IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES

First Round of Ticket Sales: Friday, November 1, 2024, Noon EDT
Second Round of Ticket Sales: Sunday, December 1, 2024, Noon EST
Third Round of Ticket Sales: Sunday, December 15, 2024, Noon EST
ShmooCon XX: Friday-Sunday, January 10-12, 2025

FIRST

Please review the General Ticket Information if you haven’t already. Additionally, ShmooCon 2025 will once again require all persons in attendance to be masked.  Go here to see health policy related information.


REGISTRATION PROCESS 

As a reminder, each round of ticket sales sells out VERY QUICKLY (seconds).

ShmooCon registration is a three-step process — first there is a reservation process, then we take a bit of time to verify all tickets were reserved fairly, and finally we send out payment links via email for folks to submit payment.

The registration link will appear on http://landing.shmoocon.org at noon on each of the sales dates.  There’s nothing there now, but that’s where you’ll need to be a few minutes before ticket sales start. Be ready to click that reg link!

Got it? You need to go the url above a few minutes before noon and watch for that reg link to appear. They call it F5 day for a reason!

After clicking the link and following the instructions there, you will find yourself in one of three states:

  1. You’ve got reserved tickets
  2. You’re on the waitlist
  3. Tickets are already sold out

If you’ve been allocated tickets:

  • Bravo!
  • Choose the number of tickets you want. Initial allocations let you choose one or two tickets (bring a friend!) but if you come from the waitlist, you may only be able to reserve one ticket.
  • You must complete the form within five minutes to confirm your reservation, otherwise your reserved tickets will release to the waitlist.
  • Save the transaction ID you receive, just in case you fumble-finger your email address.

If you are waitlisted:

  • Refresh the waitlist page every 45-60 seconds to keep your place in line.  There is no need to hammer the box.
  • If tickets are made available to you, follow the instructions above for allocated tickets.

Once reservations are complete and reviewed for shenanigans, we will contact you via email with a link to complete the purchase.  This is usually within 2 hours. If you don’t receive an email to purchase within 24 hours, contact us with your transaction ID and we’ll figure out what happened.  Reservations that are not paid within 48 hours of receiving the payment email are forfeit.

Once your purchase is complete, you will be issued a barcode for entry to the con!

If you’d like to know more about our thoughts and methodology around ticket sales, you can read about that here.


BARCODES

Because we can’t say it enough:

  • 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.

If you have any questions or concerns you can contact us here.