A touring Lego fan convention called Brick Cities rolls into the Clark County Fairgrounds in Springfield, Ohio, Saturday and Sunday, filling the hall with fan-built creations, vendor tables and a derby track for brick-built cars. The event runs both days from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with tickets sold by timed session rather than a single all-day pass.
According to WYSO Public Radio, the convention features a gallery of original creations built by fans from across the country, a vendor hall selling sets and minifigs from local resellers, a derby track for brick-built cars, a scavenger hunt, and open build and Duplo zones for young builders. The fairgrounds sit at 4401 South Charleston Pike in Springfield, a location the station describes as roughly 45 minutes west of Columbus and about 30 minutes from Dayton.
Saturday sessions are scheduled for 9 to 11 a.m., noon to 2 p.m. and 3 to 5 p.m., the same report notes, while Sunday's sessions run 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. Each ticket allows entry to one timed session chosen at registration, and children under 5 get in free.
What Visitors Will Find on the Floor
The national Brick Cities organization, which supports the Columbus-area stop, describes its events as built around hands-on building for every age, with plenty for the youngest builders, according to brickcities.org. Visitors can hunt for retired sets, rare minifigures and hard-to-find pieces from local vendors, show off their own creations, meet local Lego User Groups, and swap building techniques with fellow fans.
Ticket prices for the Springfield stop are $12 for kids, $17 for adults and $45 for families. Family tickets cover one or two adults and up to five kids.
A Tour Built City by City
Brick Cities is run by Mindy and Rob Warland from Roseville, Minnesota, and the organization plans to bring its tour to 18 cities across the country starting in fall 2026. Each stop is organized locally, with every show put together by people who live and build in that community, per the group's site. Model-display slots are reserved first for local Lego User Groups and Adult Fans of Lego before opening up to exhibitors from across the country.
A similar stop already played out this fall in Wisconsin, where Brick Cities Milwaukee brought a two-day convention to the Racine Civic Centre on September 26 and 27. That event, as reported by WPR, featured a gallery of fan creations, a vendor hall, a derby track, a scavenger hunt and open build and Duplo zones — largely the same formula headed to Springfield. Tickets there were likewise sold by timed session to keep the floor from getting crowded, with Saturday slots at 9 to 11 a.m., noon to 2 p.m. and 3 to 5 p.m., and Sunday slots at 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 4 p.m.
The Clark County Fairgrounds, sitting right off Interstate 70, is already known as home to some of Springfield's biggest events, according to visitgreaterspringfield.com. For families weighing a weekend trip, the venue's easy highway access and the two-hour session format give the convention a different rhythm than a typical all-day expo — one built, fittingly, brick by brick.
