Clear 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 largest celebration of fats liberation returns to the King Avenue Ballroom & Perch, and the theme? Fats Defiance. Sure, ma’am. They’re not simply displaying up, they’re displaying out.
However wait, there’s extra.
This 12 months, Fats Con is teaming up once more with its ultra-sultry sibling occasion, Fatlesque Fest NW, taking place January 15–17 at The Triple Door, for a full five-day ThickMAS takeover that’s equal elements glitter, grit, and ground-shaking fats delight.
What’s in Retailer at Fats Con 2026?
Let’s discuss headliners:
Ronald Younger Jr., podcasting powerhouse behind Weight For It, is serving keynote realness. He’ll be joined by an all-star solid together with Lindy West (Shrill), the at all times daring Jay Atlas (aka The Unhealthy Activist), and the badass trainers from All Our bodies Robust in Portland.
They’ve additionally bought:
• A Trend Present powered by the fashionable geniuses at The Plus Bus
• A Pool Celebration (sure, actually!) sponsored by the inclusive icons at Snag Tights
• A particular screening of Empire Waist with a stay 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 floor; Fats Con will characteristic over 30+ hours of programming throughout activism, tradition, wellness, model, and pleasure. Whether or not you’re coming to get impressed, to bop it out, or to seek out your fats household… that is the area for you.
Why Fats Con Issues
In a world the place weight loss plan tradition retains shapeshifting (hello, Ozempic), Fats Con 2026 stands as a radical act of defiance. As Mx. Pucks A’Loads, Fats Con Director and total icon, says:
“We’re right here to remind everybody that our price isn’t measured in kilos misplaced… Food plan tradition is large enterprise, and these companies earn money off of creating us dislike ourselves.”
We couldn’t agree extra. Fats Con is reclaiming area, honoring the legacy of Fats Black ladies activists, and making room for everybody who’s been advised to shrink. And like Lori Collins, Programming Director, says:
“We make area for the unheard to have a voice, for the invisible to really feel seen, the lonely to be in neighborhood.”
That is about greater than only a weekend. That is motion. That is household.
Snag Your Tickets, Babes
Prepared to hitch the revolution in sequins? Tickets are on sale now:
• Fats Con: www.fatcon.org
• Fatlesque Fest NW: www.fatlesquefestnw.com
And since we love you (and we know you’re keen on deal), we’ve bought an unique low cost only for our TCF fam:
Use code CURVYFASH25 for 25% off your Normal Admission Move to Fats Con, which covers all three days, together with the style present, the pool social gathering, and each single wonderful minute of programming.
So, inform your crew, seize your tickets, and prepare to point out up, present out, and rejoice your self at Fats Con 2026. That is fats pleasure at its most interesting, and we are able to’t wait to see you there.
