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Cardinal (Film)	ConSuite (Room 210)	Emerald (Workshops/LARP)	Grand Ballroom Salon C (panels)	Grand Ballroom Salon D (Main Programming)	Grand Ballroom Salons A-B (Cantina)	Grand Ballroom Salons E-F-G-H (Dealer Room)	Greensboro Room (Gaming)	High Point Room (Panels)	Piedmont Salon 3	Piedmont Salons 1-2 (panels)

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Feature Film Block 1 4:00pm - 7:00pm

Room Closed 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Feature Film Block 2 8:00pm - 10:00pm

ConSuite Open 2:00pm - 8:30pm

Workshop: BottleCap Necklaces 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Workshop: Using Real-World Legends and Lore in Your Writing 3:30pm - 5:00pm

Workshop: Basic Leather Working 101 (fee) 5:30pm - 7:00pm

Room Closed 7:00pm - 8:00pm

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Ghost Stories with Tally 9:30pm - 11:00pm

Judging a Book By its Cover 1:00pm - 2:00pm

First Con / First ConGregate 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Geek Mental Health: Stories, Strategies, and Resources 4:00pm - 5:00pm

2026 Survey of North Carolina Science fiction and Fantasy 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Room Closed 7:00pm - 8:00pm

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Readings Hour Fri 9:30pm - 10:30pm

Sound Checks 1:00pm - 2:30pm

Folklore and Fantasy 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Alexandra Higgins in Concert 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Geeky Trivia for Chocolate! 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Opening Ceremonies 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Congregate: Fully Improvised! 8:00pm - 9:00pm

DJ McGuire Presents "Make Britain Great Again" in Concert 9:30pm - 10:30pm

Chuck Parker - unplugged 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Open Filking 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Con Stories on The Rocks 9:00pm - 10:00pm

Dealer's Room Open 2:00pm - 7:00pm

Signings: 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Signings: John Scalzi 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Signings: Richard Kadrey 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Signings: 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Open Gaming 2:00pm - 10:00pm

Pathfinder 2E: Dragon's Plea 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Gaming: Forbidden Island (with Wizards!) 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Gaming: Star Trek CCG (Rapid Variant, no deck needed) 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Starfinder 2E: Songbird Rescue 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Costuming: Where to start 1:00pm - 2:00pm

It's been 25 years Since WHAT Came Out? 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Candy Bullets: Humor in Action, Horror, and Dark Fantasy 4:00pm - 5:00pm

AI Inflection Point 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Room Closed 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Star Wars: After the Mando and Grogu 8:00pm - 9:00pm

Building Larger Than Life Costumes and Props: Challenges and Sol... 9:30pm - 10:30pm

YA Round Robin: Avatar and other Animated Shows 1:00pm - 2:00pm

After the Final Cut: Pathways for Indie Films 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Submitting to Film Festivals: Worth it or not 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Talking about Women in Film 5:30pm - 6:30pm

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YA Round Robin: How Spicy is too Spicy 8:00pm - 9:00pm

What's New in the Future of Science & Engineering 9:30pm - 10:30pm

Designer Aliens 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Are Vikings the New Pirates 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Statistics: Truth or Lie 4:00pm - 5:00pm

All Our Favorite "Stars" 5:30pm - 6:30pm

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Jim Beall Presents "Fusion" 8:00pm - 9:00pm

The Forgotten Cryptids 9:30pm - 10:30pm

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Fantasy Short Film Block 10:00am - 11:30am

SF Short Film Block 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Horror Short Film Block 2:00pm - 5:00pm

Hold for Film Festival Awards 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Wonderful Movies with Wonderful People: Live! 6:00pm - 8:00pm

ConSuite Open 9:00am - 8:30pm

Workshop: Irish Dancing 8:30am - 9:30am

Workshop: Independent Filmmaking From Start to Finish (Fee $10) 10:00am - 11:30am

Workshop: Basic Pattern Making 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Room Closed: We Suggest You Go Shopping or Eat!! 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Write Tighter; Write Better (fee $20) 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Paper Flowers 4:30pm - 6:30pm

World of Darkness LARP: 7:00pm - 11:00pm

Game Writing 9:00am - 10:00am

Online Media for Love or Money 10:30am - 11:30am

The Doctor's Villians 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Room Closed: We Suggest You Go Shopping or Eat!! 1:00pm - 2:00pm

60 Years of Star Trek 2:00pm - 3:00pm

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 3:30pm - 4:30pm

50 Years since 1976 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Law Enforcement for Writers: You Have the Right to Write it Righ... 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Attention all Planets of the Solar Federation: 50 Years Since Ru... 8:00pm - 9:00pm

Playful Voices: Chuck Tingle Readings (18+) 9:30pm - 10:30pm

It's now called Romantasy? 9:00am - 10:00am

Chuck Parker in concert 10:30am - 11:30am

Communicating Science - Part 1 (The Panel) 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Communicating Science - Part 2 (The Presentations) 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Costume Contest Set UP 2:30pm - 3:00pm

The ConGregate Costume Contest 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Short Stories to TV 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Blibbering Humdingers in Concert 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Auction Set up 7:30pm - 8:30pm

Charity Auction Merchandise View... 8:30pm - 9:00pm

Charity Auction in Support of the Food Bank at Greensboro Urban Ministry 9:00pm - 11:00pm

Alexandra Higgins unplugged 10:00am - 11:00am

Blibbering Humdingers - Unplugged 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Dad Jokes Hour 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Sam Montgomery-Blinn Unplugged 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Gray Rinehart - Unplugged 8:00pm - 9:00pm

