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WonderCon Anaheim 2026
WonderCon fills the Anaheim Convention Center with comics, sci-fi, fantasy, film, and the cosplay community that doesn't need a San Diego hotel room to have the time of their lives. Panels from top creators, artist alley discoveries, and a dealer's floor that takes hours to properly explore.
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WonderCon Anaheim 2026 — Day 2
Day 2 at WonderCon Anaheim. The panels get bigger, the artist alley lines get longer, and the cosplay gets more elaborate. The second day is always the best.
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Original Renaissance Pleasure Faire 2026
The longest-running Renaissance faire in America. Eight weekends of jousting, turkey legs, period costumes, ale, and performances. The crowd is 60% costumed on a regular weekend. Anime fans, LARP players, cosplayers, and history nerds all coexist peacefully because everyone's too happy to argue. Runs every weekend April through May. This is the one.
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My Hero Academia Final Arc — Watch Party SD
The final arc of My Hero Academia is airing and San Diego's anime community is not watching it alone. Big screen, loud reactions, and the particular energy of a room where everyone has been following these characters for years. Show up early for the best seats. Someone will cry. That someone might be you.
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Anime San Diego Monthly Meetup — May 2026
The Anime Watch San Diego community meets monthly. No formal agenda — just anime fans in a bar talking about what they're watching, what to watch next, and aggressively recommending shows to people who didn't ask. First Sunday of the month. Free to attend.
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Spy x Family Season 3 — Premiere Watch Party
Season 3 of Spy x Family premieres and the SD anime community is gathering for the occasion. Anya's face alone is worth the trip. Come for the premiere, stay for the debate about whether Loid is actually starting to feel things or if he's still running the mission. We all know the answer.
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One Piece Live Reaction Screening — Episode 1100
One Piece hits episode 1100. Watch live with the fans who have been there since episode 1. The Geek Group runs monthly communal screenings — full room, big screen, audience reactions that make the emotional episodes hit twice as hard. Snacks provided.
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Comic Con Revolution Ontario 2026
Ontario's comic convention focuses on what the genre was built on: the creators. Comic Con Revolution at the Ontario Convention Center is two days of artist alley, writers, cosplay, panels, and the kind of room where you stay longer than planned.
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So-Cal Cosplay Shoot — Balboa Park
Community cosplay photoshoot at Balboa Park — the most photogenic backdrop in San Diego. Any fandom, any level of build. Photographers welcome. The park shoots happen monthly and the community shows up in everything from Demon Slayer to Star Wars to completely original characters. Free, open, and deeply worth seeing.
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YUNGBLUD: IDOLS - THE WORLD TOUR
The version of YUNGBLUD: IDOLS that exists on record is the map — the show at Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on May 22, 2026 is the territory. YUNGBLUD: IDOLS performs at Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on May 22, 2026. All ages. The people in the room carry it differently than the people who watched the stream.
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Dragon Ball Sparking Zero — Community Tournament SD
Dragon Ball Sparking Zero took the world by storm and San Diego's FGC isn't done with it. Monthly community tournament — 32-person bracket, full character roster allowed, and a community that takes Sparking Zero more seriously than the franchise expected.
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Dragon Ball Sparking Zero Community Night — May
Dragon Ball Sparking Zero took the FGC completely off guard and San Diego's scene hasn't put it down. May community night at GameSync — full 32-person bracket, entire roster available, and a crowd that takes this game far more seriously than anyone expected. Come with your best team. The Spirit Bomb strats have been figured out. Have a counter ready.
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Vista Strawberry Festival
This is a whole town having its moment. Vista crowns a Strawberry Queen, runs a Strawberry Idol singing competition, hosts a pie-eating contest, a 5K run, and has strawberry-everything from 8AM to 6PM. Sounds corny until you're there and realize the whole community actually shows up. Free to attend, $5 for the 5K bib.
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Anime Riverside 2026
The Riverside Convention Center hands itself over to anime for the weekend. Two days, 250-plus vendors and artists, and 40 guest voice actors — Sean Schemmel, Johnny Yong Bosch, Brianna Knickerbocker, Kaiji Tang among them. Professional Anime Wrestling, which is exactly what it sounds like. Cosplay contest. Karaoke lounge. A free arcade room. Fifth year running — the convention Riverside built from a local idea.
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Frieren: Beyond Journey's End — Special Screening
A special community screening of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End. Bring the tissues you pretend you don't need. The best fantasy anime of the decade deserves to be seen with the people who love it most.
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Temecula Balloon & Wine Festival
The Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival has been launching hot air balloons over the valley's vineyards every June for over thirty years — three days at Lake Skinner with wine tastings, live music, and the morning flights that make the drive out from San Diego or the IE worth it before breakfast. The valley looks different from the air. The people who live here already know it. The people visiting figure it out on the way down.
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AniFest 2026
One day at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center. Over a hundred vendors, twenty-plus celebrity guests, an idol performance on the V-Stage, cosplay showcases, LAN Hero gaming tournaments, and a maid cafe. Twenty dollars at the door. Children under 12 free with a paid adult. AniFest is small enough to actually meet people and large enough to fill the day.
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SoCal Gaming Expo 2026
The Pasadena Convention Center goes full retro for two days. Free-play arcade. Two hundred-plus vendors selling vintage games, collectibles, and anime. The Classic Tetris World Championships on stage. Cosplay competition. Panels with voice actors and industry guests. Esports tournaments. The convention for people who still own a cartridge collection and have opinions about the Saturn's library.