PopCon 2026

Schedule

Fri, 08 May, 2026 at 12:30 pm to Sun, 10 May, 2026 at 05:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

100 S Capitol Ave, Indianapolis, IN, United States, Indiana 46225 | Indianapolis, IN

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Welcome to PopCon - A one of a kind weekend experience where you embrace the fandoms you love, meet new friends and leave with memories for a lifetime.
Here's what happens at PopCon:
You walk in for one thing.
A celebrity. A panel. A fandom.
And then you realize —
you can do all of THIS in one weekend.
🎭 Meet iconic stars like Patrick Warburton and Diedrich Bader — the voices, faces, and characters you’ve loved forever… suddenly right in front of you.
🎬 Wander into the PopCon International Film Festival and discover films you’ll still be thinking about weeks later.
🪄 Turn a corner and land in a magic show.
Then another.
Then realize you’ve somehow made magic shows part of your regular convention plan now.
🎮 Play video games on a giant screen.
🤖 Watch epic robot battles shake the room.
💥 Walk ten steps and hit a high-energy K-Pop dance competition that feels like a full arena moment.
And that’s just one day.
Come back the next day and:
✨ Catch more magic shows
📸 Take photos with cosplayers so professional you’ll swear they walked off the screen
🔫 Get your adrenaline pumping with laser tag
🧩 Test your brain in an escape room
🤼‍♂️ And cheer on top-notch wrestling that brings the crowd to its feet
🐾 Oh — and inside PopCon lives PurrCon — a cozy, joy-filled cat convention with kitten therapy, cat-loving celebs and creators, games, and moments that make you stop, breathe, and smile before jumping back into the action.
This isn’t a “pick one thing and miss the rest” con.
It’s:
• Celebrities
• Film
• Magic
• Gaming
• Robots
• K-Pop
• Wrestling
• Cosplay
• Laser tag
• Escape rooms
• Cats (obviously)
All under one roof.
All at your pace.
All in one weekend.
You don’t rush PopCon.
You explore it.
You wander. You stumble into things.
You say “wait… what’s happening in that room?”
And you leave saying, “How did we do ALL of that?”
📍 Indianapolis
📅 May 8–10, 2026
Come for one thing.
Say yes to everything else.
PopCon Indianapolis is a pop culture convention where you can actually do everything in one weekend.
PopCon is a fan-focused pop culture convention in Indianapolis that blends celebrity guests, panels, cosplay, gaming, film, fandom experiences, live entertainment, and interactive events — all under one roof.
Welcome to PopCon. 💜
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100 S Capitol Ave, Indianapolis, IN, United States, Indiana 46225

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