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What to do in Dallas in December 2026

230 events from Tuesday, December 1 to Thursday, December 31, 2026. Free: 1. Busiest venues: Punch Line Irving, SILO Dallas, The Kessler Theater.

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

Visual arts
until Jan 17

Nasher Public

Nasher Sculpture Center · Dallas Arts District
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Mar 28

On Assignment: Dallas Times Herald 1963

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza · West End
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Aug 15

The First Bauhaus Portfolio

Dallas Museum of Art · Dallas Arts District
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jun 20

Unseen Worlds: Southeast Asian Textiles from the Spancake Collection

Crow Museum of Asian Art · Dallas Arts District
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 24

Spectacles of Power and Faith: Colonial South American Art from the Thoma Foundation

Meadows Museum · SMU
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Aug 29

Collection Highlights 2026-2027

Nasher Sculpture Center · Dallas Arts District
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Mar 21

Bruce Nauman: Identical

Nasher Sculpture Center · Dallas Arts District
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Sep 9

Rhythms on Repeat

Dallas Museum of Art · Dallas Arts District
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 17

Photography's First Century: Masterworks from the Bibliothèque nationale de France

Kimbell Art Museum · Fort Worth Cultural District
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 3

The Statue of Liberty from Bartholdi to Warhol

Amon Carter Museum of American Art · Cultural District, Fort Worth
- Visual arts
Tickets
Visual arts
until Jan 30

Out of Office: Irving Arts & Culture Employee Art Show

Irving Arts Center · Irving
- Visual arts
Free Tickets
Visual arts
until Jan 17

Toxic Shock (site-specific installation)

Nasher Sculpture Center · Dallas Arts District
- Visual arts
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Theatre
until Jun 3

The Parlor of Mystery

Theatre Three · Uptown
- Theatre
Tickets
Comedy
until Jun 6

An Evening with Bob Nelson and Friends

Theatre Three · Uptown
- Comedy
- Theatre
Tickets
Visual arts
until Aug 15

In the Making: Stories from the Collection

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth · Cultural District, Fort Worth
- Visual arts
Tickets
Theatre
until Dec 27

A Christmas Carol

Theatre Three · Uptown
- Theatre
Tickets
Visual arts
until Oct 31

Twisted, Plaited, Sculpted: Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation

Crow Museum of Asian Art · Dallas Arts District
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Oct 31

Radical Clay: Contemporary Women Artists from Japan

Dallas Museum of Art · Dallas Arts District
- Visual arts
Theatre
until Dec 27

Barnaby Saves Christmas

Theatre Three · Uptown
- Theatre
Tickets
Theatre
until Dec 27

A Christmas Carol

Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre · Downtown Arts District
- Theatre
Tickets
Dance
until Dec 6

The Nutcracker

Winspear Opera House · Downtown Arts District
- Dance
Tickets
Music
7 PM

Honky Tonk Tuesday with Texas Zephers

Raised Right Men · Jerry & Kat Warwick

Poor David's Pub · South Side
- Music
$18 Tickets
Music
7:30 PM

David Archuleta

Arlington Music Hall · Downtown Arlington
- Music
Music
7:30 PM

The Beaches

Dickies Arena
- Music
Tickets
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Music
8 PM

The Pineapple Thief

The Bomb Factory · Deep Ellum
- Music
Theatre
until Dec 6

Mamma Mia!

Bass Performance Hall · Downtown Fort Worth
- Theatre
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

RAYE

Dickies Arena
- Music
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Spectrum Chamber Music Society's Quartet Chromatica presents A Visit from St. Nick!

