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San Diego Anime Convention 2026

Nov 13 – Nov 15, 2026 DoubleTree by Hilton San Diego Mis…

San Diego Anime Convention 2026 is the third annual gathering organized by Silk Road Productions, a Southern California indie con operator with 12 years of experience running Scream Diego, Fangaea, and AniPop. Taking place November 13-15, 2026 at the DoubleTree by Hilton San Diego Mission Valley, SDAC is one of the most community-rooted anime conventions in the county. The weekend features a full artist alley with 50+ vendors and 50+ artists, a cosplay contest with prizes across multiple categories, fan panels, a maid cafe, anime screenings, and programming designed by fans for fans. This is not a corporate production -- the volunteer network behind SDAC has built it from the ground up, and it shows in the energy on the floor. The DoubleTree San Diego Mission Valley is located at 7450 Hazard Center Drive, San Diego, CA 92108, minutes from the 8 freeway and easily accessible from Mission Valley. Self-parking is available at the hotel. Early bird 3-day passes start at $40; single-day and VIP passes available. Cosplay is welcomed and celebrated at every level of elaborateness. If you have been to SDAC before, you know what to expect: a community that shows up for each other, a vendor hall worth spending a full afternoon in, and panels that run the full range from technical cosplay workshops to deep dives into classic and current series. If this is your first time, welcome to the San Diego anime community's home weekend.

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San Diego Anime Con 2026

Nov 13 – Nov 15, 2026 DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel San Die…

San Diego Anime Con is the hotel-con format done right — an anime and pop culture convention that uses the intimate scale of a hotel venue to create the kind of fandom community that stadium-scale events can not replicate. Running November 13-15 at the DoubleTree by Hilton in San Diego, SDAC brings together anime fans, cosplayers, and pop culture enthusiasts in a setting where the hallway conversations are as good as the panel programming. The hotel-con format means you are sharing space with everyone who loves the same things you do, from the lobby to the elevator to the dealer room. Voice actor guests do not feel a hundred feet away behind a rope. Artist Alley is close enough that you can actually talk to the creators. The cosplay in the hotel atrium at 11pm is some of the best you will see anywhere. For San Diego's anime community, SDAC is the end-of-year gathering — the event that closes the convention season with the right people. Tickets and badge information available at sandiegoanimecon.com. Hotel room block available for out-of-town attendees.

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MagicCon: Atlanta 2026 — Atlanta, GA

Nov 13 – Nov 15, 2026 Georgia World Congress Center, Bui…

Wizards of the Coast brings the official Magic: The Gathering convention to Atlanta — three days of competitive play, exclusive reveals, and side events that don't exist at a local game store. Step into MagicCon and the scale of the Magic ecosystem becomes visceral. The main hall hosts commander pods running nonstop, side event drafts firing every 90 minutes, and a merchandise floor stocked with exclusive foil treatments and collector editions that do not exist outside the convention walls. The World Championship stage draws a live audience who understands the stakes — watching a pro player navigate a complex board state in a top-8 match is legitimately thrilling even to non-competitive attendees. Panel stages feature lead designers previewing the upcoming set, Reality Fracture, with reveals that ripple across the entire community within minutes of announcement. Meet-and-greets with pro players and content creators run throughout the weekend, though they fill fast. The atmosphere skews intensely knowledgeable — this crowd knows what a Rhystic Study is, why it is obnoxious, and will argue about it with warmth. MagicCon Atlanta is for anyone who plays Magic with genuine investment — not necessarily competitive, but committed. If your Friday nights involve a Commander pod and you have at least one deck you have been tuning for six months, you will feel completely at home here. This is not a casual spectator event. It is for the player who loves the game enough to fly across the country for three days of it. First-timers to MagicCon frequently say the same thing: they had no idea how large and how skilled the community actually is until they walked in. Register for ticketed play events before the convention — sealed and draft pods sell out weeks in advance. Bring your trade binder if you have one: the secondary market area moves fast and has genuine deals. Badge merchandise must be picked up onsite; if you miss the pickup window before close on Sunday, you forfeit it. The Worlds stage is open to badge holders but seating near the feature match area is first-come, standing room fills by round 4 of the top 8. Bring cash for artist alley — many illustrators are cash-only and the original card alters available from top artists are some of the most collectible items in the room. MagicCon Atlanta earns its place on Falkor Nation's Best list because it is one of the few conventions in the country where you can watch the best players in the world compete live, reveal new cards before the internet gets them, and find 30,000 people who care about a 30-year-old trading card game as seriously as you do. For the Magic community, this is not just an event. It is the proof that the game is still alive, still evolving, and still worth every dollar you have spent on it. MagicCon: Atlanta 2026 runs November 13-15 at the Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta. Tickets at mtgfestivals.com.

