Fort Worth Convention and visitors Bureau Blog

Must-See Shows in November

We’ve banded together (no pun intended) to bring you a monthly roundup of live shows in Fort Worth NOVEMBER 4 Artes de la Rosa Presents Ballet Folklórico Bring the family for a splendid evening of Mexican folk music and dance as Ballet Folklorico presents its 2023 Fall Recital at the Rose Marine…

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Hear Fort Worth AMERICANAFEST Highlight

Last month, Hear Fort Worth, the official music office of Visit Fort Worth, hosted an event of local music at AMERICANAFEST Music Festival in Nashville, one of the nation’s premier music festivals. This was an incredible event with over 350 people attending to hear to the sounds of the Modern…

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Must-See Live Shows in October

We’ve parsed through the lineups and cut through the noise to bring you a monthly roundup of the best live shows in Fort Worth. OCTOBER 14 Friday on the Green For the first time in three long years, Friday on the Green is back! The good folks with Near Southside Inc. and their partners have two…

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TSAE Music Recap

Visit Fort Worth recently hosted the Texas Society of Association Executives in Fort Worth for their 2023 New Ideas Conference. It was a great convention that brought association executives from all over the state to Fort Worth to network, learn and discover the new and unique offerings of the…

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Celebrating Blackness in American Music

As a teenager, Brandi Waller-Pace felt left out from depictions of American music. The fiddle, banjo, and other quintessential American instruments were often associated with white musicians. It was only through her studies at Howard University and scholarly research afterward that Waller-Pace…

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Kirk Franklin: Keeping the Faith

When Pastor Kyev Tatum called for the renaming of New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church’s chapel, he did it in part to remind the broader Fort Worth community of its historic ties to a renowned gospel songwriter. Tatum noted that Elvis Presley is forever tied to Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee…

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January Must-See Live Shows

We've banded together (no pun intended) to bring you a monthly roundup of live shows in Fort Worth. JANUARY 6-7 Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra begins the new year with works by Beethoven, Mozart, Prokofiev and Stacy Garrop. Spectacle of Light, according to composer…

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Leading Fort Worth Hip-Hop Artists

Words fuel the art form of hip-hop. The strength of any rapper’s artistry lies in his or her ability to tell powerful stories, using poetic license to deliver messages that highlight societal injustices or simply recount life’s ups and downs. Fort Worth’s rap landscape owes much to lyrical luminaries such as Renizance and Scotty Boy — the powerhouse behind Immortal Soldierz, who have been churning out top-selling albums since 2002…

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