Meaning of Statuses
ACTIVE: event is happening this year and dates have been announced.
ACTIVE FOR NOW: event may or may not be happening this year but no dates have yet been announced.
ACTIVE WIDER: event is happening but moves around and is not in Arizona this year.
INACTIVE: event is no longer happening and not expecting to do so again in the future.
NEVER HELD: event was planned and announced but never held.
ON HIATUS: event is not happening this year but is planning to do so again in the future.
RENAMED: event has ended under this name but continued under another.
Conventions
Conventions are listed alphabetically, with their current status, their first and last years announced, the number of events they've actually held in person within Arizona (and virtual in brackets), their dates for this year (if applicable) and their location(s).
A star in First means that the event happened earlier than this under a different name; a star in Last means that it continued under a different name. Where Held has two numbers, the first is the number held under this name and the second in brackets is the total held under all names. A number with a V in brackets is the number of virtual events held.
| Status |
Convention |
First |
Last |
Held |
2022 |
Location(s) |
| INACTIVE |
Ace Comic Con |
2018 |
2019 |
2 |
|
Glendale |
| INACTIVE |
AdventureCon |
2009 |
2009 |
1 |
|
Glendale |
| INACTIVE |
AGOG |
1988 |
1998 |
11 |
|
Tucson |
| ACTIVE WIDER |
ALPCA International Convention |
1955 |
2022 |
2 |
20-23 Jul
Hampton, VA |
Tucson |
| INACTIVE |
AlterCon |
1980 |
1994 |
2 |
|
Phoenix, Tempe |
| INACTIVE |
Amazing Arizona Comic Con |
2011 |
2017 |
6 |
|
Phoenix |
| INACTIVE |
Anime Kaigi |
2010 |
2012 |
3 |
|
Flagstaff |
| INACTIVE |
Animeland TuCon |
2008 |
2012 |
5 |
|
Tucson |
| INACTIVE |
AniZona |
2005 |
2009 |
4 |
|
Phoenix, Mesa
Litchfield Park |
| ACTIVE |
Apache Junction Public Library LibraryCon |
2015 |
2022 |
7 |
12 Mar |
Apache Junction |
| NEVER HELD |
AppleloosaCon |
2013 |
2013 |
0 |
|
Phoenix |
| INACTIVE |
Arizona Book Festival |
1998 |
2007 |
10 |
|
Phoenix |
| INACTIVE |
Arizona CosFest |
2017 |
2017 |
1 |
|
Phoenix |
| ACTIVE FOR NOW |
Arizona Fur Con |
2013 |
2021 |
10 |
|
Phoenix, Scottsdale, Mesa |
| ACTIVE |
Arizona Game Fair |
2017 |
2022 |
4 |
10-13 Mar |
Mesa |
| INACTIVE |
Arizona Star Warz Convention |
1997 |
1997 |
1 |
|
Scottsdale |
| ACTIVE |
