Fun Dallas Events June 2019

The temperature isn't the only thing heating up in DFW! We've compiled a short selection of fun events in June to make you brave the weather and enjoy our beautiful city and all it has to offer!

Aladdin the Hit Broadway Musical

June 6-23

Music Hall at Fair Park

Our favorite carpet-riding adventurer is back as part of Dallas Summer Musicals. Relive the beautiful score and magic in person!

The Play That Goes Wrong

June 11-16

Winspear Opera House

What would happen if Sherlock Holmes and Monty Python had an illegitimate Broadway baby? You’d get THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, Broadway & London’s award-winning smash comedy! Welcome to opening night of The Murder at Haversham Manor where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous. With an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines), it’s “TONS OF FUN FOR ALLAGES” (HuffPost) and “COMIC GOLD” (Variety) – sure to bring down the house!

Shakespeare in the Park

June 12-22

Samuell Grand Park

One of my personal favorites- this summer featuring Shakespeare in Love and As You Like It.

Asian Festival 2019 (FREE)

June 15

The Sound Ampitheater

The Asian Festival will have many family friendly events, such as: cultural performances, cultural pavilions, vendor booths, authentic delicious Asian food, and much much more!

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Experience Incredible Cuisine at Taste of Dallas 2019 June 7-9

A culinary adventure awaits you at the 33rd annual Taste of Dallas, taking place June 7-9 at Dallas Market Hall. Taste of Dallas 2019 will debut a host of new restaurants and beverage attractions, including "Whiskies of the World", an international selection of 200 whiskies. In addition to a robust restaurant selection, this year they will feature over 200 chefs, restaurants, brand ambassadors, sponsors, and exhibitors taking part in dozens of engaging and interactive activations. Taste of Dallas is by far my favorite summer event, so if you haven't had the pleasure of experiencing copious amounts of mouthwatering cuisine and enchanting elixirs yet, buy your tickets ASAP here.

And NEW for 2019….. .Mission Restaurant Supply presents the El Centro College Mentor Cooking Competition promoting careers in the culinary arts. The competition will pit two teams against each other comprised of a well-known chef, who will serve as a mentor, and a high school or college student. Chefs participating in the competition include Janice Provost vs Abraham Salum; Nick Walker vs Josh Sutcliff; Jeana Johnson vs Anastacia Quinones; John Tesar vs Brian Luscher; Peter Barlow vs Josh Harmon; and Matt McCallister vs Joel Orsini.

Take your partner, take your parents, take your kids, and have an amazing weekend full of the best cuisine in Dallas!

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Oak Cliff Film Festival Announces 2019 Feature Programming

Dragnet Girl

Oak Cliff Film Festival is excited to announce the Feature Program lineup for the 8th annual edition of the festival, taking place June 6-9, 2019 at the historic Texas Theatre, Bishop Arts Theatre Center, Kessler Theater, and numerous other venues around Dallas’ vibrant Oak Cliff neighborhood. Featuring the very best of Oak Cliff’s historic theater venues, the festival also highlights the area’s popular restaurants, bars, and small businesses, and seeks to showcase and cultivate the best of independent and brave filmmaking in Texas and beyond. This year’s schedule is comprised of 28 feature-length films, with 13 of the films having their Texas premiere at this year’s festival. The festival also includes 36 short films, opening and closing night parties, filmmaking workshops, live music events with sets from E.B. The Younger (featuring Eric Pulido of Midlake) and Jacob Metcalf, and much more!

“We welcome movie goers and film fans to another Oak Cliff Film Festival! The diverse neighborhood of Oak Cliff is the perfect context for the varied programming the festival seeks to introduce to new audiences” said Barak Epstein and Jason Reimer, Oak Cliff Film Festival CoFounders.

Kicking off proceedings with this year's opening night film are directors and stars Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe (Upright Citizens Brigade) in attendance for the DFW premiere of GREENER GRASS, an absurdist satire of suburban American life. The screening will be followed by a DJ Set by maximalist electronic composer Dan Deacon.

Additional festival highlights include: a 35mm screening of Ozu’s 1933 silent gangster pop drama DRAGNET GIRL with Live Score by deliberate ambient musicians Coupler; THE MOUNTAIN starring Jeff Goldblum as a famous lobotomist on a tour of rural mental hospitals; STRANGE NEGOTIATIONS, the music doc which finds Pedro The Lion frontman David Bazan on a journey during which he has become a reluctant prophet of sorts to young Americans struggling to reconcile their faith; plus A24’s THE FAREWELL, Danny Boyle’s YESTERDAY, and the new Sailor Bear Production LIGHT FROM LIGHT.

For the 2019 festival, Oak Cliff Film Festival has once again partnered with with the Austin Film Society, Sailor Bear film collective, Tim Headington’s Ley Line Entertainment, and the Dallas Producers Association to provide up and coming North Texas filmmakers with grant funds specifically to make feature films and is proud to promote the North Texas Pioneer Film Grant of $35,000 as part of the 2019 AFS Grant. These funds are reserved for emerging filmmakers who reside in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, with an emphasis on underrepresented perspectives.

The full schedule, including the Shorts Programs, is available here.

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