June 14 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
You don’t need to travel to San Diego to attend a Comic-Con. Join us June 14 for our annual Northland Nerdcon as we celebrate comics, anime, board games, role-playing, and all things nerdy! Come up with a great costume for the cosplay contest, compete to see if you’re the best Mario Kart racer, or just spend some time playing games with fellow nerds!
Visit bit.ly/nerdcon2025 for registration. Be sure to register by June 1 to ensure a place in the gauntlet making workshop, the Cosplay contest, or the Mario Kart Tournament.
Schedule of events:
9 a.m. to 10 a.m. – Registration and Check In
Upper Lobby
9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. – Cosplay Prop Workshop
Meeting Room, lower level
Get hands on experience making a gauntlet to use in your next cosplay!
10 a.m. – Kamishibai Japanese Folktale
Learning Garden
Kamishibai is a Japanese folk art tradition that combines bicycles, storytelling, illustration, and audience participation. This session will be best enjoyed by adults and kids 12+.
11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Learn to Play Pokemon TCG
Upper Library
Join a certified Pokemon Professor to learn to play the Pokemon card game!
11 a.m. – Cosplay Judging
Meeting Room, lower level
Be sure to sign up for a judging time slot for the Cosplay Contest by 11 a.m.
1 p.m. – Kamishibai Japanese Folktale for families
Learning Garden
Kamishibai is a Japanese folk art tradition that combines bicycles, storytelling, illustration, and audience participation. For all ages.
1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. – Cosplay Photos
Teen section, lower level
Have your photo taken and photoshopped onto a fun background!
2 p.m. to 4 p.m. – Mario Kart Tournament
Silent Study, upper level
Test your driving skills in our bracket style tournament. Which racer will take home the prize?
4 p.m. – Cosplay Contest Showcase & Awards
Meeting Rooms, lower level
Show off your cosplay outfit or accessories for everyone and find out who our cosplay contest winners are!
Available All Day:
Open Board Gaming
Silent Study, upper level
Learn some new games or play some favorites with other gaming enthusiasts!
Vendor Tables – see below list
Upper Level Lobby
Local artists and businesses will be available throughout the day to talk about what they do and sell stickers, earrings, clothes, and more!
Kids Craft/Coloring Sheets
Children’s Department
Food Trucks
By the Wayside Coffee – 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Mission Mahi – 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Cosplay Panel
Feytaline – Bluesky
Feytaline (she/her) is a cosplayer, photographer, and advocate who was recently featured in Allure magazine for her work in the anti-harassment community as the Operations Director for the Cosplayer Survivor Support Network. She crafts the majority of her own costumes, wigs, and props, and has been staffing in the convention community for over 15 years. She is looking forward to returning to Northland Nerdcon!
Trickssi – Instagram
Trickssi, CA (she/her) is a cosplayer, certified victim advocate, and founder of the Cosplayer Survivor Support Network who’s extremely honored to be back for NerdCon again this year. Her cosplays are a mix of handmade and altered pieces with a portfolio that focuses on character acting and storytelling. An experienced dancer and teacher with over 8 years of hosting events in the anime con community, Trickssi also hosts social partner dance lessons and the Formal Ball at Tekko!
Cash – Instagram
With nearly 20 years of cosplay experience, Cash got his start living in Japan. Having never never attended a convention before, he went to the Tokyo Game Show and was hooked. He’s since moved back to the states and started a family, but still finds time to cosplay as his creative outlet. His work has been featured in numerous online and print articles including IO9, Nerdist, Comicbook.com, and SyFy.
Vendors
Backroads Bookstore – Instagram
The Geeky Crafter – Facebook