Arizona Tiki Oasis |
2019 |
2022 |
3 |
28 Apr-1 May |
Phoenix |
| ACTIVE |
Arizona Toy Con |
2016* |
2021 |
6 (15) |
18 Jun |
Phoenix, Glendale |
| INACTIVE |
Athoria-Con |
2019 |
2019 |
1 |
|
Mesa |
| INACTIVE |
Athoria Games FallCon |
2019 |
2019 |
1 |
|
Mesa |
| INACTIVE |
AZ Eventure Con |
2017 |
2018 |
2 |
|
Glendale |
| INACTIVE |
Bad Boy Con |
1995 |
1995 |
1 |
|
Phoenix |
| INACTIVE |
BasisCon |
2017* |
2018 |
2 (3) |
|
Mesa |
| RENAMED |
BASIS Mesa Comic-Con |
2016 |
2016* |
1 (3) |
|
Mesa |
| ACTIVE |
Blazing Desert Comic Con |
2014 |
2021 |
8 (1V) |
4 Jun |
San Luis |
| ACTIVE WIDER |
Browncoat Ball |
2004 |
2021 |
1 |
|
Phoenix |
| INACTIVE |
Capture! PhotoCon |
2017 |
2018 |
2 |
|
Phoenix |
| INACTIVE |
Casa Grande Comic Con |
2015 |
2017 |
3 |
|
Casa Grande |
| INACTIVE |
Chandler Symphony Fan Fest |
2017 |
2017 |
1 |
|
Chandler |
| ACTIVE |
Chino Valley Author Expo |
2022 |
2022 |
0 |
24-25 Jun |
Chino Valley |
| ON HIATUS |
Cirque du Livre |
2016 |
2017 |
2 |
|
Mesa |
| ACTIVE FOR NOW |
Cochise College Comic Con |
2017 |
2020 |
4 |
|
Sierra Vista |
| ACTIVE |
CoKoCon |
2018 |
2021 |
2 (1V) |
2-5 Sep |
Phoenix, Tempe |
| INACTIVE |
Comic & Media Expo |
2014 |
2015 |
2 |
|
Mesa |
| INACTIVE |
Comic Con at the Prescott Public Library |
2017 |
2017 |
1 |
|
Prescott |
| INACTIVE |
Conflagration |
2012 |
2012 |
1 |
|
Tempe |
| ACTIVE FOR NOW |
Con-Nichiwa |
2010 |
2021 |
12 |
|
Tucson |
| INACTIVE |
Conrunners |
2002 |
2008 |
20 |
|
Phoenix, Litchfield Park |
| ACTIVE |
ConsimWorld Expo |
2001 |
2021 |
20 |
26 Aug-2 Sep |
Tempe |
| INACTIVE |
Contact |
1984? |
1991 |
8 |
|
Phoenix |
| INACTIVE |
CopperCon |
1981 |
2014 |
33 |
|
Phoenix, Scottsdale,
Casa Grande, Tempe,
Mesa, Avondale |
| INACTIVE |
CorsairCon |
1988? |
1998 |
6 |
|
Scottsdale, Phoenix |
| INACTIVE |
CosFest |
2015 |
2015 |
1 |
|
Mesa |
| ACTIVE WIDER |
Costume-Con |
1983 |
2023 |
1 |
|
Tempe |
| INACTIVE |
Cottonwood Comic Book Show |
2015 |
2016 |
2 |
|
Cottonwood |
| INACTIVE |
CraterCon |
1990 |
1991 |
2 |
|
Flagstaff |
| INACTIVE |
Crit Hit! |
2016 |
2019 |
4 |
|
Phoenix |
| ON HIATUS |
DarkCon |
1995 |
2015 |
8 |
|
Ahwatukee, Chandler
Phoenix, Mesa |
| INACTIVE |
A Day of Mischief |
2018 |
2018 |
1 |
|
Scottsdale |
| INACTIVE |
Desertcon |
1973 |
1978 |
6 |
|
Tucson |
| ACTIVE |
Desert Foothills Book Festival |
2022 |
2022 |
1 |
4 Jun |
Scottsdale |
| ACTIVE |
Detonation |
2015 |
2021 |
