Metro Detroit’s newest Pop Culture Convention Astronomicon heads into its 4th year!
Check out MIGeekScene’s previous coverage:
2018 Review
2018 Gallery
Ming Chen Interview 2018
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Labyrinth Masquerade
The Redford Theatre and The Goblin King Players invite you to the Labyrinth Masquerade. Guests are encouraged to attend in formal masquerade attire, or as their favorite Labyrinth character. Be entertained by live music from Serious Moonlight BAND and enjoy photo ops with The Goblin King himself provided by Art Box Creations Inc. Masquerade will be held from 7-8:30pm followed by a screening of Labyrinth with a sing-along. More surprises await you in a world where everything seems possible and nothing is what it seems.
4th Annual Detroit Festival of Books!
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!
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
Halfway2Halloween Monster Boolesque Spooktacular 5
18+
Halfway2Halloween Monster Boolesque Spooktacular 5
Friday April 24th – 7p to 12a – $15 w/costume – $20 w/o
HALLOWEEN IS COMING BACK TO DETROIT!!! On Friday April 24th 2020 at Detroit’s Tangent Gallery comes the return of:
HALFWAY2HALLOWEEN MONSTER BOOLESQUE SPOOKTACULAR 5
The tricks and treats include:
– A Halloween burlesque variety show starring Lushes Lamoan, Satori Circus and very special guests
– Costume contests with cash-like prizes (seriously, show us your fabulous worst!)
– A film festival of local and international indy short horror films
– A room full of creepy merchants selling strange & odd merchandise
– Also Halloween lounge music, UV animated decor, booze specials, cheap candy and haunted hijinks galore!
Admission is $15 with costume and $20 without (seriously, just put something on). Admission includes the merchants, film fest, variety show, contests, etc. This event is 18+.
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)
Events for the Week Mar 2nd-8th
Don’t know what to do for the week? Well, check out what’s going on for this weekend.
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!
Events for the Week Feb 17th-23rd
Don’t know what to do for the week? Well, check out what’s going on for this weekend.
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