Parking

Lecture schedule

All lectures begin at 8 p.m.

ANNE APPLEBAUM and GEORGE WILL with FAREED ZAKARIA
The Linda and Mitch Hart Lecture
Tuesday, October 6, 2026

LISA DAMOUR
The Goldman Sachs Lecture
Tuesday, October 20, 2026

JOSÉ ANDRÉS
The Gaedeke Group Lecture
Tuesday, November 10, 2026

ERIK WEIHENMYER
The Oncor Lecture
Tuesday, December 8, 2026

ZACK KASS
The Associa Lecture
Tuesday, February 2, 2027

ARTHUR BROOKS
Fifth Third Bank Lecture
Tuesday, March 2, 2027

SANNA MARIN
The Clements Foundation Lecture
Tuesday, April 6, 2027

VLADIMIR KARA-MURZA
The Anita and Truman Arnold Lecture
Tuesday, May 11, 2027

Priority Parking – M Pass
Priority parking for the Tate Lecture Series Board of Directors and Stage patrons is directly behind McFarlin Auditorium. Parking credentials are required and mailed with the season tickets. The M lot is located immediately west of McFarlin Auditorium. Enter from McFarlin Boulevard. Please review M-lot exit procedures here.

Reserved Parking – Q Pass
Reserved parking for Orchestra Gold patrons is located directly off Daniel Avenue between Hillcrest Avenue and Airline Road. Parking credentials are required and mailed with the season tickets. The Q lot is located between the Law Quad and Fondren Science Building. Enter from Daniel Avenue or University Boulevard.

Reserved Parking – BB Pass
VIP parking for patrons with a BB pass is located on Bishop Boulevard. Enter from Mockingbird Lane. Parking credentials are required and mailed.

General Parking
Parking is available on the SMU campus in the Daniel Parking Center at the corner of Hillcrest Avenue and Daniel Avenue, or at the Airline Parking Center at the corner of Daniel Avenue and Airline Road. Parking credentials are not required.  

Disabled Parking and Assistance
An entrance ramp for disabled access is located at the southeast corner of McFarlin Auditorium. 

Parking is available with disability parking credentials in designated spaces on campus.

Hearing devices are available at no charge at the box office.

To request an accommodation on the basis of a disability, please contact the Tate office in advance of each event at 214-768-8283.

Parking Map