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SheroCon 2026 — Van Nuys, CA

Aug 1, 2026 7900 Balboa Blvd Ste B, Van Nuys, …

There are rooms in the comics and gaming world where the art on the walls and the people running the tables look different from every other convention. SheroCon exists because someone decided to build one. Organized by Shero Comics, SheroCon is a half-day convention celebrating women, non-binary, and femme-presenting creators across comics, anime, gaming, and creative tech. Not a panel about inclusion. Not a track added to a larger convention. A room that is entirely theirs — with artists, cosplayers, tabletop players, and workshops oriented around the communities that are underrepresented at every other show. The venue is part of the experience: Valley Relics Museum in Van Nuys houses decades of Southern California neon, vintage signage, and pop culture ephemera. The backdrop alone makes SheroCon unlike anything you have seen at a hotel ballroom convention. Whether you are a creator looking for your people, a cosplayer looking for a stage, or someone who has walked into convention dealer halls and felt like a tourist — this is the room that was built for you. Saturday, August 1, 2026 · 12PM–6PM · Valley Relics Museum, Van Nuys · All ages · Free entry (premium tiers available)

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MTG The Hobbit Prerelease — TCS Rockets

Aug 7, 2026 7626 Miramar Rd Suite 3900, San Di…

There and back again — in card form. Magic's Hobbit set brings Middle-earth to the table: Bilbo, Gandalf, Smaug, the One Ring. Prerelease is where you play before the set is officially out. Six packs, one deck, complete strangers. Show up alone and leave with three new friends who also hate losing to Smaug.

MTG The Hobbit Prerelease — GameStar Hobbies

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MTG The Hobbit Prerelease — GameStar Hobbies

Aug 7, 2026 27380 Jefferson Ave Ste 101, Temec…

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MTG The Hobbit Prerelease — Game Empire

Aug 7, 2026 1795 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA…

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San Diego Pinball Open 2026

Aug 8 – Aug 9, 2026 Dave & Buster's San Diego, 2931 Ca…

The San Diego Pinball Open draws the West Coast's competitive pinball circuit to Dave & Buster's San Diego at 2931 Camino del Rio North on August 8-9, 2026 — vintage machines alongside modern titles, an IFPA-sanctioned two-day open tournament. Competitive pinball is not what most people imagine when they picture competitive gaming, and that gap is exactly what makes the San Diego Pinball Open worth attending. The players are serious. The machines are the kinds with histories — specific cabinets with specific quirks that regulars have mapped across hundreds of games. Watching someone play a vintage table well is watching a person understand a machine more intimately than its designer intended. Dave & Buster's has the floor space and the machine selection to run this properly. The open format means spectators can watch the tournament tables while playing the surrounding machines — you're inside the event without being required to compete. IFPA sanctioning means the rankings are real and the players traveled to be here. Registration at ifpapinball.com. The open runs across both days; finals are Saturday evening. Show up if you have any curiosity about this at all.

Geekin Out Pop Culture Convention — La Mirada August 2026

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Geekin Out Pop Culture Convention — La Mirada August 2026

Aug 8, 2026 Holiday Inn La Mirada, 14299 Fires…

Geekin Out is Southern California's ultimate toy and pop culture convention, held at the Holiday Inn La Mirada on August 8, 2026. Organized by Toy Depot, this one-day convention brings together collectors and fans of vintage toys, action figures, comics, retro video games, rare collectibles, and pop culture memorabilia from across the decades. The convention floor features vendors specializing in everything from original 1980s action figures and vintage board games to modern collectible figures and custom fan art. A Creator Alley gives independent artists and craftspeople dedicated space to sell original work directly to attendees. The event is family-friendly, with free parking in the hotel lot. Geekin Out hits a specific collector sweet spot that larger conventions miss — it is focused enough to attract serious collectors with deep inventory, but accessible enough for casual fans who want to browse. The La Mirada location makes it a convenient option for collectors from the South Bay, Orange County, and the San Gabriel Valley. Doors open at 9am, convention runs until 6pm. Advance ticket pricing available through Eventbrite.

