceAfrica, a colorful celebration of African multiculturalism. Saturday is a day-long, family-friendly and free outdoor event, but both Friday at Saturday at Moody Performance Hall, the Bandan Koro African Drum and Dance Ensemble pulls out all the stops.
DEETS: Moody Performance Hall, 2520 Flora St. Friday–Saturday at
7:30 p.m. Annette Strauss Square, 2403 Flora St. Saturday,
11 a.m.–3 p.m. (free).
ATTPAC.org.
Friday 10.06 — Monday 10.31
Freak out for Halloween
It’s October, which means Halloween, which means queens plotting their sexy, scary, campy and outrageous costumes for the street parade later this month. But it also means you can get yourself psyched up with a visit to a haunted house. North Texas has two good ones: Screams in Waxahachie, and gay-owned Dark Hour Haunted House in Plano. Either one should chill you to your bones.
DEETS:
Screams, RenFest fairgrounds, 2511 FM 66, Waxahachie.
ScreamsPark.com.
Dark Hour Haunted House, 701 Taylor Drive, Plano.
DarkHourHauntedHouse.com.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition October 6, 2017.