7 |
23-29 May |
Holbrook |
| INACTIVE |
Devastation |
2005 |
2011 |
7 |
|
Phoenix |
| INACTIVE |
DevCon |
2014 |
2016 |
3 |
|
Glendale |
| ACTIVE FOR NOW |
DevFare |
2018 |
2019 |
2 |
|
Phoenix |
| ACTIVE FOR NOW |
Disclosure-Con |
2018 |
2021 |
3 |
|
Pinetop |
| INACTIVE |
DisKoLified |
2016 |
2019 |
4 |
|
Mesa, Chandler,
Scottsdale, Tempe |
| INACTIVE |
Doc Con |
1998 |
2017 |
20 |
|
Scottsdale, Glendale,
Tempe, Peoria, Chandler |
| ACTIVE |
DracFest |
2022 |
2022 |
1 |
5 Mar |
Phoenix |
| ACTIVE WIDER |
Dum-Dum |
1961 |
2022 |
1 |
Jun 2-4
San Antonio, TX |
Tempe |
| INACTIVE |
Dust World Expo |
2013 |
2017 |
5 |
|
Phoenix, Mesa, Glendale |
| INACTIVE |
EconomyCon |
1988? |
1992 |
6 |
|
Mesa, Phoenix |
| INACTIVE |
Fanboys Comic Con |
2019 |
2019 |
1 |
|
Scottsdale |
| ACTIVE |
Fandomania |
2018 |
2021 |
3 |
|
Prescott Valley |
| RENAMED |
Fiend Fest |
2019* |
2019* |
1 (4) |
|
Mesa |
| INACTIVE |
Flying Buffalo Con |
1973 |
2019 |
45 |
|
Scottsdale |
| ACTIVE FOR NOW |
GameCon |
2014? |
2021 |
8 |
|
Mesa |
| ACTIVE |
Game On Expo |
2015 |
2019 |
5 |
5-7 Aug |
Mesa, Phoenix |
| INACTIVE |
Game On! Sierra Vista |
2013 |
2014 |
2 |
|
Fort Huachuca |
| INACTIVE |
GilaCon |
2002 |
2006? |
3? |
|
Mesa, Phoenix |
| ACTIVE FOR NOW |
Gila Valley Comic-Con |
2018 |
2019 |
2 |
|
Thatcher |
| RENAMED |
Grand Prix Phoenix |
2000? |
2018 |
? (6+) |
|
Glendale, Phoenix |
| INACTIVE |
Halloweencon |
2019 |
2019 |
1 |
|
Mesa |
| INACTIVE |
HexaCon |
1991 |
2006 |
16 |
|
Phoenix, Scottsdale,
Mesa, Tempe |
| INACTIVE |
Horrorfind Weekend |
2004 |
2004 |
1 |
|
Phoenix |
| RENAMED |
iCON |
2014* |
2015* |
2 (15) |
|
Glendale |
| ACTIVE FOR NOW |
Itty Bitty Fur Con |
2017 |
2021 |
4 |
|
Mesa |
| INACTIVE |
Ivan Cook's All New Phoenix
Comic, Star Trek and SF Film Con |
1976 |
1977 |
2 |
|
Phoenix |
| INACTIVE |
Keen Halloween |
2012 |
2016 |
3 |
|
Tempe, Phoenix |
| ACTIVE FOR NOW |
Kids Con |
2019 |
2019 |
1 |
|
Tucson |
| ACTIVE |
Kikori Con |
2013 |
2022 |
8 |
4-6 Mar |
Flagstaff |
| NEVER HELD |
KimeraCon |
2012 |
2012 |
0 |
|
Mesa |
| INACTIVE |
KoL Con |
2004 |
2016 |
12 (1V) |
|
Mesa, Tempe |
| RENAMED |
Lady Death Fiend Festival |
2017 |
2017* |
1 (4) |
|
Mesa |
| INACTIVE |
Laughing Moon Con |
2010 |
2016 |
8 |
|
Goodyear |
| ON HIATUS |
LepreCon |
1975 |
2021 |
43 (1V) |
|
Phoenix, Grand Canyon,
Scottsdale, Casa Grande,
Carefree, Mesa, Tempe |
| ACTIVE FOR NOW |
LibCon |
