Keycon 2026 Planning

[CPTBadAss]

Here we go! We are pleased to announce the Keycon 2026 Location Vote and Survey!

The 2026 host location options and local lead volunteers are:
Boston area led by Bassett and l.amp
Chicago area led by tzdanows (PRIME)
New York area led by resistancefrequencies

Please vote and share your preferences:  https://bit.ly/keycon2026-location-survey

Voting will be open for 2 weeks, closing Aug 25th

Thank you! 🙏🏽

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KeyCon 2026: Call for Host City Nominations (Updated on 6/27/25)

Thanks to District Keyboards and the Washington DC mk community for hosting a great KeyCon 2025!

Following the KeyCon Framework, we are now open for other host cities to submit their applications for consideration to host KeyCon 2026.

The planning committee will choose up to two additional qualifying cities (see criteria in form) along with Chicago (the runner up for 2025), for the community to vote on for 2026. If no additional proposals are received by the deadline or are selected by the committee, Chicago will be the default location for 2026. If there is a runner up city for 2026, they will automatically be included as a 2027 host city for voting.

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT: JULY 25, 2025

KeyCon 2026 Host City Nomination Form:
https://forms.gle/mKp2RLw51bHCkbNJA

[CPTBadAss]

Voting for 2026 is now available. See the OP for more info!

[Na-aroénna Doubt-Ender]

I would think that the list of future cities on page 2 should be consistently listed by metropolitan statistical area (MSA), and not city population. For two quick examples, Atlanta and Miami only rank at a paltry 36th and 42nd by population as cities, despite being the 8th and 6th biggest metro areas in the US. Ranking strictly by city limits cuts out some obvious hubs for conferences and travel (e.g. Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Pittsburgh), essentially lists some areas more than once (e.g. Phoenix-Mesa, the San Francisco Bay), and includes some extremely small metro areas that aren't even near easy travel hubs (nothing against these places, of course, but it just feels odd when more convenient/larger places are excluded: e.g. Colorado Springs, Omaha, Tucson, all out of the top 50 MSAs by population). It's a bit confusing as it is because there are some metro areas listed (Dallas-Fort Worth) but not others, and it's unclear how this list was created between the list of cities by population vs MSA by population. Just a thought.

[rmendis]

I would think that the list of future cities on page 2 should be consistently listed by metropolitan statistical area (MSA), and not city population. For two quick examples, Atlanta and Miami only rank at a paltry 36th and 42nd by population as cities, despite being the 8th and 6th biggest metro areas in the US. Ranking strictly by city limits cuts out some obvious hubs for conferences and travel (e.g. Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Pittsburgh) essentially lists some areas more than once (e.g. Phoenix-Mesa, the San Francisco Bay), and includes some extremely small metro areas that aren't even near easy travel hubs (nothing against these places, of course, but it just feels odd when more convenient/larger places are excluded: e.g. Colorado Springs, Omaha, Tucson, all out of the top 50 MSAs by population). It's a bit confusing as it is because there are some metro areas listed (Dallas-Fort Worth) but not others, and it's unclear how this list was created between the list of cities by population vs MSA by population. Just a thought.

Thanks for the input. These are good points, we can certainly add more cities to that list.

I think the form allows for "Other" where you can write in another city if you like.

However, and most importantly, as you can see from the bottom of the original post above, any city can submit a nomination to host KeyCon. We only received 3 nominations this year, and all three are on the voting form.

For those who are disappointed that your city is not an option for hosting this year, please encourage your local community to organize and submit a nomination next year. =)