The schedule has been condensed to 14 weeks, with play happening every weekend, except the July 4th weekend.
Major League Pickleball (MLP) has announced the 2026 season schedule, starting May 22nd and ending August 30th.
The season kicks off in Dallas, at Pickler Universe, which will also host the first round of the playoffs.
Other stops on the 2026 calendar that were also 2025 stops include Pickle & Chill, in Columbus, Chaifetz Arena, in St. Louis, Austin Pickle Ranch, and Sportime Randall's Island in New York.
The Mid-Season Tournament will also be held in conjunction with the Beer City Open again, at Belknap Park.
New venues to the MLP circuit are St. Pete Athletic, the Newport Beach Tennis and Pickleball Club, and ESPN Wide World of Sports.
The venue for the eighth regular season stop of July 23-26 is still TBA.
A look at the full published schedule:
2026 Event
Event Dates
Location
Host Venue
MiLP
Jr. MLP
Regular Season #1
Fri-Mon, May 22-25
Dallas, TX
Pickler Universe
*
Regular Season #2
Thu-Sun, May 28-31
Columbus, OH
Pickle & Chill
*
Regular Season #3
Thu-Sun, June 4-7
St. Louis, MO
Chaifetz Arena
Regular Season #4
Thu-Sun, June 11-14
Austin, TX
Austin Pickle Ranch
*
*
Regular Season #5
Thu-Sun, June 18-21
St. Petersburg, FL
St. Pete Athletic
Regular Season #6
Thu-Sun, June 25-28
New York, NY
Sportime Randall's Island
*
*
Mid-Season Tournament
Wed-Sun, July 8-12
Grand Rapids, MI
Belknap Park
Regular Season #7
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