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San Diego Anime Convention 2026

Nov 13 – Nov 15, 2026 DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel San Die…

San Diego Anime Con returns for its fourth year November 13-15, 2026 at the DoubleTree Mission Valley — three days of anime culture built at human scale, 50-plus vendors, 50-plus artists, and an atmosphere that feels more like a community gathering than a production. The conventions that endure are rarely the biggest ones. They're the ones where the regulars know each other, where the artists in Artist Alley remember your face from last year, where the panels are small enough to actually ask a question. San Diego Anime Con has built that culture quietly over four years. The DoubleTree keeps it contained in a way that works: the hotel layout creates natural gathering spots, the bar fills up with cosplayers after panel hours, and the whole thing has the energy of a convention that hasn't forgotten why people go to conventions. Tickets at sandiegoanimecon.com. Three-day badges are the move — Saturday is the peak, Sunday is the farewell circuit. Free parking at the DoubleTree. Mission Valley is accessible from anywhere in San Diego. Come in costume or don't. Both are welcome here.

Anime Weekend Atlanta 2026 (AWA) — Atlanta, GA

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Anime Weekend Atlanta 2026 (AWA) — Atlanta, GA

Nov 19 – Nov 22, 2026 Georgia World Congress Center Buil…

Anime Weekend Atlanta 2026 (AWA) is one of the American South's most beloved anime conventions, running November 19–22 at the Georgia World Congress Center Building C in Atlanta. Founded in 1994, AWA draws over 25,000 attendees annually to one of the longest-running anime conventions in North America — a four-day event that has served as the Southeast's entry point to anime culture for over thirty years. Four full days of programming — panels, screenings, gaming, cosplay, dances, and the Anime Music Video competition that AWA is particularly known for. The convention runs multiple simultaneous programming tracks, meaning there is always a reason to be in the building regardless of your specific anime preferences. The Masquerade competition draws elaborate cosplay entries from across the Southeast and beyond. The AMV contest is nationally competitive — winning an AWA AMV award carries real weight in that community. The dealer floor and artist alley together span tens of thousands of square feet of licensed merchandise, independent art, and convention exclusives. AWA is the Southeast's definitive anime convention. For out-of-region attendees, it competes directly with Anime Expo, Anime Boston, and Katsucon as one of the events worth cross-country travel. The four-day structure gives it depth that weekend-only cons cannot match: you have time to see everything, run into people multiple times, and build the social fabric that makes anime conventions more than a market. Multi-day memberships can be purchased at awa-con.com and mailed to you ahead of time. Wednesday evening offers multi-day badge pickup from 4 to 8 PM, worth doing to skip Thursday morning lines. On-site membership purchases are cash only. Thursday programming begins the full convention schedule. The Georgia World Congress Center is expansive — wear comfortable shoes and plan for significant walking between halls. Atlanta hotel prices spike during AWA weekend; book accommodations early, ideally at the adjacent Marriott Marquis or Hilton Atlanta. AWA in 2026 will be its 32nd consecutive year — making it older than most of the mainstream media properties that now dominate convention floor merchandise. The convention predates streaming anime in the US, the American manga boom, and the global explosion of interest that followed Attack on Titan, Demon Slayer, and Jujutsu Kaisen. It was here, building community, long before any of that was mainstream. That tenure is the event's identity: not a trend convention, but the convention that built the trend.

