Leon,
If you could find a second reason for people to come to Dallas, you could get a nice gathering outside of locals.
I would try to fly in if I could get my buddy Jerry (gabrinus) to drive down for whatever show.
Jerry, you listening?
You could also look for corresponding events on websites like this to find reasons for people to make a weekend of it:
https://www.visitdallas.com/
I'd love to see the Mavericks play.
Steve