Host your own piece of Disrupt: Apply to run a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
- ID
- 11946
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 07 Aug 2026, 10:30 PM
- Fetched
- 07 Aug 2026, 10:56 PM
- Provider
- TechCrunch
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/07/host-your-own-piece-of-disrupt-apply-to-run-a-side-event-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2026/
- Source URL
- https://techcrunch.com/feed/
Summary
- Score
- 2.5
- Created
- 07 Aug 2026, 10:56 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- saas_founders
What happened
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 runs October 13–15 at Moscone West in San Francisco, with official Side Events scheduled throughout the week of October 10–16. Applications to host a Side Event are free, close September 4, and hosts are responsible for their own venue, budget, registrations, and promotion while TechCrunch promotes the event through its agenda, app, and attendee emails.
Why it matters
Only relevant if you are already planning to attend Disrupt 2026 and want to leverage TechCrunch's attendee reach for your own meetup; otherwise this is a vendor event announcement with no actionable impact for builders not attending.
Discussion angle
Whether flying to SF for Disrupt week is worth the cost for Malaysian founders versus hosting a local community event — and how to weigh Side Event visibility against the logistics burden of running something in a city you don't operate in.