FANDOM EVENTS
The following is a selection of the most popular among various types of fandom events held in the United States: Anime • Ani-Jam (Fresno, CA) • Animazement (Raleigh, NC) • Anime Boston (Boston, MA) • Anime Central (Rosemont, IL) • Anime Detour (Bloomington, MN) • Anime Expo (Los Angeles, CA) • Anime Festival Orlando (Orlando, FL) • Anime Festival Wichita (Wichita, KA) • Anime Matsuri (Houston, TX) • Anime Miami (Miami, FL) • Anime Mid-Atlantic (Chesapeake, VA) • Anime Midwest (Rosemont, IL) • Anime Milwaukee (Milwaukee, WI) • Anime NebrasKon (Omaha, NE) • Anime Punch! (Columbus, OH) • Anime USA (Washington, DC) • Anime Weekend Atlanta (Atlanta, GA) • AnimeFest (Dallas, TX) • AnimeIowa (Coralville, IA) • AnimeNEXT (Somerset, NJ) • Aniwave (Wilmington, NC) • Bak-Anime (Bakersfield, CA) • ColossalCon (Sandusky, OH) • Con-Nichiwa (Tucson, AZ) • EvilleCon (Evansville, IN) • FanimeCon (San Jose, CA) • Ikasucon (Fort Wayne, IN) • JAFAX (Allendale, MI) • Japan Expo USA (San Mateo, CA) • Kami-Con (Birmingham, AL) • Katsucon (National Harbor, MD) • Kawaii Kon (Honolulu, Hl) • KotoriCon (Sewell, NJ) • Kumoricon (Vancouver, WA) • Matsuricon (Columbus, OH)
RICHARD K. MILLER & ASSOCIATES • 1 • • MechaCon (New Orleans, LA) • Metrocon (Tampa, FL) • Middle Tennessee Anime Convention (Murfreesboro, TN) • Naka-Kon (Overland Park, KS) • Nan Desu Kan (Denver, CO) • NashiCon (Columbia, SC) • No Brand Con (Eau Claire, WI) • Ohayocon (Columbus, OH) • OMGcon (Owensboro, KY) • Otakon (Baltimore, MD) • Otakon Vegas (Las Vegas, NV) • PortConMaine (South Portland, ME) • Project A-Kon (Dallas, TX) • QC Anime-zing! (Davenport, IA) • Quinni-Con (Hamden, CT) • RealmsCon (Corpus Christi, TX) • Saboten Con (Glendale, AZ) • Sac-Anime (Sacramento, CA) • Sakura-Con (Seattle, WA) • San Japan (San Antonio, TX) • Senshi-Con (Anchorage, AK) • Shinboku-con (Huron, OH) • SoDak Con (Rapid City, SD) • Tekko (Pittsburgh, PA) • Tokyo in Tulsa (Tulsa, OK) • Tora-Con (Rochester, NY) • Ushicon (Round Rock, TX) • Yaoi-Con (Long Beach, CA) • Youmacon (Detroit, MI)
Comic (including Manga) • Alternative Press Expo (San Francisco, CA) • Asbury Park Comicon (Asbury Park, NJ) • Baltimore Comic-Con (Baltimore, MD) • Big Apple Comic Con (New York City, NY) • Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (Chicago, IL) • ComicFest (Denver, CO) • Comicpalooza (Houston, TX) • Comikaze Expo (Los Angeles, CA) • Dallas Comic Con (Dallas, TX) • Denver Comic Con (Denver, CO) • Detroit Fanfare (Dearborn, MI) • Dragon*Con (Atlanta, GA) • Emerald City Comicon (Seattle, WA)
RICHARD K. MILLER & ASSOCIATES • 2 • • Heroes Convention (Charlotte, NC) • MegaCon (Orlando, FL) • Memphis Comic and Fantasy Convention (Memphis, TN) • MoCCA Festival (New York City, NY) • Motor City Comic Con (Novi, MI) • New York Comic Con (New York City, NY) • Ohio Comic Con (Columbus, OH) • Phoenix Comicon (Phoenix, AZ) • Pittsburgh Comicon (Monroeville, PA) • Rose City Comic Con (Portland, OR) • Salt Lake Comic Con (Salt Lake City, UT) • San Diego Comic-Con International (San Diego, CA) • Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo (Columbus, OH) • Small Press Expo (Bethesda, MD) • STAPLE! (Austin, TX) • Wildcat Comic Con (Williamsport, PA) • Wizard World Chicago (Chicago, IL) • WonderCon (Anaheim, CA)
