2025 Conventions

SacAnime (Sacramento, California)
2026-01-02 - 2026-01-04 | SAFE Credit Union Convention Center, 1400 J St, Sacramento, CA 95814, Sacramento, CA, 95814, United States
SacAnime began as an extension of the quarterly Comic, Toy and Anime Show (SAC-CON), which has been running in Sacramento since July 1, 1986. Originally a strictly comic book show, SAC-CON has grown to encompass all forms of pop-culture entertainment, with a large emphasis on anime and manga. SacAnime is the show where “Fans Come to Play”.
SHOW HOURS
Friday 12pm – 11pm
Saturday 10am – 11pm
Sunday 10am – 6pm

National Science Fiction Day
2026-01-02 | Online Event
National Science Fiction Day is celebrated on January 2nd each year. It’s a day dedicated to honoring the science fiction genre, its authors, literature, films, television shows, and its significant impact on popular culture and society. Comic convention goers are often sci-fi geeks so this holiday is also for comic book lovers.
The choice of January 2nd is significant as it coincides with the birthdate of Isaac Asimov, one of the most influential science fiction writers in history. Asimov was born on January 2, 1920, and he made substantial contributions to the genre with works such as the “Foundation” series, the “Robot” series, and his numerous short stories.
On National Science Fiction Day, fans of the genre may engage in various activities to celebrate, such as:

• Reading Science Fiction: Many people take the opportunity to read their favorite science fiction novels, short stories, or comics.
• Watching Science Fiction Films and TV Shows: Fans may organize movie marathons or binge-watch science fiction films and television series, like Star Wars, Terminator, Star Trek and Stargate.
• Discussions and Debates: Groups and communities often organize discussions, debates, or online forums to explore themes, characters, and ideas presented in science fiction literature and media.
• Creating Art and Fan Works: Some enthusiasts may engage in creative activities such as writing science fiction stories, creating fan art, or crafting cosplay costumes inspired by their favorite science fiction works.
• Attending Events: Various events, conventions, and gatherings dedicated to science fiction may take place around National Science Fiction Day, allowing fans to connect with like-minded individuals and celebrate their shared passion for the genre.
National Science Fiction Day serves as an opportunity to appreciate the imagination, creativity, and thought-provoking nature of science fiction, which often explores futuristic technologies, alternate realities, and the impact of scientific advancements on society and humanity.

Comiket (Tokyo, Japan)
2025-12-30 - 2025-12-31 | Tokyo Big Sight, 3-11-1 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-0063, Japan
The next Comic Market 104 will be held at Tokyo Big Sight from August 11th to 12th, 2024.

Holiday Matsuri (Orlando, Florida)
2025-12-19 - 2025-12-21 | Orange County Convention Center, 9800 International Drive, Orlando, FL, 32819, United States
Holiday Matsuri is the festively themed Anime, Gaming, and Cosplay convention with holiday cheer in Orlando, Florida! Every December, thousands of attendees come together during the holidays to celebrate their favorite interests, all with a holiday twist.

Con Alt Delete (Chicago, Illinois)
2025-12-19 - 2025-12-21 | Hyatt Regency O’Hare Chicago, 9300 W Bryn Mawr Ave, Rosemont, IL, 60018, United States
Con+Alt+Delete is an anime convention in Chicago, Illinois area. Join hundreds of anime fans in events filled with cosplay, and fun. Enjoy awesome musical concerts and live events. C+A+D gives you the chance to meet a thousand of your fellow friends and anime fans in celebrating Japanese animation and nerd culture. Join us if you love Hetalia, Fullmetal Alchemist, Dragon Ball Z, Yu-Gi-Oh, Lolita Fashion, Homestuck, My Little Pony, Sci-Fi, or Video Games. Enjoy nerdy musical performances and comedy and more. We encourage you to attend in your favorite cosplay costume and join us in celebrating everything that nerds and geeks enjoy. Come to our Comic Con in Chicago and have fun.
Con Alt Delete Show Flour Hours
Friday 1pm – 8pm
Saturday 10am – 7pm
Sunday 10am – 4pm
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Anime Weekend Atlanta (Georgia)
2025-12-18 - 2025-12-21 | Georgia World Congress Center, 285 Andrew Young International Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA, 30313, United States
AWA, or Anime Weekend Atlanta, is a 4 day celebration of Japanese culture, anime (animation) and manga (comics), with a dash of general pop-culture that takes place at the Cobb Galleria, the Renaissance Waverly Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia.
Anime Weekend Atlanta Exhibit Hall Hours
Thursday Closed
Friday 10AM – 7PM
Saturday 10AM – 7PM
Sunday 10AM – 5PM
Panel Hours
Thursday 1PM – 4AM
Friday 9AM – 4AM
Saturday 9AM – 4AM
Sunday 9AM – 6PM

