One of these days we will be able to announce the Cranky Dorkfest date for the next year at the current year’s event, but we aren’t quite there yet. Still, we have gotten much better about giving advance notice, and the 2026 edition will be on September 19.

I’ve been working with NYC Aviation to try to make sure that Cranky Dorkfest and SpotLAX are always together and roughly the same weekend every year, but there is a caveat. With NYC Aviation’s SpotLAX events stretching from Friday to Sunday, we won’t hold it on the regular weekend if one of the event days happens to be September 11. So next year, we’ll be running this one week later. I look forward to seeing everyone there.
I know that once I post this, some people will mark it and then others will forget. So, starting today, I now have a countdown timer in the site header that links to crankyflier.com/dorkfest. That is a new page that has all the details we know including an FAQ. (And just be aware that we don’t know anything right now other than the date and that the main event will be at the usual time of 11 am to 1pm.)
In case you missed it, there was a great article in Fast Company about the event, so head on over and read that to get excited about next year. See you in 338 days…!
