The State Fair of Texas opens Friday.

The Shakespeare in the Park season at Samuell Grand Amphitheater closes Saturday with “Macbeth.”

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The Dallas Video Fest opens today. It is the festival’s 25th year.

Team Better Block has turned Knox near the Katy Trail into “Knox Strasse” for the weekend.

Northridge Presbyterian Church invites neighbors to a free pancake breakfast from 7:30-10:30 a.m. Saturday.

Promise of Peace community garden received a Texas Live Music grant from the Governor’s office. The nonprofit presents “POP Live at Lakewood with Russ Hewitt” on Saturday, Sept. 29. A silent auction begins at 4 p.m. A children’s performance is at 5 p.m., and Hewitt performs at 6. Graham Dodds of Central 214 and Patrick Stark of Sundown at Granada will provide snacks.

Stonewall Jackson Elementary and J.L. Long Middle School have fundraisers this weekend.

Live Oak Community Garden and Slow Food Dallas present a harvest festival from 5-7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $20. Gardeners will offer bites from their home country, Bhutan.