Art and soccer come to Oak Cliff tonight for the 2026 World Cup’s Copa de Cliff’s celebration. It’s a free community celebration taking place along Jefferson Boulevard and in the Bishop Arts District along Bishop Ave. from 6 – 10 p.m.
More than 50 local businesses, artists, and performers will showcase the Texas and Latin cultures known to the area. There are taco stands, live music venues, and craft cocktail bars.
There will also be art brought in from outside the neighborhood, like the famed RedBall project by artist Kurt Perschke. It’s been in the city since Friday and will be here through Sunday in various neighborhoods. The full schedule can be found online. The traveling public art has been around since 2001. The 15-foot inflatable red sphere reportedly weighs 250 lbs. The experience is free and open to the public. It’s toured 50 cities around the world, often coinciding with festivals, cultural institutions, and public art organizations.
July 10, 2014; Memphis, TN, USA; A giant inflatable ball made for the RedBall Project by aritst Kurt Perschke sits wedged in front of the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. Perschke’s creation has travelled the globe, and will spend ten days in Memphis, being stuffed into different locations around the city each day from the New Daisy Theatre to the Stax Museum; Mandatory credit: Brandon Dill-USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
There will also be a Low Riders exhibit bringing the iconic Chicano car culture to the area along Jefferson Boulevard between Bishop Ave. to the west and Zang Blvd. to the east; it’s often visible on weekends as well.
The cars are known for their artistic custom paint jobs, hydraulics, and chrome.
Revelers Hall is a live music venue and bar known for jazz. Wednesdays are typically Dallas Jazz legend Shelley Carrol’s residency; tonight there’s a show at 10 p.m. after Carrol as well.
After you’re done experiencing the art and culture of the neighborhood, check out the food.
There’s Encina, Eno’s Pizza, Jaquval, Kilmac’s & Old Monk Oak Cliff, and Taco Y Vino, to name a few. Eno’s is turning its back lot into a beer garden featuring Dallas’s best local breweries. Taco Y Vino will have trompo street tacos for dinner and a DJ set from Ari Villa from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Jaquval and Old Monk’s Davis Street location are the neighborhood pubs.
Dallasites may be more familiar with Old Monk’s Henderson Ave. location. Kilmac’s, owned by the same restaurateurs, is the new pizza and daiquiri bar with outdoor seating. Both places will have the World Cup Group Stage games on.
June 24 features group-deciding games like Canada-Switzerland and Bosnia-Qatar at 2 p.m.; Brazil-Scotland and Morocco-Haiti at 5 p.m.; and South Africa-South Korea and Czechia-Mexico at 8 p.m. Mexico has already clinched its group; all four teams in Group B (Bosnia, Canada, Qatar, and Switzerland) could advance; Brazil, Morocco, and Scotland are fighting for seeding, while Haiti has been eliminated.
Mexico will definitely have support in Oak Cliff, a majority-Hispanic neighborhood.
There are also free public watch parties for the Mexico game, like Oak Cliff’s historic Texas Theatre, and the recently opened Halperin Park. No RSVP required; Texas Theatre’s doors will open at 7:30 p.m. CT. The broadcast will be in English.
Texas Theatre is the infamous location where Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. It opened in 1931 and is currently home to the Oak Cliff Film Festival and shows new and classic movies several nights a week. Texas Theatre also features a permanent video museum documenting Oak Cliff’s cultural history.
When the game is over, check out the neighborhood’s number one dance spot, Ladylove Lounge. It’s an intimate cocktail lounge focused on vinyl. Tonight’s theme is dedicated to Houston rapper Megan Thee Stallion.