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With a lifetime membership, you’ll get:
✔️ Access to ALL future Cosplay World conventions (yes, even new locations!)
✔️ 10% off official merch + exclusive items
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🎁 Holiday Special: Lock in your discounted membership rate NOW through Dec 31st! Prices go up in 2025, so don’t wait. This is a ONE TIME FEE only not a recurring payment!

👉 Visit www.cosplayworldusa.com to join today and become part of the Greatest Show for Cosplay!

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Tons of great shots from our Holiday Mini-con keep coming in! 📸 @deviant_angel_imagery as one of our show photographers captured some spectacular moments!

Featuring @phoxxhoppcosplay✨
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💥Join us in creating the Greatest Show for Cosplay! 💫

With a Cosplay World Lifetime Membership, you’ll get access to every single convention we host—forever! 💥📣🤩

Cosplay World has grown faster than we ever imagined! Starting with our very first convention in October 2022, we’ve built a community that has doubled in size each year. By December 7th, 2024, we’ll have hosted three 2 day Summer shows and a Holiday Mini-Con in just three years, and we’re not slowing down.

Our vision is simple: to become the Greatest Show for Cosplay—a place where fans, creators, and dreamers come together to celebrate imagination, creativity, and fandom.

Why Join Now?
A Reward for Early Supporters: Many of our fans have been with us since Day One. This membership is a way to give back to those who’ve believed in us and helped us grow.

Unlimited Access to the Fun: With events planned across multiple locations and multiple shows per year, you’ll have endless opportunities to experience the magic of Cosplay World.

Be Part of Our Journey: By becoming a member, you’re helping us bring bigger guests, better attractions, and even more unforgettable experiences to every Cosplay World event.

Our Vision for the Future-

More Locations: We’re already scouting our next city!

More Shows: At least two events a year in Richmond, with new cities and dates on the horizon.

Bigger Experiences: Your membership helps us keep leveling up, bringing you the biggest names, best workshops, and most exciting cosplay community in the world.

Join us now and become part of the Cosplay World legacy. Together, we’ll make it the Greatest Show for Cosplay!

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What a great way to wrap up the year! We pulled off two spectacular shows in 2024 with many of you coming back again to enjoy the amazing cosplays and programming we have to offer!

Thank you so much! We have some big plans for 2025 and beyond and hope you continue to show your support by attending and vending at our events. Together we can make Cosplay World the Greatest Show for Cosplay! 💫

This Holiday Special recap features the photography of Tony Johnson @characterspin who we meet this October at New York Comic Con. We love inviting photographers out so attendees and guests get a ton of photos of their amazing costumes! We will post links to the photographer pages on our website, so be on the look out for that post in the next week or so.

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Our Guest Photographer Jon V found a creative way to turn our panel room into the perfect studio for getting some really great shots from our Holiday Special this weekend. 👏👏👏 @jonv_photography

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We got something super special for you! Just wait and find out this weekend what we’ve got cooking; trust us you’re not gonna want to miss this!🔥

Today we open our fourth show in just 2 years! We’re super proud of that and want to thank you all for helping make the dream a reality!

Cosplay World Richmond’s Holiday Mini-Con opens at 9:30AM for VIP and 10AM for regular admission. Vendor hall and panels run until 5PM and then we have our Costume Contest Awards presentation from 5-6PM in the theatre upstairs. Join us for a day full of endless adventures and wrap it up with our onsite after party from 8-midnight! Music provided by @thenerdlounge804 with drinks and food all night! 21+

At the VA Rep Center!
4204 Hermitage Rd
Richmond, VA 23227

Passes available online and at the door!
www.cosplayworldusa.com
Floor map and program schedules are live on our website!

Time to shout out our Vendors and Artists who will be setup all day at our Holiday Mini-Con! We have two levels of shopping! Be sure to visit them all and find that special gift for the holidays! We spend a lot of time promoting special guests and programming but literally there would be no show without our amazing vendors! So thank you all for vending with us.

Vendors and Guests! We have updated the map! The main changes are PANEL ROOM B is now UPSTAIRS in the room where ARTIST ALLEY was located. And ARTIST ALLEY is now in the upstairs lobby where there will now be more foot traffic for those vendors! A small change that should benefit everyone. We will have signs posted to assist in driving traffic around the building as well.

Full vendor map and program schedules are live on our website as well!

www.cosplayworldusa.com

Don’t miss out! Prices go up $5 online and at the door starting Friday! $20 day pass and $40 VIP available NOW!

www.cosplayworldusa.com for it all!

