Drone light shows in Dallas, Texas
Art, ambition, and a skyline made to look up to. Create a custom drone light show for the people, ideas, and milestones at the heart of your Dallas event.
Plan your Dallas showPhoto: Gattacal · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2017 city photograph · resized / WebP.
Made for this moment
A conference reveal downtown, a neighborhood gathering, or a celebration on the wider metro’s event grounds can each tell a different Dallas story. We connect the creative direction with the setting: what guests can see, where the fleet could operate, and how the final formation fits the occasion.
Starbound Labs designs the show and brings the performance together. Our Spectra drones, in-house firmware, and Starbound OS software connect the creative work with the fleet and team on the ground.
Meet the team behind the lightsGive the city a reason to look up
Your occasion sets the direction. We shape the creative around it.
Bring people together for a city celebration, a seasonal gathering, or a festival finale with a story your community can share.
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Turn your logo, product launch, or company milestone into a reveal that reaches beyond the stage.
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Names, meaningful symbols, and a personal message in light. Make your celebration feel unmistakably yours.
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Build anticipation, celebrate your team, or create a shared moment for the people cheering together.
Explore the possibilitiesShow imagery illustrates creative possibilities, rather than performances at specific Dallas venues.
Rooted in Dallas
Local inspiration. A story made for your audience.
The Dallas Arts District’s performance spaces and museums suggest a show built around shape, color, and movement. Deep Ellum offers a different musical starting point. We can develop those influences into an original sequence for your event, with a clear visual thread that guests can follow from the main viewing area.
A community celebration inspired by Bishop Arts or a festival gathering at Fair Park should reflect the people behind it. Share the local symbols, stories, and music that matter to your audience. We translate that brief into formations while reviewing public access, crowd movement, and the ground space a performance would require.
For a Dallas company milestone or convention reception, an outdoor finale can give guests a shared closing moment. A product outline might become a pattern, then resolve into a logo or message. Downtown buildings, street activity, and the route from the reception to the viewing area help determine whether that idea works at the proposed venue.
Dallas sports celebrations can extend well beyond city limits: the Cowboys and Rangers play in Arlington. A fan gathering could use team colors and a licensed mark, but the stadium, game schedule, and viewing location all matter. We review the actual event restrictions and avoid treating a stadium booking as permission to fly.
For a wedding in Dallas or a private celebration in Plano or Frisco, the final image can be intimate even when the canvas is large. Names, a date, or a shared symbol can anchor the story. We start with the venue address, tree lines, neighboring properties, and guest positions before shaping the production.
The Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge and the Trinity corridor can inspire a Dallas composition. A skyline view alone does not establish a flight site: bridges, roads, trails, land ownership, and aviation activity need individual review. We look for a readable viewing direction and a separate launch and performance area before developing the final design.
Stadiums, stages & gathering places
Explore major event settings in Dallas and the wider metro.
Use these venues as starting points for your event plan. Each listing is a potential setting for individual review, with venue participation, permissions, launch and flight space, airspace, and show timing confirmed before a performance is agreed.
Stadium & major events
Dallas, Texas · Fair Park
A potential setting for sports and large gatherings. Review the event schedule, applicable football flight restrictions, crowd layout, and an independently suitable launch area.
Official venue websiteFairgrounds & civic celebrations
Dallas, Texas
The Esplanade and other outdoor spaces provide event-planning starting points. Check the selected space, campus event calendar, landmark structures, public access, and operator permissions.
Official venue websiteOutdoor concert amphitheater
Dallas, Texas · Fair Park
Concert concepts require coordination with the venue’s production team. Stage timing, roof and lawn sightlines, surrounding activity, and launch separation would shape feasibility.
Official venue websiteUrban park & community events
Dallas, Texas
A central gathering space with an event-permit process. Its deck-park setting, nearby towers, roads, trees, and public circulation make a separate site review essential.
Official venue websiteStadium & fan gatherings
Arlington, Texas · wider metro
An Arlington setting for sports and brand event concepts. Assess roof configuration, exterior viewing areas, controlled airspace, and event-specific restrictions with the venue.
