The Texas Bridal & Wedding Expo opens at 12:00 PM on Sunday, 6 December 2026, and the show floor runs to 5:00 PM. Fair Park covers 277 acres just east of downtown Dallas, and its gates run from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. A couple or an exhibitor can stand inside the park for sixteen hours and spend five of them on the floor.
The five hours the event page prints
The Date block reads Dec 6, 2026, and the Event Starts field reads 12:00 PM. The Event Details block repeats the clock in plain text: Show Date December 6, 2026, Show Time 12 pm - 5 pm. Five hours is the number to plan a Sunday around.
Ticket Prices reads Free Passes or $10 at the Door, and the On Sale field reads On Sale Now. The organiser prints adult admission at $10 at the door, children under 16 free, and a free pass with online registration.
The venue field on the Fair Park page names Fair Park. The organiser pins the show to Fair Park - Centennial Hall, 3929 Grand Avenue, Dallas, TX 75210.
The expo lists wedding professionals for the gown, the reception venue, the invitations, the photographer, the music, the menu and the honeymoon destination. The exhibitor directory listed 133 companies on 22 October 2026.
Four day windows measured against a 5 p.m. close
A Dayuse read of the Dallas market on 22 October 2026 returned 20 priced cards. The all-in day rates ran from $61 to $230, booking fees ran from $5 to $10, and the mean came to $97.55. Four of those cards stand within three miles of Centennial Hall by straight line.
Home2 Suites by Hilton Dallas Downtown at Baylor Scott & White, 3301 Gaston Avenue, carries $102 all-in with a $7 booking fee at 1.22 miles. Its windows run 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. The property also appears on the venue's own Where to Stay list, which prints hotels within three miles of the grounds and gives the phone number as 214-765-2690.
Hotel Crescent Court carries $230 all-in with a $10 fee on a 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. window at 2.52 miles. Hyatt Regency Dallas carries $160 all-in with a $10 fee on a 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. window at 2.72 miles. The Stoneleigh, Autograph Collection, carries $168 all-in with a $10 fee on a 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. window at 2.79 miles.
The 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. window at the Baylor property lands on the show clock exactly. The 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. window ends two hours before the floor closes. The Stoneleigh window ends one hour before the floor closes.
Sixteen hours on the gate and one Sunday rail note
Fair Park opens at 6 a.m. and closes at 10 p.m., and the FAQ directs visitors to enter through gates 5 or 6. A guest arriving before noon has six hours between the gate and the 12 p.m. start.
The Directions page routes DART Rail Green Line riders to two stations. Fair Park Station sits on Parry Avenue at the entrance to the fairgrounds. MLK, Jr. Station sits south of Robert B. Cullum Blvd. and serves the MLK fairground entrance at Gate 6. The same page notes that the Denton County A-train does not operate on Sunday, and 6 December 2026 falls on a Sunday.
The A-Z Guide places rideshare dropoff and pickup outside any gate at Fair Park. The FAQ allows no overnight parking on the grounds and states that any vehicle left overnight is subject to towing at the owner's expense. Parking is free to the general public on non-event days, and the event page prints no parking price.
Working space on the grounds
The FAQ answers the Wi-Fi question with one line: there is no public Wi-Fi available at Fair Park. The same page reports 24/7 security and a 10 mph limit for vehicles driving through and around the park. The event page prints no exhibitor load-in hour and no badge pickup window, so an exhibitor set-up plan has a show start and no call time.
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The figures to carry into the booking
The show runs 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, 6 December 2026. The park gate runs 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., sixteen hours. The nearest priced day room on the 22 October read sits 1.22 miles from Centennial Hall at $102 all-in with a 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. window. Entry costs $10 at the door or nothing with an online pass.