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Comic Con Okinawa (Japan)
2025-12-14 | Camp Foster, Chatan, Nakagami District, Okinawa, 904-0116, Japan
MCCS Okinawa offers many events for service members and their families on island that are fun for all ages and one of the most popular of these events is Comic Con Okinawa. The festivities are spread throughout three locations on Camp Foster—the Foster Field House, Community Center Auditorium and the Ocean Breeze Club and Restaurant. Comic Con Okinawa will again be featuring many of the same offerings one would find at a U.S.-based Comic Con with a more family-friendly focus providing patrons and their children with gaming tournaments, costume contests, displays of collectible items, discussion panels and much more! One advantage Comic Con Okinawa enjoys is its location in Japan—the birthplace of manga and anime now famous throughout the world. Many of these local iconic characters are incorporated into the event.
Show Hours
Saturday 10am-5pm
Sunday 10am-5pm

Anime 405 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
2025-12-13 - 2025-12-14 | Oklahoma City Convention Center, 100 Mick Cornett Drive, Oklahoma City, OK, 73109, United States
Experience the ultimate anime extravaganza at Anime 405, the premier anime convention in downtown OKC. You will be able to interact with your favorite voice over celebrities, get one of a kind autographs, and shop the most unique vendors and artist in Oklahoma!
Anime 405 Hours
Saturday: 10AM-7PM
Sunday: 10AM-5PM

Ocean City Comic Con (Maryland)
2025-12-13 - 2025-12-14 | Roland E. Powell Convention Center, 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, 21842, United States
Join Ocean City Comic Con for a day of geeky fun. Compete in cosplay contest and shop a huge convention floor of vendors, independent artists, guests and more. There will be informative and entertaining panels, anime screenings, video games and events all day!
Show Hours
Saturday 10am-5pm
Sunday 11am-4pm
Admission? Full weekend: $20. Sat. only: $15. Sun. only: $10.
Kids 9yo & younger free w/ paying adult, $1 off if in Costume, $1 off with a non-perishable food item for Diakonia. Discounts only available on in-person ticket sales at the door.

Anime Frontier (Fort Worth / Dallas, Texas)
2025-12-12 - 2025-12-14 | Fort Worth Convention Center, 1201 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX, 76102, United States
Anime Frontier is three days of exciting exhibits, premieres, and special events. As a premiere Texas anime convention, it features some of the biggest guests in anime and manga.
Show Hours
FRIDAY 1 PM – 7 PM
SATURDAY 10 AM – 7 PM
SUNDAY 10 AM – 4 PM
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Charlotte Comicon (Concord, North Carolina)
2025-12-07 | Concord Convention Center at Embassy Suites, 5400 John Q. Hammons Dr NW, Concord, NC, 28027, United States
Charlotte Comicon is usually held at the Concord Convention Center in North Carolina few times a year.
Thousands of new and vintage comic books and toys and everything comic related for sale and trade. A 28,000 square foot ballroom full of comic and toy dealers selling all the latest comics, toys and action figures. The area’s best comic creators and artists. A huge Costume Contest for all ages with $250 in cash for prizes (onsite registration from 11am-2pm ; contest begins at 3:30). Star Wars, Star Trek and Ghostbusters clubs participating in costumes and a whole lot more. 10am-5pm. $5 Admission. Kids 12 & under FREE. 3 shows per year.

Collect-A-Con San Antonio (Texas)
2025-12-06 - 2025-12-07 | Freeman Expo Halls & Coliseum, 3201 E Houston Street, San Antonio, TX, 78219, United States
Collect-A-Con is nation’s largest trading card, anime, pop culture convention.
Saturday: 10am – 6pm
Sunday: 10am – 5pm
FREE Admission for Children 7 and under

Singapore Comic Con (STGCC)
2025-12-06 - 2025-12-07 | Marina Bay Sands, 10 Bayfront Avenue, Singapore, 018956, Singapore
Singapore Comic Con is Southeast Asia’s ultimate celebration of the best of Western and Asian pop culture. From comics, toys, cosplay, gaming to food, there is something for everyone to experience!

