Two of country music's hottest stars visit Cowboys Stadium, a world-class piano competition comes to Cowtown, and the PGA tour's top players descend on DFW for the dynamic duo of golf tournaments, the Byron Nelson and Colonial.
May 2: Mayfest, Trinity Park, Fort Worth (through May 5)
May 3: Diana Krall, Verizon Theatre; Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, TITAS at Winspear (through May 4); "Springfest," Texas Ballet Theater at Wyly Theatre, Dallas (through May 26)
May 4: Cottonwood Art Festival, Richardson (through May 5)
May 7: Fela! , AT&T Performing Arts Center, Winspear Opera House (through May 19)
May 10: Always...Patsy Cline , Theatre Arlington (through June 2); The Great Gatsby in theaters
May 11: Kenny Chesney, Cowboys Stadium
May 14: Priscilla Queen of the Desert , Music Hall at Fair Park (through May 26)
May 16: HP Byron Nelson Championship at Four Seasons Resort, Las Colinas (through May 19); Stones in His Pockets , Stage West (through June 23); Acoustic Alchemy, McDavid Studio
May 17: FW Music Festival (through May 18); Grand Prairie Airhogs season opener, QuikTrip Park; UNT One O'Clock Lab Band, McDavid Studio; FWSO, Carmina Burana, Bass Hall (through May 19); Main Street Days, Grapevine (through May 19); Dallas Comic Con (through May 19); In the Heights , Artes de la Rosa at Rose Marine Theater (through June 9); Knock Me a Kiss , Jubilee Theatre (through June 16)
May 18: "Romare Beardon: A Black Odyssey," Amon Carter (through Aug. 11); "Elvis at 21, Photographs by Alfred Wertheimer" FWMSH (through Sept. 2)
May 23: Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, Fort Worth (through May 26)
May 24: Preliminary rounds of the 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition begin, Bass Hall
May 25: Taylor Swift, Cowboys Stadium
May 26: HomeGrown music fest, downtown Dallas
May 30: Cesar Millan ("The Dog Whisperer"), Winspear Opera House
May 31: Festival of Independent Theatres, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas (through June 29)