Anime Weekend Atlanta 2026 — Atlanta, GA

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Anime Weekend Atlanta 2026 — Atlanta, GA

Nov 19 – Nov 22, 2026 Georgia World Congress Center, Bui…

The American South's longest-running anime convention has been meeting in Atlanta every September since 1997. Anime Weekend Atlanta is where the Southeast's anime fandom comes to recognize itself. Walk the AWA floor on a Thursday night and the energy hits immediately: cosplayers in elaborate handmade builds line the escalators, artist alley tables overflow with original prints and fan art, and the programming halls pulse with AMVs, panel debates, and late-night gaming tournaments that run until 3 AM. The dealers room is legitimately staggering — vintage merchandise, imports, rare figures, and indie creators all packed into a space where you could spend a full day and still miss things. The masquerade on Saturday night is one of the most theatrical cosplay competitions in the country, drawing contestants who have spent months on a single build. AWA moves differently than the mega-cons: it feels less like a trade show and more like a reunion — because for thousands of attendees, it genuinely is. If you grew up watching anime in the South and never found your people, AWA is the answer. This is not for casual fans who think anime is just Naruto and Dragon Ball. It is for people who obsess over seasonal charts, debate subculture lore, and have a hard drive full of unfinished cosplay plans. First-timers frequently describe AWA as the con that finally felt like home. If you are that person — the one who learned Japanese from subtitles and named a pet after a character — this is worth every flight mile. Book your hotel at the World Congress Center Marriott before August or it will sell out — AWA attendees treat the hotel block as sacred and it fills months in advance. Badge pickup lines on Thursday afternoon are brutal; opt for pre-registration and arrive before noon. The dealers room has no ATMs inside — bring cash, bring more than you think you need, and budget for at least one impulse figure you did not plan for. The programming schedule releases about six weeks before the event and fills fast; panel rooms cap out, so plan your must-see events 30 minutes early. The loading dock area outside Building C is where the best spontaneous cosplay photo shoots happen after dark. Anime Weekend Atlanta earns its place on Falkor Nation's Best list because it represents something the large coastal cons cannot replicate: a community that built itself from the ground up, in a region where anime culture had no institutional support, through three decades of showing up. It is the convention that proved the South has always had its own vibrant fan culture — it just needed a room big enough to hold it. AWA 2026 runs November 19-22 at the Georgia World Congress Center, Building C, Atlanta. Tickets available at eventeny.com.

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AX Chibi 2026

Nov 21 – Nov 22, 2026 Anaheim Convention Center, 800 W K…

Anaheim Convention Center, November 21-22, 2026. AX Chibi is the Anime Expo that arrives in November — smaller than July's massive summer convention, more personal, and designed for the part of the community that doesn't need 100,000 people to have the right experience. Two days in a real convention center with the full AX infrastructure behind it. The November edition operates at the scale where you can actually cover the floor. The artist alley isn't a two-hour walk from one end to the other — it's the room you want it to be, where the creator whose print you've had since last July is at a table you can reach. The panels are smaller and run longer. The cosplay is excellent because the Anime Expo audience takes it seriously regardless of the event's size. AX Chibi has built a reputation for delivering the convention experience without the logistical weight of summer. If you've been to AX in July, you know the parts you loved and the parts that wore you down. The November edition keeps the former and removes most of the latter. Badges at anime-expo.org/axchibi. Anaheim in November is comfortable — no summer heat, no parking lines stretching to the street. Two days is the right amount of time.