LouisvilleCon (Louisville, Kentucky)
2025-12-06 | Triple Crown Pavilion, 1780 Plantside Dr, Jeffersontown, KY, 40299, United States
LOUISVILLECON – POP CULTURE EVENT
It’s a collectors mecca convention located in beautiful Derby City of Louisville, Kentucky. The LouisvilleCon strives to be Kentucky’s best and truest comic con featuring fandoms of multiple genres. As long-time fans of comic books, toys, pop-culture, sports cards, manga/anime, wrestling, gaming, cosplay, animation, sci-fi and fantasy, the promoter wanted to bring that style event to Kentucky.

GalaxyCon Columbus (Ohio)
2025-12-05 - 2025-12-07 | Greater Columbus Convention Center, 400 North Street, Columbus, OH, 43215, United States
GalaxyCon Columbus 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!
GalaxyCon Columbus Hours
FRIDAY 2pm to 2am
SATURDAY 10am to 2am
SUNDAY 10am to 8pm
EXHIBITION HALL HOURS
FRIDAY 2pm to 8pm
SATURDAY 10am to 8pm
SUNDAY 10am to 6pm

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Use Code GALAXY20 for 20% off Admission

Toyko Comic Con (Japan)
2025-12-05 - 2025-12-07 | Makuhari Messe, 2 Chome-1 Nakase, Chiba, 261-0023, Japan
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Steel City Con (Monroeville / Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
2025-12-05 - 2025-12-07 | Monroeville Convention Center, 209 Mall Plaza Blvd, Monroeville, PA, 15146, United States
Steel City Con, Pennsylvania’s largest pop culture convention, has lots of celebrities, many featured artists and over 600 vendors in-store bringing a diverse array of activities for the entire family.
Steel City Con Hours
Friday: 10 am – 8pm
Saturday: 10 am – 8pm
Sunday: 10 am – 5pm

Comic Con Experience CCXP (São Paulo, Brazil)
2025-12-04 - 2025-12-07 | São Paulo Expo, Rodovia dos Imigrantes, km 1,5 - Vila Água Funda, São Paulo, 04329-900, Brazil
CCXP is a Brazilian multi-genre entertainment and comic convention. It has attractions and contents about comics, television series, movies, video games, literature, and more. It is the largest pop culture festival in the world.
WHAT IS THE CCXP?
A comic book convention, a gathering of friends, an exclusive announcement, a toast… What is the CCXP, after all? Some say it is a multiverse of epic experiences. Others say it is a festival where the major studios bring exclusive content to the fans. Others, that it is a collection of stories waiting to be discovered in the Artists’ Valley. You can cosplay, see Hollywood stars from up-close, play RPGs, enjoy live performances, meet your idols, attend panels. The CCXP is all that and a little more. It’s the adventure that you allow yourself to live.
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SW Florida Con (Fort Myers, Florida)
2025-11-30 | Lee County Civic Center, 11831 Bayshore Rd, North Fort Myers, FL, 33917, United States
FORT MYERS, FLORIDA
$20 ADMISSION| FREE PARKING | KIDS FREE UNDER AGE 11
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL | 10:00AM – 5:00PM

WasabiCon (Portland, Oregon)
2025-11-29 - 2025-11-30 | Hilton Portland Downtown, 921 SW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97204, United States
WasabiCon PDX is a consumer focused media event designed to connect fans together in a fun, friendly, and entertaining environment. Started in Portland in 2012 under the name Newcon PDX, WasabiCon PDX is one of the PNW’s most popular anime conventions. The event focuses on five key facets of fandom: Anime (including Manga & Asian Culture), Cosplay, Kpop, Tabletop Gaming, and Video Games.
WasabiCon Portland Hours
SAT 10 AM to 7 PM
SUN 10 AM to 6 PM

