Transparent your calendars and pack your glitter, boo! Fats Con is coming again to Seattle, and this time, it’s bringing much more fats pleasure, resistance, and unapologetic fabulousness. From January 16–18, 2026, the West Coast’s biggest birthday party of fats liberation returns to the King Side road Ballroom & Perch, and the theme? Fats Defiance. Sure, ma’am. They’re no longer simply appearing up, they’re appearing out.
However wait, there’s extra.
This yr, Fats Con is teaming up once more with its ultra-sultry sibling match, Fatlesque Fest NW, taking place January 15–17 at The Triple Door, for a complete five-day ThickMAS takeover that’s equivalent portions glitter, grit, and ground-shaking fats delight.
What’s in Retailer at Fats Con 2026?
Let’s communicate headliners:
Ronald Younger Jr., podcasting powerhouse in the back of Weight For It, is serving keynote realness. He’ll be joined by means of an all-star forged together with Lindy West (Shrill), the all the time daring Jay Atlas (aka The Unhealthy Activist), and the badass running shoes from All Our bodies Robust in Portland.
They’ve additionally were given:
• A Style Display powered by means of the trendy geniuses at The Plus Bus
• A Pool Celebration (sure, in reality!) backed by means of the inclusive icons at Snag Tights
• A distinct screening of Empire Waist with a reside Q&A from filmmaker Claire Ayoub
• Poster-making with Seattle’s personal Companions in Print
• Neighborhood connections with NAAFA and Govt Director Tigress Osborn
And that’s simply scratching the outside; Fats Con will characteristic over 30+ hours of programming throughout activism, tradition, wellness, taste, and pleasure. Whether or not you’re coming to get impressed, to bounce it out, or to search out your fats circle of relatives… that is the gap for you.
Why Fats Con Issues
In a global the place vitamin tradition helps to keep shapeshifting (hello, Ozempic), Fats Con 2026 stands as an intensive act of defiance. As Mx. Pucks A’Masses, Fats Con Director and general icon, says:
“We’re right here to remind everybody that our value isn’t measured in kilos misplaced… Vitamin tradition is large trade, and those companies earn a living off of constructing us dislike ourselves.”
We couldn’t agree extra. Fats Con is reclaiming house, honoring the legacy of Fats Black ladies activists, and making room for everybody who’s been instructed to shrink. And prefer Lori Collins, Programming Director, says:
“We make house for the unheard to have a voice, for the invisible to really feel observed, the lonely to be in neighborhood.”
That is about greater than only a weekend. That is motion. That is circle of relatives.
Snag Your Tickets, Babes
Able to sign up for the revolution in sequins? Tickets are on sale now:
• Fats Con: www.fatcon.org
• Fatlesque Fest NW: www.fatlesquefestnw.com
And since we like you (and we know you like a just right deal), we’ve were given an unique cut price only for our TCF fam:
Use code CURVYFASH25 for 25% off your Basic Admission Go to Fats Con, which covers all 3 days, together with the fad display, the pool celebration, and each and every unmarried wonderful minute of programming.
So, inform your workforce, take hold of your tickets, and get in a position to turn up, display out, and have a good time your self at Fats Con 2026. That is fats pleasure at its greatest, and we will be able to’t wait to look you there.
