Now, to me, Ohayocon is the mark of the beginning of con season. It's the first major anime con of the year with 10,000+ attendance and I'm not there this year At the same time, there's also a sci-fi con in the same city of Columbus, OH on exactly the same weekend DeConPression.



Meanwhile the same weekend in Tennessee, two cons are going on the same weekend. Anime Blues Winterfest Remix , a smaller one-day con from AnimeBlues and Murfreesboro Anime and Comic Kon or MACK for short.



Over in Florida, we got a new con called Animate! Miami  from the same people who bought you SuperCon. Animate! focuses on anime, animation and cosplay. Maybe unofficially a Pony con just because 5 of the guests happen to be on MLP:FIM ???



There's a host of sci-fi cons this weekend, I counted five. RustyCon up in Seattle this year will celebrate their 30th year. That's a lot of candles ! There's also a number of gaming cons to including one called SnowCon - I had to laugh at that name. SnowCon ! Plus a number of comic book cons too.



Finally, the most unusual con I've seen though if you think about it, there probably should be more of these cons. It's a LEGO con called Brick Fair in Alabama. That's right a LEGO con. Though I'm guessing it isn't an official LEGO event but hey, I loved LEGOs as a kid. If I lived in Alabama, I be there this weekend !



This weekend, I'm at another con but it is a photography con called photoLA. I'll be working it so I'll be around somewhere.





Animate! Miami (Miami, FL)

Anime Blues Winterfest Remix (Memphis, TN) Jan 19th

Arisia (Boston, MA) 18-21

Bak-Anime (Bakersfield, CA) Jan 20th

Brick Fair (Birmingham, AL) Jan 19th + 20th

Charlotte Mini-Con (Charlotte, NC) Jan 20th

DeConPression (Columbus, OH)

Immortal Confusion (Dearborn, MI)

MarsCon (Williamsburg, VA)

Murfreesboro Anime and Comic Kon (Murfreesboro, TN) Jan 19th + 20th

Ohayocon (Columbus, OH)

Orlando Toy & Comic Con (Orlando, FL) Jan 20th

RustyCon (Seattle, WA)

SCARAB (Columbia, SC)


SnowCon (Orono,MA)

Uchi-Con (Chicago, IL) Jan 19th

X-travaCon (Detroit, MI) Jan 20th