10 Best Things To Do This Weekend (10/07)

Hold on to your hats, this will be fun, there’s a lot to do this weekend.

Appreciate the arts this weekend with live music and dance performances! Enjoy a festival with food and wine tasting from the age of 21! And of course, celebrate autumn at everyone’s favorite autumn festival.

The Plano Food and Wine Festival is taking place at Legacy West this year!

Plano Food & Wine Festival

Saturday, October 9th from 12pm to 7pm

Taste wines from 30 local wineries, food from 15 restaurants, and listen to live music and entertainment. A VIP experience includes 20 tasting tickets, a meal pass, access to the VIP bar, appetizers all day, a VIP photo booth, and more. And you can bring a plus one!

Of all the things to do this weekend, this is our top pick!

Further information and tickets can be found at https://www.legacywest.com/events/plano-food-and-wine-festival.

Legacy West | 5908 Headquarters Dr., Plano

Dallas Fall Arts Festival

Saturday, October 9th from 1pm to 6pm

Watch incredible dance and music performances for free! The Dallas Fall Arts Festival showcases local talent of all ages performing jazz, R&B music, African dance, hip hop, ballet, Indian dance, and more.

You can find the line-up at https://www.brucewooddance.org/dallas-fall-arts-festival.

Klyde Warren Park | 2012 Woodall Rodgers Fwy., Dallas

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Visit a pumpkin patch

Oh, the many wonders that a pumpkin patch holds.

Find the final autumn flourishes to decorate your home. Get ready for the perfect Fall is Here Instagram photo. Take your kids out for some fresh air, space to run, and time to enjoy the giant orange balls to play between (and maybe even choose a small one to keep!) Prepare to bake cakes in this one Christmas time before. Look for the Big Pumpkin (not many succeed, but you can try!)

Whatever your dream of doing at the pumpkin patch this fall, we have the six best North Texas patches for you to check out, click here. Add this to your list of things to do this weekend of this month.

Beatles night

Saturday, October 9th at 7pm

Celebrate John Lennons with fellow fans on Beatles Night! Watch an A Hard Day’s Night-style picnic. Bring chairs and blankets; Burgers, fries, and soda are available for purchase. The concert is BYOB. The gates open at 6 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m.

If live music is your thing, this and Concerts by the Creek (below) is a great option to add to your list of activities this weekend.

Go to https://ci.ovationtix.com/36072/production/1069252 to purchase tickets.

Redtail Pavilion | 2801 E. Spring Creek Pkwy., Plano

Concerts by the Creek takes place at The Green at Watters Creek in Allen | Photo courtesy Watters Creek

Concerts on the Creek

Saturday, October 9th from 7pm to 9pm

Listen to a free neighborhood concert in Watters Creek. A new local band will perform every Saturday so everyone can listen. Check out this weekend’s Inspiration Band as they list the top 40 covers!

Watters Creek | 970 Garden Park Dr., Allen

Fall at the arboretum is perfect for this weekend as it actually feels like fall!

Autumn in the arboretum

Available all weekend

Celebrate autumn at the Southwest’s most popular autumn festival! There will be over 90,000 gourds, gourds, gourds and more all over the garden. Nationally acclaimed Pumpkin Village will have 20 foot tall pumpkin houses, insect shapes, and a maze. Don’t miss out on Collin County’s favorite fall activity!

The Dallas Arboretum | 8535 Garland Road, Dallas

What could be nicer this weekend than immersing yourself in timeless art? Do it at Immersive Van Gogh in Dallas!

Immersive Van Gogh

Available all weekend

Visit this breathtaking immersive experience surrounded by 500,000 cubic feet of projections depicting Van Gogh’s works.

More information and tickets can be found at https://www.dallasvangogh.com/about/.

Dallas lighthouse | 507 S. Harwood St., Dallas

Photo Sacrifice T-Rex at Dinosaurs Live! at the Heard Natural Science Museum & Sanctuary, McKinney

Dinosaurs live!

Septum. 02/04/2021 – Feb. 21, 2022
Heard Museum, McKinney | Heardmuseum.org/dinosaurs-live

A classic among September events in North Texas! A local family favorite, this annual exhibit at the Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary is included in the entrance fee to the center. You will find ten animatronic dinosaurs along an 800 m long nature trail. These life-size dinosaurs roar and move slowly: they don’t walk around, but their heads and tails move and you even spit!

Part of the exhibition are smaller dinosaurs that children can climb on and that are great for cute family photos. Other attractions at Heard include Pioneer Village, playhouse-sized structures that mimic prairie settlements and where your kids will love to play, the Animal Encounters Trail, Butterfly House & Garden, 10km of hiking trails, and more.

Click here to learn more about it!

Yesterland Farm in Canton is one of many fun activities this weekend

Farm in the past

Farm in the past | 15410 I-20, Canton, TX 75103

September 18 – November 7

It may take an hour and a half to get to Yesterland Farm, but this fall festival is on a different level. It has all the classics – pumpkin picking, sunflowers, a corn maze, and rides – but there’s also so much in Yesterland that you can’t experience anywhere else.

Take part in Spooktacular Nights, a collection of spooky attractions that range from mild horror to horror in your pants, depending on your level of comfort. I am particularly fascinated by zombie paintball, the funhouse that is haunted by the clown “Chuckles”, and the corn maze after dark with monsters on every corner.

The Yesterland Farm Autumn Festival also features fireworks every Friday and Saturday in October, pig races on Saturday and Sunday, live music by Texan artists and a petting zoo for the little ones.

Even more fun this weekend

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