Aug 10
Celebrating diversity and creativity through geek culture! GOASICon is an outdoor geek festival featuring live performances, panels, games, exhibitors, and an amazing Artist Alley. Masks are encouraged but not mandatory. Parking is located by the Staten Island Children's Museum.
Aug 17 - Aug 18
EXHIBITOR BOOTH NUMBER TBA. MASKS ARE REQUIRED AT FLAME CON. Flame Con is the world’s largest queer comic con. A two-day comics, arts, and entertainment expo, showcasing creators and special guests from all corners of LGBTQ fandom. It features thoughtful discussions, exclusive performances, screenings, cosplay, and more! Geeks of all types are invited to attend and celebrate the diversity and creativity of queer geekdom and LGBTQ contributions to pop culture.
Sep 7 - Sep 8
Presented by the Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market & Shotsie's Tattoo, Rock of Ages is the East Coast’s most dynamic Tattoo Expo where we merge the traditional tattoo convention that you know and love with the quirkiness of the legendary Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market, it’s vendors, food trucks, celebrity guests and more! Now in its 2nd year, Rock of Ages will wow you with hundreds of tattoo artists from across the country… with a specific focus on what the Great Garden State has to offer.
Sep 20 - Sep 22
ARTIST ALLEY TABLE NUMBER TBA - "America's greatest comic book convention" is celebrating 25 years! Join us in Baltimore this September for 3 days of exhibitors, panels, artists, cosplay, and of course, comics!
Sep 26 - Sep 28
ARTIST ALLEY TABLE NUMBER TBA. FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention is the largest convention in the state of Utah and the largest comic convention in North America per capita. The convention has attracted celebrities like Stan Lee, Chris Evans, Mark Hamill, and so many more. Join us in Salt Lake City for 3 days of exhibitors, artists, celebrity guests, cosplay, and more!
Nov 1 - Nov 3
ARTIST ALLEY TABLE NUMBER TBA. NekoCon is Virginia's longest-running anime convention, hosted in Hampton, Virginia November 1-3, 2024! Come experience a 3-day convention celebrating Anime, Manga, and Video Games.
Nov 8 - Nov 10
ARTIST ALLEY TABLE NUMBER TBA. Twin Cities Con is a huge event for fans of comics, cartoons, TV, movies, and anything pop culture! TCC features a huge Exhibit Hall with hundreds of vendors and artists, over 50 celebrities that you can meet for autographs and photo ops, and over 100 hours of amazing panels and discussions. There are also a few other exciting special features, such as the Game Room with nonstop tabletop and video gaming that runs during all show hours.
Dec 20 - Dec 22
ARTIST ALLEY TABLE NUMBER TBA. Con+Alt+Delete is an anime convention in Rosemont, Illinois, just outside Chicago! C+A+D gives you the chance to meet a thousand of your fellow friends and anime fans for a weekend of winter fandom fun. Join us this Holiday Season at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare.
Mar 27 - Mar 30
ARTIST ALLEY TABLE NUMBER TBA. GalaxyCon Richmond is a 4-Day festival of fandom with celebrities, artists, writers, voice actors, cosplayers, entertainers, creators, wrestlers, fan groups, panelists, and people like you! Join fans from across the galaxy and celebrate comic books, pop culture, sci-fi, fantasy, anime, gaming, cosplay, and more! GalaxyCon Richmond returns in 2025 as an expanded 4-day event.
Jun 27 - Jun 29
ARTIST ALLEY TABLE NUMBER TBA. PopCon is where every fan finds their place. We bring together fandoms from all over PopCulture, not just comics. We have a wide variety of interests, just like our fans, so we created a con to celebrate them all in one awesome weekend. PopCon is Indy’s Premiere Comic Con locally owned and built with the fan experience a part of every decision.
Jul 18 - Jul 21
ARTIST ALLEY - TABLE 158. Tekko is Pennsylvania's largest anime convention, attracting nearly 12,000 unique and diverse fans from across the country (and the world!) to the region. We aren't just any old anime convention, though. We offer so much more by featuring Japanese arcade games, J-rock, J-fashion, Japanese pop culture, and education in our programming. Additionally, we choose a unique theme every year to explore new content, such as wrestling, mecha, sports, and more.
Jul 5
This isn't our first Emodeo. It's our second! The Goth Cowfolk theme is back! Cause Horseshoe Lake duh! This venue is absolutely idyllic. Canopied walking paths, a little island for photo ops, a gazebo. It's like we're all getting married there. But we're not, we're being cowfolk! Bring your 10-gallon hat, fill it with melancholy, and be the best goth cowperson you can be.
Jun 21
It's Lunar Faire Pride! This is one of our most fun faires! As if we could stop them, get ready for Cookie's band of merry queens to take over the Faire. After the spell, which is usually a self-affirming or healing spell, the day celebrates humanity, community, and us just being us. There's an amateur drag show, the Ordinary Kids will be coming back to do a Rocky Horror Stage Show, and there are more rainbows than the entirety of Ireland.
Jun 8 - Jun 9
ARTIST ALLEY TABLE NUMBER TBA. A convention like no other. Join us for a one-of-a-kind show that focuses on the guest experience, and a vibrant local community of comics, artists, vendors, food trucks, music, gaming, and much more! Year 5, coming June 2024!
Jun 6
This Lunar Faire's 4th year and I think we pretty much rule the school. Every year we do a Promiversary with a giant disco ball craned into the middle of a field to commemorate the birth of the Faire, which occurred on the new moon in June 2021. This year, it's an 80s prom. Fire up your Starship (or the prom limo) 'cause nothing's gonna stop us now.
