DESTINATION COSPLAY
Destination Cosplay is back! Our cosplay-related show feature is busting at the seams with exciting new offerings for fans who love to cosplay, or be around cosplayers. Imagine this: You’re dressed to the nines and strutting your stuff down the Destination Cosplay Catwalk, a full red carpet experience! Envision chatting with our Cosplay Guests in their booths, where you’re sure to spot their incredible craftsmanship as they regale you with tales of what it’s like to be a cosplayer. Don’t miss new experiences like a Cosplay Exhibition and much more! There’s new to-dos, as well as and tried-and-true excitement awaiting you in Destination Cosplay.
IMPORTANT PLACES
Cosplay Changing Area – Room 143A
Destination Cosplay Catwalk (Cosplay Meetups) – Booth #2337
Nova Labs Cosplay Repair – Booth #2467
Destination Cosplay Highlights
Show Floor Features
Head to Destination Cosplay on the Show Floor to immerse yourself in a centralized space celebrating all things cosplay! Meet and greet with guests, get a cosplay repair, grab a cosplay photo, walk the Destination Cosplay Catwalk, and much more.
Destination Cosplay Catwalk
New this year! Give me more dah-ling! Introducing the Destination Cosplay Catwalk! This photo friendly area of Destination Cosplay, on the Show Floor, is for cosplayers who are more than ready for their red carpet moment. There will be Cosplay Meetups happening here all weekend long, plus scheduled times for you to show off during our Destination Catwalk Extravaganza hours, scheduled each day of Awesome Con. It’s your time to shine, cosplayers!
Destination Cosplay Exhibition
New this year! Get up close and personal with more than a few gorgeous hand-crafted cosplays. Thanks to Joe Colton Cosplay and Shady Haze, you’ll feel like you’ve stepped into a museum as they’ll display a variety of different cosplays for your viewing pleasure. Whether you’re interested in seeing those hand stitched specialties up close, electrifying electrics, or impressive foam work, they will be showcasing a variety of cosplay master pieces for you to take in. What a view!
Cosplay Photoshoots
Thanks to Plus Ultra Entertainment, you can experience free photoshoots (and video!) in Destination Cosplay. Get your editorial style shots from the coolest photographers in the industry! Cosplay encouraged but not required for the experience this is open to everyone! Our talented returning photographers are Shot by Ryan Dee & The Interstellar Studio. Strike a pose and take home a memory that will last a lifetime, a photo of you looking fab!
Cosplay Repair
If you’ve got a cosplay issue, you can head to Nova Labs booth for some on the spot Cosplay Repair! Nova Labs is a home for the maker community where members learn, create, and collaborate – and YES they also offer cosplay repair services during Awesome Con! They are our trusted partner for any cosplay repair need you might have. Whether you snagged a seam in your spandex or lost a jewel from your cosplay crown, they have got you covered.
Destination Cosplay Partners
Cosplay Guests Judges
Our Cosplay Guest Judges are the qualified Craftsmanship experts who are an integral part of our Cosplay Competition. These talented cosplayers help to judge the contestants participating in our Competition to help us to crown the deserving Best in Show as well as other awards.
Cosplay Guests
If you’re wandering around Destination Cosplay on the Show Floor, you’re sure to see these friendly faces in booths in the area! Check out as they do live demonstrations of cosplay crafts, show off their costumes, or just say hello 🙂
Cosplay Panels and Events
All weekend long | Room 209
Throughout the weekend, several of our panels in Room 209 will be cosplay related. Don’t miss events such as…
- Don’t Hide from the Hide – How to start using leather in cosplay
- Cosplay Makeup: The Art of Transformation
- Special Effects & Body Painting
- Gaining An Edge In Competitive Cosplay: A Judge’s Perspective
- Getting started with Cosplay Photography
And more! Make sure to select “Destination Cosplay” as your filter to see which events are related to the art of cosplay.
Saturday March 9 | Main Stage
Ready to grace the Main Stage in a gorgeous handcrafted cosplay and show us what you’ve got? Incredible handmade costumes spanning the worlds of comics, movies, TV, web series, anime, books, and video games – as well as original characters inspired by these themes – will be center stage during Awesome Con’s Cosplay Competition!
Join Cosplay Guest Judges Blue Clarice, Plexi Cosplay and UPW Design, alongside, host DJ Elliot, and an incredible slate of competitors for this incredible 2-hour performance, which celebrates craftsmanship, charisma, and, of course, cosplay.
Apply to be a Cosplay Guest
Calling all professional cosplayers! If you are continually growing your cosplay skillset, passionate about the craft of cosplaying, and excited about designing, crafting, and creatively emulating beloved characters in fandom, then you’re in the right place. We want you to share your excellence with the Awesome Con community of cosplay enthusiasts!
Some of the opportunities we offer include: Boothing as a Cosplay Guest in Destination Cosplay on the Show Floor, being a Cosplay Guest Judge during our Cosplay Competition, being a Cosplay Guest during one of our After Parties, and more. Please note this is a rolling application so it remains open all the time, and respondents who apply may receive no response.
PAST DESTINATION COSPLAY HIGHLIGHTS
PAST AREA FEATURES
- Cosplay Repair Station
- Cosplay Changing Area
- Cosplay Meetups and Photoshoots
- Cosplay Guests
- Cosplay Demos
- Cosplay Competition
PAST SPONSOR/PARTNER HIGHLIGHTS
- Xfinity
- Arda Wigs
- Trove Costumes
- Oliso
- Famore Cutlery
PAST COSPLAY GUESTS
- Ana-Mia
- Plexi Cosplay
- Ginoza Costuming
- Shady Haze
- Bishop Cosplay