{"id":259521,"date":"2026-04-21T13:40:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T13:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/259521\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T13:40:18","slug":"bbq-smokeout-leads-6-best-food-and-drink-events-in-fort-worth-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/259521\/","title":{"rendered":"BBQ smokeout leads 6 best food and drink events in Fort Worth this week"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lone Star Smokeout will bring three days of barbecue and live music to ATamp;T Stadium. | Lone Star Smokeout – Country Music & Barbecue Festival\/Facebook<\/p>\n

Barbecue music festivals are on trend, with another one arriving this week that will span three days at AT&T Stadium. But there are other more lowkey yet equally delicious options on this week’s list, including two notable wine dinners, a pairing dinner with guest chefs at a longtime craft cocktail bar, and even a chance to enjoy wine and bites during a train ride in a 1920s coach. Plan for a taste of New Orleans during a hands-on cooking class, too.<\/p>\n

Thursday, April 23<\/p>\n

Mariatinto Wine Dinner at Don Artemio<\/a>The Mexican red blend brand Mariatinto will be highlighted during this five-course dinner at Don Artemio. Humberto Falcon \u2013 Mariatinto\u2019s co-founder \u2013 will speak on the pairings while guests enjoy dishes such as yellowtail aguachile verde, seared scallops with mango habanero butter, and duck breast with Oaxacan mole Amarillo. The dinner is $185 and begins at 6:30 pm.<\/p>\n

A Taste of New Orleans at Central Market Cooking School<\/a>Coinciding with Central Market\u2019s Big Eats from the Big Easy<\/a> launch this week featuring flavors of New Orleans throughout the store, this hands-on cooking class will provide for a true taste of the Crecent City. Learn how to make Creole gumbo with authentic roux, crab, shrimp, and sausage to pair with mustard greens and Creole rice fritters for dessert. The class is $95 and includes wine with the final meal. Class begins at 6:30 pm.<\/p>\n

Friday, April 24<\/p>\n

Lone Star Smokeout<\/a>Back for a second year is this three-day outdoor barbecue and country music festival, an expansion of the Windy City Smokeout held in Chicago. The parking lot party will be held outside AT&T Stadium Friday through Sunday featuring country music<\/a> headliners Koe Wetzel, Riley Green, and Shaboozy along with more than a dozen other bands. Tickets include access to barbecue from 13-plus pitmasters<\/a> from across Texas and the country, including local favorites Dayne\u2019s Craft BBQ and Hurtado Barbecue, and Chicago spot Bub City. Single day general admission tickets<\/a> start at $69.<\/p>\n

Italia and Vino Wine Dinner at Farena<\/a>Guests will indulge in seven courses during this Italian culinary experience at Farena inside the Loews Arlington hotel. Executive chef Tony France will feature spring dishes ranging from bison tartare and Maine lobster to duck with truffle risotto and lamb loin, beef, and boar. Italian wine pairings will accompany each course. Reservations are $165 and dinner begins at 6:30 pm. (Complimentary valet is included.)<\/p>\n

Grapevine Vintage Railroad Jazz Wine Train<\/a>Take a trip back in time on the Grapevine Vintage Railroad with wine, bites, and live jazz. Participants will ride in 1920s coaches and enjoy Texas wines from Grapevine winery tasting rooms and local charcuterie, with a live jazz set at onboarding. Tickets are $130 for a bench that seats two people and the experience begins at 7:25 pm.<\/p>\n

Sunday, April 26<\/p>\n

Sous Series: Four Courses at The Usual<\/a>Fort Worth\u2019s original craft cocktail bar, The Usual, will host another edition of its dinner series featuring area sous chefs, this one with guest chefs Spencer Marks and Koby Perdue of Bonnell\u2019s Fine Texas Cuisine. Guest bartender Joe Sherry from Refinery 714 atop The Kimpton Harper hotel will shake up cocktails by Barcardi. The dinner is $75 and seating times are 5 pm and 8 pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lone Star Smokeout will bring three days of barbecue and live music to ATamp;T Stadium. | Lone Star…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[40154,10590,116,118,117,97311,29325,10985,97312,97313],"class_list":["post-259521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-cooking-class","tag-don-artemio","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-lone-star-smokeout","tag-music-festivals","tag-new-orleans","tag-windy-city-smokeout","tag-wine-dinners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259521","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=259521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}