Expert recommendations of the top events—with tips on how to best experience these celebrations.
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Savor Dallas
Early March. This ambitious food-and-drink festival takes place at venues across Dallas, with seminars in hotel meeting rooms. Tip: Buy tickets well in advance for best dinners and wine tastings. Tel. 866 277 7920. www.savordallas.com
Dallas Blooms
March and April. The Dallas Arboretum sparkles with hundreds of thousands of tulips, azaleas, and other colorful spring blossoms. Tel. +1 214 515 6500. www.dallasarboretum.org
State Fair of Texas
Late September-mid-October. Three weeks of Lone Star fun—rodeo, prize-winning horses, cattle and pigs, foods from around the state, midway rides, and carnival games; also dance programs, ice skating performances, country music concerts, and football games. Tel. +1 214 565 9931; fee. www.bigtex.com
White Rock Marathon
Early December. Two hundred thousand spectators gather to cheer on more than 12,000 runners in one of the nation’s largest foot races. Tel. +1 972 322 1835. www.runtherock.com
