What can you expect at ConnectiCon XXIII this July 16-19, 2026 at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford?

ConnectiCon is a four-day fandom festival that takes over the Adrien's Landing District of Downtown Hartford, our event celebrates all things geeky and fun from anime and video games, comics and traditional tabletop board games, live music, dance performances and competitions, stand up comedy, live magic shows, live trivia, game shows, a free play arcade, after-hours block parties, educational and entertaining panels and workshops, celebrity guest appearances, dedicated youth programming, screenings, cosplay, fan meet-ups and so much more!

At the Connecticut Convention Center, we utilize every inch of space possible of the more than 500,000 sq ft venue to create memorable experiences for our members:

Exhibit Hall A is an 80,000 sq ft exhibit hall featuring nearly 350 booth spaces for vendors, game publishers, craft makers, artists, illustrators, and sponsors. Exhibit Hall B is a 60,000 sq ft exhibit hall featuring our celebrity guest encounters, a trading card game tournament space (seating up to 256 players), a free play arcade with over 60 arcade machines, and console gaming area with over 100 consoles set up for casual and competitive play, the venue's food court, and the Cosplay Championship Wrestling arena! In the prefunction space of the exhibit hall, we host group cosplay photo shoots, and offer professional cosplay photography in our photo suite.

On the esplanade level, the convention center offers snacks and beverages, on the riverside, on the cityside esplanade we host fandom hangouts.

Up on the ballroom level, we have two programming items starting every 15 minutes all day long amongst our two (2) main performance stages, eight (8) panels rooms, our ages 21+ Trivia Tavern, our new fan meet-ups area "Entered the Chat", and the new Daily Market space with up to 40 vendors interested in setting up and selling for a single day of the convention instead of the full weekend, as well as our cosplay craftsmanship judges, and other cosplay guests.

Over at that Hartford Marriott Downtown we host events Thursday starting at 2pm, and starting at 8am on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday using another 10,000+ sq ft of event and meeting space our tabletop board games, roleplaying games, miniatures games; our Kids' Zone activity area; two (2) panel rooms; a screening room; our cosplay recovery, rest, and repair center; and an indoor cosplay group photoshoot location.

Our partner, Convivial Fest hosts ticketed live music events followed by complimentary, official after parties on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night's at venues across the street starting at 11pm!

Refund Policy -
ConnectiCon does not offer refunds. ConnectiCon will let you use your unused memberships for any future ConnectiCon as part of its rollover policy. Unused memberships are automatically available for use in the future. Shipped badges must be mailed back to ConnectiCon's office postmarked no later than July 15th to rollover.