Annual Conventions & Summits 

The Philadelphia Area Gaming Expo PAGE 4 is a tabletop gaming convention focused on roleplaying games (RPGs), board games, miniatures, and shopping.

Whether you're building games, bringing them to market, or powering the technology behind them, GDC Festival of Gaming is where you belong.

Join thousands of developers, artists, publishers, marketers, business leaders, and technology partners for five days of deep-dive learning, meaningful connections, and the inspiration you need to take your work—and your career—to the next level.

Worldbuilding Con is a free virtual event focused exclusively on worldbuilding essentials! Get expert advice from renowned experts and industry insiders from the world of publishing and tabletop RPGs to create unique, immersive fantasy, sci-fi, horror & campaign settings.

Actors Theatre of Louisville unlocks human potential, builds community, and enriches quality of life by engaging people in theatre that reflects the wonder and complexity of our time.

Coachella, formally known as the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, is an annual three-day music and arts festival held over two consecutive weekends in April at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California.

Philly Otaku, We're more than just a convention; We're a community.

This year, the call for entries received nearly 3,200 submissions from all over the world, including short films, series, experimental works, and student films. The festival congratulates the selected entries and invites them to review the official list.

LALIFF 2026 celebrates its 25th edition, marking a quarter-century of sharing authentic stories and bringing poignant and groundbreaking content to audiences in Los Angeles and beyond. This milestone reflects decades of commitment to nurturing talent, showcasing a wide array of voices, and connecting communities through the power of storytelling.

Now in its second year as an Academy Award®–qualifying festival, LALIFF offers winners of the Best U.S. Live Action Short and Best U.S. Animated Short categories eligibility for Oscar® consideration.

The 50 Shades of Black Anime Convention is a multicultural anime and pop-culture event that celebrates diversity, creativity, and community within anime, gaming, cosplay, music, and digital arts. The convention brings fans, artists, creators, gamers, and industry professionals together for panels, workshops, live entertainment, gaming tournaments, vendor marketplaces, cosplay showcases, and networking opportunities.

OtakuFest is South Florida’s largest celebration of anime, gaming, and cosplay. Experience three days of high-stakes cosplay contests, celebrity voice actor meet-and-greets, and a vendor hall packed with the rare finds you’re hunting for.

Built for the crafters who spend months perfecting a single prop, the gamers who never decline a rematch, and the fans ready to join 13,000+ enthusiasts who love this world as much as they do.

Located in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles held during 4th of July weekend annually, Anime Expo® is an expansive event brimming with tens of thousands of enthusiastic fans and a plethora of exhibitors, events, and activities to indulge in. Without further ado, here are the top 10 highlights awaiting your eager anticipation at Anime Expo!

The Realm Makers Mission
To support writers and artists who create science fiction and fantasy in their journeys from idea to marketplace. Whether participating artists wish to gear their content for inspirational or mainstream audiences, Realm Makers seeks to encourage them from a faith-friendly perspective.

A massive Eastern European powerhouse winning top rankings for its diverse lineup and vibrant atmosphere.

The Library of Congress National Book Festival is an annual literary event that brings together bestselling authors and thousands of book fans for author talks, panel discussions, book signings and other activities.

Celebrating the Centennial of Harlem Renaissance.

Founded in 1964, the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center is the country’s premier program for new play development. Every summer, a select number of unproduced works are curated from a pool of 1,000+ script submissions for a workshop on the O’Neill’s campus in beautiful Waterford, CT. Each play is matched with a team of industry-leading directors, dramaturgs, and actors for an intensive week-long rehearsal period, culminating in two public, script-in-hand readings. The O’Neill strives to foster an inclusive, collaborative environment in which artistic exploration and experimentation are encouraged at every step in the process.

The Brooklyn Book Festival is New York City’s largest free literary festival and connects readers with local, national and international authors and publishers during the course of a celebratory literary week.

The New York Film Festival is an annual celebration of the most significant films from around the world. Since its inception in 1963, NYFF has played a pivotal role in shaping film culture, presenting a curated selection of bold and remarkable works by acclaimed directors alongside emerging talents.

New York Comic Con is the place where fandom comes to life. Join us to experience the biggest moments in pop culture—live, first, and together. Major reveals, exclusive merch, and the kind of energy you can’t get through a screen.

Escape the Plot Forest is an annual, multi-day online writing and storytelling summit organized by Daniel David Wallace that focuses on plotting, outlining, and structuring novels.

Founded by UCF professor Stuart Omans in 1989, Orlando Shakes in partnership with UCF (Orlando Shakespeare Theater, Inc.) produces classic, contemporary, and children’s plays. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Jim Helsinger, Orlando Shakes has grown into one of the region’s most acclaimed professional theaters, garnering national recognition from The Wall Street Journal’s Terry Teachout: “outstanding…spectacular… Broadway worthy… a company that deserves to be far more widely known outside Florida.”

