Past Conventions
Jan 16-19, 2026
Hyatt Regency, Cambridge, Massachusetts
This con is celebrating three decades of running varied tracks of programming, including ones definitively for adults. Guest of honor are author Andrea Hairston and visual artist Reiko Murakami. In keeping with their dedication to variety, aside from the usual panels you’d expect, this weekend features events ranging from anime screenings to anachronistic dance.
Jan 15-19, 2026
San Jose, California
Often delightfully shortened to FurCon, this furry convention is particularly known for its IRL furry dance off competitions and dance parties, as well as occasionally hosting virtual dances in the months in between the annual events. This well-attended con also feature an art show and panels and raises funds for animal charities.
Jan 8-11, 2026
Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, California
Huge anime and cosplay and general pop culture convention, with all the events you’d expect, plus cosplay chess, dance battles, and a Fashion After Dark 18+ costume contest.
May 29 - Jun 2, 2025
Las Vegas, Nevada
A weekend of pool parties, educational panels, and media creation, the AltStar Expo is designed to foster collaboration among independent creators. The events culminate in the AltStar Awards (aka AltPorn Awards), honoring excellence in alternative erotica (including cosplay!), voted on by industry, fans, friends, and the editors and writers of AltPorn.Net and AltStar Magazine.
May 19-22, 2025
Miami, Florida
XBIZ Miami is designed to connect a variety of adult business sectors to explore business practices, market trends and technologies shaping the future of adult digital media. In the middle of the event, there is the XMA Creator Awards (aka XBIZ Creator Awards), honoring cam and clip creators (including cosplay!).
Apr 17-20, 2025
Las Vegas, Nevada
This is a very community-oriented and punny furry convention with slogan, “Viva Paw Vegas!” The event grew out of a student club at the University of Las Vegas called Rebel Anthropomorphic Works & Recreation club. Their acronym is RAWR, and the con is run by offshoot SNAE (Southern Nevada Anthropomorphic Events.)
Apr 11-13, 2025
Chicago, Illinois
This is a massive consumer show for fans of adult stars, content creators, and cam models. They have numerous companies, both large and indie and even just independent talent, exhibiting in their expo hall. There are also sexy performances on the stage in the expo hall. The Chicago iteration is now Exxxotica’s largest show.
Mar 22-22, 2025
Cyberspace
Each year SexyFandom’s Bazowie! Awards is held specifically to honor creators of all the amazing work being done with themes of cosplay, science fiction, fantasy, video games, and anime. This year, it will again be a livestreamed event with a virtual red carpet.
Mar 14-16, 2025
Las Vegas, Nevada
TsumiCon is an anime convention with an adults-only approach. Events include pole dance competition, cosplay contest, burlesque shows, BDSM workshops, shibari demos, and something called adult game shows. They take a multi-media approach and hold their conventions in a few locations through the year.
Oct 25-27, 2024
Edison, New Jersey
This is a massive consumer show for fans of adult stars, content creators, and cam models. They have numerous companies, both large and indie and even just independent talent, exhibiting in their expo hall. There are also sexy performances on the stage in the expo hall. All who identify female can get in free on the Friday.
Oct 14-17, 2024
Reno, Nevada
This adult-friendly furry convention features an art gallery, dance battle, and tabletop gaming. These are all excellent mainstays for a good con for our furry friends. This con also includes escape rooms, Furry Logic and Twisted Tails. If you have ever thought you’d be great at solving puzzle while wearing your fursuit, BGLC has you covered.
Oct 11-13, 2024
Orlando, Florida
They do this con twice a year, one big show in the summer and then an even bigger show closer to Halloween. Celebrating all things horror and related, the event will have guests like Clive Barker and four of the actors who played Cenobites, a zombie walk, costume contest, and more than fifty tattoo artists.
