{"id":153322,"date":"2026-05-08T11:48:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/?p=153322"},"modified":"2026-05-08T11:54:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:54:22","slug":"knobcon-returns-to-chicagoland-sept-11-13-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2026\/05\/08\/knobcon-returns-to-chicagoland-sept-11-13-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Knobcon Returns To Chicagoland Sept 11-13, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/suit-tie-guy-knobcon-2018-e1536717260354.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-100162\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/suit-tie-guy-knobcon-2018-e1536717260354-728x436.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/suit-tie-guy-knobcon-2018-e1536717260354-728x436.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/suit-tie-guy-knobcon-2018-e1536717260354-320x192.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/suit-tie-guy-knobcon-2018-e1536717260354-768x460.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/suit-tie-guy-knobcon-2018-e1536717260354-501x300.jpg 501w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/suit-tie-guy-knobcon-2018-e1536717260354.jpg 1196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Organizers of <strong>Knobcon<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;The World&#8217;s Only Synthesizer Convention&#8221; have announced dates for this year event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/tag\/knobcon-2026\/\">Knobcon 2026<\/a> will be held\u00a0September 11-13, 2026 at the Hyatt Regency Schaumburg, Chicago. The annual event features a trade show, lectures, synth DIY, live performances, a synth banquet and more. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Knobcon 14<\/strong> will span three days:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Friday, September 11th will features a welcome reception with live music, video art, and a cash bar.<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, September 12th will offer exhibits and workshops, followed by the synth banquet. Multiple live music and immersive video spaces round out the evening.<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, September 13 brings another day of exhibits, workshops, lectures and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/knobcon-2019-e1549126574714.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-105095\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/knobcon-2019-e1549126574714-728x380.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/knobcon-2019-e1549126574714-728x380.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/knobcon-2019-e1549126574714-320x167.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/knobcon-2019-e1549126574714.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/knobcon-2019-e1549126574714-575x300.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Early bird pricing for the event is now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knobcon.com\/index.php\">available<\/a>, with tickets $50 through May 31 ($75 at the event).<\/p>\n<p>Special rates are also available at the Hyatt Regency Schaumburg for the event. You can check in as early as Thursday, September 10 and enjoy the same room rate through Monday, September 14.<\/p>\n<p>The banquet is an optional event, priced at $75\/person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual event features a trade show, lectures, synth DIY, live performances, a synth banquet and more.\u00a0&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2026\/05\/08\/knobcon-returns-to-chicagoland-sept-11-13-2026\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Knobcon Returns To Chicagoland Sept 11-13, 2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[26920,36285],"class_list":["post-153322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-news","tag-knobcon","tag-knobcon-2026"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/suit-tie-guy-knobcon-2018-e1536717260354.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153322"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153324,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153322\/revisions\/153324"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}