Indiecon 2026

Compression or Compassion?

Pull yourselves together, because pressure is up! Do we surrender? Or escape? Fight back? Or wiggle through? At Indiecon, we raise the flag of compassion, share strategies and tactics — and an outlook on what keeps us going.

What’s new?

There’s a new schedule for your Indiecon weekend: Indiecon Conference takes place on Friday and Saturday. The public Fair opens on Saturday afternoon and Sunday.

Indiecon Conference

Friday, Sept. 4: 1pm–8pm 
Saturday, Sept. 5: 9am–2pm

Indiecon Conference is back — with two days of talks, workshops and many opportunities to chat, eat and spend time with spectacular people from all over the world.

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Indiecon Fair

Saturday, Sept. 5, 2–9pm
Sunday, Sept. 6, 11am–6pm

Join us at the Fair to browse and buy independent publications, have a chat and a snack. As always, admission is free.

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Program

Join us for conversations on the future of local news, unexpected superpowers of zine culture, the cutting edge of editorial design or archival practices on the frontlines.

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About

Indiecon is a three-day publishing festival based in Hamburg, Germany. It brings together the creators of independent publications from all over the world.