LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – From a trio of theater performances to one of the biggest festivals of the year, it\u2019s a busy weekend ahead for Lubbock.<\/p>\n
SWEENEY TODDVenue: Charles E. Maedgen, Jr. Theatre, Texas Tech School of Theatre & Dance, 2812 18th St, LubbockThis weekend\u2019s shows:Friday, April 17 \u2013 7:30 p.m.Saturday, April 18 \u2013 7:30 p.m.Sunday, April 19 \u2013 2:00 p.m.Tickets Here<\/a>$20 general admission$10 TTU faculty & staff$5 students with valid ID (plus some free TTU\u2011student options)HADESTOWN\u00a0Venue: The Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts & Sciences, 1300 Mac Davis Ln, LubbockThis weekend\u2019s shows (per American Theatre Guild & Buddy Holly Hall):Friday, April 17 \u2013 7:30 p.m.Saturday, April 18 \u2013 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.Sunday, April 19 \u2013 1:00 p.m.Approx. run time: ~2 hours 30 minutes, including a 15\u2011minute intermissionTickets Here<\/a>THE SUNSHINE BOYS\u00a0Venue: CATS Playhouse, 2257 34th St, LubbockProducing org: CATS Playhouse community theatreThis weekend\u2019s shows (per KCBD Noon Notebook):Friday, April 17 \u2013 7:00 p.m.Saturday, April 18 \u2013 7:00 p.m.Sunday, April 19 \u2013 3:00 p.m.Tickets Here<\/a>$20 adults$15 seniors and studentsAvailable online and at the doorLUBBOCK ARTS FESTIVAL\u00a0Event: 48th Annual Lubbock Arts Festival \u2013 Theme: \u201cBLOOM!\u201dVenue: Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, 1501 Mac Davis Lane, LubbockDates: April 18\u201319, 2026Hours:Saturday, April 18 \u2013 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.Sunday, April 19 \u2013 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.What\u2019s there (per festival site):100+ artists selling original work (painting, pottery, jewelry, etc.)Juried gallery, Young Artist Competition, school art displaysLive performance stages (music, dance, theatre)Children\u2019s Art Area with free kids\u2019 activitiesChalk art area, floral\u2011themed exhibits, and special ticketed events (e.g., Artrageous show, Culinary Canvas Luncheon)Admission (general festival):Adults: $5 in advance \/ $7 at the doorChildren 12 & under: FREE with paid adultInfo\/tickets & full schedule:<\/p>\n Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – From a trio of theater performances to one of the biggest festivals of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[447,64,6836,319,251,168,88712,170,169,95589],"class_list":{"0":"post-252951","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lubbock","8":"tag-community","9":"tag-events","10":"tag-hub-city-happenings","11":"tag-kcbd","12":"tag-local-news","13":"tag-lubbock","14":"tag-lubbock-arts-festival","15":"tag-lubbock-headlines","16":"tag-lubbock-news","17":"tag-theatre-arts"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}