With ambitious, high-caliber productions like Nicholas Nickleby, Les Miserables, In the Heights, the original pronunciation Elizabethan production of Twelfth Night, and the Fire and Reign series history cycle, the Theater continues to provide an innovative world-class theatrical experience to its guests, while showcasing William Shakespeare’s legacy as the cornerstone of the company.

Orlando Shakes also offers immersive educational programming that serves Central Florida schools and the local community at large.

For 25 years, MIAMIsFF has presented exceptional short-form cinema (20 minutes or less), offering a world-class platform for American, international, and Latin American filmmakers. Each year, from hundreds of submissions, we curate 50+ outstanding films that reflect the broad spectrum of human experience and highlight emerging talent in directing, producing, and acting.

LightBox Expo (LBX) is the Annie Award-winning gathering of artists who work in the entertainment industry bringing your favorite films, animation, games, TV shows and illustrations to life. At LBX, we aim to ignite your passion, fuel your imagination, and propel you to new artistic heights!

The New Playwrights' Festival: Fringe Edition at the New World School of the Arts showcases original short student works in Miami

We celebrate the accomplishments of women in publishing—authors, publishers, editors, typesetters, cover designers, marketers, booksellers, and everyone involved in creating and selling books—and provide a community where we can share great resources, encouragement, tools, and mentorship for women who want to have their voices heard and stories told, and connect with the right people to help them do so!

We are #BetterTogether!

Mission: The Tucson Festival of Books is a premier, free-to-attend, family-friendly celebration of literature that engages our community. We present notable recently published authors from all genres to discuss big ideas and express creativity freely.

Vision: Through an annual festival and associated programs, we support, elevate, and amplify literacy so that words and imagination come to life for readers of all ages. We inspire our community to fund and utilize Southern Arizona literacy services to improve literacy rates.

Build the writing life you have always wanted. Learn from expert teachers how to write more effectively in this beloved four-day event: see why so many authors come back year after year!

Step into a weekend where stories come alive and fantasy meets reality. Where meeting your favorite author is just the beginning of your adventure.

THE BIGGEST BOOK FESTIVAL IN THE COUNTRY.
165,000 attendees
500+ authors & celebrities
200+ author events
Fun for all ages
Find your spark at the L.A. Times Festival of Books

A massive flagship electronic dance music event featuring immersive carnival rides, art installations, and huge crowds.

The Philadelphia Latino Arts and Film Festival (PHLAFF) was established in 2012 as the Philadelphia Latino Film Festival. PHLAFF has become the Greater Philadelphia region’s only festival showcasing the extraordinary and innovative work of emerging and established Latine/x/a/o filmmakers.

For one week, this event celebrates the best of international animation.

Glastonbury Festival is the largest greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world and a template for all the festivals that have come after it. And it is simply unlike anywhere else.

The Festival takes place in a beautiful location – 900 acres in the Vale of Avalon, an area steeped in symbolism, mythology and religious traditions dating back many hundreds of years. It’s where King Arthur may be buried, where Joseph of Arimathea is said to have walked, where ley lines converge. And the site is ENORMOUS – more than a mile and a half across, with a perimeter of about eight and a half miles.

It’s like going to another country; a thrilling and vibrant cultural melting-pot and inspirational Brigadoon that appears every year or so. Coming to Glastonbury involves a bit of travel, and probably a queue to get in but, when you get past these impediments, you enter a huge tented city, a mini-state under canvas. British law still applies, but the rules of society are a bit different, a little bit freer. Everyone is here to have a wild time in their own way.

Widely ranked as the world's number one electronic dance music festival, known for fairytale stage designs and massive international attendance.

Comic-Con is the premier event for all things comics and related popular art, including movies, television, gaming, interactive multimedia, and so much more! Enjoy cosplay galore and take part in unique programming, exclusive previews, and presentations, not to mention the expansive and diverse Exhibit Hall featuring merchandise and displays representing all fandoms.

Freedom everywhere
At Sziget, freedom is everywhere — in the music, the art, the people, and the moments you create. More than just a music festival, Sziget is an escape from the everyday, where Szitizens — the name we give our visitors — are free to be whoever they want to be, and everyone is truly welcome.

For over 30 years, we’ve believed in the power of experience to spark discovery, joy, and adventure — and why today, we proudly call it The Island of Freedom.

Anime NYC is the largest anime convention on the East Coast, in the biggest city in the US! Bringing together 172K fans from around the world for four days of excitement, it showcases the best of Japanese pop culture with unique exhibits, exclusive screenings and experiences, and appearances by top creators from Japan and beyond.

Dragon Con is the largest multi-media, pop culture convention focusing on science fiction & fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music, and film in the universe – and the best place to celebrate all of these things with fellow fans on Labor Day Weekend.

