Show Hours:
Exhibit Hall Hours
Friday, May 29 | 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Saturday, May 30 | 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Sunday, May 31 | 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
VIPs get in 15 minutes early each day
Programming Hours
Friday, May 29 | 1:00 PM – 12:00 AM
Saturday, May 30 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 AM
Sunday, May 31 | 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Registration Hours
Friday, May 29 | 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM
Saturday, May 30 | 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM
Sunday, May 31 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Costume Contests:
Saturday, May 30 | 3:30 PM | Main Stage
Sunday, May 31 | 3:30 PM | Main Stage
Contests hosted by Mikal Mosley!
Photo Op Schedule:
**Please note that this schedule is subject to change at any time**
FRIDAY
MAIN STAGE
4:00 PM – An Attempt to Take Over the World: A Pinky and the Brain Q&A with Rob Paulsen and Maurice LaMarche
5:00 PM – Gotta Go Fast!: A Sonic the Hedgehog Q&A with Pete Capella, Jason Griffith, and Lisa Ortiz
6:30 PM – Friday Night Karaoke with 2D Con
9:00 PM – Shimmy in the Tank 18+ Cosplay Catwalk
PANEL 1
1:00 PM – Opportunities Galore – Finding Where Your Work Fits
2:00 PM – Create Your Artistic Business Model
3:00 PM – Research Offline
4:00 PM – Games to Books to Games
5:00 PM – World Building Across Mediums
6:00 PM – Find and Connect with Your Readers
7:00 PM – Tried and True Storytelling
8:00 PM – Selling in a Saturated Market
9:00 PM – Dice and Demons – The Satanic Panic
10:00 PM – SUDS – Your Story as TTRPG
11:00 PM – Writing the Spicy (18+)
PANEL 2
3:30 PM – Writing Comics 101: From Idea to Page
4:30 PM – Hazbin Hotel Game Show
5:30 PM – Cowabunga to Crossovers: 80s IPs in Comics
6:30 PM – Making Mini-Comics/Zines
8:30 PM – Weather or Not: Weather in Pop Culture
9:30 PM – Edo is the Internet (18+)
10:30 PM – The Doomcast Trivia: A Comedy Gameshow (18+)
PANEL 3
2:00 PM – Witch Hat Atelier: Magic through Art
3:00 PM – Cosplay Showcase!
4:00 PM – Planning a Craftmanship Cosplay
5:00 PM – A Guide to Fabric and Craft Shopping After the Loss of Joann’s
6:00 PM – Cosplay Has No Size Limit
8:00 PM – From Fan to Fantasy: The Art of Cosplay Photography
9:00 PM – Fursuit Making 101
10:00 PM – Dumpster Fire Chat (18+)
11:00 PM – The Best of the Breast: Boobs in Anime (18+)
PANEL 4
4:30 PM – Dungeons & Speed Dating (18+)
7:00 PM – Dylan’s Drink and Draw (18+)
11:00 PM – Cosplay, Class in Session!
GAMING (HALL A)
COMING SOON!
SATURDAY
MAIN STAGE
12:00 PM – Cowabunga Dude!: A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Q&A with Rob Paulsen, Townsend Coleman, Cam Clarke, Barry Gordon, and Renae Jacobs
1:00 PM – Meet the Most Spaced Out Crew in the Galaxy: A Firefly Q&A with Alan Tudyk, Jewel Staite, Sean Maher, and Summer Glau
2:00 PM – The Things I Do For Love!: A Courage the Cowardly Dog Q&A with Marty Grabstein
3:30 PM – The Official Saturday Costume Contest
7:00 PM – Sam Haft In Concert
10:00 PM – The Des Moines Con Nerdlesque Kickback (18+)
PANEL 1
10:00 AM – Book in a Month Without AI
11:00 AM – Self-Editing For Greater Meaning
12:00 PM – Magic & Mayhem – The Elements of Great Fantasy
1:00 PM – Flawed Heroes and Redeemable Villains
2:00 PM – Short Story Creation & Opportunities
3:00 PM – Creative Brand Building
4:00 PM – The Poetry of Comics
5:00 PM – Horror Writing – It Doesn’t Have to Be Scary
8:00 PM – Structuring Your Story
9:00 PM – Heretic
10:00 PM – Improv Extravaganza (18+)
11:00 PM – Reading the Spicy (18+)
PANEL 2
10:30 AM – Long Live the Queens: Padme Amidala from a Swiftie Point of View
11:30 AM – Edo is the Internet (All Ages)
1:30 PM – Make Your Own Damn Comic Book! Turning Comic Book Dreams Into Reality
2:30 PM – All I Really Needed to Learn, I Learned in a High School Theatre Class
3:30 PM – Neopets NFTS: A Firsthand Account
4:30 PM – Is Fear the Path to the Dark Side?
