Major League Pickleball Announces 2026 Season Schedule

The schedule has been condensed to 14 weeks and once again features several The Dink MiLP events.

Major League Pickleball (MLP) has announced the 2026 season schedule, starting May 22nd and ending August 30th.

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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.

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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:

Adding another weekend of playoffs is interesting. The playoffs will still end the same exact way as they did in 2025, with San Diego and then the finals at CityPickle at Wollman Rink.

Additionally, both The Dink MiLP and Junior MLP events will be taking place throughout the schedule, as noted above.