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Mortal Kombat 1 Community Night SD

Aug 8, 2026 $10 GameSync San Diego, 2860 Main St, …

GameSync San Diego, 2860 Main St. August 8th. $10. The Mortal Kombat 1 Community Night in San Diego — the August gathering built around one of the most technically demanding fighting game rosters in the current competitive circuit, for the players who want more than ranked online can give them. MK1's kameo system changes the calculus of every matchup. The read you had on a character last month shifts the moment their kameo selection shifts, and the only way to stress-test your adaptation is to play against opponents who have been doing the same study in parallel. Community Night is that laboratory — the informal bracket that is more honest than ranked online and more competitive than a casual session. $10 at the door. August 8th at GameSync, 2860 Main St. gamesync.us for event details and timing. The San Diego MK community is building itself through nights like this — the regulars who have been in the bracket since launch and the players showing up for the first time to see where their game actually stands. Either way, the room has answers. Come find yours.

LFG CON 2026 — Los Angeles Tabletop Gaming Convention

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LFG CON 2026 — Los Angeles Tabletop Gaming Convention

Aug 13 – Aug 16, 2026 See lfg-con.com for badge options 2500 Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA 91…

The magic of an open gaming convention is that no one is running a side event for you. You walk in, you find a table, and you play what you want with whoever wants to play it. LFG CON is four days of that. Los Angeles' dedicated tabletop gaming convention — board games, tabletop RPGs, miniatures, trading card games, and everything in between. The 2026 edition runs August 13-16 at the Marriott Burbank. Community-run and designed for the players who know what they want to play before they arrive. The game library is available throughout: check out a game, find a table, play. Organized tournaments run alongside the open gaming. The RPG schedule runs multi-session campaigns across all four days — pre-registration available for the longer formats. This is not a show floor with demos. It is a room full of tables where gaming is the whole point. No spectators. Just games. Marriott Burbank, August 13-16, 2026.

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MTG The Hobbit — Tabletop Release Day

Aug 14, 2026 Local Game Shops — SoCal

Local game shops across SoCal. August 14th. Magic: The Gathering's The Hobbit set — the collaboration between Magic's card design and Tolkien's foundational fantasy narrative — arrives at retail on Release Day, the Friday when the shelves open and the sealed product is finally available to crack open. The Hobbit IP brings Middle-earth into Magic's card frame, which means every card is readable at two levels simultaneously: the mechanical function and the character or moment from the books that inspired it. Gandalf, Bilbo, the dragon, the dwarves — the lore is built into the design, and pulling a favorite character has an extra dimension beyond what the card does in the game. Find your local SoCal game store at magic.wizards.com and check their Release Day events for August 14th. The first weekend of a new set is when the community gathers to figure out what everything actually does at the table — the theory meets the card for the first time. Bring your deck-building instincts. Expect the set to surprise you. Release Day is when the Unexpected Journey begins for real.

Spikes Lounge Pokemon Night Out -- Commerce August 2026

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Spikes Lounge Pokemon Night Out -- Commerce August 2026

Aug 14, 2026 Spikes Lounge, 5211 E Washington B…

No big stage. No stream setup. Just the Pokemon community at tables in Commerce, the way it actually lives between the major tournaments. Spikes Lounge hosts monthly Pokemon Night Out events that have become a fixture in the LA trading card game community. The format combines open play, trades, and friendly competition in an environment that feels closer to a game night among friends than a formal event. Competitive players, casual collectors, and longtime fans of the franchise converge in an intimate, community-run setting far from the major tournament circuit. Spikes has built a reputation in the greater LA area as a welcoming, knowledgeable, community-first card game hub where experienced players take time to show newer members the ropes. Whether testing a new deck, hunting for holographics in the trade binders, or just catching up with regulars -- this is where the LA Pokemon scene actually lives. Check @spikesloungecards on Instagram for confirmed dates and entry requirements each month.