Super excited for you’ll to meet our amazing lineup of guests this Saturday! So much talent from New York to Florida and everywhere in between! 💫

Get your passes now before the price goes up $5 on Friday!

www.cosplayworldusa.com

Welcome, adventurers of all kinds! The stage is set, and the curtain rises in just mere days. Join me, 🎩Ringo Coswell, this Saturday December 7th for an unforgettable day of holiday magic at Cosplay World Richmond’s Holiday Mini-Con! A spectacle of wonder awaits you!

🌟 www.cosplayworldusa.com

Ringo art by @jesseareese

VIP passes are BOGO until midnight tonight! You get in 30 mins early, 10% off show merch AND After Party access!

$40 for two VIP passes, makes each just $20 which is the same price as regular admission!

Badges for this show are graciously sponsored and provided by @caleb_cosplays and our VIP badge features our Cosplay Guest Judge @electricseafoam 👏👏👏

www.cosplayworldusa.com for all the details!

Please give a big warm welcome to our Featured Photography Guest
📸 @jonv_photography 👏 💫

Jon attended our summer show this year and blew us all away with his photography skills! He won our Onsite Photo Contest as well, so 2024 was definitely a break out year for Jon!

“Jon V is a photographer based out of the East Coast of the United States who travels around pop culture conventions to work with talented Cosplayers and Costume Designers to create exciting memorable photos.“

We’re happy to have Jon V as a photographer guest at our Holiday Mini-Con this Saturday December 7th! At The VA Rep Center for Arts and Education. www.cosplayworldusa.com

We got meetups! Since we don’t have two full days to run meetups we have kept it super simple and hopefully your cosplays fit into these categories so you can hop on stage and participate!

And give a warm welcome to our Meet Up Host the amazing @smashbcosplay 🔥with music being provided by @djyayoprada 💥

Use the Cosplans graphic and be sure to tag @cosplayworldcon when you share!

🎉 Get Ready for 10 Hours of Inspiring Panel Programming! 🎉

Join us THIS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7th, from 10AM to 5PM at Cosplay World Richmond’s Holiday Special Mini-Con for an action-packed day of workshops, demos, and panels! Whether you’re a seasoned cosplayer or just getting started, our incredible lineup of talented panelists is here to share their years of expertise in crafting, creativity, and community building—all included with your regular admission!

🎨 What to Expect:

⭐ Hands-On Workshops – Learn new techniques to level up your cosplay game.

⭐ Live Demos – See the pros in action as they showcase their skills.

⭐ Engaging Panels – Dive deep into the world of cosplay, with tips, tricks, and stories from the best in the business.

🛠️ Meet the Experts:
Our cosplay guest panelists bring years of experience, a love for the craft, and a passion for sharing their knowledge. Don’t miss your chance to learn from some of the most creative minds in the cosplay community!

🕒 10 Hours of Nonstop Fun!
Come for the panels, stay for the unforgettable moments. With 10 HOURS of programming, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.

💻 Get your tickets now and check out the full schedule at www.cosplayworldrichmond.com

Don’t wait—mark your calendar for December 7th and get ready to be inspired! See you at Cosplay World Richmond’s Holiday Special Mini-Con! 🌟

They’re back! The dynamic duo of Lil Moon and Johnie 5 return to Cosplay World Richmond for our Holiday Special Mini-Con this Saturday December 7th! 🎉

🌟@lilmoonnn⚡️
🔥@johnie_5 🧨

“ Lilmoon has been an enthusiastic part of the cosplay community ever since a group of friends from college introduced her to her first convention in 2017.

She saw cosplay as an opportunity to express her creative vision and artistic talents through personalized takes on character designs. She enjoys exploring the endless possibilities that cosplay has to offer through the creation of wearables works of art that both challenge her skills and bring about a personal sense of pride that accompanies the completion of a new project.

As a cosplayer and character actor, Lilmoonnn is well known for her ability to connect with convention and event attendees alike where she finds a sense of fulfillment from bringing entertainment and joy to those that she shares the community with. She enjoys bringing positivity to people around her and sees that the cosplay community is one more space in which she gets to do so.”

“With over a decade of experience in cosplay, larp, table-top gaming, and event promotions, Johnie is a veritable Swiss Army knife of many things nerd-culture.”

