Friday 09.21
Troye Sivan kicks off national tour at Toyota Music Factory
The singles have been slowly releasing all summer, and the full album dropped just two weeks ago, but Troye Sivan’s follow-up major-label LP Bloom really gets rolling this week, when he opens his national tour at Toyota Music Factory. The young, dreamy, gay balladeer’s Bloom Tour includes trans artist Kim Petras as his special guest. Be the first to see it!
DEETS:
Toyota Music Factory,
300 W. Las Colinas Blvd., Irving. 8 p.m.
Tickemaster.com.
Friday 09.28 — Sunday 10.21
DTC launches season with ‘Steel Magnolias’
If you want to come out to friend or family but don’t know how, try this: “My favorite movie is Steel Magnolias.” They will know. And if you have never seen the six-woman stage production, now is your chance. Joel Ferrell directs this classic of campy comedy and heartbreaking melodrama, set in a beauty parlor in Louisiana and focusing on women who know how to survive in the face of adversity. The show kicks of Dallas Theater Center’s 2018–19 season.
DEETS: Wyly Theatre, 2400 Flora St.
In previews through Oct. 2.
DallasTheaterCenter.org.
Friday 09.28 — Sunday 10.21
Big Tex says ‘Howdy!’ when the State Fair opens
If it’s fall in Dallas, that means two things: Pride in full swing, and Big Tex yellin’ ‘Howdy, folks!” from under a 10-gallon hat. The State Fair of Texas kicks off this month for four weekends of cattle, corndogs, carnival games and calories. Check out the fried food winners, the auto show (the first of its kind for the new models each year), musical performances, National Coming Out Day and much more.
DEETS:
Throughout Fair Park.
Complete information at BigTex.com.
