MIYAKOCON IS…
an anime convention organized with love and now in its third year in Salem, Oregon.
Expect an announcement about dates very soon– we’re going to be a 2-day event in 2018!
WHY ATTEND?
In 2017, for our second year, we brought anime fan panels, Newcon’s Lip Sync Battle Royale, a cosplay competition hosted by HildurGalaxy & , the Sweet Improv Dance Challenge, AniBros anime podcast, the Creation Station art/craft/costume space, audience-interactive Cards Against MiyakoCon (18+), a gaming room hosted by local Borderlands Games, a video screening room courtesy of Crunchyroll, a dealer room full of amazing dealers, and much more!
WHAT DO I DO IF I WANT TO GET INVOLVED?
Use our interest form & we’ll be in touch!
https://goo.gl/forms/uPlddlYlT0tvXpF03
and join our email list – we promise not to spam!
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Why “Miyako”? – About Our Name
The Miyako Odori is an annual festival of arts and performance in Kyoto, Japan’s former capital city (miyako). Another name for the festival is the “cherry blossom dances”. Since Salem is both the Cherry City as well as Oregon’s state capital, we could hardly wish for a better name than MiyakoCon!
…who are your humble organizers?
is MiyakoCon’s chief mover and shaker. She’s going to college in Portland, but she grew up here in Salem, graduating from South Salem H.S. in 2014. She’s been in the convention circuit since she was just a kid, vending for her dad and friends at many NW events.
is Julie’s operational support. He runs a steampunk convention and other events in Portland, and is returning a lot of favors– they work together on all of the background mechanics.
Julie and Stephen are collaborating on programming, operations, business affairs, and publicity for MiyakoCon.