diff --git a/src/app/conf/2026/components/call-for-proposals.tsx b/src/app/conf/2026/components/call-for-proposals.tsx
index c91eccaeba..3e41d829fd 100644
--- a/src/app/conf/2026/components/call-for-proposals.tsx
+++ b/src/app/conf/2026/components/call-for-proposals.tsx
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ function DatesTab() {
         term="Event Dates"
         definition="Wednesday, May 6 - Thursday, May 7"
       />
+      <DefinitionListItem
+        term="WG Day"
+        definition="Friday, May 8 (9:30 AM - 4:30 PM)"
+      />
     </DefinitionListBox>
   )
 }
diff --git a/src/app/conf/2026/components/footer/index.tsx b/src/app/conf/2026/components/footer/index.tsx
index 447de91ebc..acbb0ad274 100644
--- a/src/app/conf/2026/components/footer/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/conf/2026/components/footer/index.tsx
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ export function Footer({
               07<span className="max-sm:hidden">, 2026</span>
             </time>
           </p>
+          <p className="flex items-center whitespace-pre">
+            WG Day:
+            <span className="ml-1">
+              <time dateTime="2026-05-08">May 08</time>
+            </span>
+          </p>
           <address className="not-italic">Menlo Park, California</address>
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/src/app/conf/2026/components/navbar.tsx b/src/app/conf/2026/components/navbar.tsx
index bd700baaa9..eec2b12c81 100644
--- a/src/app/conf/2026/components/navbar.tsx
+++ b/src/app/conf/2026/components/navbar.tsx
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ export function Navbar({ links, year }: NavbarProps): ReactElement {
               <span>-</span>
               <time dateTime="2026-05-07">07, 2026</time>
             </p>
+            <p className="text-sm text-neu-800 dark:text-neu-100">
+              WG Day: <time dateTime="2026-05-08">May 08</time>
+            </p>
             <address className="text-sm not-italic">
               Menlo Park, California
             </address>
diff --git a/src/app/conf/2026/components/register-today/index.tsx b/src/app/conf/2026/components/register-today/index.tsx
index dde2c02002..d2f10788f3 100644
--- a/src/app/conf/2026/components/register-today/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/conf/2026/components/register-today/index.tsx
@@ -36,12 +36,27 @@ export function RegisterToday({ className }: RegisterTodayProps) {
             shape the next decade of APIs!
           </p>
         </div>
-        <div className="mt-10 flex gap-x-6 gap-y-4 max-sm:flex-col">
+        <div className="mt-4 flex gap-x-6 gap-y-4 max-sm:flex-col">
           <Button href={GET_TICKETS_LINK}>Register</Button>
           <Button variant="secondary" href="#sponsors">
             Explore sponsorship
           </Button>
         </div>
+        <div className="mt-10">
+          <p className="typography-h4 mt-4 text-neu-800">
+            Following the conference,{" "}
+            <a className="typography-link" href="/conf/2026/wg-day">
+              WG Day
+            </a>{" "}
+            brings working group members and maintainers together to continue
+            the momentum.
+          </p>
+        </div>
+        <div className="mt-2 flex gap-x-6 gap-y-4 max-sm:flex-col">
+          <Button variant="secondary" href="/conf/2026/wg-day/">
+            WG Day
+          </Button>
+        </div>
       </div>
     </section>
   )
diff --git a/src/app/conf/2026/faq.tsx b/src/app/conf/2026/faq.tsx
index 2b8cf169b9..567ffcba79 100644
--- a/src/app/conf/2026/faq.tsx
+++ b/src/app/conf/2026/faq.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,19 @@ const FAQS = [
       </>
     ),
   },
+  {
+    question: "Is anything happening on May 08 after the main conference?",
+    answer: (
+      <>
+        Working Group Day is on May 08, 2026. For attendance, schedule, and
+        day-of logistics, see{" "}
+        <a className="typography-link" href="/conf/2026/wg-day">
+          the WG Day page
+        </a>
+        .
+      </>
+    ),
+  },
   {
     question: "Can I sponsor the event?",
     answer: (
diff --git a/src/app/conf/2026/layout.tsx b/src/app/conf/2026/layout.tsx
index 600d873910..cf70800fd2 100644
--- a/src/app/conf/2026/layout.tsx
+++ b/src/app/conf/2026/layout.tsx
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export default function Layout({
             href: "https://register.linuxfoundation.org/graphql-conf-2026",
           },
           { children: "Sponsors", href: "/conf/2026/#sponsors" },
+          { children: "WG Day", href: "/conf/2026/wg-day" },
           { children: "Resources", href: "/conf/2026/resources" },
           {
             children: "2025 Event Photos",
diff --git a/src/app/conf/2026/page.tsx b/src/app/conf/2026/page.tsx
index 306cbb4054..04fec01555 100644
--- a/src/app/conf/2026/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/conf/2026/page.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { HeroImage } from "./components/hero/hero-image"
 import { HERO_MARQUEE_ITEMS } from "./utils"
 
 export const metadata: Metadata = {
-  title: "GraphQLConf 2026 — May 06-07",
+  title: "GraphQLConf 2026 — May 06-07 + WG Day May 08",
 }
 
 export default function Page() {
@@ -68,11 +68,7 @@ export default function Page() {
             title="Get your ticket"
             description="Join two transformative days of expert insights and innovation to shape the next decade of APIs!"
