Jax Pop Con Vol. 3, an all-ages fandom and gaming event

Dust off those capes, grab your favorite set of dice, and get ready to start your next adventure at the Main Library.

Fandom activities include:

• Cosplay Contests (and prizes)
• Interactions with special guest cosplayers
• Artists Alley (featuring 40+ local creators)
• Video Game Tournaments & free play
• Dungeons & Dragons one-shot adventures
• Escape Me Mobile escape room experience
• Workshops for teens and adults
• Themed storytimes for little readers
• Face painting, balloons, and more!

Countess Alyx, Folio Weekly's "Best of Jax 2023" cosplayer, will return as emcee and guest judge. We also welcome back the gamers with Extra Life Jacksonville Guild (who play in support of our local Children's Miracle Network Hospitals).

Make memories, make friends, and show off your best cosplay or fandom-inspired art. For a full schedule, visit our blog at jaxlibrary.org/JaxPopCon

Info: Join us on the Conference Level for video games with Extra Life. There will be single-elimination style tournaments (Super Smash Bros., Street Fighter 6, and Tekken 8) as well as free play gaming options. Note: If participating in a tournament, please show up at least 15 minutes before the scheduled start time for each tournament (times TBA).

Info: Join us on the Conference Level for tabletop roleplaying games! The volunteer Game Masters with Extra Life Jacksonville will show you how to create (or choose) your character and then run a series of short campaigns (approx. 90 minutes to two hours in length) with small groups of adventurers.

Info: Do you have a story idea that you cherish, but it feels way too overwhelming to actually make progress on? Writing doesn't happen overnight, but it doesn't have to be a painfully slow ordeal either. Using actionable and organized writing strategies, comics editor and creator Abe Erskine will help divide your process into manageable chunks that result in small victories instead of more lost time. Save your seat at jaxlibrary.org/WritersLab

Info: Master a battle-tested, ultra-quick technique for creating convincing bruises, cuts, scrapes, and fresh gore. In this one 60-minute session with award-winning makeup artist and SFX specialist Stephanie Mazzeo, you'll learn to work cleanly and safely to: produce realistic fresh, mid-stage, and old bruises; build believable open wounds, oozing cuts and gashes; and chieve gritty, “street-fight” texture fast with everyday tools. Note: This workshop will also be offered at 2:30 p.m. Register at jaxlibrary.org/LifeLab

Info: Think you know anime, comics, video games, fantasy worlds, and pop culture? Join us for Jax Pop Con's exclusive teen trivia competition. Step up, answer fast, and compete in action-packed trivia rounds to see who comes out on top. Test your wits, outsmart your friends, and claim bragging rights as the ultimate fan.

Info: Master a battle-tested, ultra-quick technique for creating convincing bruises, cuts, scrapes, and fresh gore. In this one 60-minute session with award-winning makeup artist and SFX specialist Stephanie Mazzeo, you'll learn to work cleanly and safely to: produce realistic fresh, mid-stage, and old bruises; build believable open wounds, oozing cuts and gashes; and chieve gritty, “street-fight” texture fast with everyday tools. Note: This workshop will also be offered at 12:30 p.m. Register at jaxlibrary.org/LifeLab

Info: Are you a cosplayer with a costume purchased from a store or another maker? Want to win cool prizes (and bragging rights)? Enter to win! Note: Spots are limited. Check in with staff early in the day (as soon as you arrive) to receive your contestant number.

Info: Are you a cosplayer with a costume and props that you made yourself? Want to win cool prizes (and bragging rights)? Enter to win! Note: Spots are limited. Check in with staff early in the day (as soon as you arrive) to receive your contestant number.

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