IMPORTANT NOTE: Patrons who have purchased tickets to Disney’s MARY POPPINS can enjoy courtesy admission to the Fair ONLY for the day of your performance. However, parking fees still apply.

The State Fair of Texas controls all parking on the fairgrounds during the Fair and does NOT reserve any parking for Music Hall patrons. ALL parking, including handicapped and valet, is on a first-come, first-served basis for ALL visitors (DSM patrons and fairgoers alike). Please check State Fair information for current prices and parking locations. DSM parking passes are not valid during the Fair. Click the map image at right to download a map.

Football games, concerts, and other special events during the Fair draw large crowds to Fair Park,causing traffic congestion and overloading parking lots. We recommend that you allow at least 1 to 2 additional hours to get to the Music Hall during special events. A State Fair schedule is available at www.bigtex.com to see if your Disney’s MARY POPPINS performance is on the same date as a scheduled event such:

• Grambling/Prairie View Football Game October 3rd
• TX/OU Football Game October 17th

By special arrangement for 2009, The Box Office will sell prepaid parking passes for the lot across the street from the Music Hall, in between First, Second, and Parry avenues. The passes are $25 each and guarantee the bearer a parking space in that lot on that day. Quantities are limited and some restrictions do apply. Purchase your pass today, in person, at The Box Office in Preston Royal Shopping Center. These prepaid parking passes are not available by phone.

TEMPORARY PARKING TO PICK UP WILL-CALL TICKETS
After many telephone calls to DART the final answer is we will not be able to use the same 15 minute parking area as we did last year since it will now only be used for DART bus drop off and pick up. For safety reasons DART would not authorize other or additional traffic in those lanes. However, we did receive authorization from the City to use 6 spaces in the lot across the street at 1st Avenue and Parry for temporary parking to pick up will call tickets or to come in to purchase tickets. This area will be monitored by parking attendants at all times and they cannot stay in those spaces for the performance. Those patrons will still enter the same way they did in years past, through the west lobby entry doors which will have ushers there to check them on the list or escort them to the box office.

CHARTER BUS GROUP INFO
Charter bus groups, per the State Fair, should enter at Martin Luther King Blvd where the bus will be directed towards Grand Avenue and drop off the group. The bus will then exit Grand Avenue after dropping off patrons and try to find parking  or come back to the same location to pick up patrons after the performance. With some of the more senior groups it will mean a walk from Grand Avenue to the Music Hall. They will also need their tickets or they will not be able to get past the State Fair gate attendants. There will be no shuttle running in that area to take them towards the building. All shuttles will be on 1st Avenue, circle drive side of the building. I will try to get the exact route they will use this year for the shuttle. I am still looking for an area on the 1st and Parry side of the Music Hall that will allow charter bus drop off and pick up and will let you know asap if we can find another option.

DART is opening the new green line to Fair Park for this year’s State Fair. Please check with DART to find out if you can ride the green line to and from the fairgrounds, to avoid traffic and parking problems.

If you have additional questions about your Disney’s MARY POPPINS tickets, please call The Box Office at 214-691-7200. We appreciate your patronage and look forward to seeing you at the Music Hall.

For questions regarding performance times or parking information, please call The Box Office at (214) 691-7200 or click here. Visit www.bigtex.com for updated State Fair of Texas events and information.