In the nearly 90 years since Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premiered, Disney has continued to delight audiences with its unmatched blend of emotive music and innovative animation techniques. This winter season, Disney lovers in the Dallas/Forth Worth area will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the magic of the distinctive Disney artistry.
Capturing Life, Creating Character: The Art of Live-Action Reference lands in Forth Worth this November for its second tour stop. Hosted by the Forth Worth Museum of Science and History, the exhibition takes visitors on a journey through Disney’s avant-garde creative process over the years, starting at the very beginning with the animation of Snow White.
For the more musically inclined, Candlelight: Disney Love Songs is arriving soon at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Offering the chance to look back on all the most stirring pieces in Disney and Pixar’s musical repertoire, it is an unmissable event for children and adults alike.
28 January 2027 18:30 + more dates
Fort Worth Botanic Garden
Fifteen Disney and Pixar love songs, one string quartet
Here’s the setup: 15 love songs from Disney and Pixar films, played live for an hour by a string quartet (two violins, a viola and a cello) in a candlelit setting. Candlelight: Disney Love Songs is presented under license from Disney Concerts, the concert production and licensing division of Disney Music Group, making it the officially licensed real deal.
The setlist covers 84 years of Disney history, from “Some Day My Prince Will Come” (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1937) to “Dos Oruguitas” (Encanto, 2021). Throughout the concert, the string quartet covers emblematic songs by seriously big names such as Elton John and Tim Rice (“Can You Feel the Love Tonight”), Phil Collins (“You’ll Be In My Heart”), and Lin-Manuel Miranda (“Dos Oruguitas”).
Five of the songs in the nostalgia-inducing program are Academy Award winners for Best Original Song: “Beauty and the Beast”, “A Whole New World”, “Can You Feel the Love Tonight”, “You’ll Be In My Heart” and “Remember Me”. Of course, the concert also includes “Married Life” from Up, Michael Giacchino’s soundtrack to one of Pixar’s most moving sequences—tissues optional.
Your venue: Fort Worth Botanic Garden
The concert takes place at Fort Worth Botanic Garden in the city’s Cultural District, at 3220 Botanic Garden Boulevard. Founded in 1934, it bills itself as the oldest major botanic garden in Texas, with space for 23 specialty gardens and more than 2,500 plant species. Fun fact: the Rose Garden, one of its landmark attractions, was built in 1933 from 4,000 tons of Palo Pinto County sandstone.
For public transport access, Trinity Metro’s Route 53 stops near the garden entrance. Drivers can use University Drive to reach the main lot in front of the Garden Center. The Garden Center also has a wheelchair-accessible entrance with automatic doors, and there are accessible parking spaces in the main lot.
