🫳 #GrafanaCON 2026 talks are available on demand! Just in time for some weekend viewing.
Don't miss talks like:
• GrafanaCON 2026 Keynote
• New #OpenTelemetry engine
• k6 2.0
• Planet-scale dashboards at Google
And more that won't fit in this toot: https://grafana.com/events/grafanacon/
"We're allergic to false claims... We really need to make sure this stuff is actually useful and provides real value. And we're confident that it does." - Raj Dutt
Catch the #GrafanaCON 2026 keynote recording & see how open observability is evolving: https://youtube.com/live/UazoZQHW0kI
🧡 GrafanaCON isn’t just about what we’re building...
It’s about who we’re building it with.
The conversations, connections, community stories, and the energy of builders coming together from around the world.
Thank you to everyone who made #GrafanaCON 2026 what it was.
Until next time 🧡
Last week Paul and I took the stage at #GrafanaCON 2026 to present the dashboard-framework: our open source project that helps platform engineers and users generate dashboards with data for multiple needs.
I got to play with NFC tag, #Grafana Tamagotchy, Doom, and got to meet cool people! We're heading home with a lot of new things that I can't wait to implement and bags of stickers for the team!
Huge thanks to Shanna and @RichiH for the help and for bringing such a great event to life <3
“But can it run Doom?”
TamaGROTchi is one of the projects from a recent Hackathon, featured at the #GrafanaCON 2026 Science Fair.
We've been cookin'... 🍳
#Grafana 13.
Loki evolution.
Grafana Assistant for self-managed users.
#AI Observability in public preview.
We can't fit all of the #GrafanaCON 2026 announcements in 1 toot!
See them all: https://grafana.com/blog/grafanacon-2026-announcements/
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We’ll be livestreaming the keynote on April 21 at 9 am CET. Watch here: https://grafana.com/events/grafanacon/agenda/keynote/
Grafana 13.
Loki's new storage engine.
Alloy's new OTel engine.
k6 2.0.
AI that's actually useful.
Use cases from LEGO, Irish Rail, and ocean conservation robotics.
Plus a new interactive AI demo station this year.
#GrafanaCON 2026 in Barcelona, April 20–22: https://grafana.com/events/grafanacon/
At most conferences, the labs are an afterthought. At #GrafanaCON they're a reason to go!
This year there are six hands-on labs running, and they're exactly what they sound like. You're building things and making progress.
What's available:
🔸 Shift left with reliability testing: A hands-on introduction to k6
🔸 Getting started with OpenTelemetry instrumentation: A practical playbook
🔸 Alloy in action: Build telemetry pipelines with OpenTelemetry and Prometheus
🔸 Dashboarding 101: Best practices to build and edit Grafana dashboards
🔸 AI inception: Using AI to build a Grafana plugin that uses AI
🔸 Advanced dashboarding: Build and manage dynamic Grafana dashboards at scale
Labs are limited capacity with group discounts up to 40% off. Grab your spot: https://grafana.com/events/grafanacon/hands-on-labs/
👏 The #GrafanaCON 2026 agenda is now live.
Open observability highlights
• Grafana 13
• Loki’s new storage engine
• Alloy's new OpenTelemetry engine
• k6 2.0
• Actually useful AI and building AI agents
Use case highlights:
• Observability at the LEGO Group
• Ocean conservation at DIGI4ECO with Grafana, robotics, and AI
• Building a railway monitoring platform with Grafana at The Irish Rail
• Observability for LLM inference
• Business observability at Drive Terra (from e-bike battery health to inventory)
• Monitoring distributed services at the Python Software Foundation
Plus... hands-on labs, an interactive AI demo station 🆕, community party, Ask the Experts booth, and the Science Fair.
Tickets AND hands-on labs are 30% off. See the agenda and register before we reach capacity: https://grafana.com/events/grafanacon/agenda/
Grafana Labs
Lorenzo