DreamHack is an immersive gaming experience where the community comes to life. At our festival, you come to experience professional esports tournaments, amateur and high school gaming tournaments, world-famous bring-your-own-computer (BYOC) LAN party, cosplay, art, activities, expo, screenings and more.
October 31, 2025 to November 2, 2025
We’ll be in Hall C of the Georgia World Congress Center.
You can find the venue here: 285 Andrew Young International Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA 30313
The festival entrance is located at Hall C, right entrance in the main lobby
Registration is located at the Georgia Ballroom on the 3rd floor
The following are each day’s opening and closing hours:
Friday: 10 AM – 10PM
Saturday: 10 AM – 10PM
Sunday: 10 AM – 6 PM
The following are each days opening and closing hours:
Friday: 10 AM – 6 PM
Saturday: 10 AM – 6 PM
Sunday: 10 AM – 6 PM
The following are each days opening and closing hours:
Friday from 10 AM until Sunday 6 PM.
The following are each days opening and closing hours:
Thursday: 2 PM – 8PM
Friday: 8 AM – 8PM
Saturday: 8 AM – 8PM
Sunday: 8 AM – 5PM
The festival rules can be found here.
If you are need for special accommodations, please fill out the disability accommodation request form prior to the event. For more information, check out our accessibility page.
No, DreamHack Atlanta is an Alcohol free event.
Join our Discord and talk to one of our community members! You can also contact our reps at support@dreamhack.com if you prefer email.
Children under the age of 13 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, and a parental or guardian waiver must be signed when collecting your tickets for anyone under the age of 18.
You can download and fill in the the age waiver form here.
As much as we love animals, they’ll have to remain at home. The only animals allowed inside the building are service animals.
Yes! You can find the positions of them on our festival map.
Yes you can. It must be empty but you are able to bring it into the festival.
Both IRL Streaming and recording footage is allowed and encouraged at DreamHack. However, it’s important to be respectful of our visitors! If, when you are IRL Streaming or filming, and a visitor asks you not to film or otherwise feature them in your IRL stream, you must cease filming them immediately. If you are IRL Streaming and not following this policy, you will be asked to leave the event.
All bags must be able to fit through security, and as such, we limit bag size to a standard rucksack/backpack size, i.e. no suitcases etc.
While we do not go out of our way to record people, you may be caught in videos used for marketing purposes. Please read section 6.8 on our rules page for a full breakdown of our video and photography rules.
At this time we are not offering a hotel room block.
You can buy tickets directly from our tickets page. We do not condone the selling of badges on third party websites – if you do buy from them be careful as we cannot confirm their validity.
DreamHack tickets are non-refundable. The only circumstance for a ticket refund is if the event is postponed.
You will receive a full refund within 60 days of the original event dates.
Children aged 12 and under are able to attend the festival for free but they must still have a ticket, so make sure to select a family pass ticket when you buy a 1-day or 3-day pass.
Yes you can! Make sure to select the option on Tixr with the blue banner before you login and use your credit or debit cards to confirm your payment. Please be aware that the payment plan option is just available up to one month before the festival start.
Yes! On Thursday, October 30, you can pick up your tickets in the Georgia Ballroom 3rd floor, between 2pm to 8pm.
Some tickets are easily upgradeable via your Tixr orders. Simply head over to “My Orders” and explore if any of the tickets you own are eligible for upgrades.
There may be some ticket or ticket types that aren’t upgradable.
No, you can have 1 person collect all the tickets and then distribute them among yourselves. This also applies during early ticket pick-up hours. One can pick up on Thursday, and give to each other on other days.
Journalists may contact the Office of Press Operations via or apply via our Press Accreditation site.
The only place that can assist with ticketing is our support line: support@dreamhack.com
All of the following parking related information is provided to us by the GWCC. For the most up to date and accurate information, please refer to their website, parking is handled by GWCC/SP+ not DreamHack.
Georgia World Congress Center Authority operates three surface lots and four parking decks on campus managed by SP+. There are more than 6,500 parking spaces to make visiting the GWCC convenient for guests.
The parking map for DreamHack Dallas at the Georgia World Congress Center provides essential information for attendees planning to drive to the event.
It’s a digital pass that you can either print out or you can have it on your phone. So when you get up to the cashier, it’ll be on your phone, scan it and you’re good to go. Or if it’s printed, scan it, you’re good to go.
GWCC parking facilities accept cashless payment options only. Additionally, the GWCCA Department of Public Safety officers patrol the lots and decks ensuring the safety of you and your automobile.
Please visit the GWCC Event Calandar for a complete list of upcoming events at GWCC. Simply select your event and complete the purchase process. (DreamHack may not yet be listed on the their website please return to a later date and check for our event)
There is a BYOC (Bring Your Own Computer) area at our event where you can join in our BYOC tournaments, and play games all weekend long.
Friday from 10 AM until Sunday 6 PM.
Once the BYOC LAN is open, it will remain open until the festival ends.
There will be no concessions available during the night for the BYOC.
We’d recommend the following:
– Your gaming rig: PC, monitor, mouse, keyboard, headphones, and other peripherals. Don’t forget the cables!
– Powerstrip extension (with multiple power outlets)
– Ethernet/network cable (about 50′)
Personal medication
– Water bottle – don’t forget to hydrate!
– Extra comfy clothes
Head on over to this link and purchase yourself the rental chair. Remember to show both your chair rental ticket and your BYOC ticket at registration!
Yes, a BYOC Parent Badge.
Additional area access to the BYOC for parents/guardians of minors to check on them throughout the festival.
What does this mean
You will be granted to the BYOC area within the event. No seat or table will be provided to you. We ask you not to stay in the area for extended periods of time, due to overcrowding concerns.
A valid festival ticket must be purchased for the parent of the BYOC Minor in order to receive the BYOC Parent badge that will grant you access to the BYOC area.
A parent badge does not come with a BYOC badge. It is a Festival badge that we extend additional access to.
Make sure to check out the festival rules list so you know exactly what you can and cannot do at the festival.
While we cannot discuss all aspects of the security measures we implement at our festivals, you can read more information about what is and is not allowed at the festival through section 1 on our rules page.
