At PopCon, we celebrate the passion and creativity of fandom in all its forms. Whether you’re into comics, movies, TV shows, gaming, anime or many other genres PopCon offers a vibrant community where you can connect with fellow enthusiasts, discover exclusive content, and meet your favorite creators. Join us for an unforgettable experience filled 3-day weekend.

Anime Central (ACen) is the largest anime, manga and Japanese popular culture convention in Chicago and the Midwest. Our event is located less than 30 minutes from downtown Chicago, in Rosemont, IL. As part of its mission, ACen brings fans together with guests from the Japanese and US sectors of the anime and manga industry, as well as gaming, cinema, and Asian culture personalities. The event includes a huge exhibit hall, a massive video game room, concerts, dances, educational panels and workshops, premiere screenings, autograph sessions, 24-hour video rooms, tabletop gaming and much, much more!

MomoCon brings together fans of Japanese Anime, American Animation, Comics, Video Games, and Tabletop Games to celebrate their passion by costuming / cosplay, browsing the huge exhibitors hall, meeting celebrity voice talent, designers, and writers behind their favorite shows, games, and comics andmuch much more over this 4 day event. 

One weekend. Every side of you. Join the tradition where fans find their people, their passion, and a place that feels like home.

Located along the banks of the Connecticut River in downtown Hartford, ConnectiCon returns for it's 23rd year! As Connecticut's oldest fan run convention, we proudly host a multi-genre selection of Cosplay, Gaming, Celebrity Guests, Panels, Workshops and all things Pop-Culture!

This vibrant convention invites attendees to explore and experience games from hundreds of exhibiting companies, while offering thousands of ticketed events that showcase an exciting array of board games, card games, roleplaying games, seminars, cosplay, and entertainment.

Anime NYC is the largest anime convention on the East Coast, in the biggest city in the US! Bringing together 150K fans from around the world for four days of excitement, it showcases the best of Japanese pop culture with unique exhibits, exclusive screenings and experiences, and appearances by top creators from Japan and beyond.

Anime Magic! is on a mission to bring the "magic" back to anime conventions! We’re always pushing the boundaries, and this year is no different. We’re getting WAY bigger, better, and more exciting for 2026!

We're a convention by fans, for fans with a focus on FUN. This isn't your typical cookie-cutter convention! We have all the normal fanfare you've come to expect from other conventions, while pushing the bleeding edge of convention fun and interactivity even further. We have plenty of exciting surprises and events that will blow your mind!

Whether you're a seasoned veteran of conventions or a first timer, you're going to discover the magic of anime!

Dragon Con is the largest multi-media, popular culture convention focusing on science fiction & fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music, and film in the universe. Call us a phenomenon, call us one of the most well attended pop-culture conventions in the country, call us the most fan fun you can have in five days:
Dragon Con is where you want to be on Labor Day Weekend.

This year’s theme, Sanctuary Among the Stars, was inspired by the countless alien worlds, distant civilizations, and unlikely alliances that fill the science fiction we love and by the people who gather here to celebrate them.

Across books, movies, and series, we are shown again and again that the universe is vast, strange, and beautifully varied. We meet beings from worlds unlike our own, speaking unfamiliar languages, carrying different histories, values, and ways of seeing reality itself. Yet the stories that stay with us are the ones where those differences do not divide, they connect.

MIDWEST FURFEST: BARK TO THE FUTURE!

From our humble beginnings, PAX has doubled in size each year until it hit venue capacities. At that point, we partnered with Reed Exhibitions and started bringing PAX to other cities around the world including Boston, San Antonio, Philadelphia, and Melbourne, Australia.