2011 |
2020 |
10 |
|
Chandler |
| ACTIVE FOR NOW |
LibCon West |
2016 |
2021 |
5 |
|
Glendale |
| ACTIVE FOR NOW |
LibraryCon |
2012 |
2021 |
6 (1V) |
|
Gilbert |
| INACTIVE |
Macro-Con |
2017 |
2019 |
3 |
|
Glendale |
| ACTIVE |
Mad Monster Party |
2014 |
2021 |
8 |
8-10 Jul |
Phoenix, Fort McDowell,
Glendale |
| ACTIVE FOR NOW |
MagicFest |
2019* |
2020 |
2 (6+) |
|
Glendale, Phoenix |
| RENAMED |
Manga Mania!! |
2011 |
2013* |
3 (9) |
|
Tucson |
| ACTIVE |
Maricopa Con |
2013 |
2021 |
8 |
19-21 Aug |
Mesa, Phoenix |
| ACTIVE FOR NOW |
Mega Mania!! |
2014* |
2019 |
6 (9) |
|
Tucson |
| ACTIVE FOR NOW |
Mesa Book Festival |
2017 |
2019 |
3 |
|
Mesa |
| NEVER HELD |
Microcon |
1985 |
1985 |
1 |
|
Tucson |
| ACTIVE |
MonsterGame.CON |
2001 |
2022 |
21 |
26 Aug-2 Sep |
Tempe |
| INACTIVE |
Monster Market |
2017 |
2017 |
1 |
|
Tempe |
| ACTIVE |
Monstro Camp Prime |
2016 |
2020 |
6 |
27-30 Jan |
Mesa, Cave Creek |
| ACTIVE FOR NOW |
Monstro Camp Tucson |
2017 |
2019 |
3 |
|
Tucson |
| INACTIVE |
MythosCon |
2011 |
2011 |
1 |
|
Tempe |
| NEVER HELD |
Nansei Anime Convention |
2018 |
2019 |
0 |
|
Yuma |
| ACTIVE WIDER |
Nebula Awards® Weekend |
1966 |
2022 |
1 |
20-22 May
Virtual |
Tempe |
| ACTIVE WIDER |
North American Discworld Convention |
2009 |
2019 |
1 |
|
Tempe |
| ACTIVE WIDER |
North American Science Fiction
Convention (NASFiC) |
1975 |
2020 |
1 |
|
Tempe |
| ACTIVE |
Northern Arizona Book Festival |
1998 |
2022 |
24 |
31 Mar-10 Apr |
Flagstaff |
| INACTIVE |
NotACon |
2011 |
2011 |
1 |
|
Tucson |
| INACTIVE |
OmniCon |
1999 |
1999 |
1 |
|
Tucson |
| INACTIVE |
Otaku University |
2007 |
2007 |
1 |
|
Mesa |
| INACTIVE |
OtherWorlds Festival |
2013 |
2013 |
1 |
|
Phoenix |
| NEVER HELD |
Outlaw Comicon |
2018 |
2018 |
0 |
|
Phoenix, Scottsdale |
| ACTIVE |
Painted Desert Fur Con |
2019 |
2021 |
3 |
|
Paradise Valley |
| ACTIVE |
Payson Book Festival |
2015 |
2021 |
6 |
23 Jul |
Payson |
| INACTIVE |
Phoenix Anime Festival |
2006 |
2006 |
1 |
|
Phoenix |
| RENAMED |
Phoenix Cactus Comicon |
2002 |
2008* |
7 (19) |
|
Ahwatukee, Glendale, Mesa |
| RENAMED |
Phoenix Comic Fest |
2018* |
2018* |
1 (19) |
|
Phoenix |
| RENAMED |
Phoenix Comicon |
2009* |
2017* |
9 (19) |
|
Mesa, Phoenix |
| RENAMED |
Phoenix Comicon Fan Fest |
2014 |
2015* |
2 (4) |
|
Glendale |
| INACTIVE |
Phoenix Con (I) |
1970 |
1972 |
2 |
|
Scottsdale, Tempe |
| INACTIVE |
PhoenixCon (II) |
