October 22-25, 2026
What is Duck Duck Shed?
Duck Duck Shed is a conference that behaves like a cultural experience.
CITYWIDE, PLACE-BASED FORMAT
Unlike traditional conferences held in a single venue, Duck Duck Shed unfolds across multiple iconic Las Vegas locations, from museums and casinos to galleries and entertainment venues turning the city itself into the classroom.
Members Exclusive Presale – July 1
General On Sale – July 8
OCTOBER 22-25, 2026
What is Duck Duck Shed?
Duck Duck Shed is about Las Vegas as a living cultural artifact - examined, debated, and told by the people who know it best.
EXPERIENTIAL, NOT JUST EDUCATIONAL
Attendees don’t just listen to panel discussions, they tour historic sites, view limited run exhibitions, and go backstage for once-in-a-lifetime interactions.
Members Exclusive Presale – July 1
General On Sale – July 8
OCTOBER 22-25, 2026
What is Duck Duck Shed?
Every conversation asks not just what was built but why, for whom, and what came next.
ARCHITECTURE + CULTURE + ENTERTAINMENT
Most design conferences focus narrowly on buildings. Duck Duck Shed expands the lens to include:
- Architecture and urban design
- Entertainment production (e.g., Cirque du Soleil, film, stadium design)
- Pop culture, spectacle, and lived experience
This blend reflects Las Vegas as a cultural system, not just a built environment.
Members Exclusive Presale – July 1
General On Sale – July 8
OCTOBER 22-25, 2026
What is Duck Duck Shed?
From neon to neighborhoods, resorts to repurposed structures, Duck Duck Shed reveals Las Vegas as a laboratory for experimentation and reinvention.
ACCESS TO THE PEOPLE WHO BUILT LAS VEGAS
Duck Duck Shed emphasizes first-person storytelling from architects and designers, developers and visionaries, entertainers, producers, and historians. This focus on lived experience and oral history gives it an authority and intimacy uncommon at conferences.
Members Exclusive Presale – July 1
General On Sale – July 8
OCTOBER 22-25, 2026
What is Duck Duck Shed?
Talks, site visits, performances, and dialogues woven together to create context by connecting entertainment and architecture to civic identity, spectacle to labor, fantasy to economics.
GROUNDED IN A SINGLE CITY, DEEPLY
Rather than being a traveling or generic industry event, Duck Duck Shed is hyper-specific: one city, one cultural identity, one evolving architectural story. That depth, rather than breadth, is a key reason it stands out in national and international coverage.
Members Exclusive Presale – July 1
General On Sale – July 8
OCTOBER 22-25, 2026
What is Duck Duck Shed?
Duck Duck Shed is not a tour from the outside looking in. It is an invitation to experience the city through firsthand stories from the people who shaped Las Vegas and turned desert into destination.
PRESENTED BY A MUSEUM, NOT A TRADE GROUP
Produced by The Neon Museum, Duck Duck Shed is mission‑driven rather than sales‑driven. There are no trade‑show floors, no product launches and minimal commercial sponsorship influence. The result is a curated, scholarly, but accessible experience.
Members Exclusive Presale – July 1
General On Sale – July 8
OCTOBER 22-25, 2026
What is Duck Duck Shed?
In Short...
DUCK DUCK SHED IS ABOUT DISCOVERING THE STORY.
Programs explore iconic landmarks and overlooked spaces alike, examining themes of risk, reinvention, labor, entertainment, infrastructure, and identity. From neon to neighborhoods, resorts to repurposed structures, Duck Duck Shed reveals Las Vegas as a laboratory for experimentation and reinvention.
This is not Las Vegas as spectacle alone. Duck Duck Shed is a proving ground for bold ideas, experimental approaches, and cultural reinvention in a city like no other.
Members Exclusive Presale – July 1
General On Sale – July 8
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