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Fort Worth Stockyards + Billy Bob's Texas Weekend — Fort Worth, TX — Fort Worth, TX
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Fort Worth Stockyards + Billy Bob's Texas Weekend — Fort Worth, TX

Destination: Fort Worth, TXNights: 3Group: 6–22Season: March, April, May, October, NovemberEstimated: $1,400–$2,800/person

Stockyards National Historic District + Billy Bob's Texas — 100,000 square feet, world's largest honky-tonk, 32 individual bars, indoor bull-riding arena Friday and Saturday. Sleep at Hotel Drover (Marriott Autograph, restored 1888 cattle barn turned 200-room property with a live music stage in the lobby). Day one: cattle drive watch at the Stockyards (twice daily, 11:30 and 4 p.m. — real longhorns, real cowhands), dinner at Cattlemen's Steakhouse (since 1947), Billy Bob's that night. Day two: Sundance Square downtown for the bourbon at Reata, dirt track at Devil's Bowl Speedway (sprint cars Saturday). Day three: Modern Art Museum if the crew has any cultural reserve left. DFW is the gateway.

What You'll Do

Food Tour

Tour

Cocktail Class

Sports Event

Where You Sleep

  • · Hotel Drover (Marriott Autograph, 200 rooms, Stockyards)
  • · Stockyards Hotel (since 1907, the original)

Where You Eat

  • · Cattlemen's Steakhouse (since 1947)
  • · 97 West Kitchen & Bar (Hotel Drover)
  • · Billy Bob's Texas kitchen

Questions

Billy Bob's vibe?
World's largest honky-tonk — 100,000 square feet, 32 bars, bull-riding arena (real bulls, real riders Fri-Sat 9 and 10 p.m.). Cover $5-15. Live country main stage. Dance floor the size of a basketball court.
Cattle drive timing?
Twice daily at 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Exchange Avenue. Free to watch. Real longhorns, real Stockyards drovers — the whole thing takes 15 minutes but the photo op is the bachelor's.
Vs Nashville?
Fort Worth is more authentic country (Nashville is more pop-country tourist). Stockyards has working cattle history; Billy Bob's draws bigger names than 90% of Nashville venues.

Ready to book the story?

Five quick questions, then we build the full itinerary — lodging, daily schedule, dining, bars, the group-chat message — and drop you into a Trip Room you can share with the crew.