Deep Ellum this Easter

Official festival dates and hours were posted as Friday–Sunday, April 3–5, 2026, with showtimes 11 a.m.–10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m.–8 p.m. on Sunday. (deepellumfair.com) (deepellumfair.com) The event footprint stretches across roughly eight blocks in Deep Ellum and will run multiple stages — the official site lists four stages on the festival map. (deepellumfair.com) (deepellumfair.com) Organizers say the fair runs along Crowdus/Taylor corridors from about 2800 Taylor St. to 200 N. Crowdus St., turning public streets into vendor and performance space. (advocatemag.com) (lakewood.advocatemag.com) Admission is free, the organizers advertise over 150 exhibiting artists and more than 100 bands on the schedule this year, and the fair guide promises multiple buskers and street performers. (deepellumfair.com) (deepellumfair.com) This is billed as the 4th Annual Deep Ellum Community Arts Fair, explicitly framed as a grassroots revival that honors the older Deep Ellum Arts Festival that ran for nearly 30 years. (zapplication.org) (zapplication.org) New programming highlights include the Down the Rabbit Hole exhibition (curated by Fernando Olivares, Martell Holloway and Carissa Nalley), a community “Dress Up Walk” at 3 p.m. Saturday from Life in Deep Ellum, and a Mad Hatter’s Scavenger Hunt whose passports are issued at the information booth at 2800 Taylor St. (advocatemag.com) (lakewood.advocatemag.com) Artist logistics: accepted artist load‑in dates are listed as April 2–3, 2026, the application portal emphasizes a focus on local and regional (DFW/Texas/southwest) artists, and organizers note space for a limited number of regional entrants. (zapplication.org) (zapplication.org) Event listings from festival directories peg exhibitor counts around 100–120 and list the organizer as MEI Productions on some trade pages, but the festival’s official communications and the Deep Ellum Community Association are the primary sources for lineup and site details. (tradefest.io) (tradefest.io)