Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Tanstaafl Pub (409 N Bowen Rd, Arlington, 817-460-9506) is continuing its pre-Thanksgiving tradition of hosting a jam session where local musicians cover songs from The Last Waltz, the legendary concert film directed by Martin Scorsese about The Band’s final performance on Thanksgiving in 1978. This will be the 13th annual There’s No Such Thing as a Last Waltz. Admission is free, and the music starts at 10pm.
Thursday, November 27, 2025
Every Thanksgiving, high school marching bands from around the country journey to New York City to perform in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC (and the Peacock app) starting at 8:30am. The invitations are very exclusive, so it’s a big honor to be included. This year, the only band from Texas chosen to participate is the L.D. Bell Blue Raider Band from Hurst, who will be performing two songs: “Deep in the Heart of Texas” and Dua Lipa’s “Houdini.”
Friday, November 28, 2025
The newly reunited local thrash outfit Gammacide, whose members are a who’s-who of metal awesomeness — Varnam Ponville of Cauldron, and Alan Bovee, Joey Gonzales, Rick Perry, and Scott Shelby of WARBEAST (all old-school members except for Joey) — will be opening for Dirty Rotten Imbeciles (or D.R.I.) at the Turkey Throwdown at Haltom Theater (5601 E Belknap St, Haltom City, 682-250-5678) along with Arkhon, Chemicaust, Scattered Guts, Skull Archer, TowerHigh, and Warhog. Tickets are $20 in advance at TicketStorm.com or $25 at the door. With today being part of a four-day weekend for many, the festivities start early: 5:30pm.
Courtesy Dirty Rotten Imbeciles
Friday – Monday, November 28 – December 1, 2025
This weekend marks the beginning of the holiday shopping season. Along with Black Friday, we now have Small Business Saturday, Museum Gift Shop Sunday, Second-Hand Sunday, and Cyber Monday. While you’re seeking out the best deals possible, don’t forget to #KeepItLocal. To that end, be sure to check out this week’s Shop Local section in the center spread of this very paper.
Monday, December 1, 2025
Speaking of seasonal shopping, our Dec 3 issue is a special edition called Holidays 2026. This full-color, glossy-covered magazine will be filled from cover to cover with the best places for eats, drinks, entertainment, and shopping now thru the end of the year. For maximum awesomeness, we’ll be sending this thing to the printer on Monday instead of our usual Tuesday. Want in? Speak up now. Email marketing@fwweekly.com with your event listings, ideas, and space-reservation requests. Happy Holidays from the Weekly!
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Depending on how yesterday’s early deadline went, I’ll be seeing one of my favorite bands, Shinedown, at tonight’s iHeartRadio Jingle Ball at Dickies Arena (1911 Montgomery St, Fort Worth, 817-402-9000). They’ll be joined by Alex Warren, Jessie Murph, JO1, mgk, Nelly, Renee Rapp, Rachel Chinouriri, Zara Larsson, and The KPop Demon Hunters. This lineup sounds like a hot mess but also a hell of a time. Tickets start at $40 at Ticketmaster.com.
Courtesy Shinedown