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Avengers: Doomsday — Opening Night

Dec 17 – Dec 18, 2026 AMC Mission Valley 20, 1640 Camino…

AMC Mission Valley 20, 1640 Camino del Rio N, San Diego. December 18th. Avengers: Doomsday — the Marvel event film that has been the destination point of multiple storylines converging across years of the MCU — opening night at Mission Valley, in the format the film was made to be seen in. Opening night of an Avengers film is its own category of theatrical experience. The crowd came knowing the characters, having been through everything that led here, ready for the moments this film is being built toward. When those moments arrive — and they will — the audience response is part of what the film becomes in that context. The silence before something hits. The collective exhale after it does. These happen in the room together or not at all. fandango.com for tickets and showtimes. December 18th at AMC Mission Valley. Book the premium formats early — Dolby, IMAX, whatever delivers the film at its largest scale. Avengers: Doomsday opening night is the MCU event that closes a chapter. Be in the room when it closes.

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Avengers: Doomsday — Opening Weekend

Dec 17 – Dec 20, 2026 Regal Edwards Temecula 15 & IMAX, …

Avengers: Doomsday opening weekend at Temecula IMAX. Doctor Doom vs. everyone. RDJ back in the MCU. Book tickets now — IMAX sells out three days before opening. This is the event the MCU has been building toward for four years.

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Anime Los Angeles 2027

Jan 7 – Jan 10, 2027 Long Beach Convention Center, 300 …

Anime Los Angeles has been running long enough to have its own culture. The people who go every year know which panels are worth arriving early for, which guest signings move quickly, and which late-night events the schedule doesn't list. That institutional knowledge — the thing you can only get from going — is the real thing ALA passes down. Long Beach Convention Center, January 7-10, 2027. Four days that open the convention calendar. Panels, guest signings, gaming rooms, cosplay, and the reunion energy of a community that has been meeting here for over two decades. ALA runs smaller than AX. The tradeoff is access — to guests, to programming, to each other. The guest roster trends toward voice acting, fan creators, and convention circuit regulars who build their year around Southern California cons. The dealer room and artist alley run at a scale that lets you actually move. January. Long Beach. The convention that opens the year for the Southern California anime community.

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Anime Los Angeles 2027 — Long Beach

Jan 9 – Jan 12, 2027 Hilton Long Beach Hotel, 701 W Oce…

It is not Anime Expo. That is the point. Anime Los Angeles is the convention where the creator across the table is still in the room when the session ends — smaller, more accessible, and built by people who wanted something different from the industrial scale of the Convention Center in July. Anime Los Angeles runs annually in January at the Hilton Long Beach, celebrating Japanese animation, manga, gaming, cosplay, and fan culture with a distinctly community-focused atmosphere. The convention features over 100 programming events: panels with industry guests, voice actors, and fan creators; a Dealer's Room with imported and domestic merchandise; an Artist Alley where independent fan artists are actually reachable; tabletop gaming rooms; and a dedicated cosplay community that treats the convention floor as a runway. The Hilton Long Beach hosts the convention across multiple ballrooms with the hotel's walkable oceanfront location giving the event a weekend-vacation quality for out-of-town attendees. The convention has run since the early 2000s and returns to Long Beach annually. Note: 2027 dates are expected to be announced after Anime Los Angeles 2026 concludes. This listing reflects the anticipated January 2027 window based on historical scheduling. Check animela.net for official confirmation.

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Long Beach Comic Expo 2027

Feb 6, 2027 Long Beach Convention Center, 300 …

The Long Beach Comic Expo returns to the Long Beach Convention Center for its 2027 edition — a one-day comic book convention with a specific identity as a creator-focused event where independent comics, alternative publishing, and the craft of comics storytelling take precedence over the entertainment industry marketing that defines the larger conventions. Long Beach Comic Expo has cultivated a loyal following among the Southern California comics community specifically because of its creator-forward curation. The guest list emphasizes working comics professionals — writers, pencilers, inkers, colorists, letterers — who are available at tables for genuine conversations about the work rather than celebrity signings. Artist alley at LBCE has a density of professional quality that larger events with more casual artist participation can't match. The convention covers mainstream and alternative comics equally — Marvel and DC representation sits alongside independent publishers and self-published creators who bring their work to LBCE because the audience is there specifically for comics. The Long Beach Convention Center is at 300 E Ocean Blvd in Long Beach. Metro A Line terminates in Long Beach with transit connections to downtown. Single-day admission; no multi-day format for this event. LBCE typically runs in February — check the official website for the 2027 date. Table and panel applications for creators open several months before the event.