May 24 - May 26
CREATOR MARKET - BOOTH C618. Phoenix Fan Fusion is your local, fan and geek-driven, large-scale, multi-genre, pop-culture convention... with the silly, quirky name. Fan Fusion returns Memorial Day Weekend 2024.
May 7
VENDOR LOCATION - GEN POP. The Fairy Faire was one of the cutest faires we had last year and we're so excited to bring it back this year! But we're ramping it up. We're having a fairy cottage contest! We firmly support that fairies should exploit our fervent crafting community. If you are in any way inclined, inspired, or excited by the idea of creating the most perfect home for a fairy friend, then you absolutely need to craft a fairy home.
Apr 27
VENDOR LOCATION - MIDDLE CHILDREN BARNFOLK. Because the Pink Moon is on 4/23 and Beltane is 5/1, we split the difference and went with a big ol' 4/27 Pink Moon Beltane! That means the wispiest pink frock and crown of pink flowers you can find will be the strawberriest. We may or may not have a bad boyfriend bear man effigy like in Midsommar but probably not for legal reasons. Will we have a big ol' pole? We will have a big ol' pole.
Apr 13
The Brooklyn Independent Comics Showcase is back for its third year! BICS is a small press event designed to highlight the vast array of talented, and perhaps underrepresented, creators in the NY metro area. Leveraging the resources of St. Mark’s Comics and Industry City, BICS provides an opportunity for artists to present their work to their Brooklyn neighbors, as well as the wider community. Join us in Industry City this Spring!
Apr 6 - Apr 7
The Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market is held three times per year and is hosted at the CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton, as well as the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center in Edison, NJ. The TPRFM features hundreds of independent businesses, artists, makers, food trucks, live music, live tattooing, celebrity guests, and more to create a one-of-a-kind shopping festival experience!
Mar 29 - Mar 31
ARTIST ALLEY - BOOTH 2447. Presented by the Asia Northwest Cultural Education Association, Sakura-Con is the oldest and most well-attended anime convention in the Pacific Northwest. Please join us for Sakura-Con 2024 where all of the excellent programming you’ve come to expect will be back in abundance. Gaming, cosplay, cultural panels, dances, concerts, art contests, AMVs, industry guests, over 100,000 square feet of exhibits hall, guests of honor, and more!
Mar 15 - Mar 17
ARTIST ALLEY - BOOTH K14. GalaxyCon Richmond is more Than a comic con, it’s a 3-day festival of fandom with celebrities, artists, writers, voice actors, cosplayers, entertainers, creators, wrestlers, fan groups, panelists, and people like you! Join fans from across the galaxy and celebrate comic books, pop culture, sci-fi, fantasy, anime, gaming, cosplay, and more!
Mar 8 - Mar 10
ARTISTS' ALLEY - BOOTH K6. Anime Milwaukee (AMKE) is a three-day anime convention that operates at the Hilton Milwaukee City Center and Baird Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with an estimated economic impact of $3.1 million to the downtown area. AMKE celebrates and educates fans about anime, manga, Asian culture, music, and gaming. AMKE will return with an in-person convention on March 8-10, 2024.
Feb 9 - Feb 11
ARTIST ALLEY - BOOTH C25. ATL Comic Con is a 3-day pop culture event held in Atlanta, Georgia. Join us at the Georgia World Congress Center for a weekend of celebrity guest meet-and-greets, artist vendors, authors, fun panels, cosplay, and more!
Jan 12 - Jan 14
ARTIST ALLEY - BOOTH A801. FAN EXPO Portland is the ultimate go-to event for sci-fi, horror, anime, and gaming event in Portland that attracts thousands of people to the Oregon Convention Center. FAN EXPO Portland offers exciting family-friendly attractions, events, and world-renowned celebrities. FAN EXPO HQ is the largest comic con producer in the world. Collectively, FAN EXPO HQ hosts over one million fans annually at over a dozen pop culture conventions in the United States and Canada.
Dec 1 - Dec 3
ARTIST ALLEY - BOOTH F30. An event for fans, by fans. Connect with other like-minded fans at LA’s home for comics, gaming, cosplay, anime, and pop culture!
Sep 21 - Sep 23
ARTIST ALLEY TABLE NUMBER TBA. FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention is the most attended fan convention in the state of Utah and the largest comic convention in North America per capita. FanX Salt Lake has attracted celebrities like Stan Lee, Chris Evans, Mark Hamill, Jeremy Renner, Elijah Wood, Dick Van Dyke, Tom Felton, Jason Momoa, Matt Smith, Sir Patrick Stewart, Buzz Aldrin and so many more.
Sep 16
Founded and hosted by Underground since 2011, the Smithville Artwalk is a curated biannual gathering of 75 artists celebrating pop and lowbrow art in all forms. But, it's not just an art show - each event features music, entertainment, contests, and special guests. Join us for what has become the largest assemblage of proudly offbeat artists in Jersey!
Sep 8 - Sep 10
Rock of Ages Punk Rock Flea Market and Tattoo Expo is the only festival of its kind in the world. The Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market that you know and love, featuring hundreds of artists, makers & small businesses, PLUS the addition of 100+ tattoo artists from across the globe! Three days of the most prolific DIY shopping experience of its kind plus amazing tattoo artists, live art, food trucks, celebrity guests, live music and so much more!
Aug 12 - Aug 13
EXHIBITOR HALL - BOOTH G69. Flame Con is the world’s largest queer comic con. Featuring a two-day comics, arts, and entertainment expo, showcasing creators and special guests from all corners of LGBTQ+ fandom. It features thoughtful discussions, exclusive performances, screenings, cosplay, and more! Geeks of all kinds are invited to attend and celebrate the diversity and creativity of queer geekdom and LGBTQ+ contributions to pop culture.