This weekend in and around Fort Worth will feature an abundance of theater, including two different festivals and four other local productions. Other choices include four concerts (including a huge three-night stay at JerryWorld), screenings of an acclaimed film, the return of an annual Halloween event, and a symphony concert featuring the most recent Cliburn gold medalist.<\/p>\n
Below are the best ways to spend your free time this weekend. If you want more options, check out the calendar for an even longer list<\/a> of the city’s best events.<\/p>\n Thursday, September 10<\/p>\n Chris Brown and Usher in concert<\/a> SheDFW Summer Theater Festival<\/a> Hip Pocket Theatre presents Soul Notes From the Velvet Elk (A Place Of Wild Surrender)<\/a> Louie TheSinger in concert<\/a> Friday, September 11<\/p>\n Fort Worth Fringe Festival<\/a> Magnolia at the Modern: Tony<\/a> Six Flags Over Texas presents Fright Fest<\/a> Theatre Denton presents When Hitchcock Met Addams Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra presents “Beethoven’s Fifth”<\/a> Pecos & the Rooftops in concert<\/a> Saturday, September 12<\/p>\n Casa Ma\u00f1ana presents Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations<\/a>
R&B singers Chris Brown and Usher come to Arlington as part of their The R&B Tour. The double-meaning tour – referring both to their genre of music and their last names of Raymond and Brown – pairs two artists who have been at or near the top of their genre for a long time, with Brown going to either No. 1 or No. 2 on Billboard’s R&B\/Hip Hop chart with each of his 11 albums, and Usher doing same with seven of his nine albums. Brown is touring in support of his new album, B.R.O.W.N., while Usher’s most recent album was Coming Home in 2024. They’ll perform at AT&T Stadium on Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday.<\/p>\n
The 2026 SheDFW Summer Theater Festival features the works of Texas-based and national women, trans, and non-binary playwrights and composers. The event will present three new full-length works: the musical Battle Crown: The Legend of Princess Pink, Hamill, TX., and The Other Side of the Shore. Each production will be presented multiple times during the festival, which runs through Sunday at Stage West Theatre.<\/p>\n
Soul Notes From the Velvet Elk (A Place Of Wild Surrender) takes a trip into the electric landscape of the unpredictable and soulfully steps through the doors of The Velvet Elk. See the sky again, rest in the vastness of the beat, and seek what\u2019s most original and true. The production runs through September 27 at Hip Pocket Theatre.<\/p>\n
Proud of his Texas roots and his Mexican heritage, Louie TheSinger grew up in the streets of Fort Worth and spent time in prison, where he vowed to change course. Upon his release, he put all his focus on family and on creating and performing music his own way. He’ll play at Billy Bob’s Texas in support of his 2025 album, One for the Hometown.<\/p>\n
Theatre Network of Texas, Inc. will present 10 acts for the 10th Annual International Fort Worth Fringe Festival. The performances will include a variety of performing arts, including dance, magic, theater, and poetry\/spoken word. Each production will play at least twice over the course of the three-day event, which takes place at Stolen Shakespeare Guild through Sunday.<\/p>\n
In Tony<\/a>, a 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain (Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers<\/a>) travels to Provincetown and stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, setting off a summer that will shape the course of his life. Based on the early chapters of Bourdain\u2019s memoir, Kitchen Confidential (2000), the coming-of-age story also stars Antonio Banderas, Emilia Jones, Stavros Halkias, and Leo Woodall. There will be seven screenings through Sunday at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.<\/p>\n
Halloween season gets rolling a little more with Six Flags Over Texas’ Fright Fest, which features five haunted mazes, six outdoor scare zones, multiple live shows, and Halloween-themed food and beverages to celebrate the fall season. The 2026 lineup includes Doc Varnum\u2019s Hybrid Hell Pit, The Conjuring Universe, The Strangers: No Escape, SAW: Legacy of Terror, EverSmile Industries, and Terror at the Polynesian Palm. Fright Fest takes place on weekends through November 1.<\/p>\n
<\/a>When Hitchcock Met Addams is a darkly whimsical comedy that imagines an unlikely – and hilarious – encounter between two of pop culture\u2019s most iconic figures: Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense, and Charles Addams, the creator of the delightfully macabre Addams Family. The play examines an unexamined friendship and pays tribute to both creators\u2019 legacies. This special presentation, a fundraiser for Theatre Denton, will have three performances through Sunday.<\/p>\n
The opening four notes of Beethoven\u2019s famous Fifth Symphony etched a permanent rhythm onto humanity\u2019s consciousness. After those stormy opening notes, Beethoven leads listeners from a struggle with fate to a radiant victory through his music in one of classical music\u2019s most triumphant works. To open the program, FWSO Music Director Robert Spano conducts another dramatic work by Beethoven, the Egmont Overture, before the 2025 Van Cliburn Piano Competition winner Aristo Sham plays Mozart\u2019s Piano Concerto No. 23. There will be three performances through Sunday at Bass Performance Hall. (The Friday night performance is followed by a ticketed Opening Night Celebration<\/a>.)<\/p>\n
Named in part for the rooftop they often hung out on, Pecos & the Rooftops got its start in 2019, when the four original members met attending college in Lubbock. The area has long been known for its alt-country scene, but Pecos & the Rooftops are at the forefront of a new country rock scene. They’ll play at Billy Bob’s Texas in support of their 2025 album, From Me.<\/p>\n
Ain\u2019t Too Proud tells the true story of The Temptations, five men who followed their dreams from the streets of Detroit to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In the jukebox musical, audiences will learn how they met, became famous, and how personal and political conflicts threatened to tear the group apart. The story plays out to the tune of their top hits, including \u201cMy Girl,\u201d \u201cJust My Imagination,\u201d \u201cPapa Was a Rollin\u2019 Stone,\u201d and more. The production runs through September 20 at Casa Ma\u00f1ana.<\/p>\n