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No Brand Con 2026

Panel Applications for No Brand Con 2026 Are Now Open!

We’re excited to announce that panel submissions for No Brand Con 2026 are now open! Whether you want to plunge into in-depth analysis of your favorite series, hear bizarre industry stories you’d never expect, or just want some cosplay tips, it’s the a great way to spend your time. Importantly though, many of our panels are actually provided by our attendees just like you.

Fan run panels often provide the highlights of the convention, and we couldn’t do this without them. We also consider time hosting a panel as “double Volunteer hours,” which means hosting an hour long panel counts as two hours of volunteer time.

If you’re interested in submitting a panel for No Brand Con 2026, you can head on over to our Panels page. There you’ll find the rules along with our online submission form.

We’re excited to find out what you want to do!

No Brand Con 2026

No Brand Con Returns May 1-3, 2026 to Eau Claire, WI!

We’re excited to announce that not only is No Brand Con back, but that we’re returning to Eau Claire, WI as well! That’s right, No Brand Con XXI will be held May 1-3, 2026 at the Lismore Hotel.

No Brand Con started in Eau Claire, WI back in 2002, and we ran our first fourteen conventions here. And while we spent five cons in the Wisconsin Dells (and one year in Stevens Point), it’s continued to be our home. This is where our organization is based, and this is will always be our home. Moving to the Lismore is also a bit of a homecoming on its own – this facility (under its prior owners) was host to No Brand Con between 2006 and 2010.

Honestly we’re incredibly excited to be coming back this year, and we’re so happy it’s here.

One of the reasons we didn’t come back earlier is that this space is, honestly, a bit smaller than where we’ve been for a while. We will be scaling things appropriately to match, but I promise you that the experience will still be a full event worthy of the name No Brand Con. Because we’re literally the oldest anime con in Wisconsin (and the fourth oldest still operating anime con in the midwest), we know that we’re many attendee’s “first” convention. We’re determined to give you the big experience, and one heck of a “funn” time.

(Does anyone else remember that Chippewa Valley tourism campaign, or is it just us? It’s just us? Okay. Cool.)

Preregistration will be opening next week, and Vendor and Artist applications are open right now!