Oct 11-13, 2024
Melbourne, Australia
PAX Aus is a celebration of gaming and gaming culture featuring panels, both large and indie studio exhibitors, game demos, musical performances, and tournaments. Guests announced so far include a range from Final Fantasy game designers to cosplayers and Twitch streamers.
Oct 4-6, 2024
Atlanta, George
The Days of the Dead team throws seven conventions a year, all about horror pop culture, but with a varying focus in each city. This iteration has lots of humor thrown in with the horror. Along with creators from Friday the 13th and Dawn of the Dead, they have actors from the 40 year anniversary of Revenge of the Nerds and Chris Kattan and Don Jamieson will be doing their Dead Comedy Jam. Skinny Puppy’s Nivek Ogre will be there for REPO! The Genetic Opera.
Sep 5-8, 2024
Kolinec, Czech Republic
Held in an actual 17th century castle. The castle has been renovated for modern comforts, but this is still a castle on secluded grounds more than a hundred miles from Prague. The weekend’s festivities include furries and knights enjoying medieval cuisine and activities including both traditional and fursuited highland games.
Jun 22-23, 2024
Parsippany, New Jersey
This is an adults-only anime and pop culture convention. Thrown by the creators of the established DerpyCon, the goal of this con is to foster friendships and community. While they do have panels and cosplay and a dealers room, their focus is for attendees to connect over common interests, in the style of smaller hotel cons which used to be the standard.
Jun 14-16, 2024
Boston, Massachusetts
This is a huge convention, with a focus on autographs, but also separate programming tracks for anime, comics, gaming, SF&F, horror, etc. Their dealers room is huge. A very nice feature this event offers is their Cosplay Red Carpet. It is not particularly a red carpet to anything, just a fun opportunity for cosplayers to strut their stuff and get photographed.
Jun 7-9, 2024
Las Vegas, Nevada
A weekend of pool parties, educational panels, and media creation, the AltStar Expo is designed to foster collaboration among independent creators. The events culminate in the AltStar Awards (aka AltPorn Awards), honoring excellence in alternative erotica (including cosplay!), voted on by industry, fans, friends, and the editors and writers of AltPorn.Net and AltStar Magazine.
May 13-16, 2024
Miami, Florida
XBIZ Miami is designed to connect a variety of adult business sectors to explore business practices, market trends and technologies shaping the future of adult digital media. In the middle of the weekend, there is the XBIZ Creator Awards, honoring cam and clip creators (including cosplay!) in the heart of South Beach.
Apr 5-7, 2024
Ypsilanti, Michigan
This is a furry convention for adult anthropomorphics fans. MCFC is a very social con, with dealers room and artist alley. This event includes the always-popular MCFC Fursuit Dance Competition, as well as the Floor Warz Competition which is fursuit-optional (meaning you can compete even if not in a fursuit or partial fursuit, not that you should be naked.)
Mar 29-31, 2024
Las Vegas, Nevada
This is a very community-oriented and punny furry convention. Their slogan is the “Viva Paw Vegas!” The event grew out of a student club at the University of Las Vegas called the Rebel Anthropomorphic Works and Recreation club. (UNLV teams are apparently the Rebels.) Their acronym is RAWR. Guests include Rahne, RoSphix, BardicRJ, and more.
Mar 28-31, 2024
SeaTac, Washington
This long-running con has a literary focus, but allows for lots of costuming and gaming and other aspects to be enjoyed as well. Guests of Honor include writer Jim Butcher and artist Charles Vess, with a special spotlight on Clarkesworld Magazine. The Philip K. Dick Award will be awarded the second day of this extended holiday weekend con.
Mar 21-24, 2024
Boston, Massachusetts
Video game convention. Heavy on tournaments, but also includes nerdy bands and more. Home of the Omegathon mega-tournament which starts with 16 Omeganauts battling across games of all platforms and genres. A ton of this weekend is streamed on Twitch and videoed by Rock Paper Shotgun, so you can enjoy IRL or virtually.