TIFF is a not-for-profit cultural organization with a mission to transform the way people see the world through film.
TIFF is dedicated to presenting the best of international and Canadian cinema and creating transformational experiences for film lovers and creators of all ages and backgrounds.

As Canada's premiere home of cinema, TIFF offers screenings, lectures, discussions, festivals, workshops, events, professional development and opportunities to meet, hear and learn from filmmakers from Canada and around the world.

We are committed to treating all individuals with respect, dignity and fairness by removing physical, social and economic barriers to participation. We ensure that all who wish to enjoy TIFF's programming can do so.

The GDoCExpo conference highlights powerful talks and panels that are entertaining, thought-provoking, and empower our audience in games and beyond. Our online platform includes live chat, 1:1 meetings, job board, and game showcases with global reach for both released and upcoming games.

During each PlayLabs Festival, three playwrights partner with teams of artistic collaborators for an extended workshop of exciting new plays. The festival also offers a showcase to our current fellows, giving them a chance to share excerpts of bold, brand-new work.

We invite audiences into the development process through two in-person readings of each play and by making video recordings of the readings available online. PlayLabs has become a can’t-miss event for theater leaders in the Twin Cities and across the country—many of whom travel here for the occasion. The connections made at the PlayLabs Festival help move plays into production more quickly and begin valuable professional relationships for the playwrights we support.

The global accelerator for kids and family content, from pre-school to young adults.

These conventions are multi-day immersive events that bring together readers authors, creators, publishing professionals, media, and content influencers. Attendees can purchase day only tickets, or they enhance their experience with our higher tiers that include lavish evening activities. All conventions include opportunities to meet authors at their booths or through free ticketed lines, attend panels and workshops, shop vendors, and explore everything romantasy.

Pixelatl is an association dedicated to promoting the creation and dissemination of graphic and audiovisual content and narratives, to expand the national offering and extend its audiences within and outside of Mexico.

Texas Book Festival connects authors and readers through experiences that celebrate the culture of literacy, ideas, and imagination. Our annual Festival features more than 250 authors of the year’s best books and attracts 40,000 book lovers, and we also produce impactful programs across the state year-round.

We host special events for our community, ranging from educational to celebrations.

These conventions are multi-day immersive events that bring together readers authors, creators, publishing professionals, media, and content influencers. Attendees can purchase day only tickets, or they enhance their experience with our higher tiers that include lavish evening activities. All conventions include opportunities to meet authors at their booths or through free ticketed lines, attend panels and workshops, shop vendors, and explore everything romantasy.

Romance Writers Summit is a project of Romance Writing Lab. It’s a week-long, online writing craft forum featuring interviews & workshops with expert storytellers & writers.

Learn new concepts or get a fresh take on an old one. Learn how to write fantastic, must-read fiction. Light your creative fires.

We’re all craft, all the time.

Ultra Music Festival is an annual outdoor electronic dance music (EDM) festival held every March in Bayfront Park in downtown Miami, Florida.

For over four decades, the Miami Film Festival has been a celebration of cinema, showcasing groundbreaking films and hosting influential voices. From 1984 to its evolution into a world-renowned event, the Festival continues to bring the magic of film to Miami’s diverse and passionate audience.

Famously known as "Jazz Fest," this event is the definitive celebration of the birthplace of jazz, blending world-class music across multiple stages with iconic local Creole and Cajun culinary culture.

Cinema that gives you goosebumps, open-air screenings in a festival atmosphere, hands-on animation, and gaming with depth – every year, ITFS transforms the city into a vibrant stage for stories, creativity, and encounters. Since 1982, the film festival has brought together international animation art with the regional creative scene, film education, and industry support.

Be part of it, connect with the industry, and experience film art up close.
Discover the full diversity of animation: with a carefully curated programme in Stuttgart’s Innenstadtkinos and at the open air on Schlossplatz, competitions, panels and talks with filmmakers, exclusive workshops, as well as games and interactive activities.

DreamHack is the ultimate fusion of digital delight and sleep-deprived excitement for all things gaming and all those who love gaming!

Picture this: a magical realm where gamers from all walks of life unite under one gigantic roof, armed with their trusty keyboards and fueled by an insatiable passion for pixels. The glow of screens paints the air with a neon aura allowing you to experience, conquer, and share with newfound friends.

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) is excited to announce that the 62nd Annual Nebula Awards Conference will be held in Seattle, Washington in June 2027.

Is there a formula for creating a music festival? Maybe. But the fact is that Roberto Medina invented his own and with that he manage to create one of the biggest festivals in the world. And he did it when this dream seemed almost impossible in Brazil. In 1985, the country was undergoing major changes. After a long period under military dictatorship, the country was taking its first steps towards democracy. It was against this backdrop that Rock in Rio was born. For the first time, a South American country was hosting a musical event of this kind.
Rock in Rio celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2025, its 20th anniversary in Lisbon in 2024 and we're not stopping there. The search for the best experiences and an ever better festival continues!

