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Taste Addison
This family-friendly food and music festival returns after taking a two-year break while the town tried out an upscale food fest called Fork and Cork. This reinvented Taste Addison will include pay-per-bite samples from 30 local restaurants including Blue Mesa, Flying Saucer, Mad Batter Baker and May Dragon (most will be in the $3 to $5 range), stages full of live music (the Band Perry is the fest’s headlining act), cooking demonstrations and a children’s activity area.
May 13-15 at Addison Circle Park, 4070 Addison Circle Drive, Addison. $15 in advance for adults ($20 at the event), $10 for children 4-12, free for children 3 and younger.
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Frontier Forts Days
Texas frontier life is the inspiration for this 15th annual heritage event in Fort Worth’s Stockyards National Historic District. Frontier Forts Days brings together authentic wagons, flags, music, uniforms and military gear from Texas landmarks. Infantry, artillery and cavalry demonstrations and military parades fill the event schedule, and historical re-enactors will also be on hand to discuss frontier life.
May 13-14 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Stockyards Station, 130 E. Exchange Ave., Fort Worth. Free.
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Asian Festival
Watch a wide variety of performers during this 26th annual celebration of Asian cultures, which has a new home at Dallas’ Fair Park. Hosted by the Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce, the fest features entertainers, booths with Asian-themed gifts and crafts, children’s activities, authentic Asian cuisines and more.
May 14 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Fair Park, Dallas. Free. asianfestdallas.com.
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Texas Scottish Festival
Break out the kilt for a weekend filled with Scottish music, bagpipe bands, Highland dance and traditional athletic competitions at this 30th annual event. Also on the bill: an all-Scottish-breed dog show, tents representing clans and families, a Scotch tasting, fireworks and Scottish foods and ales.
May 13-15 at Mavericks Stadium on the UT Arlington campus, 1309 W. Mitchell St., Arlington. $12-$25 for adults (depending on day and event), $8 for kids 13-17 and $5 for kids 6-12. Cash only at the gate.
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Denton Cinco de Mayo
Celebrate Cinco on catorce at Denton's 29th annual commemoration of the historic Battle of Puebla, which will feature a parade and festivities at Quakertown Park. The parade steps off at 10 a.m. from the Texas Woman's University parking lot at Locust and Oakland streets and ends at the Civic Center parking lot. A variety of entertainment ranging from bands to the Little Miss Cinco de Mayo pageant will take place on two stages in the park. Kids can make and keep traditional Mexican crafts and participate in activities including piñata games. Vendors will offer a variety of foods, drinks, jewelry, crafts and other items.
May 14 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Quakertown Park, 321 E. McKinney St., Denton. Free.