The Legend of Zelda Symphony of the Goddesses

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The Legend of Zelda Symphony of the Goddesses

Aug 14, 2026 From $55 Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N Highland Av…

The Zelda soundtrack is one of the most beloved in gaming because it was composed to matter. Koji Kondo and the composers who followed him wrote music that carries the emotional weight of every moment it accompanies. Symphony of the Goddesses brings it to the Hollywood Bowl on August 15, 2026 — decades of Hyrule performed by a full symphony orchestra under the summer sky. Tickets from $55. Hearing it live changes the relationship you have to it permanently. People have described it as hearing a film score for a film they lived inside. Gerudo Valley. Song of Storms. The Main Theme. Reconstructed at full size rather than approximated in MIDI — the difference is the difference. The Hollywood Bowl is the right venue. The outdoor amphitheater, the Los Angeles summer evening, an orchestra tuning up in that shell while the sky goes dark above the hills — the production design works before the first note lands. Come knowing the music or come not knowing it. Either way you leave knowing it differently. Tickets at zelda-symphony.com. The bowl fills early on nights like this.

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IchigoCon Gaming and Anime Convention

Aug 15, 2026 $15-25 Oxnard Performing Arts Center, 800…

IchigoCon returns to the Oxnard Performing Arts Center on August 15, 2026 — Ventura County's own gaming and anime convention, $15-25 entry, one day packed with tournaments, screenings, voice actor guests, cosplay, and vendors. Ventura County has needed this event. The nearest alternatives are San Diego and Los Angeles, which means a drive and a crowd. IchigoCon is the version that belongs to the community that built it: smaller, more personal, run by people who actually care about the fandoms on the floor. The voice actor guests do signing tables you can reach without a three-hour wait. The gaming tournament bracket is competitive but accessible — register at the door. The vendor section mixes anime merch with local artist prints and handmade goods. The Oxnard Performing Arts Center handles the event well — good parking, air conditioning, a layout that keeps the different program tracks from colliding. Day pass $15-25 at the door. This is the local show that deserves more attention than it gets, which is exactly the kind of event that tends to grow year by year.

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IchigoCon 2026 — Gaming + Anime Oxnard

Aug 15, 2026 Oxnard Performing Arts Center, 800…

IchigoCon is one of Ventura County's most beloved annual events — a community-run anime and gaming convention that proves you do not need to be in LA or San Diego to have a world-class fandom gathering. Organized by the Oxnard Performing Arts Center nonprofit, IchigoCon has a rare combination of professional production quality and genuine grassroots heart. The convention brings together gaming tournaments, anime screenings, voice actor guests, a vendor hall, and cosplay competition in a single-day format that is intense, fun, and extremely well-organized. The OPAC venue gives it a legitimate arts and culture weight that most hotel-con or expo-hall events do not have. For fans in Ventura County, Santa Barbara, and the western San Fernando Valley, IchigoCon is the home con — the place where local fandom communities actually form rather than just gathering in a crowd. August 15 in Oxnard. Tickets available on Eventbrite. Cosplay contest registration opens closer to the event date.

Nerd Night at Twisted Horn — August 2026

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Nerd Night at Twisted Horn — August 2026

Aug 15, 2026 Twisted Horn Mead & Cider, 1042 La…

August brings the Nerd Night community back to Twisted Horn Mead & Cider in Murrieta for another monthly gathering of board games, tabletop role-playing, miniature painting, and the specific social energy of a group that's been meeting monthly long enough to have inside jokes about the games they play and the characters they play them with. August at Twisted Horn tends to bring the heavy games out — the calendar window between the summer convention season and the start of fall gaming releases creates space for the ambitious, long-form games that don't fit into a single session. An ongoing Twilight Imperium campaign, a multi-part Gloomhaven dungeon, or a D&D session arc that spans several Nerd Nights is typical of the August format. The meadery's summer fruit releases are typically at their peak in August — look for berry meads, peach ciders, and the occasional seasonal one-off that the brewing team produces from local fruit sources. The kitchen menu rotates seasonally as well. Twisted Horn Mead & Cider is at 40530 California Oaks Rd #A in Murrieta. 21+ venue. Parking in the surrounding commercial complex. The Nerd Night is a drop-in event — no reservation required, though checking Twisted Horn's events calendar confirms the specific August date each month.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in Concert — Rady Shell San Diego

