The Denver area is a hub for pop culture and offers some fabulous conventions and it is a fresh new year to start planning. It is time to block off some weekends for comics, cosplay, sci-fi, gaming, and fantasy goodness. Fans had already begun the stitching and gluing for the cosplay. Some are warming up gaming skills while some are practicing filk songs. Others are possibly putting aside some Christmas cash to raid the dealer’s rooms. Either way, the hiatus is over and it is time for some Colorado convention fun.
HexaCon
Fri. Jan 18-Mon. Jan. 21, 2019
Ramada Plaza Denver North, Denver
Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Weekend with gaming central at HexaCon. RPG and tabletop players will be in heaven at this Denver convention. Join in the fun while learning to play some old favorite games and learn some new ones. On hand will be board games, miniatures, roleplaying games, and train games.
COSine Science Fiction Convention
Hotel Eleganté Conference & Event Center, Colorado Springs
Jan. 18-20, 2019
This cozy con is considered a favorite for those of the Rocky Mountain region who enjoy fun and informative panels and interesting guests. It happens to be the 15th annual COSine in the Springs, and includes cool panels discussing everything from fiction to science fiction, gaming, D&D, filk, and of course cosplay. Stay tuned for this year’s guests include author Carrie Vaughn, astronomy expert Dr. Mike Brotherton, and locals Connie and Courtney Willis.
GalaxyFest
Feb. 1-Feb. 3, 2019
Antlers Wyndham Hotel, Downtown Colorado Springs
Embrace that inner geek and hang out with a stunning view of Pikes Peak in downtown Colorado Springs. GalaxyFest is a long weekend getaway filled with celebrities, vendors, actors, artists, authors from Colorado Springs to all around the globe. The guests and the attendees come to represent genres such as comics, steampunk, sci-fi, anime for all ages. Already announced are cool guests like Noah Hathaway, Sainty Nelsen, Kazha, and Tracee Lee Cocco.
WhimsyCon
Mar. 1-3, 2019
Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center
Steampunk lives here at WhimsyCon. This year fans will be immersing themselves in
Denver Indie Comics & Art Expo (DINK Denver)
April 13-14, 2019
McNichols Civic Center, Downtown Denver
Writers, illustrators, and artists from all over the country gather for DINK Denver. This annual convention that celebrates true indie art. There are panels, activities, comics, zines, books, paintings, drawings, and more! DINK is more than just an comics and art show. This festival actually gives back to the community with its non-profit pilot program Camp Comic Book at the beautiful Sunrise Ranch in Loveland, CO. Conventions like DINK further prove that the Mile High area is a hub of for grassroots culture and the arts.
Colorado Anime Fest
Apr. 19-21, 2019
Denver Marriott Tech Center
Come celebrate everything Japan in the Mile High City! Colorado Anime Fest is bringing guests like Daman Mills, Chuck Huber, Jason Marsden, Kirk Thornton, Austin Tindle, Terri Doty, Jad Saxton, Lauren Landa to Denver to meet their fans. Enjoy outstanding Programming, Anime Bar, Maid Cafe, Manga Library, Tabletop Gaming, Video Room, and much more!
StarFest Denver
Apr. 26-28, 2019
Marriott DTC, Denver
Long-time favorite con, StarFest will be bringing all of the “fests” again this year. This convention meets the hope of most any fandom with their con-within-a-con model that includes StarFest, ComicFest, GameFest, KlingonFest, ArtFest, ScienceFest, ModelFest, and Harry Potter’s Avistrum. Long considered a reunion of friends, this family-run annual event draws fans from all over the Rocky Mountain region; many of whom have been attending since 1977. Guests to be announced soon.
Denver Pop Culture Con
May 31-June 2, 2019
Colorado Convention Center, Downtown Denver
Easily one of the largest celebrations of pop culture fandom in North America, Denver Pop Culture Con again will bring some of the biggest names in the biz to the Mile High scene. Formerly Denver Comic Con this event has announced celebs such as “Supernatural’s Jim Beaver, and “Smallville’s Tom Welling. Victor Garber, Ming-Na Wen, Benedict Wong, Lana Parrilla, Patrick Warburton, and popular voice actors Tara Strong and Charles Martinet. Comics guests so far are Allen Bellman, Afua Richardson, and Steve Orlando. The authors so far are Cinda Williams Chima, Terri Libenson, and Colleen Oakes.
Myths and Legends Con (
Aug. 9-11, 2019
Ramada Plaza Denver North
Denver area nerds know that Myths and Legends Convention is something special. For anyone new to this event, it is all about the favorites. It focuses on what so many sci-fi fans love the most: ‘Firefly’, ‘Doctor Who’, ‘Harry Potter’, ‘Supernatural’, ‘Game of Thrones’, and more. The organizers believe that “the only difference between stories of Hercules and Harry Potter or the fall of Troy and Mordor is time.” Speaking of time, attendees boast that this shindig is a weekend spent far away in another verse.
Colorado Springs Comic Con
Aug. 23-25, 2019
Chapel Hills Mall Event Center, Colorado Springs
A comic con in a mall? Sure, why not! Colorado Springs Comic Con found its new home last summer at the Chapel Hills Mall Event Center. Odd? Yes, but somehow the venue worked surprising well. The first floor was packed with some of the biggest names in pop culture. The second floor provided a nice large space for vendors and artists to meet and greet their fans. The celebrity panels were held at an old Wet Seal store space, yet the backdrop was actually pretty damn cool. Some celebs have already been announced such as Ninja Turtle creator Kevin Eastman, and Allen Bellman, and Ian Chase Nichols.
Stay tuned later this year for fall convention info.