Recognized as a community builder, Johnie combines his expertise with a love for interacting and collaborating with others in creative spaces to bring people together for the purpose of building exciting things, sharing creative opportunities, and the fantastic adventures that follow.”

Let’s celebrate the Art of Cosplay together at Cosplay World Richmond!

📸 @zoke_photo

www.cosplayworldrichmond.com

The Man, The Myth, The Legend! Richmond’s own Frank D has been the face of Richmond Comicon for years now! And while he’s an amazing cosplayer by day he’s always busy promoting community events around town with his family in tow.

Please welcome @badboyvideoshow back to Cosplay World Richmond for our Holiday Special this December 7th! 🔥💥💫

Be sure to get your passes to the Greatest Show for Cosplay! www.cosplayworldusa.com

Photos @artc.foto and @bryantcoxphotography

@vacomicon

If you’ve a regular at conventions in the area you’ve probably met our next special guest already!

@bryantcoxphotography has his Photo Booth setup at just about every show in the mid Atlantic and his photo composites are sought after by cosplayers looking to take their cosplays to another level!

Please welcome Bryant Cox back to Cosplay World Richmond for our Holiday Special this December 7th!! 👏👏👏

Come join Bryant Cox and learn the basics of how to pose for your cosplay photos. 📸

Covering basic posing and how to pose in a more dynamic manor to enhance your photos.

Saturday December 7th
Panel Room B, 3-4PM

All panels are included with your regular admission so get your tickets today!

www.cosplayworldusa.com

A special thank you post for one of the first cosplayers who joined our team back in 2022 and who has been involved with almost every big show and side event we have had since then. @megaminds_apprentice has been a special guest and panelist several times now but she started out as our volunteer. Always ready to help out and contribute Whitney has drawn Ringo Coswell stickers and the Holiday Ringo used in promos for our upcoming Mini-Con. Multi talented and such a great person to be around, today we acknowledge Whitney for all that you have contributed to Cosplay World! 🙏💫

And with a wonderful portrait shot by photographer on the rise @artc.foto while at @vacomicon 🔥

You can catch them both at our Holiday Mini-Con next Saturday December 7th!

We have more exciting programming announcements coming this weekend! Get ready to “Make your own Fur Ears!” at this hands on workshop presented by our Guest Panelist @caleb_cosplays ✨💫🦊🐯🐰

Saturday, December 7th
Panel Room A, 2-3pm

This is a great beginner workshop to help introduce you to some basic crafting skills and materials that can be applied to all sorts of projects!

Workshops are provided Free and are included with your general admission!

Be sure to get your passes today while they are still Buy One Get One Free!

www.cosplayworldusa.com

🎉 LIMITED TIME OFFER: BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE! 🎉

Get ready to double the fun at Cosplay World Richmond’s Holiday Mini-Con! From now until Saturday, November 30th, when you buy one pass, you’ll get another absolutely FREE!

Bring a friend, family member, or your favorite cosplay buddy to experience:
✨ Incredible cosplay special guests (like Bluey, Bingo, Santa Hulk, and the Grinch!)
✨ A bustling vendor market for all your holiday shopping needs
✨ Photo ops, crafting panels, costume contests, and more
✨ Meet-ups and fun on the main stage

📅 Event Date: Saturday, December 7th
📍 VA Rep Center for Arts and Education

No code needed—this deal is LIVE NOW on Eventbrite! Don’t miss your chance to celebrate the holiday season in cosplay style.

🎟️ Grab your passes now at www.cosplayworldrichmond.com

Hurry—this magical deal ends THIS Saturday, November 30th!

If anyone needs a hotel to stay at next weekend during our Holiday Mini-Con consider our host hotel! We don’t have a full attendee room block link to share since this is a single day show but if you want the best rates give them a call! We will be there too!

VIRGINIA CROSSINGS HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTER, TAPESTRY COLLECTION BY HILTON

Get ready to learn some new crafting skills at our Holiday Mini-Con! We’re excited to announce our next Cosplay Guest Panelist Naychan Cosplay is coming to Cosplay World Richmond this December 7th!

🌟@naychan_ will be hosting a panel, workshop and demo for us! Times and descriptions below-

Workshop: Flower Crowns & You!
Room A, 1-2pm

Whether it’s for cosplay, Renfaire, concerts, or just everyday vibing, flower crowns make an excellent accessory to any outfit! No experience is necessary, you will be walked through every step to create your own custom flower crown to take home with you!