1985 |
1985 |
1 |
|
Scottsdale |
| INACTIVE |
Phoenix Con (III) |
1994 |
1995 |
2 |
|
Tempe |
| INACTIVE |
Phoenix Con Games |
2005 |
2008 |
4 |
|
Mesa |
| INACTIVE |
Phoenix DinoCon |
2013 |
2014 |
2 |
|
Scottsdale, Phoenix |
| INACTIVE |
Phoenix Faerie Festival |
2007 |
2011 |
5 |
|
Queen Creek, Goodyear |
| INACTIVE |
Phoenix Fan Convention |
1977 |
1977 |
1 |
|
Phoenix |
| INACTIVE |
Phoenix Fan Fest |
2016* |
2017 |
2 (4) |
|
Phoenix |
| ACTIVE |
Phoenix Fan Fusion |
2019* |
2022 |
2 (19) |
27-29 May |
Phoenix |
| ACTIVE FOR NOW |
Phoenix FearCon |
2012* |
2021 |
4 (9) (1V) |
|
Phoenix, Chandler
Tempe, Scottsdale |
| RENAMED |
Phoenix Toy Show |
2007 |
2013* |
7 (15) |
|
Phoenix |
| INACTIVE |
PhringeCon |
1980 |
1991 |
3 |
|
Phoenix |
| INACTIVE |
PHX Comic Art Expo |
2015 |
2016 |
2 |
|
Phoenix |
| ACTIVE FOR NOW |
PHX Zine Fest |
2016 |
2019 |
4 |
|
Phoenix |
| NEVER HELD |
PimaCon |
1984 |
1984 |
0 |
|
Tucson |
| ACTIVE |
Ponies Exposition |
2022 |
2022 |
0 |
7-9 Oct |
Phoenix |
| INACTIVE |
PrologueCon |
1974 |
1976 |
3 |
|
Phoenix |
| INACTIVE |
RandomCon |
2009 |
2010 |
2 |
|
Phoenix, Mesa |
| INACTIVE |
Rapture Horror Expo |
2012 |
2013 |
2 |
|
Mesa, Tempe |
| ACTIVE |
RinCon |
2008 |
2020 |
12 |
2-5 Sep |
Tucson |
| ACTIVE |
Saboten Con |
2008 |
2021 |
13 |
2-4 Sep |
Phoenix, Mesa, Glendale |
| ACTIVE |
SatanCon |
2022 |
2022 |
1 |
11-13 Feb |
Scottsdale |
| INACTIVE |
Science Fiction Festival |
1998 |
1998 |
1 |
|
Scottsdale |
| INACTIVE |
Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy
World Exposition |
1977 |
1977 |
1 |
|
Tucson |
| NEVER HELD |
SciParCon |
2018 |
2018 |
0 |
|
Phoenix |
| INACTIVE |
Self-Publishing Expo |
2017 |
2018 |
2 |
|
Tucson |
| ACTIVE WIDER |
SFRA Conference |
1970 |
2022 |
1 |
27 Jun-1 July
Oslo, Norway |
Scottsdale |
| RENAMED |
Shindig Monster Camp |
2016 |
2016* |
|
|
Mesa |
| ACTIVE |
SkaterCon |
2016 |
2022 |
6 |
22 Feb |
Phoenix, Tucson |
| ACTIVE WIDER |
SMOFCon |
1984 |
1996 |
1 |
2-4 Dec
Montreal, Canada |
Phoenix |
| INACTIVE |
SmurfCon |
1989? |
1996 |
7 |
|
Phoenix, Tempe |
| INACTIVE |
Soldiercon |
2019 |
2019 |
1 |
|
Mesa |
| INACTIVE |
Space Access |
1994 |
2016 |
22 |
|
Scottsdale, Phoenix |
| ACTIVE FOR NOW |
Spacefest |
2007 |
2021 |
10 |
|
Mesa, Tucson |
| INACTIVE |
Star Trek Conventions |
1983 |
2011 |
37 |
|
Phoenix, Tucson, Mesa |
| INACTIVE |
Sun Devil Fan Fair |
2014 |
2018 |
4 |
|
Tempe |
