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Dallas Symphony Orchestra announces free 2026 Parks Concert Series
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra announced its 2026 Parks Concert Series, a lineup of free performances scheduled at parks and community venues across Dallas this summer.
The annual series begins Monday, May 25, with the orchestra’s Memorial Day concert at Flag Pole Hill.
“Sharing music in Dallas-area parks is a highlight of our summer each year,” Michelle Miller Burns, Ross Perot president and CEO of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, said in a statement. “There’s nothing quite like seeing our community come together to experience the joy of live music, and we are grateful for the opportunity to create these memorable moments across the city.”
Assistant Conductor Shira Samuels-Shragg, the Marena & Roger Gault Chair, will lead the Memorial Day performance. The program includes “America the Beautiful,” Morton Gould’s “Armed Forces Salute,” Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man,” selections from “Great American Songs,” the finale from Florence Price’s “Symphony No. 1,” and John Williams’ “Superman March,” among other pieces.
The orchestra said Samuels-Shragg will also conduct concerts at Fretz Park, Exall Park, Kidd Springs Park and Paul Quinn College.
According to the orchestra, all concerts are free and open to the public. The 2026 Parks Concert Series is supported in part by the City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture and the City of Dallas Parks and Recreation Department.
The Memorial Day concert at Flag Pole Hill is scheduled to begin at 8:15 p.m. Monday, May 25, with fireworks planned for 9:15 p.m. In case of rain, the event will move to the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center.
Additional concerts are scheduled for:
- Tuesday, June 2 — Fretz Park, 6950 Belt Line Road
- Wednesday, June 3 — Exall Park, 3501 Live Oak St.
- Friday, June 5 — Kidd Springs Park, 711 W. Canty St.
- Saturday, June 6 — Paul Quinn College, 3837 Simpson Stuart Road
All performances are scheduled for 8:15 p.m.
More information is available through the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
Drivers both human and autonomous across the North Texas region experienced heavy flooding, with several becoming trapped along roadways that had filled with several inches of rainwater. FOX 4’s Shaun Rabb has more on the waterlogged morning.
Dallas Parks and Recreation will distribute 25,000 all-access passes that give Dallas teens free admission to cultural and recreational attractions across the city throughout July.
Passes will be available beginning June 29 on a first-come, first-served basis at City of Dallas recreation centers.
The program, now entering its fifth year, is open to Dallas residents ages 13 to 17. City leaders say the initiative, which launched in 2021, helps promote positive engagement opportunities for teens and reduce crime during the summer months.
Teens must register in person and provide proof of Dallas residency to receive a pass.
The city says the program is made possible through partnerships with local cultural, recreational, and entertainment organizations.
Participating attractions include:
- African American Museum
- Bahama Beach
- Bath House Cultural Center
- Latino Cultural Center
- South Dallas Cultural Center
- Oak Cliff Cultural Center
- Dallas Museum of Arts
- Community Art Pop Up Cultural
- Dallas Arboretum
- Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
- Dallas Park and Recreation Summer Fitness
- Dallas Zoo
- Frontiers of Flight Museum
- Golf Dallas
- Reunion Tower
- Shakespeare of Dallas
- State Fair of Texas
- Southern Skates Roller Rink
- Texas Discover Garden
- The Sixth Floor Museum At Dealey Plaza
- Trinity River Audubon
A full list of participating attractions and recreation centers distributing passes is available at DallasParks.org
At least four people were injured after a vehicle drove into a crowd of people in Dallas on Thursday evening.
Dallas police responded to an “Assist Officer call with an Ambulance” at approximately 7 p.m. in the 300 block of West Davis Street.
Authorities learned that a vehicle drove into a crowd, injuring multiple people. At least four have been taken to a local hospital for treatment. Police said no one was in critical condition.
The driver of the vehicle was arrested at the scene, police said. Authorities are still working to determine if this driver could have been drunk or if this could have been a medical episode.
According to police, there is no indication that the crash was terrorism related.
The investigation is ongoing.
This story will be updated as we learn more.
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