Events

One of NC's biggest pop culture events of the year, GalaxyCon Raleigh returns to the Raleigh Convention Center for four full days of fandom, gaming, cosplay, and celebrity meet-and-greets. This is a festival of fandom in the truest sense—where fans of comics, sci-fi, fantasy, anime, gaming, and more all find their people under one roof. […]

Charlotte Comicon returns to the Embassy Suites Charlotte Concord for a one-day celebration of comics, collectibles, and pop culture on August 8, 2026.Expect vendor tables loaded with comics, toys, and memorabilia, artist alley, and cosplay throughout the day — a solid warm-up for Mad Monster Expo, which lands at the same venue two weeks later.Stock […]

Greenville Comic Con brings a day of comics, collectibles, and fandom to the Greenville Convention Center on August 8, 2026 — eastern NC's chance to get its own con fix the same weekend Charlotte and Concord are hosting theirs.Expect local vendors, artists, and cosplay in a smaller, community-focused format.Looking for comic shops near Greenville the […]

Queen City Anime Con takes over the Sheraton Charlotte Hotel August 14–16, 2026, for three days of anime, manga, cosplay, and Asian pop culture programming.Expect artist alley, vendor rooms, cosplay contests, panels, and late-night events across the weekend.Between conventions, keep the anime and TCG habit going — find Charlotte-area card shops and hobby stores in […]

Carolina's premier horror, sci-fi, and pop-culture expo returns to Concord for three days of madness, August 21u201323, 2026. Mad Monster Expo brings genre celebrities, vendors, panels, a film festival, and professional photo-ops to the Embassy Suites Charlotte Concord.Hours: Friday 6u201311 PM, Saturday 11 AMu20137 PM, Sunday 11 AMu20135 PM. Kids 12 and under get in […]

The nation's largest trading card, anime, and pop culture convention returns to the Charlotte Convention Center August 22u201323, 2026, with over 900 vendor tables. Expect Poku00e9mon, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece, Lorcana, sports cards, Funko POP!s, comics, vintage toys, video games, celebrity guests, and live performances.Hours: Saturday 10 AMu20136 PM, Sunday 10 AMu20135 PM.If […]

Raleigh's homegrown gaming convention is back for year two, September 5u20136, 2026 at the Raleigh Convention Center. Game and Geek Expo packs gaming tournaments, freeplay areas, arcades, TCG and tabletop gaming, retro and modern consoles, a 150+ vendor mega marketplace, cosplay contests, panels, and celebrity guests into one weekend.Hours: Saturday 10 AMu20136 PM, Sunday 10 […]

Epic Mighty Con brings a community-scale celebration of comics, gaming, and pop culture to the Wendell Community Center on September 19, 2026.A smaller, family-friendly con format with local vendors, cosplay, and gaming tables — a great option for folks in the Wake Forest/Wendell/Zebulon area who want to skip the big-city convention crowds.Find game stores and […]

MoTownCon lands at the Merino Mill in Mooresville on October 31, 2026 — a Halloween-weekend celebration of comics, gaming, and pop culture in a historic mill space.Expect vendors, cosplay, and gaming tables in a unique industrial-chic venue.Browse Lake Norman-area game and hobby stores before the con.