Stage West Theatre · Fort Worth
- Music
Tickets

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

Music
7 PM

Emma Ruth Rundle

Puzzles Deep Ellum · Deep Ellum
- Music
Tickets
Music
7 PM

Eric Benet

House of Blues Dallas · Victory Park
- Music
Music
7 PM

The Casualties

The Casualties · Bullshit Detector

TX Tea Room · Deep Ellum
- Music
- Punk
Music
7 PM

Trippie Redd

The Bomb Factory · Deep Ellum
- Music
Comedy
7:30 PM

Jeff Dean

Punch Line Irving · Las Colinas, Irving
- Comedy
Music
8 PM

Cinder Well

Puzzles Deep Ellum · Deep Ellum
- Music
Music
8 PM

The Olllam

The Olllam · Niamh Regan

Club Dada · Deep Ellum
- Music
Music
Time not announced

DARKEST HOUR

Darkest Hour · Judiciary

Trees · Deep Ellum
- Music
$24 Tickets
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Thursday, December 3, 2026

Theatre
until Dec 20

Black Nativity 2026

Bishop Arts Theatre Center · Oak Cliff
- Theatre
Comedy
7:30 PM

Josh Wolf

Punch Line Irving · Las Colinas, Irving
- Comedy
Music
7:30 PM

Vocal Majority-Christmas

Eisemann Center for Performing Arts · Richardson
- Music
Tickets
Music
9 PM

Samplifire

SILO Dallas · Design District, Dallas
- Music
- Nights out
Music
Time not announced

DIRTY ROTTEN IMBECILES

D.R.I.

Trees · Deep Ellum
- Music
- Hardcore
- Punk
$20 Tickets

Friday, December 4, 2026

Other
1 PM

Gallery Talk | 1:00 p.m. | On Assignment at Parkland Memorial Hospital and the Dallas Trade Mart

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza · West End
Music
7 PM

Catch Your Breath

Catch Your Breath · TX2 · Arankai · Colorblind

The Bomb Factory · Deep Ellum
- Music
Comedy
7 PM

Josh Wolf

Punch Line Irving · Las Colinas, Irving
- Comedy
Music
7 PM

Sleepwalk

Sleepwalk · Toothpick

Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios · Denton
- Music
Music
7 PM

The Milk Carton Kids Lost Cause Lover Fool HOLIDAY TOUR

The Milk Carton Kids · Rosi Golan

The Kessler Theater · Oak Cliff
- Music
$34.50 Tickets
Dance
until Dec 5

Black On Black

Dallas Black Dance Theatre · Downtown Arts District
- Dance
Music
7:30 PM

Vocal Majority-Christmas

Eisemann Center for Performing Arts · Richardson
- Music
Tickets
Music
8 PM

Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol

Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios · Denton
- Music
- Punk
- Ska punk
Music
8 PM

The Impossibles

The Impossibles · Valley Video · Recover

Tulips FTW · Near Southside, Fort Worth
- Music
Music
8 PM

Trapt

Love & War In Texas
- Music
Tickets
Music
8 PM

Weekend Nachos

Weekend Nachos · Spit My Rage

Club Dada · Deep Ellum
- Music
Music
9 PM

RL Grime

SILO Dallas · Design District, Dallas
- Music
- Nights out
Music
Time not announced

Holidays with the UNT One O'Clock Lab Band

Bass Performance Hall · Downtown Fort Worth
- Music
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Inside Llewyn Davis + Soundtrack Performance

Texas Theatre · Oak Cliff
- Music
$20 Tickets
Music
Time not announced

LETDOWN.

Trees · Deep Ellum
- Music
$20 Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Twin Diplomacy

It'll Do · Deep Ellum
- Music
- Nights out

Saturday, December 5, 2026

Music
2 PM

Public Guided Tour

Meadows Museum · SMU
- Music
Music
3 PM

Davide De Pierro - EARLY SHOW

Davide De Pierro

Granada Theater · Lower Greenville
- Music
$35 Tickets
Music
3 PM

EAZYBAKED

EAZYBAKED · Distinct Motive · Cool Customer · Jiqui · Snuffy · Havoc · Lazy K

Longhorn Ballroom · Dallas
- Music

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