NCTRCA — A Night at the MET Gala 2026

✦ ✦ ✦ North Central Texas Regional Certification Agency

An Extraordinary Evening

Date

Friday, August 7, 2026

Venue

Live! By Loews Arlington, Texas

Blue Carpet

5:30 PM

For more than 34 years NCTRCA has championed the advancement of certified small businesses, regional artists, and the enterprises shaping the economic landscape of North Texas. This year that legacy takes the stage in its most extraordinary form yet.

Fashion is Art · Art is Enterprise

A Night at the MET Gala is NCTRCA's 2026 premier signature experience. A museum-inspired evening where enterprise, culture, and influence converge under the theme Fashion is Art. Art is Enterprise. An iconic gathering of the region's most influential business leaders, civic institutions, industry shapers, and dynamic enterprises united by sophistication, purpose, and the shared belief that North Texas deserves nothing less than extraordinary.

The evening opens on the Live Blue Carpet at 5:30 PM, moves through the immersive Art of Influence Gallery and Silent Auction during cocktail hour, and unfolds into a full gala program of keynote addresses, awards, and performances before closing with the exclusive Midnight Gallery afterglow experience.

This is not simply an event.
It is a cultural moment.
And every seat, every conversation, and every connection that happens inside that room will carry the weight of something far greater than a single evening.

The Evening Unfolds

August 7, 2026 · Live! By Loews Arlington, Texas

5:30 PM

Live Blue Carpet Opens

Your arrival is the first act. Come dressed for the moment. Own your entrance.

6:00 PM

Cocktail Reception

Art of Influence Gallery & Silent Auction. Where creativity and commerce speak the same language.

7:15 PM

Gala Program & Dinner

Keynote. Awards. Performances. Every moment curated with intention.

10:00 PM

The Midnight Gallery

The official afterglow. Intimate. Electric. Exclusively for those who knew the best was still to come.

Attire

Fashion is Art · Black Tie · Museum Couture

This is not a dress code. It is an invitation. Come as the fullest, most expressive version of yourself. Come as the art.

The Room Is Almost Ready

The Blue Carpet is being rolled.
The gallery is being curated.
The room is almost ready.

Secure Your Place

Make Your Entrance

Come dressed for the moment. Leave having shaped it.

Media Inquiries

KTA Media Group

Kayla Tucker Adams, Founder & Chief Strategist

214-403-9852
[email protected]
www.kaylatuckeradams.com

Sponsorship Opportunities

Angela Alexander

Executive Director, NCTRCA

945-274-3071
[email protected]
www.nctrca.org

NCTRCA Headquarters

NCTRCA

North Central Texas Regional Certification Agency

2261 Brookhollow Plaza, Suite 300
Arlington, Texas
817-640-0606