My Annual List of Florida’s Pop Culture Events: 2016

This is a continuation of my original post from January 1st.  Normally, I just update that post – but with the influx of info that’s now sitting in my inbox/desktop/text messages – I figured it was just easier to create a second follow up post.  Most of the data is the same (and much of it has passed) – but there are number of tweaks/updates.

As you can see, we are fast approaching 100 events in Florida.  I’d be interested to see what other states are this saturated.  (My guesses are Texas and California might be fairly close.)  Also: somewhere on my mess of desk are a couple of other random flyers that may or may not be on this list.  Once I clean through all the paper, I’ll update this post.

Anyways… here’s the list:

CONFIRMED (83):

• JAN 9, Tampa Anime Day (Tampa)
• JAN 10, Deland Comics & Collectibles Show (Deland)
• JAN 10, Floridacon (Miami)
• JAN 15-17, Supernatural Official Convention (Jacksonville)
• JAN 15-17, Magic City Comic Con (Miami)
• JAN 15-18, Otronicon (Orlando)
• JAN 16-17, The Comic Book Connection Comic Book & Toy Show (Daytona Beach)
• JAN 22-23, Auburndale City Con (Auburndale)
• JAN 23, Orlando Anime Day (Orlando)
• JAN 30, BTL Collectibles Show (Miami) – happens monthly
• JAN 30, Tampa Bay Toy Expo (Tampa)
• JAN 31, Orlando Toy & Comic Con (Orlando)
• FEB 4-7, Coastal Magic Convention (Daytona Beach)
• FEB 5-7, Amelia Con (Amelia Island)
• FEB 6, Fusion Con (New Port Richey)
• FEB 12-14, Rapier Con (Jacksonville)
• FEB 13, Infinity Toy and Comic Con (Orlando)
• FEB 13-14, SwampCon (Gainesville)
• FEB 19-21, Florida Arcade & Pinball Expo (Ft. Lauderdale)
• FEB 19-21, Pensacon (Pensacola)
• FEB 20, SyFy Saturday (Bartow)
• FEB 21, Retr-O-Rama Pop Culture Collectibles Show (Jacksonville)
• FEB 27, Acme Comic-Con (Longwood)
• MAR 4-6, Omni Expo (Orlando)
• MAR 5-6, CONjure (Orlando)
• MAR 6, Jacksonville Anime Day (Jacksonville)
• MAR 12-13, Fanboy Expo (Lakeland)
• MAR 12, Silver-Con (Fort Lauderdale)
• MAR 17-21, CruiseCon (Jacksonville, Aboard a Cruise Ship)
• MAR 18-20, FreeCon (Tallahassee)
• MAR 19, Clearwater Comic Con (Clearwater)
• MAR 19, Mandarin Mini Con (Jacksonville)
• MAR 19-20, ALT*Con (Tallahassee)
• MAR 20, Daytona Beach Comic Convention (Daytona Beach)
• MAR 26, Hero Hype Con (Miami)
• MAR 26-27, Geek Fest Florida (Fort Lauderdale)
• APR 1-2, Hurricane Who (Orlando)
• APR 1-3, Collective Con (Jacksonville)
• APR 1-3, Spooky Empire Retro [formerly “May-hem”] (Orlando)
• APR 2, Polycon (Lakeland)
• APR 2-3, Miami Hurricon (Miami)
• APR 16-17, Space Coast Nerd Fest (Melbourne)
• APR 22-24, Florida Anime Experience (Kissimmee)
• APR 22-24, OASIS (Orlando)
• APR 24, North Florida Comic Con First Coast Comic Con (Jacksonville)
• MAY 26-29, Megacon (Orlando)
• JUN 4-5, Ocala Comic Con (Ocala)
• JUN 17-19, Florida Fandomania (Fort Pierce)
• JUL 1-4, Florida Supercon (Miami)
• JUL 9, Time Lord Fest Jacksonville (Jacksonville)
• JUL 6-10, Dice Tower Gaming Con (Orlando)
• JUL 15-17, Ancient City Con (Jacksonville)
• JUL 15-17, Southern Media Con (Tampa)
• JUL 21-14, Metrocon (Tampa)
• JUL 29-31, Anime Festival Orlando (Orlando)
• JUL 29-31, GeekyCon (Orlando)
• JUL 30-31, LameCon (Land O’ Lakes)
• AUG 5-7, Megaplex (Orlando)
• AUG 5-7, Tampa Bay Comic Con (Tampa)
• AUG 5-7. Wizard World Orlando (Orlando)
• AUG 19-21, Mizucon (Miami)
• AUG 12-14, The Grand Brony Gala (Tampa)
• AUG 20-21, Fan Lexicon (Jacksonville)
• AUG 20-21, Pensacola Para Comic Con (Pensacola)
• SEP 9-11, Space Coast Comic Con (Cape Canaveral)
• SEP 9-11, Umicon Daytona (Daytona Beach)
• SEP 10, Pinellas Comic and Maker Con (St. Petersburg)
• SEP 16-18, Treasure Coast Comic Con (Port St. Lucie)
• SEP 17-18, CreativeCon (Panama City)
• SEP 24-25, Palm Con (West Palm Beach)
• OCT 7-9, Spooky Empire (Orlando)
• OCT 9, North Florida Comic Show (Jacksonville)
• OCT 9, Time Lord Fest Tampa Bay (Tampa)
• OCT 22-23, WasabiCon (Tampa)
• OCT 28-30, Necronomicon (Tampa)
• NOV 4-6, NakamaCon (Panama City)
• NOV 4-6, Rangerstop’s Superhero Toy & Comic Con (Orlando)
• NOV 11-13, FANdom Con (Fort Walton Beach)
• NOV 11-13, Free Play Florida (Orlando)
• NOV 18-20, ShadoCon (St. Petersburg)
• NOV 20, Clermont Comic Con (Clermont)
• DEC 9-11, The Vampire Diaries Official Convention (Orlando)
• DEC 16-18, Holiday Matsuri (Orlando)