Mar 4-4, 2024
Cyberspace
Each year SexyFandom’s Bazowie! Awards is held specifically to honor creators of all the amazing work being done with themes of cosplay, science fiction, fantasy, video games, and anime. This year, it will again be a livestreamed event with a digital red carpet.
Jan 26-28, 2024
Atlanta, Georgia
This iteration of their seven annual events is a combo tattoo expo and horror con. Guest include Rose McGowan, Bam Margera, Dean Cain, lots of Cenobite and Aliens-related actors, Tracy Lords (for Blade, not the other thing) and Jenna Jameson (because she played a Zombie Stripper, not the other thing.)
Jan 24-27, 2024
Las Vegas, Nevada
This now mega event encompasses, in addition to the long-running AVN Awards, the AVN Expo fan experience, business expo, ANE pleasure product expo, The Village for LGBTQ+ and the GAYVN Awards. All this and an excuse to spend time in Las Vegas.
Jan 19-20, 2024
Hollywood, California
There is a week and a half of XBIZ events in January, culminating in the XBIZ Awards. For non-industry, the main event is the X3 Expo where many performers show up to mingle and meet fans. The exhibiting talent at this event includes many of the models covered on SexyFandom.com
Jan 11-15, 2024
San Jose, California
Often delightfully shortened to FurCon, this furry convention is particularly known for its IRL furry dance off competitions and dance parties, as well as occasionally hosting virtual dances in the months in between the annual events. This well-attended con also feature an art show and panels and raises funds for animal charities.
Jun 30 - Jul 3, 2023
Los Angeles, California
There will be a huge Fantasy Costume Ball to celebrate the 75th anniversary of this long-running con. Fantasy and historical costuming encouraged. Regency dancing skills and filking praised. As always, they will feature an art show, dealers room, and panels on science fiction and fantasy.
Jun 29 - Jul 2, 2023
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
One of the largest and most highly respected furry cons in the world. Nearly ten thousand attendees, dozens of exhibiting artists, art show awards, and over a hundred square feet of vendor space with unique and unusual items. There are panels and stage shows and a furry riverboat cruise and Last-Fur-One Dance Crew’s fursuit dance off.
May 27-27, 2023
Hollywood, California
Awards show to honor excellence in alterative erotica (including cosplay!), voted on by industry, fans, and the editors and writers of AltPorn.Net and AltStar Magazine
May 26-29, 2023
Baltimore, Maryland
During the pandemic, this very long-running con decided to throw its doors wide open in this virtual landscape and, this year, once again is offering both an in-person and digital experience. The author guest lineup is always very cool and Jane Yolen is GoH. This event includes the Robert A. Heinlein Award and Compton Crook Award.
May 19-21, 2023
Orlando, Florida
They do this con twice a year, one big show in the summer and then an even bigger show closer to Halloween. Celebrating all things horror and related, the event will have actor guests, a zombie walk, costume contest, spooky vendors, and more than fifty tattoo artists.
Apr 14-16, 2023
Las Vegas, Nevada
This is a very community-oriented and punny furry convention. Their slogan is the “Viva Paw Vegas!” The event grew out of a student club at the University of Las Vegas called the Rebel Anthropomorphic Works and Recreation club. (UNLV teams are apparently the Rebels.) Their acronym is RAWR. Guests include Orlando Fox, Chester Otter, and Isananika.
Apr 6-9, 2023
SeaTac, Washington
This long-running con has a literary focus, but allows for lots of costuming and gaming and other aspects to be enjoyed as well. Guests of Honor include writer Phenderson Djèlí Clark and artist Eric Wilkerson, with a special spotlight on Uncanny Magazine. The Philip K. Dick Awards will be back from virtual to being awarded in person at the con.
Mar 23-26, 2023
Boston, Massachusetts
Video game convention. Heavy on tournaments, but also includes nerdy bands and more. Home of the Omegathon mega-tournament which starts with 16 Omeganauts battling across games of all platforms and genres. A ton of this weekend is streamed on Twitch and videoed by Rock Paper Shotgun, so you can enjoy IRL or virtually.
