Silver Age Comic Con (Reno, Nevada)
2026-07-11 - 2026-07-12 | Reno Sparks Convention Center, 4590 S Virginia St, Reno, NV, 89502, United States
Silver Age Comic Con is a Northern Nevada tradition and is the longest-running pop culture & comic convention in Northern Nevada. This Nevada comic con brings all fandoms together, from comic books, movies, celebrity guests, video games, cosplay, toys, games, anime, and much more.

Anime Iowa (Des Moines, Iowa)
2026-07-11 | Coralville Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, 300 E 9th St, Coralville, IA, 52241, United States
Anime Iowa is a 3 day convention held in late July each year. Anime fans come together for panels, events, the Marketplace, cosplay Masquerade and more. Our programming department centers around Anime and Japanese culture; but we are all inclusive and welcome fans of comic books, science fiction, steam punk and more.

Louisville Anime-Fest (Kentucky)
2026-07-12 | Holiday Inn Louisville Airport, 447 Farmington Ave, Louisville, KY, 40209, United States
SUNDAY 10:00AM – 5:00PM
HOLIDAY INN CONFERENCE CENTER | FREE PARKING
$20 ADMISSION | KIDS FREE | LOUISVILLE, KY

ConnectiCon (Hartford, Connecticut)
2026-07-16 - 2026-07-19 | Connecticut Convention Center, 100 Columbus Blvd, Hartford, CT, 06103, United States
Located along the banks of the Connecticut River in downtown Hartford, ConnectiCon is Connecticut’s oldest fan run convention, playing host to a multi-genre selection of Cosplay, Gaming, Celebrity Guests, Panels, Workshops and all things Pop-Culture!
ConnectiCon Hours
Friday 11am-11pm
Saturday 9am-11pm
Sunday 9am-3pm

Ai-Kon (Winnipeg, Canada)
2026-07-17 - 2026-07-19 | RBC Convention Centre, 375 York Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 3J3, Canada
Ai-Kon is a Japanese anime and pop culture convention held annually in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The convention is a three-day event held in the summer and runs 24 hours a day from Friday morning all the way to Sunday afternoon!

Delta H Con (Houston, Texas)
2026-07-17 - 2026-07-19 | Marriott Westchase, 2900 Briarpark, Houston, TX, 77042, United States
Delta H Con is an anime convention in the Houston area. It is the budding flower of hobby Gaming enthusiasts and Anime aficionados in the southern United States. Games range from card games, to board games, role-playing games, live action role-playing games, miniatures, computer games and more. At Delta H Con you can challenge a friend or foe to a duel of wits in your favorite games.

Southeast Game Exchange (Greenville, South Carolina)
2026-07-17 - 2026-07-19 | Greenville Convention Center, 1 Exposition Dr, Greenville, SC, 29607, United States
THE CAROLINAS LARGEST RETRO GAMING CONVENTION! This is a buy, sell, & trade event in Greenville, South Carolina, featuring new and retro video game tournaments, tabletop and card gaming tournaments, arcades, virtual reality, cosplay contest, special guests, free play,
Show Hours
Saturday 10am – 6pm
Sunday 10am – 4pm
Tickets are available at the door. You can also buy tickets online.

OCon Expo (Omaha, Nebraska)
2026-07-17 - 2026-07-19 | Mid-America Center, 1 Arena Way, Council Bluffs, IA, 51501, United States
O Comic Con is back as OCon Expo, celebrating comics and pop culture in Omaha. As Nebraska’s biggest comic con, the event features a variety of guests from film, television, comics, new media, and cosplay to create an entertaining experience.
OCon Expo Hours
Friday 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Saturday 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Sunday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
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Kentuckiana GI Joe Toy Expo (Shepherdsville / Louisville, Kentucky)
2026-07-18 | Paroquet Springs Conference Centre, 395 Paroquet Springs Drive, Shepherdsville, KY, 40165, United States
Toy show full of old and new 12 inch and 3 3/4 inch GI Joes, Star Wars, Super Hero figures, Marx, Megos, Contests, Cosplay, and much more!
Kentuckiana GI Joe Toy Expo Hours
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Ticket Prices
Admission Just $8.00
Early Bird Admission at 9:00 AM for $15.00
Friday Night Colonel Preview (5:00 PM-8:00 PM) for $30.00
(Colonel preview includes Early Bird admission on Saturday)