Roberto Medina - Founder of Rock in Rio

We’re bringing together creators and developers from across different industries to share ideas, supercharge projects, and grow their networks.

Hey, Miami Beach. We're Florida Supercon!
Meet your favorite celebrities, discover incredible exhibitors, connect with legendary comic creators, and hear from iconic anime voice and video game actors, all under one roof.

At our core, Supercon is a celebration of community. We proudly foster an inclusive space where everyone is welcome. Whether you’re here to cosplay, create, compete, or connect, this is your place. Come make epic memories, forge lifelong friendships, and celebrate the fandoms you love. Florida Supercon is a show created by nerds, for nerds.

From the parks, animation, television, and film to the treasures of the legendary Walt Disney Archives

D23 offers fans an insider look at every corner of Disney.

Calling all rebels, worldbuilders, and dreamers of strange new things! Whether your story has dragons, forbidden romance, starships, secret rebellions, epic magic systems, or haunted houses with secrets in the walls, you can access all the craft techniques, insider insights, and confidence you need to turn your wild idea into a powerful, publishable novel.

Are you ready for the biggest games event of the year?

The Philadelphia Fringe Festival, presented by FringeArts is a city-wide celebration of innovation and creativity in contemporary performance. Each September, the Festival explodes into every nook and cranny of Philadelphia with more than 1,000 artistically daring performances. Included in the festival are hundreds of independently produced performances and events, work presented by partnering Festival Hubs and producers, and a slate of programs curated by FringeArts. In the true spirit of the international “Fringe” movement, there are no limits to the ways that artists and audiences can participate in and experience the festival.

Since its founding in 1999 by Calixto Chinchilla, the New York Latino Film Festival (NYLFF) has grown into one of the nation’s premier Latino film and cultural events and is recognized as a key Latino cultural institution. Built on a mission to cultivate audiences for Latino cinema, champion emerging and established storytellers, and create meaningful pathways into the entertainment industry, NYLFF has become a vital platform for Latino creatives, stories, and culture.

Today, NYLFF extends beyond the screen through its flagship Film Festival, the Futuro Digital Conference, multi-market national tours, NYLFF Cinematics, its development and production initiative supporting the next generation of storytellers, and its award-winning marketing and production arm, AGENCY NYLFF, bringing together film, digital media, culture, brands, creators, and community under one powerful platform.

Showcasing the best of contemporary Canadian and international cinema from prestigious film festivals around the world.

The largest games festival in Australia where games culture and industry collide.
Melbourne International Games Week celebrates games and the people who make and play them.

VIEW Conference is a world-class international event on Animation, VFX, Games, AI, AR, VR, XR, MR, Virtual Production, Real-time, storytelling and immersive media.

An English speaking event, VIEW Conference 2026 takes place in Turin, Italy, from October 12-16, 2026. VIEW Conference brings together legends/masters, the best in our industry to celebrate the latest achievements in Animation, VFX, Games and AI, but also to share their visions of the future. The conference’s vibrant and inclusive atmosphere is designed to enlighten and inspire, with an extensive live program of talks, presentations, workshops and masterclasses embracing cutting-edge thinking and innovation on such topics as Storytelling, Virtual Production, Computer Graphics, Interactive & Immersive Media, VR/AR/Mixed Reality and Artificial Intelligence, Real-Time Rendering and much, much more. Join us to meet and network with industry leaders and mentors, and learn from the best.

The Ontario International Film Festival is an annual event that takes place every October in Toronto. It's a festival that gives independent filmmakers from different cultures and backgrounds, the opportunity to get known, learn and get acquainted with the industry to better integrate easily.

Any filmmaker from any culture in Canada or around the world, who is struggling to have an opportunity to work in the film industry, ONIFF will help them to create their own films, and engage them within the global film industry.

THE WORLD'S LARGEST CONFERENCE FOR BUSINESS-MINDED AUTHORS

Build your author career. Connect with fellow creators. Find your best life through writing.

For eight days in November, Miami Book Fair transforms downtown Miami into a literary wonderland, hosting hundreds of critically acclaimed authors talking politics, pop culture, and all manner of impactful prose in three languages for all ages – and provides a variety of engaging literary and cultural events throughout the year, too. Get smart, buy books, meet authors, and bring the kids!

PAX Unplugged is a celebration of gaming and gaming culture that takes place annually in Houston and Philadelphia. Featuring thought-provoking panels, a massive expo hall filled with the best publishers and studios, new game demos, musical performances, tournaments, and a community experience unlike any other.