Costume ContestHalloween 2026
October 31 falls right in the middle of Hackfest. Bring your best costume: the winner walks away with $500.
- Judging
- Sat. Oct 31, 5:40 PM
- Where
- Closing ceremony, room 306B
- Sign-up
- None
- Access
- Hackfest badge
No sign-up: show up in costume with your Hackfest badge.
How to enter
No form, no line: all it takes is the nerve to wear the costume.
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Come in costume
Wear your costume at Hackfest on Saturday, October 31, with your Hackfest badge.
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Meet the judges
The judges pick the winner during the closing ceremony, Saturday at 5:40 PM, in room 306B (Track 1). Be there in costume.
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Win $500
The best costume wins $500.
Judging
During the closing ceremony, Saturday October 31 from 5:40 PM to 6:30 PM, in room 306B (Track 1) at the Quebec City Convention Centre.
Criterion
Just one: the Hackfest committee has to like your costume. Originality, effort, humour or a hacker theme, anything goes to win them over.
See you in costume
Saturday, October 31: wear your costume at Hackfest, then head to the closing ceremony at 5:40 PM in room 306B. Your badge and your best costume are all you need.