           >
-            <Button
-              className="opacity-55"
-              variant="primary"
-              href={GET_TICKETS_LINK}
-            >
+            <Button variant="primary" href={GET_TICKETS_LINK}>
               Register now
             </Button>
           </CtaCardSection>
diff --git a/src/app/conf/2026/wg-day/page.tsx b/src/app/conf/2026/wg-day/page.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..68227e1c32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/conf/2026/wg-day/page.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+import { Metadata } from "next"
+
+import { Button } from "@/app/conf/_design-system/button"
+
+import { Hero, HeroStripes } from "../components/hero"
+import { NavbarPlaceholder } from "../components/navbar"
+
+export const metadata: Metadata = {
+  title: "WG Day | GraphQLConf 2026",
+  description:
+    "Working Group Day at GraphQLConf 2026 on May 08 in Menlo Park for GraphQL working group members and maintainers of key GraphQL OSS, with intentionally unstructured time for technical discussion and social connection.",
+}
+
+export default function WGDayPage() {
+  return (
+    <>
+      <NavbarPlaceholder className="top-0 bg-neu-100 before:bg-white/30 dark:bg-[#181A12] dark:before:bg-blk/40" />
+      <Hero
+        pageName="WG Day"
+        year="2026"
+        colorScheme="neutral"
+        stripes={
+          <HeroStripes
+            className="-scale-x-100 dark:data-[loaded=true]:opacity-80"
+            evenClassName="bg-[linear-gradient(180deg,hsl(var(--color-sec-light))_0%,hsl(319deg_100%_90%_/_0.2)_100%)] dark:bg-[linear-gradient(180deg,hsl(var(--color-sec-dark))_0%,hsl(var(--color-neu-100))_100%)]"
+            oddClassName="bg-[linear-gradient(180deg,hsl(319deg_100%_90%_/_0.2)_0%,hsl(var(--color-sec-base))_100%)] dark:bg-[linear-gradient(180deg,hsl(var(--color-sec-dark))_0%,hsl(var(--color-neu-0))_100%)]"
+          />
+        }
+      >
+        <p className="typography-body-lg max-w-3xl">
+          A day for GraphQL working group members and maintainers of key GraphQL
+          open source software to socialize, strategize, and build on the
+          momentum of the main conference.
+        </p>
+        <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-x-6 gap-y-2">
+          <p className="typography-body-md">
+            <strong>Date:</strong>{" "}
+            <time dateTime="2026-05-08">May 08, 2026</time>
+          </p>
+          <p className="typography-body-md">
+            <strong>Time:</strong> 9:30 AM-4:30 PM PT
+          </p>
+          <p className="typography-body-md">
+            <strong>Location:</strong> Meta MPK 21, Menlo Park
+          </p>
+        </div>
+      </Hero>
+
+      <main className="gql-all-anchors-focusable gql-conf-navbar-strip text-neu-900 before:bg-white/40 before:dark:bg-blk/30">
+        <section className="gql-container gql-section space-y-10 xl:mb-16 xl:mt-8">
+          <article className="space-y-4">
+            <h2 className="typography-h2">What is it?</h2>
+            <p className="typography-body-lg max-w-4xl">
+              WG Day is a low-overhead in-person collaboration day right after
+              GraphQLConf. There is no fixed schedule, no recording, and no
+              formal programming. This unstructured format is deliberate: it is
+              equally valid to spend the day diving deep on proposals, planning
+              across groups, or simply socializing and getting to know each
+              other.
+            </p>
+          </article>
+
+          <article className="space-y-4">
+            <h2 className="typography-h2">Attendance</h2>
+            <p className="typography-body-lg max-w-4xl">
+              Capacity is limited, so invitations will go to regular working
+              group participants first. Additional attendees can join via a
+              waitlist, with priority for maintainers of GraphQL-related open
+              source software (clients, servers, libraries, frameworks, tooling,
+              and documentation), plus Foundation board members and GraphQL
+              Ambassadors. Room capacity is 48.
+            </p>
+          </article>
+
+          <article className="space-y-4">
+            <h2 className="typography-h2">Logistics</h2>
+            <ul className="typography-body-lg list-disc space-y-2 pl-5">
+              <li>
+                Location: Meta MPK 21 (adjacent to the main conference building)
+              </li>
+              <li>
+                Time: Drop-in between 9:30 AM-4:30 PM PT (last entry 2:00 PM
+              </li>
+              <li>
+                Informal format: drop in and out as needed; early departures for
+                travel are absolutely fine
+              </li>
+              <li></li>
+              <li>
+                Lunch plan: we expect to head to the cafeteria; if you arrive
+                around midday, you may need to meet the group there
+              </li>
+            </ul>
+          </article>
+
+          <article className="space-y-4">
+            <h2 className="typography-h2">Contact</h2>
+            <p className="typography-body-lg max-w-4xl">
+              Questions about attendance, waitlist priority, or logistics:
+            </p>
+            <Button
+              href="mailto:operations@graphql.org?subject=GraphQLConf%202026%20WG%20Day"
+              className="w-fit"
+            >
+              Email the event team
+            </Button>
+          </article>
+        </section>
+      </main>
+    </>
+  )
+}