Goatmire Elixir 2026

28th of Sep - 2nd of Oct. Varberg, Sweden. Sweden's largest, smallest, best and worst Elixir conference.

Tickets

A third of the tickets are gone. We have not announced most of the line-up yet. Be warned that they might move fast as we announce more.

Acquire your passage!

Workshops

Also some of the most popular workshops have had som capacity added, the wait list has been slurped in and they are likely to get oversubscribed shortly again. We will announce more workshops but I don't believe we'll be able to expand some of these hardware ones very much. So take a look and commit fast if you can.

Speakers - Ends soon!

Those who dare speak will find our Call for Talks bids them welcome.

Seriously though. We want speakers of all experience levels from all parts of the world. Take a look. The previous conference was a blast.

Sponsors

If you think your company can and should support the conference we are actively talking to sponsors now. You can just respond to this

For a sense of influences for this Goatmire. Enjoy the show Lifa by Heilung. More influences to be shared.

The Con of the Goth

I lived in Gothenburg / Göteborg for some dozen years. I've been a Magic gatherer, tabletop roleplayer and board gamer since way earlier. As I lived in Gothenburg I obviously needed to attend GothCon.

I'd say the model is similar to FOSSDEM in terms of being a volunteer-run not-for-profit event. Ideell förening in swedish terms. I don't think it grows much, it uses all the available space at the school where it is located, it doesn't shrink. It endures.

The formula is known, minor things are tweaked through the years, the bulk of it is known and works.

It is always during the long weekend of easter which means this is how I celebrate easter. I'm not religious, barely spiritual, but I do like a tradition. A ritual. And we have friends that come a decent way.

So off I go. Second time my daughter (soon 6 years old) joins me for a part of the event to play a bit.

Hope you also have time off and that it is good however you spend. I recommend board games.

I'm here on email or on Bluesky and the Fediverse if you want to share. You can just reply to this email :)

Thank you for reading. I appreciate you.