Home Mail Admin Gremlin



Arizona Conventions in 2023

Here's a master list of all the fandom conventions to be held in Arizona in 2023.
Look back at 2022, forward to 2024 or at a Chronology of all AZ conventions.

Event links will take you to these conventions' dedicated pages here at azfandom.org.
Web and social media images will take you to their web presence at external sites.
Address links will take you to venue websites and Google Maps.

New Events for 2023 Special Notes

Arizona Comicbook Arts Festival
The Arizona Elvis Festival
Atomic Monster Weekend (x)
Brick Fest Live
A Christmas to Dismember
The Day the Rez Stood Still
Ganbatte Mini Con
Gathering of the Ghouls
King-Con
Library Con
Meeplefest Mini
Tombstone Redemption
Tombstone Wild West Paracon
WestFest Tucson

(x) = cancelled

January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December



January 2023


Friday 30th December, 2022 to Sunday 1st
Painted Desert Fur Con
(fur community, year 4)

Sheraton Phoenix Downtown
340 N 3rd St, Phoenix, AZ 85004


Friday 6th to Sunday 8th
Taiyou Con
(anime, year 13)

Mesa Convention Center
263 N Center St, Mesa, AZ 85201


Saturday 28th
Tempe FanCon
(pop culture, year 8)

Tempe Public Library
3500 S Rural Rd, Tempe, AZ 85282

February 2023


Thursday 2nd to Sunday 5th
Monstro Camp Prime
(Monster Rangers, year 7)

Cave Creek Group Campground
32nd St, Carefree Hwy, Cave Creek, AZ 85331


Saturday 18th
Blazing Desert Comic Con
(pop culture, year 10)

Southwest Junior High School
963 8th Ave, San Luis, AZ 85349


Saturday 18th to Sunday 19th
Brick Fest Live
(LEGO™, year 1)

Bell Bank Park
6321 S Ellsworth Rd, Mesa, AZ 85212


Saturday 25th
Arizona Comicbook Arts Festival
(comic books, year 1)

Phoenix Shrine Auditorium
552 N 40th St, Phoenix, AZ 85008

March 2023


Saturday 4th to Sunday 5th
Tucson Festival of Books
(books, year 14)

University of Arizona
University of Arizona Campus


Thursday 9th to Sunday 12th
Wild Wild West Steampunk Convention
(steampunk, year 11)

Casino del Sol
5655 W Valencia Rd, Tucson, AZ 85757


Saturday 11th
SkaterCon
(skateboarders, year 8)

Paradise Valley Skate Park
17642 N 40th St, Phoenix, AZ 85032


Thursday 16th to Sunday 19th
Left Coast Crime
(mystery, year 33)

El Conquistador Tucson
10000 N Oracle Rd, Tucson, AZ 85704


Thursday 16th to Sunday 19th
WestFest Tucson
(westerns, year 1)

Casino del Sol
5655 W Valencia Rd, Tucson, AZ 85757


Friday 17th to Sunday 19th
Kikori Con
(anime, year 9)

Little America Hotel
2515 E Butler Ave, Flagstaff, AZ 86004


Sunday 19th
Wizarding Out West
(Harry Potter, year 2)

Trail Dust Town
6541 E Tanque Verde Rd, Tucson, AZ 85715


Saturday 25th
Verde Valley Comic Expo
(comic books, year 6)

Cottonwood Recreation Center
150 S 6th St, Cottonwood, AZ 86326


Friday 31st to Sunday 2nd April
Northern Arizona Book Festival
(books, year 25)

many locations in Flagstaff

April 2023


Saturday 1st
Apache Junction Public Library LibraryCon
(pop culture, year 8)

Apache Junction Public Library
1177 N Idaho Rd, Apache Junction, AZ 85119


Saturday 1st
Arizona Toy Con
(collectible toys, year 17)

Glendale Civic Center
5750 W Glenn Dr, Glendale, AZ 85301


Monday 10th to Thursday 13th
Coyote Con
(pop culture, year 2)

