Legolas, known IRL as Orlando Bloom, will be in Dallas this weekend. Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images
💥 Celebrate cult followings. Lovers of sci-fi, anime, comics, horror and gaming can gather for shopping, events and signings at Fan Expo Dallas. Celebrity guests include Michael J. Fox, Orlando Bloom, John Boyega, Christina Ricci and Parker Posey.
4-9pm Friday, 10am-7pm Saturday and 10am-5pm Sunday at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center. Single day passes start at $37.
🎸 Rock out for charity. Longhorn Ballroom is hosting two concerts that benefit nonprofits. Eric Nadel's Birthday Benefit raises funds for mental health organization, Grant Halliburton Foundation. Jub Jam XIV benefits The Senior Source.
Eric Nadel's birthday concert features Shinyribs and The Secret Sisters at 7:30pm tonight. Tickets start at $39.
Jub Jam features Randy Rogers, Brady Black and George Dunham and the Bird Dogs at 7pm Friday. Tickets start at $70.
🎥 Mock movies.Mocky Horror Picture Show roast "The Lawnmower Man," a movie so bad that Stephen King sued.
👹 Watch monsters. The Southside Monster Market will have booths of art and toys for sale before the showing of a mystery monster movie.
Market is open 11am-4pm Saturday at Southside Preservation Hall in Fort Worth. The movie starts at 3pm. Movie admission is a "pay what you can" donation.
🦴 Buy the bizarre. The Oddities & Curiosities Expo will bring taxidermied animals, skulls, sideshow curios, original art and other oddities to downtown Dallas. There are also entomology and specimen preservation workshops.
10am-6pm Saturday and 10am-4pm Sunday at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center. General admission starts at $12.