Collect-A-Con Minneapolis (Minnesota)
2026-07-18 | Minneapolis Convention Center, 1301 2nd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55403, Minneapolis, MN, 55403, United States
Collect-A-Con is the Nation’s Largest Trading Card, Anime & Pop Culture Convention. Photo Ops, Autographs.
Saturday: 10am – 6pm
Sunday: 10am – 5pm
FREE Admission for Children 7 and under

Gem City Comic Con (Dayton, Ohio)
2026-07-18 - 2026-07-19 | Dayton Convention Center, 22 E 5th St, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Gem City Comic Con, held in Dayton, Ohio, is a social and family-friendly comic con event that promotes reading and collecting. It seeks to promote art and reading by introducing kids and adults to the world of sequential art.

CowTown Comic Con (Fort Worth / Dallas, Texas)
2026-07-18 - 2026-07-19 | Waxahachie Civic Center, 2000 Civic Center Ln, Waxahachie, TX, 75165, United States
CowTown Comic Con is Fort Worth / Dallas area’s newest Comic Con, dedicated to bringing comic book fans more than just a celebrity show. Comic fans can eenjoy themselves for an affordable price.
Show Hours
Saturday 10:00am-5:00pm
Sunday 11:00am-4:00pm

Anime Impulse Bay Area (San Francisco / San Jose, California)
2026-07-18 - 2026-07-19 | San Mateo County Event Center, 1346 Saratoga Dr, San Mateo, CA, 94403, United States
ANIME Impulse is a weekend-long celebration of all things anime, manga, video games, and fandom with the likes of a massive Vendor Hall and Artist Alley for attendees to shop to their hearts’ content, special appearances from voice actors, cosplayers, influencers, and streamers, nonstop live entertainment, and a near endless selection from food booths.
Show Hours
Saturday & Sunday: 11am – 7pm
San Mateo County Event Center

Anime Impulse Los Angeles (California)
2026-07-18 - 2026-07-19 | GATE 9 Pomona Fairplex, 2118 N White Ave, Pomona, CA, 91768, United States
ANIME Impulse is a weekend-long celebration of all things anime, manga, video games, and fandom with the likes of a massive Vendor Hall and Artist Alley for attendees to shop to their hearts’ content, special appearances from voice actors, cosplayers, influencers, and streamers, nonstop live entertainment, and a near endless selection from food booths.
Show Hours
Saturday & Sunday: 11am – 7pm
Fairplex – Park at Gate 9

Tekko (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
2026-07-23 - 2026-07-26 | David L. Lawrence Convention Center, 1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222, United States
Tekko is Pennsylvania’s largest anime convention, attracting nearly 12,000 unique and diverse fans from across the country to the region. The event not only focuses on anime culture but also features Japanese arcade games, J-rock, J-fashion, Japanese pop culture, and education in our programming. Additionally, the organizer chooses a unique theme every year to explore new content, such as wrestling, mecha, sports, and more.

Anime Matsuri (Houston, Texas)
2026-07-23 - 2026-07-26 | George R. Brown Convention Center, 1001 Avenida De Las Americas, Houston, TX, 77010, United States
Anime Matsuri is a popular annual anime and Japanese pop culture convention held in Houston, Texas. Since its founding in 2007, it’s grown to become one of the largest anime conventions in North America. The event celebrates all aspects of Japanese culture, including anime, manga, cosplay, gaming, music, and fashion.

