Dallas Market Center announces show dates through 2028

By Edited by Megan Smalley

January shows will shift one week later beginning in 2028.

Dallas Market Center has announced dates for its Total Home & Gift Market and Lightovation shows through 2028, giving retailers, exhibitors and industry partners a multi-year view of these two markets.

Total Home & Gift Market and Lightovation run concurrently in January and June. Each Total Home & Gift Market also includes The Temps at Total Home & Gift Market as a shorter run of temporary exhibitors within the larger market dedicated to fresh and emerging resources. For 2028, the January editions of these shows will shift a week later.

“Retailers plan their calendars a year or more in advance, and dependable market dates let them do that with confidence,” says Cindy Morris, president and CEO of Dallas Market Center. “The shift by one week for January shows beginning in 2028 will provide retailers with more time to plan their buys after the busiest retail season.”

Dates for the Apparel & Accessories Market and KidsWorld at Dallas Market Center have also been announced through 2028. The following is a calendar of shows at Dallas Market Center in 2027:

Jan. 6-9: Lightovation
Jan. 6-12: Total Home & Gift Market, with The Temps from Jan. 6-9
Jan. 19-22: Apparel & Accessories Market; KidsWorld
March 16-19: Gift & Home Market; Apparel & Accessories Market; KidsWorld
June 15-18: Apparel & Accessories Market
June 23-26: Lightovation
June 23-29: Total Home & Gift Market; KidsWorld, with The Temps from June 23-26
Aug. 17-20: Apparel & Accessories Market; KidsWorld
Sept. 14-16: Gift & Home Market
Oct. 19-22: Apparel & Accessories Market; KidsWorld

The following is a calendar of shows at Dallas Market Center in 2028:

Jan. 18-24: Total Home & Gift Market, with The Temps from Jan. 18-21
Jan. 19-22: Lightovation
Jan. 25-28: Apparel & Accessories Market; KidsWorld
March 21-24: Gift & Home Market; Apparel & Accessories Market; KidsWorld
June 13-16: Apparel & Accessories Market
June 21-24: Lightovation; KidsWorld
Aug. 22-25: Apparel & Accessories Market; KidsWorld
Sept. 12-14: Gift & Home Market
Oct. 17-20: Apparel & Accessories Market

Running concurrently this year, Dallas Market Center hosts the upcoming Apparel & Accessories Market, KidsWorld, AETA International Trade Show and WESA’s International Western/English Apparel & Equipment Market Aug. 18-21. Dallas Market Center will close out 2026 with Gift & Home Market and KidsWorld occurring Sept. 15-17 and a final Apparel & Accessories Market Oct. 20-23.