FLASHLIGHTS DFW

Bilal is in concert at Dada tonight. 2720 Elm St.  Tickets are $25-$30.  Go to www.dadadallas.com for more information. The Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival is today at the Bedford City Hall Complex.  1900L. Don Dodson Dr.  It starts at 6pm and admission is about $10.  Shamekia Copeland and Robert Cray are performing.  For more information go to www.bedfordbluesbbq.com Luenell Campbell-The Bad Girl of Comedy is at the Majextic Theatre tonight.  1925 Elm St., Dallas.  Her Show is at 8pm.  Go to www.ticketmaster.com for tickets. Tonight is the Bounce TV Music Fest featuring Frankie Beverly and Maze and Patti LaBelle.  The concert starts at 7:30pm and is at the Gexa Energy Pavillion.  1818 1 st Ave., Dallas.  Go to www.ticketmaster.com for tickets. Go Play Loves!!

Decks in the Park is Tonight!!  It’s the monthly event where local techno DJ’s take over Klyde Warren Park!  Bring food, lawn chairs, and or blankets.  Its also family and pet friendly.  Plus there are bars, restaurants and food trucks there.  Its from 7pm to 10:30pm and its free! Tonight is Jazz in the Atrium at the Dallas Museum of Art.  Saxphonist Shelley Carrol is playing tonight.  This is a free event and goes from 6pm to 8pm.  You may purchase food and drinks there if you would like. There will be live guitar and vocals by Harold Huertas at Silver Leaf Cigar Lounge in Fort Worth.  426 Commerce St.  The music starts at 8pm. The Dave Monsch Quartet is playing tonight at Scat Jazz Lounge tonight in Fort Worth.  111 West 4 th St.  Get there about 8pm. And be entertained. Also tonight in Fort Worth there is belly dancing at Byblos Mediterranean.  Their  happy hour is from 5pm to 7pm and of course you can hookah!  1406 North Main St. Go Play

One Republic is in concert tonight at the Gexa Energy Pavillion.  1818 First Ave., Dallas.  The concert is at 7pm.  Go to www.ticketmaster.com for tickets. There is an awesome Classical Open Mic tonight at Buzzbrews Kitchen.  4334 Lemmon Ave., Dallas.  Get there about 8pm and let local Classical Musicians entertain you in a casual environment. Eddie V’s “V Lounge” in Dallas is a great place to stop in for live music and drinks.  4023 Oak Lawn Ave. In Fort Worth, I’m kinda stuck on Byblos Meditteranean for Tuesday happy hour and hookahs.  Their happy hour is from 5pm to 7pm. There’s also live jazz tonight at Sambuca in Dallas.  Saxaphonist Shelley Carrol is playing.  2120 McKinney Ave.  Get there about 8pm.  Eat drink and chill. This Thursday is Decks in the Park at Klyde Warren Park!!  Get your lawn chairs and or blankets ready (Or get there early), bring your date, or your family and sit back and chill as local Techno DJ’s spin!  There will b

There are still tickets to see Comedian Earthquake at the Improv in Arlington.  The tickets available are for his 11:30pm show.  Go to www.improv.com and click on Arlington.  309 Curtis Mathes Way. At the Silver Leaf Cigar Lounge in Fort Worth the sensual jazz guitarist and vocalist Deanna Valone will be playing tonight at 8:30pm.  426 Commerce St. Verb Culture: Spoken Word Event is today at 8pm at Lounge 411.  411 N. Beckley.  Verb is an artist from TV Ones show Verses and Flow.  Lowes presents Mas Musica Fest at the House of Blues.  With Inspector, El Gran Silencio and Celso Pina.  It starts at 7pm.  For tickets go to www.houseofblues.com/dallas Free..  Blackbox Comedy Night at the Sunshine Bar in Arlington.  902 W. Division St.  Dante Martinez, Ross Day, Asher Allen, Seth Cowles, and some more comedians.  It starts at 10pm. Go Play Loves.

The stage production The Wiz is at Garland Civic Theatre.  108 N. Sixth St., Garland.  The show is at 7pm and tickets are $27. Aerosmith is in concert tonight at American Airlines Center.  2500 Victory Ave., Dallas.  The concert is at 7:30pm.  Go to www.ticketmaster.com for tickets. Earthquake is doing stand up tonight at the Improv in Arlington.  309 Curtis Mathes Way.  His shows are at 8pm and 10:30 and tickets start at $25.  Go to www.improv.com and click on Arlington. Panic at the Disco is in concert tonight at the South Side Music Hall.  1135 S. Lamar St., Dallas.  Tickets are $40 to $45.  For tickets visit www.gilleysdallas.com Comedian Jim Norton is performing tonight at the Improv in Addison.  4980 Beltline Rd.  His shows are at 8pm and 10:30pm and tickets start at $22.  Go to www.improv.com and click on Addison. Go Play Loves!