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in Concert — Rady Shell San Diego

Aug 21, 2026 Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, 222 Mar…

The San Diego Symphony performs John Williams' complete score for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone live while the film plays on screen above the stage at the Rady Shell. Three nights at the waterfront amphitheatre on the Embarcadero. This is not a concert with some Harry Potter branding. The full orchestra plays the film score in real time, synchronized to the movie. Every scene Williams scored: Hedwig's Theme, the quidditch match, the troll in the dungeon, the final confrontation. The Shell sits on the bay with the San Diego skyline behind the stage. August 21, 22, and 23, 2026. 7pm. Tickets at theshell.org. The fandom that has been waiting for this in San Diego has been waiting a long time. Three nights is still not enough seats for everyone who wants to go. Book early.

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Call of Duty League Championship 2026

Aug 22 – Aug 23, 2026 From $308 TBD — United States

The Call of Duty League Championship is where the entire season's argument gets settled — the best franchised teams in the world, one weekend, one bracket, one title. The 2026 CDL Championship venue is TBD, but tickets are available now from $308 at callofdutyleague.com. The CDL operates at the level of major American sports infrastructure: franchised city-based teams, long-season formats, broadcast partnerships, and a championship event produced with the values of a traditional sports final. The players who make it to Championship weekend have won elimination matches all season to be there. What you watch in the arena is not performance — it's resolution. If you've followed the CDL season, you know the storylines that arrive with each team. If you're new to it, Championship weekend is the entry point — the broadcast explains the bracket, the crowd tells you the narrative. Esports arenas create a specific kind of energy: the audience is younger, louder, and more knowledgeable than a traditional sports crowd about what they're watching. That changes what it feels like to be there. Book early — Championship weekend sells as the bracket fills.

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Anime Impulse OC 2026

Aug 22 – Aug 23, 2026 Anaheim Convention Center, 800 W K…

Anime Impulse returns to Anaheim for its Orange County edition on August 22–23, 2026 at the Anaheim Convention Center. Anime Impulse is a fan convention built around the intersection of anime culture, K-pop, cosplay, gaming, and Asian street fashion — one of the fastest-growing conventions in Southern California. The event features an artist alley packed with independent creators selling prints, charms, apparel, and fanart. The vendor hall brings licensed merchandise, import goods, and exclusive convention releases. Programming includes cosplay competitions, panels, dance showcases, and gaming tournaments throughout the weekend. What makes Anime Impulse distinct from larger anime conventions is the emphasis on community over celebrity — the energy on the convention floor comes from attendees who are deeply into the culture rather than casual visitors drawn by headliner guests. The cosplay quality at Anime Impulse OC consistently rivals events three times its size. The Anaheim Convention Center is located at 800 W Katella Ave in Anaheim, directly adjacent to Disneyland Resort. Multiple parking structures on-site and nearby. The event is all-ages. Weekend badges and single-day badges available. Artist alley table applications typically open several months in advance for creators who want to sell.

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Collectors Expo Orange County 2026

Aug 22 – Aug 23, 2026 ✨ New Anaheim Convention Center, 800 Wes…

There is a specific kind of person who keeps a separate folder for the cards they will never sell, who can tell you what a binder smells like, who texts one friend the second a set drops. For a long time that person has had to drive to a different little shop for every game they love — Pokemon one weekend, One Piece the next, Lorcana somewhere across town. This is the weekend all of it lands in the same building. Pokemon, One Piece, Riftbound, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Lorcana and Magic: The Gathering share one convention floor in Anaheim — vendors deep enough to find the card you've been hunting for years, tables to trade and play, and the rare overlap where the competitive grinders and the vintage collectors finally walk the same aisles. It is part flea market, part reunion, part the dig you've been putting off. If you are the kind of person who already knows what a "good pull" feels like in your chest, you do not need to be talked into this room — you just need to know it exists. Held Saturday August 22 and Sunday August 23, 2026, 10AM to 6PM, at the Anaheim Convention Center, 800 West Katella Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92802. Tickets and full vendor list at the official site.

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