Warm weather is on the way, y’all. Time to start embracing the blossoming flowers, sunlit brunches, and open-air experiences as things begin heating up.
Read on to discover 15 awesome things to do in Dallas this April!
Looking for a magical add-on to your April plans in Dallas? Harry Potter™: The Exhibition brings the beloved wizarding world to life in an unforgettable experience. Harry Potter™: The Exhibition brings the beloved wizarding world to life in an unforgettable experience. Explore iconic film moments, get up close to authentic props and costumes, and test your Quidditch™ skills. With interactive displays and hands-on activities, you’ll discover magic through sight, sound, touch—and even smell. Don’t miss out on the Spring Break Special, offering 15% off tickets until Sunday, March 22nd, for a spellbinding adventure.
Test Your Five Senses at SENSAS Dallas
Add a little friendly competition to your April plans with an experience filled with laughter, teamwork, and shared unforgettable moments as you push the boundaries of your five senses. Fresh from international acclaim, SENSAS has opened its doors in Dallas, inviting you to a unique 75-minute multi-sensory journey. Gather your team, or join new friends in Open Sessions, to tackle pitch-black challenges and vibrant sensory workshops designed to push the boundaries of your sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing. Guided by the mischievous Master of Senses, prepare for an experience filled with laughter, teamwork, and shared unforgettable moments. Plus, every sensory charm collected supports a local charity.
Celebrate the 74th Ennis Bluebonnet Trails Festival with music, vendors, and a wine wander. If you’re looking to get out of Dallas for a classic April weekend, the three-day Ennis Bluebonnet Trails Festival takes place Friday, April 17–Sunday, April 19, 2026 in historic downtown Ennis with live music, a vendor market of 60+ artisans, food and drinks, and the popular wine wander; admission is $5 for adults and free for kids 12 and under.
Taste hundreds of global dishes at FoodieLand in Fair Park this April. If your April plans call for serious eats, FoodieLand—the West Coast–born night-market style food festival—returns to Fair Park in Dallas for three days from April 17–19, 2026, featuring over 200 food vendors, a curated bar, carnival games, live music, and an artisan marketplace. Tickets start at $12.99 online and children five and under enter free.
Breakaway returns to Fair Park April 10–11 with FISHER, Sofi Tukker, and Disclosure. If live EDM is on your April calendar, Breakaway Music Festival returns to Fair Park in Dallas on April 10–11, 2026, featuring over 20 nationally touring EDM artists, food vendors, and bars. Single-day tickets start at $59 with VIP options from $139; festival grounds are open 3:00 PM–11:00 PM each day and the event is 18+ and cashless.
When complete, the NETT will be Texas’s longest hike, bike, and equestrian trail at 130 miles. If you’re looking ahead to a big outdoor adventure near Dallas, the Northeast Texas Trail (NETT) is a planned 130-mile shared-use trail linking Farmersville to New Boston across 19 towns and 7 counties using former rail corridors. The coalition aims to have the trail cleared and graded by 2027, with full surfacing and bridge refurbishment targeted by 2029; several segments are already accessible from Dallas, including a developed section from Audie L. Murphy Head to Merit.
On the heels of its one-year anniversary, the Peppa Pig Theme Park DFW is an exciting destination for area families and fans. If you’re looking for a kid-approved April outing near Dallas, the Peppa Pig Theme Park in North Richland Hills offers family-friendly rides, splash areas, and interactive play zones based on the popular children’s series; it celebrated its one-year anniversary and earned national recognition as a top new attraction.
See half a million spring blooms — including 350,000 tulips — at Dallas Blooms’ Enchantment of Orchids. One of the biggest seasonal highlights to catch during April is Dallas Blooms, the Southwest’s largest annual floral festival, running at the Dallas Arboretum from February 21 to April 12, 2026. This year’s theme, “Enchantment of Orchids,” brings over 500,000 spring-blooming flowers, plus weekly performances, family activities, a curated orchid exhibition, and individual premium events like the Food & Wine Festival.
Step into a full-scale immersive 16th-century English village for eight weekends of performances, marketplace wares, rides, and living history. One of the biggest springtime traditions near Dallas, the Scarborough Renaissance Festival returns to Waxahachie for its 45th anniversary, running weekends from April 4 through May 24, 2026, with a special closing celebration on Memorial Day, May 25. The immersive English-village event features over 20 stages, 200+ shoppes, themed weekends, hands-on attractions, rides, animal experiences, and period entertainment.
Nowhere else serves barbecue with an Ethiopian twist quite like Smoke N’Ash. If you’re up for a delicious detour from Dallas this April, head to Smoke N’Ash—a Tex‑Ethiopian barbecue restaurant in South Arlington founded by Patrick and Fasicka Hicks that blends Texas smoked meats with Ethiopian flavors like Berbere and Awaze. Signature dishes include Berbere-rubbed brisket, Awaze-glazed ribs, Brisket Tibs, Berbere Mac ‘n’ Cheese, Loaded Injera Nachos, and several vegan tibs and stews.
If you haven’t had the chance to explore the newly debuted Netflix House in Dallas – April is a great time to go. Netflix House at Galleria Dallas is an experiential venue opened in December offering interactive spaces themed to popular series like Stranger Things and Squid Game, plus the Netflix RePlay arcade.
Fresh off a killer run in New York and a blood-soaked national tour, SAW The Musical: The Unauthorized Parody is finally slashing its way into Theatre Three.
This isn’t your standard trip to the bathroom; it’s a raucous, high-energy reinterpretation that leans hard into the “will-they-won’t-they” chemistry between Lawrence Gordon and Adam Stanheight.
The production dives headfirst into the homoerotic subtext that has fueled fan theories for decades, masterfully pivoting from grim survival horror to a darkly hilarious, delightfully raunchy romance. Between the carnage and the comedy, the cast and crew have crafted a show that proves love—much like Jigsaw’s games—can be a little messy.
Three days of country music and legendary Texas barbecue at AT&T Stadium — April 24–26, 2026. For a big April weekend just outside Dallas, the Second Annual Lone Star Smokeout takes over AT&T Stadium in Arlington from April 24–26, 2026, combining three days of country music with Texas and national barbecue teams, live-fire cooking demos, activations, and vendors.
The 26-inch ‘9th Inning Rally Sombrero’ is a wearable nacho feast layered with nine-layer dip. If you’re catching a game this season, Globe Life Field (home of the Texas Rangers) is serving a 26-inch wearable ‘9th Inning Rally Sombrero’ — a fried flour-tortilla nacho hat layered with a nine-layer dip and topped with tortilla chips. The nacho sombrero is available this season at the Texas 24” Stand in the lower concourse (Section 32) and is priced at $40.
Step inside prehistory and come face-to-face with realistic dinosaurs at Sandbox VR. If you’re looking for a family-friendly thing to do in Dallas this April, Sandbox VR brings Age of Dinosaurs to its Dallas Mockingbird Station location on April 3. Developed with the Natural History Museum, London and paleontologist Dr. Darren Naish, this immersive VR experience lets guests walk among lifelike dinosaurs with full-body tracking and haptic vests for a hyper-real, science-grounded adventure.
