November brings cooler temperatures, great events and Thanksgiving.
1. Nov 4-6: AAA Texas 500 Weekend
What: AAA Texas 500 Weekend
When: November 4-6, 2011
Where: Texas Motor Speedways
2. Nov 4-5: Celina Balloon Festival
Live bands, local music, balloons, arts/crafts, tasty food, fireworks and more.
When: November 4-5, 2011. Starts at 5 p.m. on November 4.
Where: 12670 FM 428, Celina, Texas 75009
3. Nov 3-6: The Once-a-Year Dallas Sample Sale
What: The once-a-year Dallas Sample Sale at Market Hall at Dallas Market Center an event you won't want to miss. Get a head start on your holiday shopping at one of the best wholesale merchandise outlets in the world. Holiday décor, gourmet foods, home furnishings, apparel, accessories and many unique gifts.
When: Preview sale Nov 3 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and it benefits Salvation Army's Angel Tree. Shop Nov 4-5 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Nov 6 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: Dallas Market Center, 2100 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX 75207. 214-655-1600
4. Nov 10-12: Tom Thumb Texas Stampede Rodeo
What: The Texas Stampede is the rodeo competition featuring bull riding, bareback riding, saddle bronc riding and barrel racing by the sport’s top contestants, followed each night by a full-length concert with national artists like Josh Turner and Joe Nichols.
Where: Allen Event Center
When: November 10-12, 2011
Tickets: Tickets start at $20
5. Nov 10-20: A Tuna Christmas
Put going to see A Tuna Christmas, on your list of must-do activities for the holiday season. It's a hilarious theatrical production brought to you by master comedians Joe Sears and Jaston Williams. These guys are known for their deft comedic timing, trademark characterizations and split-second costume changes -- and they portray all 24 citizens of Tuna, the third smallest town in Texas. It's 24 hours before Christmas and the delightfully eccentric characters are attempting to cope with seasonal traumas such as a disaster prone little theatre production of A Christmas Carol and the sabotage of a yard-decorating contest by a mysterious Christmas phantom.When: November 10-20, 2011.
Where: Casa Manana Theatre, Fort Worth, TX.
Tickets: Start at $50. For tickets visit www.casamanana.org.
6. Nov 11-13: Lakewood Home Festival / 35th Annual Home Tour
What: The Home Festival began in 1976 when the Lakewood Early Childhood PTA staged a tour showcasing five distinctive and historic neighborhood homes as a fundraiser to purchase playground equipment for kindergarten children. In the past five years, LECPTA has raised more than $750,000 for Lakewood Elementary, J.L. Long Middle School, and Woodrow Wilson High School.
When: November 11-13, 2011
Candlelight Tour: This intimate event provides a first glimpse into the six spectacular homes plus one bonus home showcased during the festival on Friday, November 11, from 5 - 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: Tickets may be purchased at Lakewood Elementary school the days of the event, on the website, retail location, or at any house.
7. Nov 24: Turkey Trot
What: The Capital One Bank/Dallas YMCA Turkey Trot is the largest Thanksgiving Day event of its kind in the country.
Where: Dallas City Hall, 1500 Marilla, Dallas, TX 75202
When: Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 2011
- 7 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. Race Day Registration/Packet Pick-up
- 8 a.m. Registration and packet pick up closes for timed events only
- 8 a.m. Wheelchair race begins
- 9 a.m. Race Begins
8. Nov 24: Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Day Home Game
If your Thanksgiving Day tradition centers around the Dallas Cowboys, then pack up the family and head to Arlington. The Dallas Cowboys play the Miami Dolphins at 3:15 p.m. on FOX. Ticketmaster did not show any single-game tickets available for this game when I checked but you might check the NFL Ticket Exchange, StubHub or Texas Tickets.
When: Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 3:15 p.m. on FOX.
9. Nov 25: Sundance Square Parade of Lights
Held each year in downtown Fort Worth, the Sundance Square Parade of Lights features over 100 illuminated entries, Cowboy Santas, marching bands, antique cars and more. This year's parade theme, "Unwrap the Magic," will feature even more professional floats, as well as our wonderful array of community-based units of all shapes and sizes. The parade will be broadcast in its entirety on TXA-Channel 21.
Street seats are available for a fee but there are also plenty of free viewing areas available.
When: The parade starts at 6 p.m. Friday, November 25, 2011.
Where: The parade route runs from Belknap Street to Commerce Street, around 6th Street to Houston Street and up to Weatherford.
10. Prairie Lights
What: Prarie Lights is a two mile stretch of decorations and festive fun featuring over 4 Million lights, hundreds of new displays, an all-new Holiday Magic light show, new walk-through lighted displays, pictures with Santa, seasonal food and family fun. About halfway through the drive, Holiday Village has Santa, carnival rides (rides are included with the cost of admission), snacks, and souvenirs. Cars with up to eight people in them cost $15 Mon-Thu, $20 Fri-Sun and holidays. Limos and buses cost more.
When: Thanksgiving through New Year's Eve
Where: Lynn Creek Park is at 5700 Lake Ridge Parkway in Grand Prairie. Take I-30 or I-20 to 360 and go south. Make a left of Camp Wisdom Road and a right on Lake Ridge Parkway.
