WORKSHOP RESERVATIONS

Workshops are free with your DIY CON badge, but space at the worktables is limited. Participation requires reserving your spot in advance.

You must have a valid DIY CON badge for the same day as your workshop reservation. All participants must be 18 or older and complete a waiver during the reservation process.

You don’t need a reservation to watch a workshop.

Fans can line up onsite for seating at either of our two workshop stages. Seats are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

• Workshop reservations are free with your DIY CON badge.
• Reservations are required for hands-on participation.
• Your badge must be valid for the same day as the workshop you select.
• All participants must be 18 years of age or older.
• Participants must complete a waiver when making their reservation.
• All equipment and materials will be provided unless otherwise noted.
• Reservations are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.
• A very limited standby line may be available onsite for those who did not get a reservation, but participation is not guaranteed. 

From guided projects to new tools and techniques, there’s plenty to try across DIY CON’s two workshop stages. Explore the full lineup below and start planning what you want to make.

By entering this heightened-risk area (the “Activity Area”) of the 2026 DIY CON event (the “Event”) operated by Reed Exhibitions, a division of RELX Inc. (“Management”), and/or attending, accessing, entering, viewing, or otherwise participating (collectively, “Participating”) in any demonstration, experience, activation, play, or other activity in the Activity Area, including use of any equipment or property (collectively, the “Activities”), you agree to these terms on behalf of yourself and of any minor (a “Minor”) for whom you are the parent or legal guardian or for whom you are acting in loco parentis while at the Event.

1. You acknowledge that entering the Activity Area and Participating in the Activities involves inherent risks, hazards, and dangers that cannot be eliminated, including, without limitation, personal injury, death, disability, loss, property damage, and exposure to illnesses or diseases. The Activities may be inherently hazardous or dangerous and may require skill and experience. Although Management has taken reasonable steps to mitigate such risks, complete elimination of risk is not possible.

2. Participation in or viewing of the Activities is entirely voluntary. You knowingly, voluntarily, and intentionally accepts and assumes, for yourself and any Minor, all risks, known and unknown, associated with entering the Activity Area and Participating in the Activities, regardless of severity and regardless of whether caused by the negligence of Management, to the fullest extent permitted by law. You also acknowledge the inherent risk of exposure to communicable diseases, including COVID-19, in any public gathering and voluntarily assumes all risks related to such exposure.

3. Management is not responsible for the acts or omissions of third-party Event Yous or for security breaches, technical failures, or malfunctions beyond Management’s control. You assume, for yourself and for any Minor, all risks arising from interactions with third parties in connection with the Event and acknowledges that Management will not be responsible for any damages, losses, costs, expenses, or liabilities resulting from third-party interactions or circumstances beyond Management’s control.

4. You agree to follow all health and safety instructions, guidelines, and standards issued by governmental authorities or posted or provided by Management at the Activity Area, elsewhere at the Event, on the Event website, or otherwise, and to use all equipment and property only as directed.

5. RELEASE OF CLAIMS, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE CLAIMS. In consideration for being permitted to enter the Activity Area and Participate in the Activities, you expressly and unconditionally forever waive, release, discharge, and hold harmless Management; Management’s agents, employees, officers, directors, trustees, shareholders, parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, contractors, sponsors, third-party presenters, and all other persons or entities acting on its behalf; the Dallas Fair Park and its owners, operators, and managers; the City of Dallas; the State of Texas; and each of their respective officials, officers, directors, beneficiaries, members, trustees, shareholders, partners, agents, employees, representatives, successors, and assigns (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from any and all actual or potential, known or unknown, claims, demands, actions, judgments, damages, liabilities, losses, injuries, costs, or expenses (including attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your or any Minor’s attendance at the Event; entry into, presence in, or viewing or Participation in the Activities; or use of equipment or property supplied by any Released Party, WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY THE NEGLIGENCE OF ANY RELEASED PARTY, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

6. You agree not to institute or assist in the prosecution of any claim or action against any Released Party arising from entering the Activity Area or Participating in the Activities. IT IS YOUR INTENTION AND DESIRE TO FULLY AND KNOWINGLY SURRENDER AND WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO SUE OR EXERCISE ANY LEGAL RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM THE RELEASED PARTIES, ON BEHALF OF BOTH YOU AND ANY MINOR. This release is effective and binding upon the heirs, agents, personal representatives, and assigns of you and any Minor.

7. You consent to Management obtaining any reasonable emergency medical treatment for you or any Minor, at your expense, in the event of illness or injury. These terms are in addition to any other assumption of risk, waiver, or release accepted in connection with attendance at the Event.