KONOPEX Expo 2026: Celebrating Europe’s New Era of Legal Cannabis

It’s official: Cannabis has arrived in the Czech Republic – legal, regulated, and full of potential.
And that’s exactly what KONOPEX Expo 2026 is celebrating with a bang, a bang, expert knowledge, and plenty of good vibes. From April 24th to 26th, 2026, the Trojhalí-Karolina complex in the heart of Ostrava will become the meeting place for everyone who wants to not only consume cannabis, but also understand it, shape it, and think ahead.

The ninth edition of KONOPEX is all about a new era: Since the beginning of 2026, the cultivation and processing of cannabis have been legal. What was long fought for is now reality – creating space for innovation, quality, exchange, and a strong industry built on expertise in cultivation, processing, and therapy.

Trade fair, festival & community – all in one place

Over 130 leading Czech and international exhibitors at KONOPEX will showcase what’s currently driving the hemp industry: new varieties, modern equipment, innovative processing methods, cosmetics, food, medical products and plenty of smart solutions for professionals and enthusiasts. In addition, there is:

attractive trade fair discounts
Product samples & tastings
Competitions and raffles
culinary specials
a colorful music and supporting program

In short: trade fair meets festival feeling

Knowledge galore: Lectures, workshops & Medical Zone

Those who want to delve deeper will find plenty to enjoy. Over three days, around 40 experts will present approximately 30 lectures – covering topics from medical applications and self-medication to cultivation, breeding and extraction, as well as legislation, legalization, technology and industrial use of hemp.

Right next to the lecture area is the Medical & Vapo Zone: Here you can test different vaporizers and exchange ideas with experts on cannabis therapy and vaporization – practical, relaxed and without any fear of contact. The workshops are a real highlight:
Make your own hemp ointment
Propagating plants
Mixing hempcrete
Experience extraction methods live
Watching, touching, understanding – that’s exactly what learning should look like.

Seeds, seedlings, gadgets & high-tech

Of course , seeds, young plants, growing equipment, and processing technology are also essential. In addition, there is hand-blown glass, smoking accessories, 420 and 710 gadgets, and accessories for solvent-free or solvent-based extraction.

Particularly exciting: A live demonstration of water extraction in a washing machine, as well as the option to have water analyses performed or the active ingredient content of your flowers and products measured . Nerd level: high. Knowledge gain: guaranteed.

More than just cannabis: The plant of the future

For three days, during the Konopex Expo, everything revolves around one of the most versatile plants on our planet. Hemp is not only convincing in medicine, but also in construction, the textile and paper industries, automotive manufacturing, food, cosmetics and animal care.

No wonder hemp is considered the “plant of the future”: sustainable, efficient, innovative – and has long since arrived in the home medicine cabinet of many generations.

Konopex: Celebrating legalization – and thinking ahead

The new legislation in the Czech Republic is not a perfect system, but it is a huge step forward Adults aged 21 and over are allowed to:
Grow up to 3 plants
Have 25g outside the home and 100g at home

Yes, the boundaries are debatable – but they mark the end of the criminalization of a plant that grew everywhere anyway. KONOPEX celebrates precisely this moment and looks to the future: social clubs, a regulated market, a greener future.

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