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LFG CON San Diego 2027

Feb 19 – Feb 21, 2027 San Diego Convention Center, 111 W…

LFG CON is San Diego's dedicated tabletop gaming convention, held annually at the San Diego Convention Center for a full weekend of board games, role-playing games, miniature wargames, card games, and the social culture that defines tabletop gaming as a hobby. The 2027 edition continues the convention's growth into one of the most significant tabletop events in the Western United States. LFG CON's format is built around play rather than commerce: open gaming library with thousands of titles available to borrow and play at any of the convention's gaming tables, organized play events for competitive board games and RPG systems, publisher-run demos of upcoming and new releases, and the convention's signature "Find a Game" board where attendees post what they want to play and find other players spontaneously. The San Diego Convention Center's gaming hall provides enough space for the event's library, open gaming tables, and organized events to run simultaneously without the cramped conditions that smaller gaming conventions produce at capacity. The Gaslamp Quarter's proximity means meals and evening social gatherings extend the convention day well beyond the gaming hall's closing hours. The SDCC is at 111 W Harbor Dr in downtown San Diego. Trolley accessible, multiple parking structures nearby. Weekend badges and single-day options available through the LFG CON website. The gaming library check-out system runs on a first-come basis — popular titles can be signed out for 2-hour sessions throughout the day.

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Anime Pasadena 2027

Mar 13 – Mar 14, 2027 Pasadena Convention Center, 300 E …

Anime Pasadena returns to the Pasadena Convention Center in 2027 for its annual celebration of anime, manga, gaming, and Japanese pop culture in one of the most accessible convention venues in the Los Angeles area. The Pasadena Convention Center sits in the heart of Old Town Pasadena, surrounded by restaurants and shops that make the full weekend experience complete beyond the convention floor. Anime Pasadena features a curated programming schedule with industry guests, voice actor panels and autograph sessions, cosplay competitions with detailed craftsmanship judging, an artist alley with independent creators selling original and fan artwork, a vendor hall with licensed merchandise and collectibles, and a video game room running open play throughout the convention. The Pasadena anime community has deep roots — the city's proximity to Caltech, JPL, and the entertainment industry creates an unusually literate and technically-inclined fan base that gives Anime Pasadena panels a specific depth uncommon at larger conventions where the audience is more diffuse. The Pasadena Convention Center is at 300 E Green St in Old Town Pasadena, accessible from I-210 (Mountain Ave exit) and via Metro Gold Line (Del Mar Station, walkable). Multiple parking structures in the Pasadena Playhouse district. Weekend badges and single-day tickets via the Anime Pasadena website. Artist alley creator applications and panel submission open in fall 2026.

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WonderCon Anaheim 2027 — Preview Night

Mar 25, 2027 Anaheim Convention Center, 800 W K…

WonderCon 2027 Preview Night on Thursday March 25 opens the convention for badge holders before the general public Friday morning — a tradition that gives premium badge holders first access to the exhibit floor, exclusive merchandise, and artist alley before the weekend crowds arrive at the Anaheim Convention Center. WonderCon Preview Night has a distinct atmosphere from the weekend days: calmer, more deliberate, and organized around the people who planned far enough ahead to secure early-access credentials. The exhibit floor on Preview Night is the place to find the exclusive merchandise that will be gone by Saturday afternoon — convention-only limited editions, publisher variants, and the artist alley pieces from the most popular creators before they sell out. Preview Night programming is lighter than Friday or Saturday — a handful of panels and screenings, but the primary purpose is the convention floor access. Badge holders use the time to map the layout, identify panels to prioritize on Friday and Saturday, and make purchases before competition for specific items becomes intense. WonderCon badge holders access Preview Night with a full-weekend badge. Single-day Thursday badges are not available; Thursday access is included with the full weekend pass. The Anaheim Convention Center is at 800 W Katella Ave. Multiple parking structures adjacent. Metro-accessible via transit connections at Anaheim's ARTIC station with shuttle service during the event. Badge registration opens in winter 2026 — multi-day badges sell out faster than single-day.

