Nerding Around Memphis
Shadow Con
This convention often occurs the first weekend of January. It is geared towards in older crowd with table top gaming, miniatures, and lots of larping with SCA members.
Anime Blues Con Winterfest Remix
Less of a convention but more of a one day event sponsored by Anime Blues Con. It occurs during Martin Luther King Jr. weekend and helps to shake off the winter blues after getting back to normal after winter breaks.
Midsouth Con
During the third week of March you can shake off the lack of local cons and head to midsouth con. This con offers the largest variety of genres in the entire area. Anime, Scifi, speculative fiction, larping, table top gaming, miniatures, and a Con Suite with free food and drinks for everyone!
Anime Blues Con
ABC has now moved to July for the 2015 convention season! Filling in the anime gap of your heart this convention is the baby of the cons in Memphis with the fastest growing fan base! It offers a variety of options with an impressive dealers area, culture track, dances, and community.
Mephit Fur Meet
Every August our region has it's own furry convetion! Located in Mississippi at the Whispering Woods Hotel this convention is perfect for celebrating the furry community!
Midsouth Convention Guide
Want to know where the fun is at? Here is your local convention guide from January to December!
Memphis Comic and Fantasy Convention
Bringing you Legos and more up scale guests, this con is great for the family. It also boasts the only actual field trip to the students for a convention.
FYE Anime Days
https://www.facebook.com/groups/316744133522/
Our local FYE store at Wolfchase Galleria hosts a few anime day events at their store. They offer games, a cosplay contest, and prizes while you hang out with your friends at the mall in costume.
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November
On Going
Memphis Botanical Gardens Japanese Festival
A one day event presented by the Japanese community of Memphis and hosted at the Memphis Botanical Gardens. They also host several Japanese culture events and classes such as flower arrangement and tea ceremonies.
Midsouth Renfaire
Memphis is adding new cons every year it seems. Starting this august for two weekends, during the hottest time of the year mind you, Memphis is hosting a Reniassance Faire in Shelby Farms August 22, 23, 29 & 30, 2015. Let's see how this goes but it has the strictest vendor policies in the region and only allows to sell in character.
Memphis Comic Expo
Brand new to the community this convention is bringing in a lot of well known and awesome comic book guests and brought to you by the guys who run Comics and Collectibles at the Agricenter International on Germantown Rd. featuring big name comic book artists.
July
February
The Annual Oishii Japan
http://www.memphis.edu/fl/japanese/
A yearly event and a very tasty one at that where you can sample several Japanese dishes both homemade and delivered by Edo and Sekisui Memphis.
October
Spooky Nights at Shelby Farms
http://www.shelbyfarmspark.org/spookynights
Taking place the ENTIRE month of October, Spooky Nights, takes place at Shelby Farms in East Memphis with a zombie paint ball event, haunted trails, and other activities that are horror themed with vendors of both food and costumes.