Morning News: Jay Betsill has the weekend entertainment calendar

SPORTS
  • Big 12 Championship – TCU vs Oklahoma – Saturday at 11:30 at AT&T Stadium. Tickets are $90-$550
CONCERTS
  • Lee Brice – Friday night at 10:30 at Billy Bob’s Texas. Tickets are $20 (GA) and $40 (PIT GA)
  • Dead & Company (features original Grateful Dead members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Bob Weir alongside singer/guitarist John Mayer, Allman Brothers’ bassist Oteil Burbridge and Fare Thee Well and RatDog keyboardist Jeff Chimenti) – Friday night at 7 at American Airlines Center. Tickets are $50-$311
  • Michael W. Smith and Amy Grant – Saturday night at 7:30 at Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie. Tickets are $39.75-$125
  • 10 Man Jam – Sunday at 2 at Billy Bob’s Texas. Features Darius Rucker, Gary Allan, Roger Creager, Scotty McCreery, Kevin Fowler and more. General admission tickets are $25 at the door, all proceeds donated to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital to help cure childhood cancer.
EVENTS
  • Cowboys Christmas Spectacular – Friday and Saturday at 6 at The Star in Frisco. Show features the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders and the Dallas Cowboys Rhythm and Blues Dancers and Drumline. FREE
  • “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” Movie Party – Alamo Drafthouse in Richardson on Friday and Sunday and Alamo Drafthouse in The Cedars on Saturday night. It’s getting the full Movie Party treatment with special props for the audience and special surprises that your host will be bringing into the theater throughout the event. Tickets and details at drafthouse.com