queen bey is coming

Beyoncé comes home to Texas as part of highly anticipated new world stadium tour

Beyoncé (and perhaps her glittery horse) ride into Texas this September.

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Hear ye, Texas: Our queen is coming. Houston-born Beyoncé will grace the Lone Star State with her presence on two different stops as part of her just-announced Renaissance World Tour. Austin Beyhive fans will have to travel, but hey, at least she's coming.

She'll first stop in Dallas on September 21, where she'll play at the AT&T Stadium before heading to her hometown on September 23 at Houston's NRG Stadium.

Ticketing for the world tour dates go on sale Monday, February 6. BeyHive members will enjoy an exclusive presale, while other fans can register now with Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan technology here. Those interested can score tickets, schedules, and more information at beyonce.livenation.com and tour.beyonce.com.

Note to jet-setting Texans: The queen kicks off her world tour on May 10 in Stockholm, Sweden at the Friends Arena. She'll dot Europe with big stadium shows through June 27, where she'll play Warsaw, Poland.

Her North American tour starts July 8 in Canada, where she'll play Toronto's Rogers Centre. Beyoncé will trek the U.S. through the summer and into September; her Dallas and Houston shows are the sole Texas performances.

In a bit of a head scratcher, the Texas native will end her tour in New Orleans (Caesars Superdome) on September 27.

The world tour comes as Beyoncé is awash in Grammy glow: in November, she was nominated for nine Grammy Awards, tying her with her husband (neé Shawn Corey Carter) for the most nominations in Grammy history. Critics and fans have lauded Renaissance, her first solo work since the wildly popular and deeply personal 2016 effort, Lemonade.

Start packing and planning those trips. Here's the entire tour schedule:

Europe

May 10, 2023 – Stockholm, SE – Friends Arena

May 14, 2023 – Brussels, BE – King Baudouin Stadium

May 17, 2023 – Cardiff, UK – Cardiff Principality Stadium

May 20, 2023 – Edinburgh, UK – BT Murray Field Stadium

May 23, 2023 – Sunderland, UK – Stadium of Light

May 26, 2023 – Paris, FR – Stade de France

May 29, 2023 – London, UK – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

May 30, 2023 – London, UK – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

June 08, 2023 – Barcelona, ES – Olympic Stadium

June 11, 2023 – Marseille, FR – Orange Velodrome

June 15, 2023 – Cologne, DE – Rhein Energie Stadion

June 17, 2023 – Amsterdam, NL – Johan Crujff Arena

June 21, 2023 – Hamburg, DE – Volksparkstadion

June 24, 2023 – Frankfurt, DE – Deutsche Bank Park

June 27, 2023 – Warsaw, PL – PGE Narodowy

North America

July 8, 2023 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre

July 12, 2023 – Philadelphia, PA – Lincoln Financial Field

July 15, 2023 – Nashville, TN – Nissan Stadium

July 17, 2023 – Louisville, KY – L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium

July 20, 2023 – Minneapolis, MN – Huntington Bank Stadium

July 22, 2023 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field Stadium

July 26, 2023 – Detroit, MI – Ford Field

July 29, 2023 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium

Aug. 01, 2023 – Boston, MA – Gillette Stadium

Aug. 03, 2023 – Pittsburgh, PA – Acrisure Stadium

Aug. 05, 2023 – Washington, DC – FedEx Field

Aug. 09, 2023 – Charlotte, NC – Bank of America Stadium

Aug. 11, 2023 – Atlanta, GA – Mercedes-Benz Stadium

Aug. 16, 2023 – Tampa, FL – Raymond James Stadium

Aug. 18, 2023 – Miami, FL – Hard Rock Stadium

Aug. 21, 2023 – St. Louis, MO – Dome at America's Center

Aug. 24, 2023 – Phoenix, AZ – State Farm Stadium

Aug. 26, 2023 – Las Vegas, NV – Allegiant Stadium

Aug. 30, 2023 – San Francisco, CA – Levi’s Stadium

Sept. 02, 2023 – Inglewood, CA – SoFi Stadium

Sept. 11, 2023 – Vancouver, BC – BC Place

Sept. 13, 2023 – Seattle, WA – Lumen Field

Sept. 18, 2023 – Kansas City, MO – Arrowhead Stadium

Sept. 21, 2023 – Dallas – AT&T Stadium

Sept. 23, 2023 – Houston – NRG Stadium

As with previous tours, Beyoncé will create activations, programs, and giveaways via BeyGOOD, the foundation she created in 2013.

The Mead-up

Medieval village pops up near Austin for days of immersive role-playing

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The Grand Gathering of Hynafol takes place annually at the Sherwood Forest Faire grounds.

Hark! A roving band of role players approaches. The Grand Gathering of Hynafol, an immersive fantasy summit, is coming to the Sherwood Forest Faire grounds in McDade, Texas, from November 6-10.

This Medieval weekend escape makes several promises including a temporary escape from 2024 politics as well as an introduction to LARPing, or Live Action Role Playing. This broad term could apply to anything from taking your visit to the Renaissance Faire super seriously to attending a murder mystery party, and much more in between.

Essentially, it's playing make-believe with an adult understanding of relationships, strategy, consequences, and yes, even politics, although they're usually fictional and set hundreds of years ago. It's also applying that inner-child spirit to playing with access to an adult budget, so the costumes, props, and venues are a lot more exciting.

The Grand Gathering takes place at the site the Austin area's annual Renaissance Faire, which returns from March 1 to April 21, 2025. This off-season event is organized by the Sherwood team and LARPing group The Voyage North.

Attendees will create a character, don a costume, and participate in "combat," dancing, shopping side quests, and much more. Unlike at a standard Ren Faire, people are expected to interact with each other often and in character. Hynafol presents a narrative from start to finish to help inspire and tie all the games and interactions together. A detailed YouTube video by LARPing.org covers the experience for prospective attendees.

Organizers assure first-timers that this is the perfect place to get their feet wet, speaking in an introductory video to Dungeons and Dragons and other tabletop role playing game (TTRPG) players, Ren Faire-goers, and even just fans of fantasy fiction. In fact, it sounds like most Hynafol attendees join because they saw videos from the event online — not some fancy network of role-players who know each other or maintain complicated backstories.

This is good news considering the ticketing circumstances: all-inclusive passes are sold out, but tickets are still available to stop by all events over two or five days, plus a packing list, discounts to assemble a costume, and access to the community throughout the year via a Discord server and monthly Zoom calls.

Attendees using the Weekend Pass and Do-it-yourself Package will still camp at Hynafol, but they'll have to use their own equipment. They can bring their own decorum (Medieval-style) tent to stay on the grounds, or a modern tent to stay in a separate campsite off the main grounds. They can also purchase a meal plan add-on, pack their own food, or purchase food from a vendor during lunch or late-night meals.

More information and tickets ($197-497) are available at hynafol.com.

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