5:30 PM – Drawing Artists
6:30 PM – The Heart of the Duelist: A Yu-Gi-Oh! Character Study
8:30 PM – The Amazing Spider-Man Trivia Contest
10:30 PM – Gender in Cosplay (18+)
PANEL 3
10:00 AM – Saturday Costume Contest Pre-Judging (Pre-registration required to compete)
2:30 PM – Anthropology of Cosplay Fabrics
4:00 PM – Firefly Trivia Shindig
5:00 PM – Spinning Plates: Life as a Freelancer
6:15 PM – Geek: High School Edition
7:30 PM – Bibliotherapy for Villains
8:30 PM -What in the Smut? Why do we Love the Bad Boys in Literature? (18+)
10:00 PM – The Doomcast: A Stand Up Comedy Show for Nerds (18+)
PANEL 4
11:30 AM – Game Master Like the Pros
12:30 PM – Create & Play Your RPG System
2:45 PM – How to Make Zines and Mini Comics
4:30 PM – Brushbug Hide and Seek
5:30 PM – Corsetry: Tips and Tricks to make your own corset
6:30 PM – Pretty Hard Horror Trivia
7:30 PM – Create Your RPG World
9:45 PM – Dungeon Race RPG – One System to Rule Them All
GAMING (Hall A)
COMING SOON!
SUNDAY
MAIN STAGE
11:00 AM – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Nerdlesque Q&A (18+)
12:00 PM – Good News Everyone!: A Futurama Q&A with Billy West, Phil LaMarr and Maurice LaMarche
1:00 PM – A Stay at the Hazbin Hotel: A Hazbin Hotel Q&A with Daphne Rubin Vega, and Shoba Narayan
2:00 PM – A Conversation with Tyler Labine
3:30 PM – The Official Sunday Costume Contest
PANEL 1
10:00 AM – Sunday Story Hour
11:00 AM – How AI Has Affected Our Industries – A Conversation
12:00 PM – Why We Create
1:00 PM – Recovering From Creative Burnout
2:00 PM – Pitch Perfect – For Publishers and Readers
3:00 PM – And I Was Hooked – The Inspirations Of Those Who Inspire Today
4:00 PM – LET’S TALK TOYS! Collecting, Creating an Customizing!
PANEL 2
10:30 AM – Gender in Cosplay (all ages)
11:30 AM – How I Work Out My Comic Stories
12:30 PM – The Super Awesome Wrap-Up with Ben Penrod
1:30 PM – Who Shot First? Examining Star Wars’ Biggest Controversies
2:30 PM – Engage Your Inner Hero!
PANEL 3
10:00 AM – Saturday Costume Contest Pre-Judging (Pre-registration required to compete)
2:00 PM – Not So Simplicity: Plus Size Patterning
3:00 PM – Wrestling and Comic Book Connection
PANEL 4
10:15 AM – Make a Zine with Me!
11:30 AM – Dylan’s Snacks and Sketches (for Kids!)
1:30 PM – Geek Chic Nerdlesque Movement Workshop (18+)
GAMING (Hall A)
COMING SOON!
