Conact me to go, there is overlap so I can't go to all.
World Championship Cheese
https://worldchampioncheese.org/
March 3-5
Madison, WI
Tinely Park Reptile show
World's biggest reptile show
March 14 - 15
Tinely Park, IL
Project Hail Mary premier
20 March
theaters everywhere
Gary con
DnD / TTRPG convention
https://tabletop.events/conventions/gary-con-xviii
Lake Geneva, WI
Mar 19-22
Nerdfest
TTRPG convention
https://tabletop.events/conventions/nerdfest-2026/badgetypes
March 27 - 29
Novi, MI
Frozen Dead Guy Days
https://frozendeadguydays.com/
https://www.visitestespark.com/events-calendar/winter-events/frozen-dead-guy-days/
Mar 27-29
Estes Park, CO
Songkran
Thai water festival
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songkran_(Thailand)
Chiang Mai, Thailand
13–15 April
Mountain Mushroom Festival
April 25-26
Irvine, KY
https://mountainmushroomfest.org/
Frühlingsfest
Like Oktoberfest, but with less tourists
April 17 - May 10
Munich, Germany
https://www.munich.travel/en/pois/markets-festivals/fruehlingsfest-munich
HAM Radio
May 15 - 17
Dayton, OH
Bun Bang Fai
Laos rocket festival
end of May-June
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Festival
Layer8
Social Engineering and OSINT
June 5-6
Boston, MA
Iceland camping
15-18 June
RedBull Flugtag
June 21
Chicago, IL
North Avenue Beach
Melukat cleansing Bali
https://www.bali-island.com/culture/the-meaning-of-melukat-in-bali/
June
DragonBoat races
27-28 June
Singapore
https://sdba.org.sg/race/singapore-dragon-boat-festival/
Summercon
Hacker Con
https://www.summercon.org/
July 10-12
New York
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/summercon-2026-tickets-1486402011429
OpenSauce
Software meeting
JULY 18 - 19, 2026
San Francisco
Pierogi Fest
World's largest
July 24-26
Whiting, IN
GenCon
Board game trade show
Indianapolis, IN
July 30 – August 2
DEFCON
First weekend in August
Las Vegas
Spirit Boat Procession
Nagasaki Japan
15 Aug
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_Boat_Procession
HOPE
Hacker con
2 days august 2026
New York
Dragon Con
Like ComicCon, but better
Sep. 3 – Sep. 7, 2026
Atlanta, GA
Makerfaire SF
https://bayarea.makerfaire.com/MakerFaireBayArea2026#/
Sep 25 – 27, 2026
Wiessen / Octoberfest
late Sep - Oct
Munich, Germany
Tinely Park reptile show
October 10 - 11, 2026
IETF
14 - 20 Nov
San Francisco
https://www.ietf.org/meeting/127/
Loi Krathong / Yee Peng
Thai lantern festival
24-ish NOV
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loy_Krathong
Chaos Communication Camp
Biggest Hacker Con
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_Communication_Camp
Hamburg Germany
2027
Mycofest ~ meh
Pennsylvania
Giant Pumpkin Regata
https://www.tualatinoregon.gov/pumpkinregatta
Portland, OR
18 Oct
All Things Open ~ meh
OCTOBER 19 - 20
Reilgh, nc
Dia de Los Muertos
Day of the Dead party and parade
31Oct - 2 Nov
Oaxaca, Mexico
https://gooaxaca.com/day-of-the-dead-in-oaxaca/
Krampusnacht
5 December
https://www.wanderingermany.com/where-to-see-a-krampus-parade-in-germany-krampuslauf-percthenlauf/
Munich Krampus Lauf: December 10,2023
Berchtesgaden: December 5, 2023
Pullman City: December 26th, 2023
Various Small Towns in the Oberpfalz Region of Bavaria: See Dates/Towns Here
spaceSalzburg (Austria): Multiple Dates Listed Here
Chaos Communication Congress
27–30 December ?
Hamburg?, Germany
National Havoc Robot League
https://www.nhrl.io/events
https://battlebots.com/events/list/
Spaceballs 2 premire
2027
Doesn't matter where, I'll be there
ThotCon
secret, sells out fast join mailing list
Secret location in Chicago
feb or may ? 2027
FOSDEM
Opensource planning
Brussels, Belgium
Feb ? 2027
Lunar New Year Singapore
6-8 Feb 2027
Singapore
Scale Linux
Southern California Linux Expo
https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x
March 2027
Pasadena, CA