Demo: Painting: Turning Your Armor and Props from Drab to FAB! Room A, 3-4pm

Have you built an epic prop but have the feeling that it’s missing something. This is where the magic of painting comes in! Join Naychan for a discussion of different painting and weathering techniques to really make your armor and props POP! With just a little paint you can take it from drab to FAB!

Panel: Building A Ballgown.
Room A, 11-Noon

Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo! This is the ballgown panel for you! Come learn the ins and outs of ball gowns from under-structure to beautiful overlaying fabrics! Discussions of hoop-skirts, petticoats, corsets, fabric choices, & more will be included. You’ll look grand by midnight!

Panels, workshops and demos are all included with your admission! So take advantage of this amazing opportunity to learn from some very talented instructors in a supportive and welcoming environment!

Passes are available online NOW!
www.cosplayworldusa.com

Are you ready for The Cosplay World Holiday After Party!?

The convention fun doesn’t stop when the doors close—we’re keeping the celebration alive at the **Cosplay World Holiday After Party**! Join us onsite at the **Virginia Rep Center for Arts and Education** for an unforgettable evening of music, dancing, and themed cocktails! 🍹

Details:
📆Saturday, December 7th | 8:00 PM – Midnight
📍Virginia Rep Center for Arts and Education
Ages 21+

Featuring Nerd Lounge from Shinobi Takeover!

Our DJ for the night, @thenerdlounge804 is here to bring you the ultimate geek culture beats. Expect an electrifying mix of anime, gaming, and nerdcore tunes that will keep you on the dance floor all night long!

**Why You Can’t Miss This:**
- Perfect way to cap off an incredible day at the Holiday Mini-Con
- Exclusive 21+ event with a lively atmosphere
- Your chance to show off your cosplay under the disco lights
- Dance, connect, and celebrate with fellow fans and friends

Passes Available online now at www.cosplayworldusa.com or at the door. Spots are limited, so don’t wait!

🎉 A HUGE THANK YOU to VA Comicon for having us at your amazing show last weekend! 💥 @vacomicon

We always love being part of the incredible cosplay community you foster, led by none other than the talented Frank-D, Richmond’s very own cosplayer and community leader.💫

It was so much fun connecting with everyone—especially seeing the holiday spirit come alive! 🎄✨ Speaking of which, our December 7th Cosplay World Richmond Holiday Mini-Con is right around the corner, and we’re bringing the festive cheer to life!

🌟 Here’s what to expect:
🎁 A Holiday Market full of unique artists and vendors.
🎭 A Cosplay Contest hosted in an actual theater by @britnithecat
🎨 Special Guests from all over the East Coast hosting exciting workshops, demos, and panels and meet ups!

📍When: Saturday, December 7th. 10am-5pm
📍Where: VA Rep Center for Arts and Education, Richmond, VA

Mark your calendars and come celebrate the season with us! 🎅✨

Photo credit @charles_a_townsend
Elf: @cos.player.23

#VACosplay #RichmondEvents #CosplayWorldHolidayMiniCon #HolidayMarket #CosplayCommunity

December 7th Cosplay World Richmond returns with DJ Yayo Prada providing the vibes all day long! He’s bringing his 360 camera back as well! 🔥🔥🔥 @djyayoprada @yayoprada

Cover photo by @herohotties

Get your passes today! www.cosplayworldusa.com

We’re thrilled to announce that Joe Colton will be joining us as a Featured Cosplay Guest at our Holiday Mini-Con on Saturday December
7th! 🎉

@joecoltoncosplay 🌟⚔️

“Joe Colton Cosplay is a Washington D.C. based cosplayer that you’ve seen at cons nationwide, portraying characters from various fandoms, including Marvel, DC, Star Trek, Star Wars, Dr. Who, and many more. You’ve seen her recreate costumes from movies, tv shows, and comics.

She’s worked on several voice-over projects, fan films, and commercials, not to mention she’s designed and made costumes for films
and been commissioned to make costumes for several television actors on the con circuit. Ms. Colton is one half of Trek Girls, a Star Trek
stream as well as co-host of the ‘What’s on Joe Mind?’ Podcast for the past 8 years. You can also find her as a guest on other podcasts that
deal with all things nerdy!“

🎟️ Get Your Passes Now:
www.cosplayworldUSA.com

Don’t miss out on this unforgettable experience. Let your creativity
shine at Cosplay World Richmond! ✨

📸 @brilanimagery

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#comics #anime #joecoltoncosplay #starwars #startrek #marvel #dc #videogames

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