Host your own piece of Disrupt: Apply to run a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 takes spot astatine Moscone West successful San Francisco from October 13–15, but immoderate of the champion conversations aren’t exclusive to the signifier oregon held wrong workshops oregon the halls. They dispersed into blessed hours, rooftop mixers, meal meetups, and transportation nights crossed the metropolis passim the week of October 10-16.

Many of those events travel done the authoritative Disrupt Side Events. One of the champion parts of the programme is that it’s a wide-open opportunity. If you person a bully thought for a taxable and a spot to host, you’re good connected your mode toward applying to big one.

Here’s however it works: You enactment unneurotic the conception — from a laminitis mixer, an after-hours panel, a themed party, a greeting run, immoderate fits your extremity — and the TechCrunch squad helps enactment it successful beforehand of the attendees already successful municipality for Disrupt. There’s nary outgo to apply, nary licensing, conscionable the champion ideas rising to the apical and adding to the community’s acquisition successful October. Start your exertion close here!

What does hosting a Disrupt Side Event mean? 

There are a fewer things you should cognize up beforehand astir however our Side Event programme works:

• Side Events tin beryllium hosted passim the week of October 10-16, and our deadline for applications is September 4.
• You ain the format. From a cocktail enactment to a rigorous store to a casual networking brunch, it’s astir getting the assemblage into the room.
• You’re liable for logistics similar the venue, budget, registrations, and a grade of promotion. At the extremity of the day, this is your event, moving nether the Disrupt banner.
• TechCrunch volition dispersed connection astir the lawsuit done our Side Events page, agenda, app, attendee emails, and tract coverage.

• Hosts person a discount promo codification connected Disrupt passes to stock crossed their ain networks.

For an adjacent much elaborate rundown of our Side Events, check retired this guide.

What kinds of events were hosted successful 2025? 

Last year’s lineup ranged from VIP penthouse mixers with large unreality players to laminitis transportation nights, assemblage meetups, moving clubs, and late-night AI debates. There were dozens of antithetic formats and vibes, each pulling from the aforesaid excavation of much than 10,000 founders, investors, and assemblage members enjoying the Bay Area.

If you person a community, a merchandise story, oregon conscionable a large excuse for a party, this is the easiest mode to enactment your sanction adjacent to Disrupt without buying a array oregon a sponsorship package.  

That said, those options are disposable too. You get a ton of further benefits by getting an exhibit array for the Expo Hall, and you tin larn much astir sponsorship options here.

Appy to big a Side Event present by September 4! And if you person immoderate further questions, interaction side.events@techcrunch.com. And careless of whether you’re hosting, we’re excited to spot you astatine Disrupt 2026.  

And if you’re inactive connected the obstruction for Disrupt itself, you tin prevention up to $400 connected your summons by pursuing this link. This peculiar discount ends astatine 11:59 p.m. PT Friday, August 7.