Filk Circle - Unplugged 9:30pm - 10:30pm

Signings: Richard Kadrey 10:00am - 11:00am

Dealer's Room Open 10:00am - 6:00pm

Signings: Angela Giddings & Eli Rainwater 11:00am - 12:00pm

Signings: Gray Rinehart & Bruce Buchanan 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Signings: John Scalzi 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Signings: Sherrilyn Kenyon (at her table) 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Signings: EJ Isaacs & Dennis Myers 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Signings: Philip Kramer & Wayland Smith 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Signings: Tally Johnson & Mur Lafferty 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Signings Michael G Williams: & Bill Mulligan 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Open Gaming 9:00am - 10:00pm

Gaming: Abduction (1998) 10:00am - 11:00am

Pathfinder 2E: The Swordlord's Challenge 10:00am - 12:00pm

The Caves of Luna (EABA) 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Godzilla TCG (reformatted as a Board Game) 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Starfinder 2E: The Cantina Job 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Rapscallion 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Gaming: Jupiter Rescue (Cooperative Game) 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Pathfinder 2E: A Parchment Tree 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Workshop: Writing Your First Novel - How to Get from the Initial Idea to a Finished Manuscript 9:30am - 11:00am

Humor in Writing 11:30am - 12:30pm

Pre-judging for Costume Contest/Green Room 1:00pm - 2:30pm

Closed for Green Room 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Ask Jenn Whitworth Anything About Artemis 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Bridging the Gap: Empowering Women for a Diverse STEM Future 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Readings Hour Sat 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Intersection of Science & Art 10:00am - 11:00am

YA Round Robin: Camp Halfblood's Next Season 11:30am - 12:30pm

Room Closed: We Suggest You Go Shopping or Eat!! 1:00pm - 2:00pm

To the Moon, Alice, to the Moon! 2:00pm - 3:00pm

35 Years of Vampire: the Masquerade & The World of Darkness 3:30pm - 4:30pm

From Audio to Visual: How online media is changing 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Making Material Decisions 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Geeky and Nerdy Parenting 8:00pm - 9:00pm

But I'm Not Crazy! The Best Ideas of Mad Scientists, Supervillai... 9:30pm - 10:30pm

Inside the ConGregate Studio w/ John Scalzi (GOH Interview) 10:00am - 11:00am

Arcane Carolinas Live with Tally Johnson & Gary Mitchel: The Ghosts of Greensboro 11:30am - 1:00pm

Room Closed: We Suggest You Go Shopping or Eat!! 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Inside the ConGregate Studio w/ Richard Kadrey (GOH Interview) 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Small Press Publisher Roadshow (Sol, Prospective Press, Brain & Brain Press, Space Wizard Scienc... 3:30pm - 5:00pm

Book Launch!!! (Cheralyn Lambeth... 5:00pm - 5:30pm

Baen Books Traveling Roadshow and Prize Patrol 6:00pm - 7:00pm

The Mercenary Guild Annual Meeting 7:30pm - 8:30pm

Workshop: Flash Fiction Frights: Crafting Chilling Tales with Tally Johnson 9:00pm - 10:30pm

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Cardinal (Film)	ConSuite (Room 210)	Emerald (Workshops/LARP)	Grand Ballroom Salon C (panels)	Grand Ballroom Salon D (Main Programming)	Grand Ballroom Salons A-B (Cantina)	Grand Ballroom Salons E-F-G-H (Dealer Room)	Greensboro Room (Gaming)	High Point Room (Panels)	Piedmont Salon 3	Piedmont Salons 1-2 (panels)

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How To Make Your First Unreal Engine Short Film 10:00am - 11:00am

Before CGI Existed: The Artisans of Schlock 11:30am - 12:30pm

Horror in Motion: Adapting the Page for the Screen. 1:00pm - 2:00pm

ConSuite Open 9:00am - 2:00pm

Workshop: Let's Make a World: Discuss Worldbuilding & Then Make One Together! 10:00am - 11:30am

Workshop: Choosing the Right POV (fee $10) 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Cons in the Post-Pandemic Era 10:00am - 11:00am

Home Recording: The Best Tools 11:30am - 12:30pm

Science-Fiction & Fantasy: Now on Broadway! 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Gray Rinehart in concert 9:30am - 10:30am

The Value of Critique and other Writing Groups 11:00am - 12:00pm

Why We Love Our Fictional Paranormal Investigators? 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Con in Review 2:00pm - 3:00pm

DJ McGuire - unplugged 11:00am - 12:00pm

Alexandra Higgins - unplugged 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Dealer's Room Open 10:00am - 2:00pm

Signings: Mur Lafferty & Tally Johnson CANCELLED 10:00am - 11:00am

Signings: Sherrilyn Kenyon (at her Table) 10:00am - 11:00am

Signings: 11:00am - 12:00pm

Signings: 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Open Gaming 9:00am - 2:00pm

Pathfinder 2E: The Winter Queen's Dollhouse 10:00am - 12:00pm

Gaming: Martian Fluxx 10:00am - 11:00am

Gaming: Risk: Lord of the Rings 11:00am - 1:00pm

Readings Hour Sun 10:00am - 11:00am

Spaceship Design 11:30am - 12:30pm

It's been 10 years since... 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Two Woke Bonnets Breakfast Panel 10:00am - 11:00am

Designing an Escape Room 11:30am - 12:30pm

Costuming Outside Your Comfort Zone 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Tea 101: Presented by Moments in Tea 9:00am - 10:00am

Frail Flesh: A Look at Body Horror 10:30am - 11:30am

"Weird" Science: Unexpected Ways to Put Science in Science Ficti... 12:00pm - 1:00pm

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