| ACTIVE |
Supernatural Official Convention |
2015 |
2022 |
3 |
11-13 Nov |
Phoenix, Glendale |
| ACTIVE |
Sworn Festival |
2021* |
2022* |
2 (4) |
25-27 Feb |
Mesa |
| ACTIVE |
TaiyouCon |
2011 |
2022 |
11 |
7-9 Jan |
Mesa |
| ACTIVE FOR NOW |
Tempe Book Festival |
2016 |
2019 |
4 |
|
Tempe |
| ACTIVE |
Tempe FanCon |
2019* |
2022 |
3 (7) |
29 Jan |
Tempe |
| RENAMED |
Tempe Public Library Comicon |
2015 |
2018* |
3 (7) |
|
Tempe |
| NEVER HELD |
Thrill Halloween |
2017 |
2017 |
0 |
|
Phoenix |
| ACTIVE FOR NOW |
TransContinental |
2016 |
2019 |
4 |
|
Winslow |
| ACTIVE |
Tucson Comic-Con |
2008 |
2019 |
12 |
2-4 Sep |
Tucson |
| ACTIVE |
Tucson Festival of Books |
2009 |
2022 |
12 |
12-13 Mar |
Tucson |
| ACTIVE FOR NOW |
Tucson Godzilla Festival |
2019 |
2019 |
1 |
|
Tucson |
| ACTIVE FOR NOW |
Tucson TerrorFest Horror Convention |
2019 |
2021 |
2 |
|
Tucson |
| ACTIVE |
Tucson Zine Fest |
2019 |
2022 |
2 |
30 Apr |
Tucson |
| INACTIVE |
Tunnels & Trolls Con |
2008 |
2019 |
10 |
|
Scottsdale |
| ACTIVE |
TusCon |
1974 |
2021 |
46 |
11-13 Nov |
Tucson |
| INACTIVE |
Underground Publishers Convention |
2009 |
2016 |
7 |
|
Phoenix |
| INACTIVE |
The Vampire Diaries Official Convention |
2017 |
2018 |
2 |
|
Mesa |
| ACTIVE |
Verde Valley Comic Expo |
2016 |
2022 |
5 |
26 Mar |
Cottonwood |
| INACTIVE |
Vul-Con |
2012 |
2012 |
1 |
|
Phoenix |
| ACTIVE |
Vulture City ParaCon |
2019 |
2021 |
2 |
7-9 Oct |
Wickenburg |
| NEVER HELD |
Walker Stalker Con |
2019 |
2019 |
0 |
|
Phoenix |
| ACTIVE WIDER |
Westercon |
1948 |
2022 |
4 |
1-4 Jul
Tonopah, NV |
Phoenix, Litchfield Park,
Tempe |
| ACTIVE |
Wild Wild West Steampunk Convention |
2011 |
2022 |
10 |
3-6 Mar |
Tucson |
| ACTIVE WIDER |
Worldcon |
1939 |
2022 |
1 |
1-5 Sep
Chicago, IL |
Phoenix |
| ACTIVE WIDER |
World Fantasy Convention |
1975 |
2022 |
3 |
3-6 Nov
New Orleans, LA |
Tucson, Tempe |
| INACTIVE |
World Horror Convention |
1991 |
2016 |
3 |
|
Phoenix |
| INACTIVE |
Yaoi Jamboree |
2008 |
2008 |
1 |
|
Glendale |
| ACTIVE FOR NOW |
YumaCon |
2015 |
2021 |
6 |
|
Yuma |
| RENAMED |
Yuma County Library Comic Con |
2014 |
2017* |
4 (6) |
|
Yuma |
| ACTIVE FOR NOW |
Yuma County LibraryCon |
2018* |
2019 |
2 (6) |
|
Yuma |
| ACTIVE |
ZapCon |
2013 |
2022 |
8 |
30 Apr-1 May |
Phoenix, Mesa |
| INACTIVE |
ZonieCon |
1998 |
2001 |
3 |
|
Casa Grande, Tucson |
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