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Macstock IX: Share!
Get Your Weekend Pass:
Get ready for Macstock in 2025!
Register for your 3-Day Weekend Pass & experience a weekend packed with knowledge, fun, and unforgettable memories.
Weekend Pass (Fri – Sun)
$449
Macstock’s All Access Pass!
July 11, 12 & 13, 2025
- All Featured Sessions & Workshops
- Lunch Provided (Fri-Sun)
- Commemorative Macstock IX T-shirt!
- Free Digital Pass Included: On-demand Recordings of All Sessions (avail. post-Macstock)!
- Access to Macstock’s Official Evening Activities (Subject to Change)
- Bonus Swag!
The Macstock 9 Digital Pass
Can’t make it to Macstock in person this year but want to catch on-demand recordings of the talks for 2025?
The Digital Pass delivers Macstock’s Friday, Saturday, and Sunday sessions to you on-demand approximately 30-45 days after Macstock Weekend!
Meet Macstock’s Speakers
We have an incredible lineup of speakers who will be sharing their knowledge, workflows, and tech tips at this year’s Macstock! If you haven’t yet, click check out this year’s schedule for see all 3 Days of fantastic Workshops and Sessions at Macstock this year covering anything and everything Apple.
Mike Burke
Chris Cooke
Katie Fawkes
Brian Flanigan-Arthurs
Jeff Gamet
Dave Ginsburg
Kelly Guimont
Marty Jencius
Will Jencius
Jill McKinley
Doc Rock
Mike Schmitz
Kirschen Seah
Allison Sheridan
Brittany Smith
Brett Terpstra
Coming to Macstock IX!
3 Full Days of Talks
Macstock has something for everyone, from beginners to experts! With the theme Share, we’ve got a schedule designed to appeal to Mac and iOS fanatics of all skill levels.
Bonus Evening Fun
Whether it’s Ecamm’s Sweet Connections dessert party Friday or Mac Geek Gab taking the stage live on Saturday, Macstock keeps the fun going all weekend long!
Lifelong Memories
Macstock’s talks are always amazing, but it’s the people you meet, conversations between sessions, and the friendships that form that make the weekend truly unforgettable.
Macstock’s Sponsors
Meet the amazing companies that we’ve partnered with for Macstock IX!
Macstock's Premier Partner: Ecamm
Where to find Ecamm at Macstock 9:
Ecamm Studios
All Weekend in Acorn II
Ecamm’s “Sweet Connections” Meetup
Friday, July 11 @ 7:30pm-8:30pm
Acorn I & II
90 Minute Workshop:
Katie & Doc
Saturday, July 12 @ 9:00-10:30am
Main Ballroom
Ecamm is back to partner with Macstock this summer at Macstock IX!
Showcasing their flagship product, Ecamm Live, our friends at Ecamm will be at Macstock all weekend long showing off the latest ways to live stream, record, and present! Whether you’re just starting out or are an experienced presenter or streamer, you’ll be able to join Ecamm in the Ecamm Studios throughout the weekend to experience, hands-on, the latest updates to Ecamm Live, learn new ways to improve your presence on Zoom, YouTube, Twitch, or even the classroom or office!
Not quite sure about being on camera? Don’t miss their Workshop Saturday morning to help you Unlock Your On-Screen Superpower!
Ecamm has a fantastic community of supportive users making them a perfect fit for Macstock and our own amazing family of Mac users. If you’d like to learn more about Ecamm and Ecamm Live, please visit https://ecamm.com/
Give-Away Sponsor: OpenCase
Macstock would like to welcome first-time sponsor, OpenCase! Offering a line of products designed to solve issues with MagSafe like easy access to the bare back of an iPhone for more effective charging, keeping MagSafe accessories from sliding around, slimming down the combo of accessory + case and reducing the overall weight, OpenCase has the solutions you’ve been looking for.
In addition to a special discount just for Macstock attendees, OpenCase will also be giving away cases to three lucky Macstock attendees!
Macstock’s Venue & Hotel:
The Elara Convention Center
at Holiday Inn Crystal Lake
**Hotel Block is Now Closed **
800 S Illinois Rte 31, Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Please see our Other Area Hotels page for other options in the area. Thank you!
Important Update!
(May 29, 2025)
*** The hotel block is now FULLY BOOKED. ***
I’ll be working with the hotel to expand the block if more rooms become available, but in the mean time, there are a number of other hotels within very short distance to the Elara Convention Center. I’ve included information about those hotels on an Other Area Hotels page.
If you would like a quick email to let you know IF more rooms become available, please Contact Me!
Macstock News
Sweet Connections at Macstock 9!
Come join Ecamm and your fellow Macstock Attendees Friday, July 11 @ 7:30pm for Sweet Connections! Wind down after the first full day of sessions and come hang with the Ecamm Fam! Ecamm will be hosting an hour-long networking mixer for Macstock attendees with desserts...
Meet Macstock’s Presenters
Day One: July 11, 2025 Marty Jencius Counselor educator, podcast producer, and AI advocate bringing over two decades of innovation to academia and tech. Kelly Guimont A longtime Apple writer, podcaster, and speaker who brings wit and insight to her tech commentary...
Mac Geek Gab is Back!
Yep, that's right! Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete, and Adam Christianson are all back this year to continue what's now become a Macstock tradition of recording an episode of Mac Geek Gab LIVE from Macstock's Main Stage! Expect a little live tech troubleshooting as you'll...