GalaxyCon Raleigh (North Carolina)
2026-07-23 - 2026-07-26 | Raleigh Convention Center, 500 S Salisbury St, Raleigh, NC, 27601, United States
Raleigh Supercon, held in North Carolina, changed its name to “GalaxyCon Raleigh” when Supercon Founder, Mike Broder, sold Florida Supercon and the “Supercon” Trademark to ReedPOP. GalaxyCon Raleigh is a 4-Day festival of fandom with celebrities, artists, writers, voice actors, cosplayers, entertainers, creators, wrestlers, fan groups, panelists, and comic book fans.
GalaxyCon Raleigh Hours
THURSDAY 2pm to 12am
FRIDAY 10am to 2am
SATURDAY 10am to 2am
SUNDAY 10am to 8pm
EXHIBITION HALL HOURS
THURSDAY 2pm to 8pm
FRIDAY 10am to 8pm
SATURDAY 10am to 8pm
SUNDAY 10am to 6pm

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San Diego Comic-Con International (California)
2026-07-23 - 2026-07-27 | San Diego Convention Center, 111 W. Harbor Dr., San Diego, CA, 92101, United States
The San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) is biggest comic convention in California and one of the biggest comic cons in the U.S. It began in 1970 when a group of comics, movie, and science fiction fans banded together to put on the first comic book convention in southern California. Originally called San Diego’s Golden State Comic-Minicon, it was a one day “Minicon” event. Today, this gigantic convention has become an entertainment red-carpet event because of appearances by movie stars and A-list celebrities. With attendance topping 130,000 in recent years, you better make sure you order your tickets ahead of the event. Being geeky is cool and now mainstream.
San Diego Comic-Con Hours
Wednesday (Preview Night) 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Thursday 9:30 AM – 7:00 PM
Friday 9:30 AM – 7:00 PM
Saturday 9:30 AM – 7:00 PM
Sunday 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM
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Tickets / Badge Info
Technically speaking, you don’t purchase tickets for SDCC. You have to purchase badges through your comic-con ID. It’s not as simple as buying tickets online or at the convention booth. There is a strict process you need to follow.
SDCC offers a variety of tickets, or badges, depending on your preferred price point and availability. Prices for adult badges ranging from $69 for a Thursday, Friday, or Saturday badge or $47 for a Sunday badge. All four badges could be purchased for $254 and combined into a four-day badge. Prices for junior attendees (13-17 years old) are roughly half the adult prices, and attendees 12 and under are free with a paying adult.
If you’re interested in attending Preview Night to get an early start on your shopping, it is available only by first purchasing all four of the main daily badges, Thursday through Sunday. If that requirement is met, a Preview Night badge may also be purchased for an additional $50. This meant that in order to get a “Four-day with Preview Night” badge package, you’ll be spending $304.
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OffKai Expo (San Jose, California)
2026-07-24 - 2026-07-26 | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel San Jose, 2050 Gateway Pl, San Jose, CA, 95110, United States
OffKai Expo is the first VTuber focused convention and aim to bring creators big and small from all aspects of the VTubing world to one place. This convention is volunteer-run and a true passion project.

The National Sports Card Convention (Chicago, Illinois)
2026-07-29 - 2026-08-02 | Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, 5555 N River Rd, Rosemont, IL, 60018, United States
The National Sports Card Convention (NSCC) is the countries most famous Sports Card and Memorabilia Trade Show! This national sports collectors convention operates annually and moves to different cities to attract new customers and to help continue to grow and brand this great hobby. Every National Sports Card Convention event hosts meet-and-greet public sports and celebrity signings. Various sports figures will appear for scheduled signings through out the weekend. A wide selection of premier past and present athletes will be present for photo ops and signature requests. Lineups typically exceed over 100 athletes for this event. The event has over 600 of the countries most prolific dealers. All dealers will have 10×15 decorated trade booths for their merchandising needs.
National Sports Card Convention Hours
Wednesday 4 pm – 8 pm
Thursday 10 am – 6 pm
Friday 10 am – 6 pm
Saturday 10 am – 6 pm
Sunday 10 am – 4 pm

Gen Con (Indianapolis, Indiana)
2026-07-30 - 2026-08-02 | Indiana Convention Center, 100 S. Capitol Ave, Indianapolis, IN, United States
Gen Con is the largest tabletop game convention in North America by both attendance and number of events. It features traditional pen-and-paper, board, and card games, including role-playing games, miniatures wargames, live action role-playing games, collectible card games, and strategy games.

