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PAWCon 2026 is scheduled for Nov 6-8, 2026 in San Jose, United States. The announced theme is Experiments Gone Fuzzy. The charity partner is WRAP (Westie Rescue and Placement of NorCal).
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The whole convention and one Snack Social token
Adds the convention T-shirt, a second Snack Social token and a PAWCon clipboard
Adds a third Snack Social token and an embroidered lab coat
Adds the cocktail reception, which is 21+, and a fourth Snack Social token
There are THREE rates per tier and the cheapest has already gone. The 10 dollar early-bird ended on 31 May 2026; the figures above are the current pre-registration rates, and each rises 5 dollars again at the door, to 75, 105, 140 and 200. Pre-registration itself closes in early October, which the convention has not dated more precisely. There is no discount on day passes. A government photo ID showing your birthdate is required and the name must match the registration. Attendees aged 16 to 18 need the convention's own consent form; an email or phone call from a parent is explicitly refused. PAWCon moved to ConCat in 2025 and accounts are not shared between conventions, so a ConCat login from another con does not work here.
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A year-by-year record of this convention
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Edition cancelled
The convention did not run. The organisers said there was no way to host it both safely and enjoyably, and carried every paid registration forward to 2021 rather than running a reduced event.
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2027
Dates TBA
2026
Nov 6-8
Theme
Experiments Gone Fuzzy
2025
Nov 7-9
Theme
Pirates of the PAWcific
2024
Nov 8-10
2023
Nov 3-5
2022
Nov 4-6
Theme
Pawston Paradise
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PAWCon 2025 drew 1,700 attendees to San Jose. The convention raised $8,233 for the Milo Foundation during its high-seas adventure.
PAWCon 2024 welcomed 1,578 attendees to San Jose and raised $8,400 for Jelly's Place, continuing the event's steady post-pandemic growth.
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Party Floor extended to Sunday night for 2026
PAWCon's Party Floor is a 247-entry shared-balcony layout: guests enter through room 247, then rotate room-to-room along an open shared balcony where 21+ themed parties run in parallel. Historically the floor ran Friday and Saturday nights only, but for 2026 the convention extended the Party Floor to Sunday night, announced on Bluesky on 19 February 2026 alongside reg opening.
Theme-rotated tier names: Lab Rat, Test Subject, Lab Assistant, Mad Scientist
PAWCon renames every registration tier each year to match the theme. 2026's "Experiments Gone Fuzzy" runs Lab Rat / Test Subject / Lab Assistant / Mad Scientist instead of the fandom-standard Attending / Sponsor / Super Sponsor / Patron. 2025's "Pirates of the PAWcific" used a Pirate ladder (Crew / Captain / etc.), and the names rotate every year with the theme.
UnderPAW: a Saturday-night 21+ adult-vendor window inside the Shopping District
The Shopping District is otherwise SFW and runs daytime hours (Friday noon-7 PM, Saturday 10 AM-6 PM, Sunday 10 AM-4 PM). But on Saturday night only, the same hall converts into UnderPAW, a 21+ adult-vendor market running 10 PM to 2 AM, with setup starting at 8 PM. Vendors openly display adult art, toys, and kink wares during the window; merchants apply separately via `[email protected]`.
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