Chandler-Gilbert Community College
Pecos Campus
2626 E Pecos Rd, Chandler, AZ 85225
Williams Campus
7360 E Tahoe Ave, Mesa, AZ 85212


Friday 14th to Saturday 15th
Arizona Fan Fest
(pop culture, year 2)

Graham County Fairgrounds
527 Armory Rd, Safford, AZ 85546


Saturday 15th
Tucson Zine Fest
(zines, year 4)

The Steinfeld Warehouse
101 W 6th St, Tucson, AZ 85701


Saturday 22nd
Con-Fusion
(pop culture, year 1a)

Cesar Chavez Library
3635 W Baseline Rd, Laveen Village, AZ 85339


Saturday 22nd
Ganbatte Mini Con
(anime/pop culture, year 1)

Sportsman's Park South Lawn
1 Cardinals Dr, Glendale, AZ 85305


Saturday 22nd
Library Con
(pop culture, year 1)

Peoria Main Library
8463 W Monroe St, Peoria, AZ 85345


Thursday 27th to Sunday 30th
Arizona Tiki Oasis
(tiki culture, year 5)

Hotel Valley Ho
6850 E Main St, Scottsdale, AZ 85251


Friday 26th to Sunday 28th
Meeplefest Mini
(gaming, year 1)

Humanist Society of Greater Phoenix
627 W Rio Salado Pkwy, Mesa, AZ 85201


Saturday 29th
Con-Fusion
(pop culture, year 1b)

Agave Library
23550 N 36th Ave, Glendale, AZ 85310

May 2023


Monday 1st to Sunday 7th
Detonation
(wastelanders, year 8)

Uranium Springs
25 minutes east of Holbrook, AZ


Friday 5th to Sunday 7th
Anime Arizona
(anime, year 2)

Mesa Convention Center
263 N Center St, Mesa, AZ 85201


Friday 5th to Sunday 7th
Tombstone Wild West Paracon
(paranormal, year 1)

Tombstone
Tombstone, AZ 85638


Saturday 6th
Con-Fusion
(pop culture, year 1c)

Mesquite Library
4525 E Paradise Village Pkwy N, Phoenix, AZ 85032


Saturday 13th
Con-Fusion
(pop culture, year 1d)

Agave Library
10050 N Metro Pkwy E, Phoenix, AZ 85051


Saturday 20th
Con-Fusion
(pop culture, year 1e)

Ironwood Library
4333 E Chandler Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85048


Saturday 22nd
Ghosts of Globe Paracon
(paranormal, year 2)

Globe City Hall
150 N Pine St, Globe, AZ 85501

June 2023


Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th
Phoenix Fan Fusion
(pop culture, year 23)

Phoenix Convention Center
100 N Third St, Phoenix, AZ 85004


Saturday 10th
Arizona Toy Con
(collectible toys, year 17)

Mesa Convention Center
263 N Center St, Mesa, AZ 85201


Friday 23rd to Monday 25th
RinCon
(gaming, year 15)

Casino del Sol
5655 W Valencia Rd, Tucson, AZ 85757

July 2023


Friday 8th to Sunday 10th
Mad Monster Party
(horror, year 10)

Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Hotel & Spa
9495 W Coyotes Blvd, Glendale, AZ 85305


Saturday 15th
Payson Book Festival
(books, year 9)

Mazatzal Hotel and Casino
Highway 87, Mile Marker 251
Payson, AZ 85541


Saturday 15th to Sunday 16th
Crit Hit!
(tabletop roleplaying, year 5)

DoubleTree by Hilton Phoenix Mesa
1011 W Holmes Ave, Mesa, AZ 85210


Sunday 29th
The Day the Rez Stood Still
(horror, year 1)

Salt River Community Building
1880 N Longmore Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85256


Saturday 29th to Sunday 30th
Tombstone Redemption
(Red Dead Redemption, year 1)

Tombstone
Tombstone, AZ 85638

August 2023


Friday 11th to Sunday 13th
Game On Expo
(multimedia gaming, year 9)