TFNation Mini-Con (Reading, United Kingdom)
2026-07-31 - 2026-08-02 | 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!

TFNation (Birmingham, UK)
2026-07-31 - 2026-08-02 | Hilton Birmingham Metropole, The NEC Birmingham, Pendigo Way, Birmingham, B40 1PP, United Kingdom
TFNation® run family-friendly events for fans of Transformers® and other robot brands. There are two types of events, main convention is a three-day event taking place each August in Birmingham, England. There is also a smaller one-day event calledTFN: Mini-Con® which takes place throughout the year in a variety of locations. For more info on TFNation, Europe’s largest Transformers fan-convention, visit TFNation official site.

Otakon (Washington, DC)
2026-07-31 - 2026-08-02 | TN
Founded in 1994, Otakon is an annual anime convention held in the summer months to celebrate Asian pop culture (anime, manga, music, movies, video games, etc) and its fandom. The event runs from Friday to Sunday and is held in our nation’s capital of Washington, DC at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

Anime Revolution (Vancouver, Canada)
2026-07-31 - 2026-08-02 | Vancouver Convention Centre, 1055 Canada Pl, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 0C3, Canada

Leeds Anime & Gaming Con (UK)
2026-07-31 - 2026-08-02 | Leeds Marriott, 4 Trevelyan Square, Boar Ln, Leeds, LS1 6ET, United Kingdom
Leeds Anime & Gaming Con, brings cosplayers, anime fans and lovers of all things geeky together as friends. Join for an action-packed day of merchandise and fun, from comics to gaming and cosplay. There will be internationally famous guests as well.

Collect-A-Con (Los Angeles, California)
2026-08-01 - 2026-08-02 | Los Angeles Convention Center, 1201 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA, 90015, United States
Collect-A-Con is the Nation’s Largest Trading Card, Anime & Pop Culture Convention. Photo Ops, Autographs, and performance with Ying Yang Twins.

Louisiana Retro Con (Morgan City)
2026-08-01 - 2026-08-02 | Morgan City Municipal Audtrm, 728 Myrtle St, Morgan City, LA, 70380, United States
Louisiana Retro Con, held in Morgan City, Louisiana, is a video game-focused convention that celebrates all things within the gaming spectrum. The event also showcases local artists, comic book authors, toy/comic vendors, and many more exhibits relevant to nerd culture. Proudly maintaining a very family-friendly setting, Louisiana Retro Con is a fun event for all age groups.

FarleyCon (Chattanooga, Tennessee)
2026-08-01 - 2026-08-02 | Camp Jordan Arena, 323 Camp Jordan Pkwy, East Ridge, TN, 37412, United States
FarleyCon is back at the Camp Jordan Arena for an unforgettable weekend of special guests, exciting panels, incredible vendors, jaw-dropping cosplay, and so much more. Whether you’re a die-hard comic fan, a dedicated cosplayer, or just looking for a fun and immersive experience, FarleyCon has something for everyone. Stay tuned for more details and ticket information as we gear up for another amazing year of FarleyCon Pop Culture & Comic Book Expo!
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Fan Expo Boston / Boston Comic Con (Massachusetts)
2026-08-07 - 2026-08-09 | Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, 415 Summer St, Boston, MA, 02210, United States
Fan Expo Boston, formerly Boston Comic Con, is the largest comic book convention in New England.
As the biggest and best Massachusetts comic con, their slogan is “true to comics and committed to fans”. While celebrities will be readily available, most goers will enjoy interacting with cosplayers and buying comics. If you’re into comics, sci-fi, horror, anime, gaming, or cosplay, come share our playground. You’ll feel out of this world – and right at home. Find your fandom family at FAN EXPO Boston. All 55,000 of them.
Show Hours
Friday 4 PM – 9 PM^
Saturday 10 AM – 7 PM
Sunday 10 AM – 5 PM
^ Special Preview on Friday at 2 PM for VIP, Ultimate, and 3-Day pass holders who purchase in advance.

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