Dallas Arts Month Highlight Events:
- Deep Ellum – Art and Music Festival
- 3000-3700 Main St.
- April 1-3 (Friday 11:00 am – 11:00 pm | Saturday 11:00 am – 11:00 pm | Sunday 11:00 am – 7:00 pm)
- The free 3-day, Deep Ellum Arts Festival® in Downtown Dallas embodies everything that makes DFW rock. Experience more than 200 juried decorative and visual artists selling and commissioning original works, and 100 original bands and performers artists showcasing the newest sights and sounds from six different stages and two additional performance areas!
- Jesus Christ Superstar
- Dallas Summer Musicals – The Music Hall at Fair Park (909 1st Ave.)
- April 5-17, 2022
- Jesus Christ Superstar is an iconic musical phenomenon with a world-wide fan base. In celebration of its 50th Anniversary, a new mesmerizing production comes to North America. Originally staged by London’s Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre and helmed by the acclaimed director Timothy Sheader (Crazy for You, Into the Woods) and award winning choreographer Drew McOnie (King Kong, Strictly Ballroom), this production won the 2017 Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival garnering unprecedented reviews and accolades.
- The Sound of Music
- Dallas Theater Center – Wyly Theatre (2400 Flora St)
- March 25 – April 24, 2022
- A country under attack. A family paralyzed by loss. And a woman who is afraid to love. Dallas Theater Center boldly reexamines one of the most exhilarating musical theater classics ever written. Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, The Sound of Music was the final collaboration between Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.
- The Donna Summer Musical
- AT&T Performing Arts Center – Winspear Opera House (2403 Flora St)
- April 26 – May 1, 2022
- “Toot toot, hey, beep beep!” Say those words, and you’ll immediately feel the beat, the spirit, the heat of the legendary Donna Summer. Her songs smashed every record. Her story shattered every barrier. Now, the queen arrives direct from Broadway.
- Dallas Black Dance Theatre: Encore! Rising Excellence
- Moody Performance Hall (2520 Flora St)
- April 22 – 23, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.
- Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s organization, dance/choreographic duo Derion Loman and Madison Olandt jointly created The Long Wait, a drama of cosmic proportions for DBDT: Encore! This relevant and revealing world premiere is an introspection of the human spirit refusing to give up even when it can’t see the finish line.
- Cara Mía Theatre presents Origines/Origins
- Latino Cultural Center (2600 Live Oak St)
- April 22 – May 8, 2022
- A mythic journey of immigration stories from Mexico and Latin America to the United States that utilizes masks, movement and live music.
- JooYoung Choi: Songs of Resilience From the Tapestry of Faith
- Crow Museum of Asian Art (2010 Flora St)
- February 12, 2022 to September 04, 2022
- Through painting, video, sculpture, animation, music and installation art, multidisciplinary world builder JooYoung Choi documents the interconnecting narratives of a highly-structured, expansive, fictional land she has created and titled the Cosmic Womb. In her work, she explores issues of identity, belonging, trauma and resilience through the sci-fi/fantasy genre, inspired by the media of her childhood and her ongoing research on identity and the media representation of girls, women, intersex, transgender and non-binary people of color.
- TITAS Command Performance
- TITAS/Dance Unbound – Winspear Opera House (2403 Flora St.)
- April 23rd from 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Jaw-dropping and awe-inspiring, Command Performance always delivers one of the most exciting performances of the year. Dynamic and unforgettable, this is world-class dance! Artists from leading companies light up the stage with spectacular and surprising performances. It is the pyrotechnics of dance – the most exciting, innovative and beautiful works being performed today.
- Changing Perspectives Block Party: A Cultural Festival
- Flora Street from Routh to Leonard Streets including Sammons Park
- April 29th, 2022 6:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. |Rain Date: April 30|
- Dallas Arts District presents dynamic and extraordinary performances by the Brooklyn Jumbies, Afro-Caribbean Stilts Dancers, in collaboration with Dallas’ Bandan Koro African Drum & Dance Ensemble, 8:00 pm and 8:55 pm. The unforgettable Dezi 5, Anita N. Martinez Ballet Folklorico, Kupira Marimba Ensemble, with additional Dallas artists will be featured throughout the evening. A highlight of the evening is a special art installation, Woooooooosh!! curated by Andrew F. Scott through Video Art Nights produced by Aurora and Downtown Dallas, Inc., 7:30-10:30 pm.