PENDING (12):

• 2050 Events  (Daytona Beach)
• ANIMATE! Miami (Miami)
• ArcadiaCon (Fort Lauderdale)
• Chibi Pa (Hollywood)
• Florida Comics Experience (Melbourne) – slated to return February 2017
• Force Fest (Jacksonville)
• Jacksonville Arcade Expo (Jacksonville) – slated to return Spring 2017
• Mini Con (Plantation)
• Orlando Nerd Fest (Orlando)
• Speculative Fiction: Southeast (Orlando)
• Ultracon of South Florida (Miami)
• ZombiCon (Fort Myers)

INACTIVE:

• Acciocon (Orlando)
• Anime Express (Daytona Beach)
• Anime South (Fort Walton Beach)
• Apex Anime (Tampa)
• Away Mission (Tampa)
• Ascendio/Infinitus (Orlando)
• Assimilation (Orlando)
• Atama Kon (Orlando)
• Bellecon/Otaku-Ya! Anime Festival (Jacksonville)
• Bold City Comic Con (Jacksonville)
• Clearwater Toshocon (Clearwater)
• Creator Owned Expo (Ft. Lauderdale)
• Cosmic Comic Fest (Tampa)
• Creature Con (Orlando)
• DreamCon/Nightmare Before Thanksgiving (Jacksonville)
• EnchantaCon (Orlando)
• EXP Con (Jacksonville)
• Evil Con (Tampa)
• EyeCon (Orlando – but still active outside of Florida)
• Fantasy Twi-Life Tour (Ft. Lauderdale)
• Fatality Fest (West Palm Beach)
• FIT Con (Melbourne)
• Floatacon (Miami, Aboard a Cruise Ship)
• Florida Battle Con (Orlando)
• Florida Net Con (Orlando)
• Fandom Unleashed (Orlando)
• FX/The Florida Xtravaganza (Orlando)
• Galaxy Comic Con (Tampa)
• Gamewarp (Orlando)
• Houkocon (Port St. Lucie)
• Infinite Bits (Miami)
• JACON (Orlando)
• Janicon (Jacksonville)
• Khaotic Kon (Tampa)
• Knightrokon (Orlando)
• Kunicon/Otakucon (Miami)
• Meeting of the Mines Minecraft Convention (Orlando)
• Mugglecon (Orlando)
• Mythicon (Orlando)
• Naruto Trek (West Palm Beach)
• O-SaruCon (Orlando)
• Omnicon (Ft. Lauderdale)
• Orlando Comic Expo (Orlando)
• Panama City Beach Comic Con (Panama City)
• PariahCon (Lakeland)
• Pulp Adventure Con (Ft. Lauderdale – but still active outside of Florida)
• Sci-Con (Tampa)
• Salty Bay Con (Tampa)
• Sands of Anime (Cocoa Beach)
• Shock! Pop! Comic Con (Ft. Lauderdale)
• Sukoshi Con (Ft. Walton Beach – but still active outside of Florida)
• Tachychon (Orlando)
• Trekfest (West Palm Beach)
• Trekon (Miami)
• Trek Happening (Ft. Lauderdale)
• Vulkon (Orlando & Tampa)
• Walker Stalker Con (Orlando – but still active outside of Florida)
• Winter Garden Wonderfest (Winter Garden)
• Wrath of Con (Panama City)
• Yasumicon (Miami)
• Zonacon/Tri-County Comic Con (Orlando)