Fun K-Town 2026: Knoxville's Grooviest Board Game Weekend

Fun K-Town is like family game night, except now your family is a few hundred people who love board games and you've got almost 1000 games to choose from!

Fun K-Town is a three day, family friendly weekend filled with board gaming for the greater Knoxville area and beyond. Invite your friends, and try the latest games on the board gaming scene. Bring your family, and see how far games have evolved from Monopoly and Scrabble. Check out a game from the Game Library, or just sit down to learn the Game of the Hour.

Whether you are looking for new gaming friends or planning on hours of fun with old ones, this is THE place to have Fun in K-Town. You will want to be sure to block out your whole weekend because you won't want to leave until the doors close.

Whatever you do, don't wait to sign up. 2026 is our 6th year, and we expect another sellout event.

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Event Hours

• Friday (Noon to Midnight)
• Saturday (9am to Midnight)
• Sunday (9am to 6pm)

Attendees are welcome to come and go during the event. Children badges are available for those 12 and under. (Attendees 16 and under are required to have a parent in attendance.) Have a group of 10 or more? Contact Mike Randolph ([email protected]) for a group package.

How does Fun K-Town work? On your first day, come to the Fun K-Town registration table, with your Eventbrite app or printed ticket. You will be given a name badge and a brief orientation. From there you can select a game from the Game Library or Community Games, head to the Game of the Hour area for a quick start, try a Play to Win game or play something you brought to share with others. "Players Wanted" and "Teacher Wanted" flags are available to let other attendees know you have room for one more or need a little help to get started.

What is the Game of the Hour? Fun K-Town created the Game of the Hour for two purposes: make it easier for folks new to game conventions to quickly engage and provide a chance to quickly learn some popular games. The Fun K-Town team has a selection of games that will be taught on a schedule on Friday and Saturday. The games will be light to medium weight games that can be taught quickly several times throughout the hour. The play times will vary from 15 to 60 minutes but there will be no rush to finish. When it is time for the next Game of the Hour, the teacher will just move to the next set of tables. There is nothing to sign up for. Just show up in the Game of the Hour area and let the teacher know you are interested in learning their game.

In addition to our Weekend badges, we are offering Daily badges this year. (You will want a Weekend badge to enjoy all Fun K-Town has to offer.) We also have Premium badges that provide access to the Poplar Avenue parking lot.

Premium Weekend badges include a reserved space for the weekend.

Premium Daily badges provide access to the unreserved spaces on a first come - first served basis.

(Due to Convention Center policies, upgrading to a Premium badge at the parking lot is not allowed.)

FUN K-TOWN POLICIES

Just like board games, Fun K-Town has a few rules to make the event enjoyable for everyone.

Fun It's no mistake Fun K-Town start with "fun." Make sure your good time is not preventing someone else's fun. Keep in mind this is a family friendly event. We ask that you not bring games with a mature theme. (I'm looking at you - Scrabble After Dark!)

Food and Drinks The Knoxville Convention Center does not allow outside food. Please limit food and drinks in the gaming area. Nothing kills a great game quicker than being flooded by a soda. To help protect the games, we ask that drinks in the game room have a cap or lid. And unless you are bringing your mom, you must clean up after yourself.

Smoking and Alcohol Our event is smoke and vaping free. Smoking can be done outside the building, but under state law (TCA Section 39-17-1804), you need to be far enough away from the building that smoke doesn't waft back into the facility. No outside alcohol can be brought into the venue.

Photos Throughout the weekend, we will be taking photographs and videos to use as future event promotion or to share with our sponsors so they can see their donations in action. Attending the event is consent to your image being used in this manner.

Community Games We encourage everyone to bring games to play with their friends, new and old. Please make sure that all games are labeled with the owner's name inside the lid! (Games brought to Fun K-Town will add to the fun but will be at the game owner's risk.) If you are willing to let others borrow your games during the event, there will be Community Games tables along the walls. Games on these tables will be considered available to the group to borrow during the event. Games stored under the tablecloths are for the owner's use only. If you borrow a game, please appreciate the owner's trust that the game will be returned exactly as it was found.

Fun K-Town is a division of IBC, Inc.

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