Schedule

SHOW HOURS:

Exhibit Hall Hours:
TBA

Programming Hours:
Friday: 12:00 PM – 2:00 AM
Saturday: 9:00 AM – 2:00 AM
Sunday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Registration Hours:
TBA

Costume Contest RULES/INFO

Cosplay Masquerade Rules Available HERE!

Early Halloween Costume Contest Rules Available HERE!

AMV Contest RULES/INFO

AMV Contest Info & Rules Available HERE! 

AMV Applications Available HERE!

MARAI MAID CAFE

Tickets Here!  – AVAILABLE ALL 3 DAYS

Marai Maid Cafe welcomes you! While their master is unfortunately away and attending business but has left his maids to take care of you with delicious treats and yummy drinks. Marai Maid Cafe hopes you enjoy our special performance dedicated to you, the guests, and hopes it brings you happiness for the rest of your day! 

Schedule

*Schedule subject to change. 

**Panels marked 18+ require an 18+ wristband which can be acquired at Registration.

Friday

Panel Room 1

12:00 PM – Social Media for Cosplay

1:00 PM – How Anime Has Moved Its Way Into Sporting Events

2:00 PM – Pokémon Trainers Unite

3:00 PM – Dungeons & Speed Dating (18+)

5:00 PM – AMV Contest Screening

6:30 PM – Making Friends at a Con

8:30 PM – Dylan’s Drink and Draw: Anime Edition (18+)

Main Stage

12:00 PM – Idol Live – Auracle Concert

2:00 PM – My Hero Academia Q&A with Elizabeth Maxwell and Jason Liebrecht, Lisa Ortiz, Anairis Quinones

3:00 PM – Yu-Gi-Oh! Q&A with Eric Stuart and Dan Green

8:30 PM – TINF Presents: The Sugoi Expo Nerdlesque Kickback (18+)

11:30 PM – Cosplay Karaoke!

Saturday

Panel Room 1

9:00 AM – AMV Contest Re-Screening

11:00 AM – Posing in Cosplay

12:00 PM – Jazz, Joints and Gyration – Anime Intros

1:00 PM – Kawaii Culture

2:00 PM – Go Bleach Your Roots Creep! A 30th Anniversary Celebration of DiC’s Sailor Moon

3:00 PM – Real Life Social Difficulties Reflected in Anime

4:00 PM – OC fest: Making Good Original Characters Great

5:00 PM – Sonic the Hedgehog Sing-Along

6:30 PM – The Geek Chic Nerdlesque Movement Workshop (18+)

9:00 PM – OC fest: Making Good Original Characters Great (18+)

10:00 PM – Real Life Social Difficulties Reflected in Anime After Dark (18+)

11:00 PM – Why We Love the Bad Boys of Anime (18+)

Main Stage

1:00 PM – Pokemon Q&A with Eric Stuart, Dan Green, Lisa Ortiz

2:00 PM – Dandadan Q&A with AJ Beckles, Anairis Quinones

3:30 PM – Cosplay Masquerade

8:00 PM – Asaka & Stereo Dive Foundation Concert

11:30 PM – RAVE!

Special Events

11:00 AM – 3:00 PM – Cosplay Pool Party! at the Hotel Pool

OFFICIAL END OF SUMMER COSPLAY POOL PARTY 

Hosted by Mikal Mosley 

It’s the Sugoi Expo Beach Episode! Bring those swimsuits and summertime inspired cosplays to the hotel pool from 11AM to 3PM on Saturday, September 20th!

SUNDAY

Panel Room 1

12:00 AM – So You Wish You Had a Monster Girl Waifu (18+)

1:00 AM – Creating Your Own Eroge Visual Novel (18+)

10:00 AM – Pokémon Gotta Collect Em’ All

11:00 AM – MikuMikuDance for Beginners

12:00 PM – Creating Your Own Visual Novel

1:00 PM – Cosplay Figure Drawing Workshop

2:00 PM – Odd Sonic Singalong

3:00 PM – AMV Contest Winners Screening and Awards Ceremony

Main Stage

10:30 AM – Demon Slayer Q&A with Ryan Bartley

11:30 AM – Q&A with Asaka and SDF

12:30 PM – Sonic the Hedgehog Reunion Q&A with Pete Capella, Lisa Ortiz, Jason Griffith, Colleen O’Shaughnessey, Dave B. Mitchell, Kirk Thornton, Mike Pollock

3:00 PM – Early Halloween Costume Contest