Here are the key dates for the Gradio Agents & MCP Hackathon you’ll want to keep on your radar:

* **May 20 – 26, 2025**: Pre-Hackathon announcements period ([huggingface.co][1])
* **June 2 – 10, 2025**: Official hackathon window (also the period during which sign-ups remain open) ([huggingface.co][1])
* **June 3, 2025 — 9 AM PST / 4 PM UTC**: Live kickoff YouTube event ([huggingface.co][1])
* **June 4 – 5, 2025**: Gradio Office Hours with MCP Support (Abubakar), MistralAI, LlamaIndex, Custom Components team, and Sambanova ([huggingface.co][1])
* **June 10, 2025 — 11:59 PM UTC**: Final submission deadline (last chance to push your Space and to join the org for sponsor credits) ([huggingface.co][1])
* **June 11 – 16, 2025**: Judging period ([huggingface.co][1])
* **June 17, 2025**: Winners announced ([huggingface.co][1])

[1]: https://huggingface.co/Agents-MCP-Hackathon "Agents-MCP-Hackathon (Agents-MCP-Hackathon)"