Naka-Kon began in 2005 as a single-day event at the University of Kansas. Since then, the convention has grown into a three-day convention with more than 10,000 attendees in 2016! Our attendees come from all across the country to celebrate anime, manga, music, video games, cosplay and many other facets of Japanese history and culture.
Michigan Masters returns in 2019 to continue Michigan's longest running yearly major event! 20+ games to enter, 4 ballrooms, and a 24 hour venue!
JAFAX (Japanese Animation, Film, and Art eXpo) is an annual Japanese visual culture convention held every June in West Michigan. Having outgrown GVSU, JAFAX is now held in Downtown Grand Rapids.
Ohayocon is a three-day convention bringing you the very best in Japanese animation and pop culture. Meet over 40 guests from the industry including voice actors, musicians, artists, and more!
Short for "Music And Gaming Festival," MAGFest is a four day-long event dedicated to the appreciation of video game music, gaming of all types, and the gaming community.
Because we didn't have enough to do already! If you're local, or in town for the event already, come hang with some of our arcade crew and other staffers while we jam to live music and get hyped up for the week to come!
Youmacon is a celebration of Japanese popular culture and its influence on our own culture over the past few decades. Common themes throughout the event are Anime, Video Games, Japanese style artwork and comics, and the rising internet culture influenced by all of the above.
The Big House is the largest Super Smash Brothers event series in the fall. Since 2011, it has been the go-to annual convention for Smash fans not only in the Midwest, but across the world.
ConnectiCon is New England's ONLY massively, multi-genre pop culture convention, the convention's focus is on all things pop culture and does every genre of pop culture in as big a way as possible.
JAFAX (Japanese Animation, Film, and Art eXpo) is an annual Japanese visual culture convention held every June in West Michigan. Having outgrown GVSU, JAFAX is now held in Downtown Grand Rapids.
Michigan Masters returns in 2018 to continue Michigan's longest running yearly major event! 20+ games to enter, 4 ballrooms, and a 24 hour venue!
Short for "Music And Gaming Festival," MAGFest is a four day-long event dedicated to the appreciation of video game music, gaming of all types, and the gaming community.
