Update: The 2026 event has ended. Brick Fan Event Tampa ran August 8–9, 2026 at the Florida State Fairgrounds and is expected to return next year.
Tampa’s biggest LEGO gathering rolls into the Florida State Fairgrounds Entertainment Hall on August 8-9, and it’s built for anyone who’s ever lost an afternoon to a bin of bricks. Billed by Visit Tampa Bay as “Tampa’s Largest LEGO Convention,” Brick Fan Event Tampa fills the hall with two full days of builds, displays, and hands-on activities for kids and serious collectors alike.
The scale is the draw. Sprawling Brick City Displays turn tables into fan-built metropolises, and a working Moon Base sends a small monorail looping across its own miniature lunar landscape. Star Wars fans gravitate toward the Galactic Zone, where life-size brick lightsabers are out for anyone brave enough to pose with one. Anyone itching to build rather than just look can head to the interactive build zones — thousands of loose pieces are on hand to make “almost anything,” with finished creations displayed on a community art wall.
The event isn’t just for browsing. Guest speakers this year include Mark and Steven Erickson, winners of LEGO Masters Season 2, on hand for builder talks and Q&A. There are also race-ramp competitions and RC car races run entirely on brick-built off-road courses, plus a vendor floor stocked with new and used sets for anyone hunting down a specific piece or a discontinued figure.
Doors open both days from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. General admission runs $16 per person; children age 2 and under get in free. The Florida State Fairgrounds Entertainment Hall sits at 4800 US-301, just north of downtown Tampa — an easy, air-conditioned escape from the August heat, with the whole event contained indoors.
Brick Fan Event tours multiple cities each year, and Tampa is one of its regular stops rather than a one-off experiment — this is a production that’s run its early kinks out and returns with a track record behind it. For a family outing that doesn’t require anyone to sit still, or a chance to see just how far grown adults will take a childhood hobby, this is two days worth carving out of an August weekend.