Official venue websiteBallpark & event grounds
Arlington, Texas · wider metro
The Rangers’ ballpark is in Arlington, not Dallas. An outdoor viewing plan must account for the retractable roof, neighboring venues, game-day restrictions, and a separate flight footprint.
Official venue websiteThe airspace is part of the plan
The right starting point is your exact venue, launch location, show height, and date.
For each proposed show, we check current FAA maps, NOTAMs, temporary flight restrictions, and the complete flight area. Nearby airports and military facilities are part of that review, alongside other local aviation activity.
Review the proposed show volume against current airspace boundaries and FAA facility maps. The venue address, height, and operation determine which authorization is required.
Between Dallas and Fort Worth · regional airport
Official facility informationAn important consideration for west-metro and airport-corridor sites. Review the actual flight area rather than applying a single airport-distance rule.
Include this city-owned general aviation airport when reviewing Oak Cliff and southwest-area plans. Current airspace, traffic, and the entire proposed show volume require assessment.
Relevant to north-metro venues and business-event locations. Verify the current airspace and appropriate FAA process for the proposed location and altitude.
Downtown review also needs to account for helicopter activity and landing facilities, not only airline airports. Assess the specific rooftop, ground site, and flight volume.
Fort Worth, Texas · west side of the wider metro
Official facility informationFor plans extending west toward Fort Worth, review installation restrictions and base coordination requirements separately from FAA authorization. Contacting the base does not itself authorize a flight.
Where the flight area requires controlled-airspace authorization, we identify the applicable FAA process. LAANC may be available for eligible operations; airspace authorization for operations using an operational waiver follows the FAA’s designated process through FAADroneZone. An airport phone call is not a substitute for the required FAA authorization.
FAA authorization guidanceQualifying sporting events can trigger temporary flight restrictions affecting stadiums and surrounding areas. We review the applicable notices and show timing; venue permission or a routine airspace authorization alone does not remove these restrictions.
FAA stadium guidanceThe show plan also determines operational waiver requirements, including a multiple-aircraft waiver where one pilot operates multiple drones. New operational waiver applications use the FAA’s Aviation Safety Hub. Venue and landowner permission, crowd separation, and any local event permits are handled alongside the aviation review.
FAA waiver guidanceThe City’s Office of Special Events reviews outdoor temporary activities. City event approval, park or landowner consent, and aviation permissions are separate parts of planning.
Official planning guidanceDallas & the surrounding area
Tell us about your venue, whether it’s in the city or the wider metro. We’ll look at the proposed launch space and how your audience will experience the show.
Dallas, Arlington, and Fort Worth are distinct cities. Include the full address when planning across the metro; venue permissions and airspace depend on the actual site.
From the first conversation to the last light
We discuss your date, venue, audience, and creative direction, then review the setting and production requirements.
Our team builds the formations, movement, lighting, and choreography. You can explore the design before the performance.
We coordinate the show setup and on-site operation, with the site and conditions reviewed before flight.
A few things you might be wondering
We can review an event in Arlington as its own location. AT&T Stadium and Globe Life Field are outside Dallas city limits; send the precise venue and viewing-area addresses so the correct permissions, airspace, roof configuration, and event restrictions can be assessed.
Start by sharing the address, event date, and any venue information you have. We review the proposed launch area, audience viewing position, access, surrounding airspace, and site conditions before confirming whether a show is feasible.
We welcome enquiries for Dallas and surrounding communities including Irving, Arlington, Plano, Frisco, Richardson, and Garland. Every venue needs its own site and airspace review.
Yes. We design formations, colors, animation, and choreography around your story. Tell us which brand elements, personal details, and music matter to the event so we can discuss the creative direction.
Pricing depends on the number of drones, creative scope, event location, travel, and production requirements. Share your plans and we’ll prepare a quote for your event.
Contact us as soon as you have a date and a possible venue. Early planning gives us time to review the location, develop the show, and coordinate the event requirements. Availability depends on your date and production needs.
Weather is part of the planning and show-day review. We discuss operating conditions and contingency arrangements with you before the event; the final decision to fly depends on conditions on the day.
Your place. Your people. Your story.
Tell us about your event, your date, and the moment you want to create.
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