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WonderCon Anaheim 2027

Mar 26 – Mar 28, 2027 Anaheim Convention Center, 800 W K…

WonderCon returns to the Anaheim Convention Center for its 2027 edition, March 26–28. WonderCon is operated by Comic-Con International — the same organization behind San Diego Comic-Con — and has grown into one of the premier pop culture conventions in the Western United States, drawing over 60,000 attendees annually. WonderCon covers comics, sci-fi, fantasy, animation, film, television, gaming, and cosplay with a programming slate that runs all three days across multiple halls. The masquerade cosplay competition on Saturday night is a flagship event. Publisher booths, artist alley, exclusive merchandise, and preview screenings fill the convention floor. Unlike SDCC, WonderCon remains more accessible — badges are easier to acquire and the convention floor is navigable without the overwhelming scale of San Diego. This makes it the preferred entry point for families and first-time convention attendees, while still delivering the panel access and guest signings that attract serious fans. The Anaheim Convention Center is located adjacent to Disneyland, with easy access from I-5 and I-405. The Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) connects to the convention area via shuttle during the event. Multiple hotels within walking distance. Badge sales open months in advance — early purchase strongly recommended as popular badge tiers sell out.

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WonderCon Anaheim 2027 — Saturday

Mar 27, 2027 Anaheim Convention Center, 800 W K…

WonderCon 2027 Saturday — March 27 — is the peak day of the Anaheim convention and the day that Hall B panels, exclusive merchandise lines, and the masquerade cosplay competition push the Anaheim Convention Center to its most energized state. Saturday at WonderCon delivers the convention at its fullest expression: major studio panels with talent appearances, the masquerade competition finale, and the exhibit floor and artist alley at maximum activity. WonderCon Saturday differs from San Diego Comic-Con Saturday primarily in scale and accessibility — the same production quality, the same programming ambition, but in a building where navigating between events doesn't require military-level crowd strategy. The more contained footprint of the Anaheim Convention Center means a Saturday WonderCon badge-holder can reasonably attend three or four significant events across the day without sacrificing any of them entirely to queue time. The WonderCon Masquerade runs Saturday evening in the main auditorium — a competitive cosplay competition judged on craftsmanship and performance presentation. The workmanship level at WonderCon's masquerade is consistently strong, with entrants who treat the competition as seriously as they treat the craft of building the costumes. Saturday single-day badges are the fastest-selling badge type for WonderCon. If you miss the initial registration window, Saturday badges on the secondary market are the most in-demand option. The full convention runs Friday through Sunday with Saturday as the premium day.

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WonderCon Anaheim 2027 — Sunday

Mar 28, 2027 Anaheim Convention Center, 800 W K…

WonderCon 2027 closes on Sunday March 28 with the convention's final-day tradition: reduced crowds, Artist Alley price reductions on remaining inventory, exhibit floor deals, and the specific warmth that closes every fan convention when the community acknowledges the shared experience is ending for another year. Sunday at WonderCon is consistently the most undervalued badge of the weekend — available more easily than Friday or Saturday, more affordable on the secondary market, and delivering an experience that longtime convention attendees describe as the most genuinely enjoyable day. The urgency is gone, the competition for panels is reduced, and what remains is the convention as a social space rather than a logistics problem. Sunday programming includes closing panels and the announcement of WonderCon 2028 dates — a moment that gives the community immediate forward-looking anticipation to close the current convention. The exhibit floor's end-of-convention deals are real: publishers discount remaining stock, artists reduce prices on prints, and vendors offer bundles that weren't available on Friday. The Anaheim Convention Center is at 800 W Katella Ave. Metro and rideshare recommended on Sunday as parking lot traffic at convention close is predictably heavy. Single-day Sunday badges are typically the most available of the three-day run. Badge holders from Friday or Saturday can also purchase Sunday add-ons through the WonderCon website if the full weekend was not initially purchased.

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