Fan Expo San Francisco (California)
2025-11-28 - 2025-11-30 | Moscone Center West, 747 Howard St, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
Experience the ultimate playground for Comics, Sci-Fi, Horror, Anime, and Gaming. Three BIG days of citywide events, family-friendly attractions and world-renowned celebrities await. Join tens of thousands of fans who are just like you.
Fan Expo San Francisco Hours
Friday 4 PM – 9 PM Preview Night
Saturday 10 AM – 7 PM
Sunday 10 AM – 5 PM
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Northeast Comic Con & Collectibles Extravaganza (Boxborough, Massachusetts)
2025-11-28 - 2025-11-30 | Boxboro Regency, 242 Adams Pl, Boxborough, MA, 01719, United States
Boston SouthCoast and Northeast Comic Con & Collectibles Extravaganza is a family friendly entertainment event featuring all things that appeal to fans of Comics, Collectibles, Movies, Television, Video Games, Cosplay, Personal Experiences, Nerd, Geek and Pop Culture.

MCM Birmingham Comic Con (UK)
2025-11-28 - 2025-11-30 | National Exhibition Centre, North Ave, Birmingham, B40 1NT, United Kingdom
MCM Comic Con is back for another epic three-day weekend celebrating all the fandoms we love. From gaming and anime, to collectibles and memorabilia, we can’t wait to welcome you home!
MCM Birmingham Comic Con Hours
FRIDAY:
Priority Entry Tickets: 10am – 6pm
General Entry Tickets: 12pm – 6pm
SATURDAY:
Priority Entry Tickets: 9am – 6pm
General Entry Tickets: 11am – 6pm

SUNDAY:
Priority Entry Tickets: 10am – 5pm
General Entry Tickets: 12pm – 5pm
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ST-CHI: Trek to Chicago (Illinois)
2025-11-22 - 2025-11-23 | The Westin O’Hare, 6100 N River Rd, Rosemont, IL, 60018, United States
Trek fans, we’re returning to Chicago! Join us for another spectacular Trek adventure as we head to the Windy City with great guests from the Star Trek universe. It’ll be two days of non-stop programming and live entertainment you won’t want to miss!

Saratoga Comic Con (Saratoga Springs, New York)
2025-11-22 - 2025-11-23 | Saratoga Springs City Center, 522 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866, United States
Saratoga Comic Con is the largest comic con & pop-culture event in Upstate New York. This New York comic con event features celebs, cosplay, gaming, anime, sci-fi, geeks, comic book artists, writers, vendors, & media.
SHOW HOURS
Saturday 10AM-6PM
Sunday 10AM-5PM
VIPS EARLY ACCESS 9:30
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Dallas Comic Show (Texas)
2025-11-22 - 2025-11-23 | Music City Mall, 2401 S Stemmons Fwy, Lewisville, TX, 75067, United States
Dallas Comic Show is a family-friendly event in the DFW area featuring exciting comic book and media guests, costumed characters, gaming and Anime content. This is show run by fans and done for fans.
Dallas Comic Show Hours
Friday 4pm – 8pm
Saturday 11am – 6pm
Next Shows:
Holiday Special November 22-23, 2025
Spring Spectacular April 25-26, 2026

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TFNation Mini-Con (Reading, United Kingdom)
2025-11-22 | Great Hall Reading University, London Road, Reading, RG1 5AG, United Kingdom
TFN: Mini-Con® Manchester is a single day event for Transformers fans. With guests, panels and a Transformers toy trader hall, fans won’t want to miss this small but mighty event!

VA Comicon (Richmond, Virginia)
2025-11-22 | Richmond Raceway, 600 E Laburnum Ave, Richmond, VA, 23222, United States
VA Comic Con returns to the Richmond Raceway. FREE PARKING & FREE for KIDS 12 & under, with paid adult! Tickets are ONLY available HERE (including Show-Day)!

Big Apple Con (New York, New York)
2025-11-22 | The New Yorker Hotel, 481 8th Ave, New York, NY, 10001, United States
The Big Apple Con, held in New York City, is the NYC community’s longest running pop culture event.
Big Apple Con Hours
Saturday 10am – 7pm (VIP Admission at 9am)
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PAX Unplugged (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
2025-11-21 - 2025-11-23 | Philadelphia Convention Center, 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
PAX Unplugged is a tabletop gaming-focused event specifically tailored to lovers of board games, RPGs, miniatures, cards, and more. Featuring thought-provoking panels, a massive expo hall filled with the best publishers and studios, new game demos, tournaments, and a community experience unlike any other.
PAX Unplugged Hours
Friday 10:00 AM – Midnight
Saturday 10:00 AM – Midnight
Sunday 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
