Detroit Festival of Books (aka: Detroit Bookfest) will take place at Eastern Market Shed 3 in Detroit. FREE entry! Bookfest has been morphing into a signature event for the region and will feature 200 vendors selling BOOKS (ie: used, rare, antiquarian, unusual, ephemera, authors). There will also be vinyl records, comic books, creative arts, vintage board games and more! Food, beer and funk music!
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Cosplay Picnic Meet Up 2020
Cosplay Picnic Meet Up is back this Summer, on Saturday, June 13th from 10am – 7pm at Detroit Riverfront.
We will meet us at the Food Court inside the GM Renaissance Center around 10am or 11am before we all go Outside at 12pm. come to dress up as your favorite Characters to Cosplay and wear something cool during the hot weather. we will have some food, outside activities, entertainment and other stuff in Detroi Riverfront. Also bring some food or buy some food at the Food Court.
Cost: Free Admission
Detroit International Festival of Animation 2020
On April 3rd and 4th 2020 in Detroit, the 5th annual Detroit International Festival of Animation (DIFA) will celebrate and showcase a wild diversity of animations from animators and filmmakers local and international. DIFA will feature approximately 90 minutes of animated shorts ranging from experimental to quirky as well as more sophisticated mini features.
WayCon 2020
This is a nerdy con being hosted by the anime and gaming clubs at Wayne State Campus. We hope to make this an annual event. This year we are renting one whole floor of the student center. We plan to have lots of panels, contests/games, and of course vendors. This year is a test run to see if we can pull it off so it is completely free! (well other then the vendors since their, selling stuff)
Frostbite 2020
Frostbite roars back in 2020 for the 5 Year Anniversary of the series. We are a convention-style tournament experience: special guests, 24-hour gaming, on-demand side events, and more in addition to our main events! Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Singles and Doubles, as well as Rivals of Aether Singles and Doubles, return to the main event lineup. For our 5th installment, we have many special events in the works.
As Frostbite is one of the few Nintendo partnered events of the year, Frostbite 2020 is a must-attend event in Q1 2020!
Astronomicon 3
Metro Detroit’s newest Pop Culture Convention Astronomicon heads into its 3rd year!
Check out MIGeekScene’s previous coverage:
2018 Review
Gallery
Ming Chen Interview
How to Train Your ConFusion
The longest-running fan-run SF/F convention in Michigan, ConFusion is a premier event for publishing professionals and fans alike. It is hailed as a place to experience programming and guests on the caliber you find at a WorldCon, while located in a convenient and affordable setting.
Events for the Week Jan 13th-19th
Don’t know what to do for the week? Well, check out what’s going on for this weekend.
TECHNiiCON 2019
Techniicon is the Metro Detroit’s anime event including a diverse influence of electronic music. Similar to most Con events, but with bigger electronic music scene and a celebration of Japanese popular culture, anime, Artwork, Film, Comics, and Video games
TECHNiiCON will be holding its debut celebration on September 14th 2019. The event will take place at (620 W Woodward Heights Blvd, Hazel Park, MI 48030) 6pm-12am. This is an all-ages cosplay event with great live musical performances, DJ’s, artists and more. At Techniicon you are our guest.
Attendees can pre-register to tell their story about things they been creating such as Games, Comics, app’s, Movies,etc. Techniicon is a single-day event including free to play video games and interactive live events artwork and comics. Tickets will be available online and at the door. See you there
Events for the Week Sept 9th-15th
Don’t know what to do for the week? Well, check out what’s going on for this weekend.