Gaming • Archon (Collinsville, IL) • Arisia (Boston, MA) • BASHCon (Toledo, OH) • BGG.CON (Irving, TX) • BlizzCon (Anaheim, CA) • Carnagecon (Killington, VT) • ChargerCon (Huntsville, AL) • Chattacon (Chattanooga, TN) • CoastCon (Biloxi, MS) • Comicpalooza (Houston, TX) • CONduit (Salt Lake City, UT) • ConnectiCon (Hartford, CT) • DemiCon (Des Moines, IA) • DexCon (Morristown, NJ) • Dragon*Con (Atlanta, GA) • DunDraCon (San Ramon, CA) • E For All (Los Angeles, CA) • Electronic Entertainment Expo [E3] (Los Angeles, CA) • Fall In! (Adams County, PA) • Games Workshop Games Day (Memphis, TN) • GameStorm (Portland, OR) • Gamex (Los Angeles, CA) • Gamicon (Iowa City, IA) • Gary Con Lake Geneva, WI)
RICHARD K. MILLER & ASSOCIATES • 3 • • Gateway Los Angeles, CA) • GaymerX (San Francisco, CA) • Gen Con (Indianapolis, IN) • Genericon (Troy, NY) • Historicon (Fredericksburg, VA) • Hypericon (Nashville, TN) • I-CON (Long Island, NY) • Intercon (Chelmsford, MA) • Lunacon Ryebrook, NY) • MACE (Charlotte, NC) • MAGFest (National Harbor, MD) • Marcon (Columbus, OH) • Marmalade Dog (Kalamazoo, MI) • MegaCon (Orlando, FL) • MEPACon (Scranton, PA) • MidSouthCon (Memphis, TN) • MineCon (Orlando, FL) • MOBICON (Mobile, AL) • MomoCon (Atlanta, GA) • Northwest Pinball and Arcade Show (Seattle, WA) • Norwescon (Seattle, WA) • OrcCon (Los Angeles, CA) • Origins Game Fair (Columbus, OH) • OryCon (Portland, OR) • Penguicon (Troy, MI) • Penny Arcade Expo [PAX] East (Boston, MA) • Penny Arcade Expo [PAX] Prime (Seattle, WA) • Phoenix Comicon (Phoenix, AZ) • PortConMaine (Portland, ME) • PrezCon (Charlottesville, VA) • PrinceCon (Princeton, NJ) • QuakeCon (Dallas, TX) • RadCon, Pasco, WA) • RavenCon (Richmond, VA) • RTX (Austin, TX) • SGC (Dallas, TX) • SpoCon (Spokane, WA) • Stellarcon (High Point, NC) • TooManyGames (Oaks, PA) • U-Con (Ann Arbor, MI) • Vericon (Cambridge, MA) • Winter Fantasy (Fort Wayne, IN) • World Boardgaming Championships (Lancaster, PA)
RICHARD K. MILLER & ASSOCIATES • 4 • Multi-genre • AggieCon (College Station, TX) • All-Con (Dallas, TX) • Animation On Display (San Francisco, CA) • ApolloCon (Houston, TX) • Archon (Collinsville, IL) • Archon (Maryland Heights, MI) • BronyCon (Baltimore, MD) • CarnageCon (Killington, VT) • Chattacon (Chattanooga, TN) • CoastCon (Biloxi, MI) • Comic-Con International (San Diego, CA) • Comicpalooza (Houston, TX) • ConGlomeration (Louisville, KY) • ConnectiCon (Hartford, CT) • Convention du Lac (Lake Charles, LA) • Dragon*Con (Atlanta, GA) • FAN:dom Con (Pensacola, FL) • Fandemonium (Nampa, ID) • Geek.Kon (Madison, WI) • Genericon (Troy, NY) • Glamourcon (Chicago, IL) • Glamourcon (Los Angeles, CA) • I-CON (Stony Brook, NY) • JordanCon (Atlanta, GA) • MegaCon (Orlando, FL) • MidSouthCon (Memphis, TN) • MOBICON (Mobile, AL) • MomoCon (Atlanta, GA) • MystiCon (Roanoke, VA) • NerdaCon (Columbus, GA) • New York Comic Con (New York, NY) • Pacific Media Expo (Los Angeles, CA) • Phoenix Comicon (Phoenix, AZ) • Salt Lake Comic Con (Salt Lake City, UT) • ShadowCon (Memphis, TN) • SpoCon (Spokane, WA) • Starfest (Denver, CO) • Vericon (Cambridge, MA) • WonderCon (San Francisco, CA) • Zenkaikon (Lancaster, PA)
