AdeptiCon 2026 Dates, Location, and Ticket Details Confirmed for Milwaukee

AdeptiCon 2026 lands at the Baird Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from March 25 through March 29, filling five days with tournaments, workshops, and the kind of painting displays that make you immediately feel bad about your own brushwork. The convention is scheduled to host over 1,250 tabletop miniatures events across those five days, making it one of the densest concentrations of hobby programming anywhere on the calendar.

Tickets went on sale Sunday, January 11, 2026. If you missed that window and were hoping to register for specific events, check the official AdeptiCon site directly, as the event lineup was available to preview at the time tickets opened.

The Baird Center gives the convention room to breathe in a way that cramped hotel ballroom setups never can. Expect halls running Golden Demon-caliber painting entries, armies hauled in from across the country and beyond, and enough game tables to spend the full five days without running out of things to play. And it is not just a 40k and Age of Sigmar affair. As r/Adepticon user Asleep_Taro8926 put it after attending in 2025, "Beyond Warhammer, almost every major wargame or skirmish game in the industry is represented in the hall. There are so many exhibitors it might be easier to list those not attending!"

If you are planning ahead for 2027, hotel logistics deserve early attention. Venue-connected hotels typically open bookings in the summer before the convention, and according to Asleep_Taro8926's community guide posted to r/Adepticon, those rooms for 2026 were already sold out by mid-2025. AdeptiCon does offer a discount for on-site rooms, but as the guide notes, "they go fast." The practical advice: set up instant-buy alerts and watch the official site around Summer 2026 for 2027 availability.

On the badge question, skip the shipping option. Asleep_Taro8926 is direct about it: "I recommend not shipping your badge to your home. If you lose it before the event, no big deal, you can use a standard ID to enter most events. Plus, picking it up at the con takes just about 5-15 minutes and saves you shipping fees." For anyone flying in with a bag already straining under the weight of a transport case, that is one less thing to track.

Ticket prices and individual event registration details were not confirmed in available sources, so verify those specifics through AdeptiCon's official channels before making travel plans.