TICKET PRICE 

All general admission tickets for ShmooCon 2025 are $175.  

WHEN DO TICKETS GO ON SALE

Tickets for ShmooCon 2025 will be sold on Nov 1, Dec 1, and Dec 15, 2024 at noon, Eastern Time.  These dates are subject to change so please keep an eye on our news page or follow us on social media for updates. Be warned, tickets sell out very quickly.  Last year tickets sold out in just over 23 seconds across the three rounds of sales.

ShmooCon does not sell tickets at the door.

BE INFORMED

Please read the rest of the information found on this page.  You should also take the time to familiarize yourself with the information on our registration page which explains the actual reservation and purchasing process.

HEALTH POLICIES

ShmooCon 2025 will once again require all persons in attendance to be masked.  Go here for health policy related updates.

BARCODES

Everyone who purchases admission to ShmooCon will be issued a barcode.  Your barcode is extremely important.  It is your ticket into the con.

Anyone over the age of 12 attending the con will need a barcode.

ShmooCon Mantra:

  • There will be many barcodes, but the one we send you is your own.
  • Your barcode is your best friend.
  • Without it, you cannot get into the con.
  • Without the con, your barcode is useless.
  • Each barcode can only be used once, so if you share it the first one in the door wins.

CANCELLATION POLICY
 
Firstly, just because you bought a ticket it does not mean you’re entitled to a refund.
 
Bought a ticket and now you can’t make it to the con?  Give or sell your ticket to a friend (preferably at cost – see below), we don’t care!  Don’t have any friends?  Contact us and we may be able to lend you a friend for a day. (In other words, we may be able to work out a ticket exchange for you.)  If you’re still stuck in a bind and have a VERY good excuse, shoot us an email and we’ll try to work something out for you.

Absolutely no fees will be refunded after December 20, 2024.

SECOND HAND SALES

We know that this is a hot topic.  Let us first start by saying most of the feedback we get is that, in general, tickets are being sold to friends/co-workers/etc. at cost, or cost-plus-a-little-bit (where “plus” equals a beer at the bar, an extra $10 for the hassle, etc).  We’re alright with that.  Some tickets get donated to charity and auctioned off – we’re ok with that too.  Want to just give your ticket away to a poor college student or some other deserving soul?  That’s our favorite option by far!  

If you’re looking for a legitimate way to sell your extra ticket to a stranger – contact us.  We usually have a waiting list and as long as you are willing to sell the ticket at cost, we will help you sell it.   Transactions managed this way also protect the buyer as we will reissue the barcode to the new purchaser.  (FYI – This courtesy is only extended to sales processed through our waitlist since we are aware of the whole process.  We can’t and won’t do this for any transactions outside of this process.) 

Unfortunately, every year some tickets do end up on eBay or being resold via other avenues often at 2-3 times the original price.  We don’t approve of these tickets being sold for undeserved profit.  From what we can determine, this type of activity is a small percentage of overall sales and because of that we’ve pretty much chosen a monitor but do nothing approach.   If we see the volume increasing, we may take action but for now we’re of the mind to let the community police these sales.  The best way to stop these kinds of sales from happening?  Don’t buy them and encourage your friends to do the same.

Some things to note if you are considering purchasing a ticket directly from someone you don’t know:

  1. We don’t approve of it.
  2. We won’t get involved.
  3. You risk that barcode being sold again and our rules are the first one to the door wins.

And yes.  Sometimes bad things happen.  One poor guy showed up with a code purchased on eBay and it was bad at the door.  If memory serves it was actually a barcode from the year prior.  Could this have been done in error? Maybe…and we’re not sure how it got resolved but he wasn’t let into the con with the bad barcode.

In summary – BUYING TICKETS FROM OTHERS IS DONE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

DEFINITELY READ THIS

ShmooCon supports the free and open exchange of information.

We are proud to have attendees with unique and diverse viewpoints on just about any topic.  We want to foster the exchange of ideas among attendees and think the community benefits from inclusiveness.  To that end, we are committed to providing a friendly, lively, and welcoming environment for all.  

For your part, please be awesome to one another.

What is awesome?  In the most simplest terms it means tolerance and respect.  Be helpful, be kind, be responsible.  It makes the experience better for everyone.  Marginalization, intimidation, and harassment are examples of what is not awesome and will be addressed accordingly.

If someone is not being awesome to you or you see someone not being awesome, please tell a staff member or contact us at security@shmoocon.org (active and monitored 24/7 for the duration of the conference). If you, yourself, are not being awesome, be aware that the consequences are yours to bear.  This may include being asked to leave the conference without refund and/or dealing with the proper authorities should it be warranted. 

We value our attendees, speakers, and all our volunteers – they (you!) are why we come together every year and we hope you will work with us to keep ShmooCon amazing.

OTHER TICKET TYPES

Shmooze-A-Student – Where we team up with our attendees to get even more students attending ShmooCon.  This is a limited offering via an application process.

Press Registration – We allow a limited number of vetted Press into the conference each year.

QUESTIONS

All questions should be directed here.