Sci-Fi • AggieCon (College Station, TX)
RICHARD K. MILLER & ASSOCIATES • 5 • • Albacon (Albany, NY) • All-Con (Dallas, TX) • Angels and Aliens (Columbus, OH) • ApolloCon (Houston, TX) • Archon (St. Louis, MO) • Arisia (Boston, MA) • Arse Elektronika (San Francisco, CA) • ArmadilloCon (Austin, TX) • BabelCon (Baton Rouge, LA) • Balticon (Baltimore, MD) • BayCon (Santa Clara, CA) • Boskone (Boston, MA) • BotCon (various locations) • Bubonicon (Albuquerque, NM) • Capclave (Washington, DC) • Capricon (Wheeling, IL) • Chattacon (Chattanooga, TN) • CoastCon (Biloxi, MI) • Con†Stellation (Huntsville, AL) • ConCarolinas (Charlotte, NC) • ConClave (Romulus, MI) • ConDFW (Richardson, TX) • CONduit (Salt Lake City, UT) • Conestoga (Tulsa, OK) • Confluence (Pittsburgh, PA) • ConFusion (Ann Arbor, MI) • ConGlomeration (Louisville, KY) • Conjecture (San Diego, CA) • ConQuesT (Kansas City, MO • CONvergence (Bloomington, MN) • Comikaze Expo (Los Angeles, CA) • DemiCon (Des Moines, IA) • Diversicon (Saint Paul, MN) • Dragon*Con (Atlanta, GA) • DucKon (Schaumburg, IL) • EerieCon (Niagara Falls, NY) • Eternal Con (Garden City, NY) • FenCon (Dallas, TX) • Gallifrey One (Los Angeles, CA) • Gaylaxicon (Atlanta, GA) • Geek.Kon (Madison, WI) • GenCon (Indianapolis, IN) • G-Fest (Rosemont, IL) • Hypericon (Nashville, TN)
RICHARD K. MILLER & ASSOCIATES • 6 • • Icon (Cedar Rapids, IA) • I-CON (Hempstead, NY) • InConJunction (Indianapolis, IN) • Lazy Dragon Con (McKinney, TX) • LepreCon (Phoenix, AZ) • Life, the Universe, & Everything (Orem, UT) • Lunacon (Rye Brook, NY) • Marcon (Columbus, OH) • MarsCon (Bloomington, MN) • MarsCon (Williamsburg, Virginia, VA) • MediaWest*Con (Lansing, MI) • MegaCon (Orlando, FL) • MidSouthCon (Memphis, TN) • Midwestcon (Cincinnati, OH) • MileHiCon (Denver, CO) • Minicon (Minneapolis, MN) • MOBICON (Mobile, AL) • MomoCon (Atlanta, GA) • MystiCon (Roanoke, VA) • Nebula Awards Weekend (San Jose, CA) • North American Science Fiction Convention (various locations) • Norwescon (Seattle, WA) • OryCon (Portland, OR) • Penguicon (Pontiac, MI) • Philcon (Philadelphia, PA) • RadCon (Pasco, WA) • RavenCon (Richmond, VA) • Readercon (Boston, MA) • Sci-Fi Valley Con (Altoona, PA) • ShadowCon (Memphis, TN) • Soonercon (Oklahoma City, OK) • SpoCon (Spokane, Washington) • Star Wars Celebration (Orlando, FL) • Starbase Indy (Indianapolis, IN) • Starfest (Denver, CO) • STARFLEET International Conference (Dallas, TX) • Stellarcon (Greensboro, NC) • TimeGate (Atlanta, GA) • TrekTrax Atlanta (Atlanta, GA) • TusCon (Tucson, AZ) • UnCommonCon (Dallas, TX) • Vericon (Cambridge, MA) • Westercon (Sacramento, CA) • WillyCon (Wayne, NE)
RICHARD K. MILLER & ASSOCIATES • 7 • • Windycon (Lombard, IL) • WisCon (Madison, WI) • Wizard World (various locations) • WonderCon (Anaheim, CA)
Several events are categorized as more than multi-genre and appear variously under different categories. Similarly, the culture of fandom often sees an overlap among fans. Many fans of anime and manga, for example, are also fans of sci-fi and videogaming.
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