Phoenix Convention Center
100 N Third St, Phoenix, AZ 85004


Saturday 12th
Fandomania
(pop culture, year 6)

Findlay Toyota Center
7401 E Civic Cir, Prescott Valley, AZ 86314


Saturday 19th to Sunday 20th
PHX Zine Fest
(zines, year 7)

The Nile Theater
105 W Main St, Mesa, AZ 85210


Friday 25th to Sunday 27th
Gathering of the Ghouls
(horror, year 1)

Mesa Convention Center
263 N Center St, Mesa, AZ 85201


Friday 25th to Sunday 27th
Maricopa Con
(tabletop gaming, year 10)

Wyndham Phoenix Airport/Tempe
2620 W Dunlap Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85021


Friday 25th to Friday 2nd September
ConsimWorld Expo / MonsterGame.CON
(wargaming, year 22)

Tempe Mission Palms
60 E 5th St, Tempe, AZ 85281

September 2023


Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd
Tucson Comic-Con
(pop culture, year 14)

Tucson Convention Center
260 S Church Ave, Tucson, AZ 85701


Friday 1st to Monday 4th
CoKoCon
(science fiction, year 6)

DoubleTree by Hilton Phoenix Tempe
2100 S Priest Dr, Tempe, AZ 85282


Friday 1st to Monday 4th
Saboten Con
(anime, year 16)

Sheraton Grand Phoenix Downtown
340 N 3rd St, Phoenix, AZ 85004


Thursday 21st to Saturday 23rd
The Arizona Elvis Festival
(Elvis Presley, year 1)

Embassy Suites by Hilton Scottsdale Resort
5001 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85250


Thursday 21st to Saturday 23rd
King-Con
(pop culture, year 1)

Beale Celebrations
201 N 4th St, Kingman, AZ 86401

October 2023


Saturday 7th to Sunday 8th
YumaCon
(pop culture, year 9)

Yuma Civic Center
1440 W Desert Hills Dr, Yuma, AZ 85365


Thursday 12th to Saturday 14th
Vulture City ParaCon
(paranormal, year 4)

Vulture City Ghost Town
36610 N 355th Ave, Wickenburg, AZ 85390


Friday 13th to Sunday 15th
Arizona Fur Con
(fur community, year 12)

Mesa Convention Center
263 N Center St, Mesa, AZ 85201


Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd
Artists Assemble Horror Fest
(horror, year 2)

Sheraton Crescent Hotel
2620 W Dunlap Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85021


Saturday 21st
Desert Foothills Book Festival
(books, year 2)

The Holland Center
34250 N 60th St, Scottsdale, AZ 85266


Saturday 21st to Sunday 22nd
Tucson TerrorFest Horror Convention
(horror, year 5)

191 Toole
191 E Toole Ave, Tucson, AZ 85701


Friday 27th to Sunday 29th
UwU Con
(anime, year 2)

Bell Bank Park
1 Legacy Dr, Mesa, AZ 85212

November 2023


Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th
Con-Nichiwa
(anime, year 14)

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Tucson Reid Park
445 S Alvernon Way, Tucson, AZ, 85711


Friday 10th to Sunday 12th
Meeplefest
(gaming, year 3)

Humanist Society of Greater Phoenix
627 W Rio Salado Pkwy, Mesa, AZ 85201


Friday 10th to Sunday 12th
TusCon
(science fiction, year 50)

Ramada by Wyndham Viscount Suites Tucson East
4855 E Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85711

December 2023


Saturday 2nd
LibCon West
(pop culture, year 8)

Velma Teague Library
7010 N 58th Ave, Glendale, AZ 85301


Saturday 2nd to Sunday 3rd
A Christmas to Dismember
(horror, year 1)

Mesa Convention Center
263 N Center St, Mesa, AZ 85201


Saturday 16th
Mesa Book Festival
(books, year 6)

Benedictine University Mesa
225 E Main St, Mesa, AZ 85201



Creative Commons License
Last update: 26th March, 2024