Movin' On Up...

by Drykath
Posted on 1 day, 16 hours ago


They say go big, or go home. I guess we're doing both. So many of you figured it out from those teaser images, but to finally confirm it..

Motor City Furry Convention has a new home for 2026

It is indeed quite big:

A photo of the Renaissance Center

Yep! MCFC is moving to the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center in the downtown of Detroit.

We'll have a lot of space available to grow into. Not to mention there's a bit more parking available.

This move also brings some challenges, which we'll detail in due time, but all of those things we can work through together! The first of which...

A new place, but also, a new time

Motor City Furry Con 2026 is shifting to a slightly different timeframe: February 13 - 15, 2026.

Yep, you can make MCFC your romantic get-away this year! Specifically those dates are...

  • Friday, Feb 13 - Triskaideka fans rejoice. For everyone else: don't worry, it'll be fine.
  • Saturday, Feb 14 - Everyone is spending a lot of time in their rooms for some reason. Probably playing video games. I don't judge.
  • Sunday, Feb 15 - If neither of those are your thing, it may be a good day to look across the river to spot a maple leaf as it's Flag of Canada Day.

And since I know you're going to ask, we unfortunately don't yet know what the dates will look like for 2027 and beyond.

To some degree that depends on how 2026 goes. All we can do is work on making this convention a success and try to get into an even better position next time!

Hit the gas!

It took a lot to get here. The ink is still drying on some of the contracts (I got some on my fingers). Long story short, between that taking up some time and the earlier dates for 2026, we have 9 months to do a year's worth of planning. No pressure!

With that in mind, here's some anticipated timeframes. Note these are all our best guess at this point; we'll have specific dates to you as they become available:

  • Dealers applications are first up and will likely open within the next month or two. Watch for that announcement!
  • Panel submissions will likely open soon after that.
  • Registration and hotel room reservations, look for that in August or September!

As always the best way to get notified of these things is to follow us on social media. Links are at the bottom of the page.

Thanks, gamers. See you in February!