Tonight is the Sigma Gamma Rholler Skate Night Back to School Party at Rollerworld NE.  Bring and drop off school supplies for children in need, and skate.  Admission is $6.  5817 Denton Hwy. Fort Worth.  Its at 7pm. At Byblos Meditteranean in Fort Worth tonight its Happy Hour, Hookahs and Belly Dancing.  1406 N. Main St.  Happy hour is from 5pm to 7pm.  The food is also great. Tonights Jazz in the Atrium at the Dallas Musuem of Art features songstress  Mahogany the Artist.  This is a free event and and its from 6pm to 8pm.  You may buy food or drinks if you choose.  Here is a clip of Mahogany The Artist..  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNITR72vGls Tonight at Scat Jazz Lounge its Open Standard Featuring Ricki Derek.  Get there about 7pm.  111 West 4 th St. Fort Worth. There’s a free art exhibit at Kettle Art 2650 B Main St., Dallas.  Its called Artpocolypse, and its from 7pm to 10pm.  It’s the work of 4 different artist, its very opinionated, col

There’s a Classical Open Mic tonight at Buzzbrews Kitchen in Dallas.  4334 Lemmon Ave.  It starts at 8pm.  Go hear local Classical Musicians flex their muscles for you.  Plus the food and drinks at Buzzbrews are great. At the Garland Civic Theatre they are putting on a production of the Wiz.  The show starts at 7pm and tickets are $27.  Go to www.garlandcivictheatre.org A Couple Cool Happy Hours.. Byblos Meditteranean in Fort Worth has a Happy Hour from 5pm to 7pm.  They have awesome hookahs. Bar Louie has a great happy hour.  There’s one near the NorthEast Mall in Hurst (1101 Melbourne Rd.), And there’s one in the Highlands in Arlington (4001 Bagpiper Way).   Go Play Loves!

Bruce Bruce is performing at the Improv in Addison tonight.  4980 Beltline Rd. The only tickets available are for his 11:30pm show.  I suggest you hurry if you're going.  Or you could just go to his show tomorrow.  For tickets go to www.improv.com and click on Addison.   Sheryl Underwood is performing at the Improv in Arlington.  309 Curtis Mathes Way.  Her shows are t 7pm and 9pm.  Go to www.improv.com and click on Arlington for tickets. Its an Island Summer Beach Party tonight at 9 Acres Ranch in Fort Worth.  7512 Teakwood Ct.  They will be spinning old school, new school, reggae, hip hop, reggaeton, socca and more.  $15 to get in.  Attire is summer sexy to beach sexy. Inversion is playing at Sambuca tonight in Dallas.  2120 McKinney Ave.  Inversion is a high energy seven piece variety dance band that plays a large variety of music.  I'd say get there about 8:30. Of course you could go see the pre season Cowboys game against the Ravens.  Go to www.dallas

Death Cab for a Cutie, Iron & Wine, and Hold Steady are in concert tonight at the Gexa Energy Pavilion.  The concert starts at 4:30pm.  Go to www.ticketmaster.com for tickets. There is a boutique wine tasting tonight at Matador Meat & Wine.  8200 Preston Rd., Suite 100 in Plano.  Its at 7pm.  Be the first to taste wines new to the Dallas market.  It costs $20 to get in.  You can see The Wiz tonight at Garland Civic Theatre.  108 N. Sixth St., Garland.  The play starts at 7pm and tickets are $27.  The Chris Milyo Band and Marion Powers are playing tonight at Scat Jazz Lounge in Fort Worth.  111 West 4 th St.  Get there about 8:30pm and be entertained. Also, this place is awesome...  Byblos Meditteranean has a happy hour from 5pm to 7pm with great food, hookah, and there are belly dancers.  1406 N. Main St., Fort Worth. Go Play Loves!

Wiz Khalifa and Jeezy are performing tonight at the Gexa Energy Pavilion.  1818 First Ave., Dallas.  The concert starts at 6pm.  Go to www.ticketmaster.com for tickets. Free!  Jazz in the Atrium at the Dallas Museum of Art from 6pm to 8pm.  1717 N Harwood St. You may purchase wine, food or other drinks.  Tonight, Dallas Native and Jazz Pianist Fredrick Sanders is performing. Free Art Exhibit at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth.  3501 Camp Bowie Blvd.  It’s the work of Chicago Native Archibald Motley.  The exhibit is called Jazz Age Modernist.  The museum hours are from 10am to 8pm. Rich Homie Quan is performing at Zouk Tonight.  703 Mckinney Ave., Dallas.  For more information visit www.zoukdallas.com Also, there is a happy hour at Byblos in Fort Worth..  Hookahs, drinks and Meditteranean food.  But today they will have belly dancers also.  1406 N. Main St. Go Play Loves!!