The ICGA/HOACGA 2025 MegaConvention
WHERE: Columbia, Missouri
WHEN: MAY 28TH – JUNE 1ST, 2025
2025 is the year of the MegaConvention, sponsored and organized through the partnership of ICGA and HOACGA. When you think of a MEGA carnival glass convention, double your expectations because that is what you will get. Amazing seminars by some of the most knowledgeable people in carnival glass, wonderful displays of carnival glass, and lots & lots of rare and hard to find pieces of carnival glass for sale. There will even be TWO auctions (one Friday with Contemporary Carnival Glass & one on Saturday with classic Carnival Glass) where you can personally touch and see the glass that is being sold.
The Plan: Double the fun, Double the Events, Seminars, and Activities – Double the Creativity and Planning
Convention Schedule
Note: All convention activities will take place in the Event Center. Casual Dress encouraged.
Wednesday, May 28th
5:00pm – Early Bird Dinner (Jimmy’s Family Steakhouse)
7:00pm – Setup in common room at hotel for Sale glass tables, Room displays
Thursday, May 29th
Morning – Free hot breakfast
7:30am – Setup in common room for Plate display setup/check-in; seller setup; room display setup
8:30 – 10am – Annual Business Meeting ICGA
10:15 – 11:15am – Seminar (HoC – Galen & Kathi Johnson)
11:15 – 12pm – Lunch on your own
12 – 3:30pm – Plate display check in
Concurrent with:
1:30 – 3pm – Gift swap/steal game
4 – 4:50pm – Seminar (Tim Cantrell & Sam Scott)
5:15 – 6:15pm – Carnival games
5:30 – 7:30pm – Welcome Party
6:30 – 8pm – Horse Race game (hosted by Tony DeMichael, assistant Brian Foster)
Friday, May 30th
Morning – Free hot breakfast
7 – 12pm – Viewing of the plate display
8:30 – 10am – Annual Business Meeting HOACGA
10:15 – 11am – MEGA Plate seminar #1 (Gary Sullivan – “What is a Plate?”)
11 – 12pm – Lunch on your own
12 – 1:50pm – Roundtable Seminars (6 separate tables)
2 – 3pm – MEGA Plate seminar #2 (Speakers to be announced)
3 – 4pm – Plate display check out
4 – 5:30pm – Dinner on your own
5:30 – 6:30pm – Contemporary Auction seminar (Tony DeMichael & Mitchell Stewart)
6:30pm – Contemporary Auction (Sheffield)
Saturday, May 31st
Morning – Free hot breakfast
8am – Sheffield auction preview
10 – 11:30am – Carnival Glass Roadshow (with Annie and the experts)
12 – 1pm – Banquet Brunch
1 – 2pm – Banquet Speakers Anne & Max Blackmore
2 – 3pm – Room Display awards, 50/50 winner announcement, and White Elephant auction
3:30pm – Sheffield auction (live)
5pm – 6pm – Free Auction munchies
Hotel
Hampton Inn & Suites at the University
1225 Fellows Place
Columbia, MO 65201
Booking Link
Group Code: 92K
Rate: $125 /night
Includes Breakfast