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# GRINDCON 2026: A NEW ERA**Two days. Two experiences. One weekend built for creators, artists, and entrepreneurs ready for what’s next.**
GrindCon returns to Boston for its **8th year**, bringing together creators, artists, founders, industry leaders, and culture-shapers for our biggest evolution yet.
This year, GrindCon takes over Boston for a full weekend:
## SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24
### CREATOR CAMP
**The Record Co. | 2 PM–10 PM**
This isn’t a panel day.
Creator Camp is about **creating, collaborating, and getting in the room.**
Step inside an immersive day built for artists and creators to work, connect, learn, and create alongside other talent and industry professionals.
Expect:
- Music creation and collaborative studio sessions
- Writing and recording rooms
- Producer cook ups
- Industry access and conversations
- A&R opportunities
- Networking with artists, producers, creators, and creative professionals
- Space to build real relationships — not just exchange Instagram handles
Come ready to work, meet people, create something, and leave with new connections.
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## SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25
### THE GRINDCON CONFERENCE
**ICA Boston | 1 PM–9 PM**
This is where **culture meets access, business, ownership, and opportunity.**
The GrindCon Conference brings together creators, artists, entrepreneurs, executives, founders, and decision-makers for a full day designed to help you understand the business behind your creativity — and meet the people building what’s next.
Experience:
- Powerful industry panels and conversations
- A featured fireside conversation
- Creator Office Hours with professionals across the industry
- Networking and brand experiences
- Creative wellness workshop
- Live performances
- Activations and interactive experiences
- Opportunities to connect directly with creators, executives, founders, and industry professionals
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## WHO IS GRINDCON FOR?
If you’re a…
**Creator building your platform.**\
**Artist building your career.**\
**Entrepreneur building a business.**\
**Producer, filmmaker, photographer, designer, marketer, strategist, or creative professional looking for your next opportunity.**
You belong in the room.
You don’t need millions of followers.
You don’t need to already have everything figured out.
You need the right information, the right community, and access to people who can help you move forward.
That’s what GrindCon is built around.
## THIS ISN’T A CONFERENCE WHERE YOU SIT IN A CHAIR ALL WEEKEND.
It’s about **access. Education. Community. Collaboration. Ownership. Opportunity.**
It’s about meeting someone you didn’t know before.
Learning something that changes how you move.
Creating something that didn’t exist before you walked in.
And putting yourself in rooms that could change what happens next.
**October 24–25, Boston.**
**Creator Camp × GrindCon Conference.**
### A New Era starts here.
**Get your ticket and get in the room.**
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Event venue
Institute of Contemporary Art, 25 Harbor Shore Dr, Boston, United States
Tickets
USD 28.49
Concerts, fests, parties, meetups — all the happenings, one place.