Mar 23-24, 2023
Ypsilanti, Michigan
This is an eighteen and over only convention for anthropomorphic appreciation. They have a fursuit dance competition and competitors will be judged on execution, space and levels, choreography, technique, and, for ensemble entrants, group synchronicity. Furry fandom artists Luna the Cute and Tim Weeks are guests of honor.
Feb 17-19, 2023
Las Vegas, Nevada
The Days of the Dead team throws seven conventions a year, all about horror pop culture, but with a varying focus in each city. This iteration of the event has lots of Hellraiser-related guests for movie and tv fans, including Doug Bradley, Simon Bamford, Nicholas Vince, and female cenobite Barbie Wilde. Other guests include makeup artist Tom Savini!
Jan 13-15, 2023
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Chattacon began as a casual relaxacon in the 1970’s, with a focus on positive fandom. Unlike most similar conventions, this one managed to grow into a bigger and bigger event, while maintaining a true fandom vibe. Guests of Honor include writer Martin Powell, historian B.L. Blankenship, artist Leia Powell , and cosplayer Paige Gardner.
Jan 6-8, 2023
Bellevue, Washington
This event tries to be as inclusive as possible in the gaming space. They focus on board and card games, role-playing games, and miniatures games, with an emphasis on diversity and inclusion, and they welcome both newbies and expert longtime players. Last year, a lot took place over Discord, but they are back IRL now.
Jun 17-19, 2022
Orlando, Florida
They do this con twice a year, one big show in the summer and then an even bigger show closer to Halloween. Celebrating all things horror and related, the event will have actor guests like Julie Benz, a zombie walk, costume contest, and more than fifty tattoo artists.
Jun 11-11, 2022
Hollywood, California
Awards show to honor excellence in alterative erotica (including cosplay!), voted on by industry, fans, and the editors and writers of AltPorn.Net and AltStar Magazine
May 6-8, 2022
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Three days of big concerts/dances/contests, cosplay, video games, and anime, and more anime, and even more anime.
Apr 21-24, 2022
Boston, Massachusetts
Video game convention which will occur IRL. Usually, heavy on tournaments. This specific PAX has a focus on indie games and includes an Indie showcase and a Rising showcase for games developed by smaller teams. This show actually pulled off an in-person event last year as well.
Apr 14-17, 2022
SeaTac, Washington
This long-running con has a literary focus, but allows for lots of costuming and gaming and other aspects to be enjoyed as well. Guests of Honor include Jacqueline Carey and Sana Takeda, with a special spotlight on Tor Books. As the Philip K. Dick Awards are also usually awarded in person at Norwescon, as in 2020, they will be presented virtually in conjunction with the virtual convention.
Jan 14-16, 2022
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Chattacon began as a casual relaxacon in the 1970’s, with a focus on positive fandom. Unlike most similar conventions, this one managed to grow into a bigger and bigger event, while maintaining a true fandom vibe. Guests of Honor include Toni Weisskopf, Michael Bielaczyc, Amanda Makepeace, and Brian Cooksey, along with a large ensemble of genre writers, illustrators, and makers.
Jan 7-22, 2022
Bellevue, Washington
This event tries to be as inclusive as possible in the gaming space. They focus on board and card games, role-playing games, and miniatures games, with an emphasis on diversity and inclusion, and they welcome both newbies and expert longtime players. Last year, a lot took place over Discord.
Dec 15-19, 2021
Washington, District of Columbia?
The Hugos awards, for excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy, are awarded each year by the World Science Fiction Society at that year’s WorldCon. WorldCon itself is held in a different city every year, determined by a bid and vote system. The 78th World Science Fiction Convention, CoNZealand, was held virtually. If it is possible to have the 79th in person, this will be the third time the DC area has played host to the event.
