What can you expect at ConnectiCon XXI this weekend at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford?

ConnectiCon is a four-day fandom festival that takes over the Adrien's Landing District of Downtown Hartford, our event celebrates all things geeky and fun from anime and video games, comics and traditional tabletop board games, live music, dance performances and competitions, stand up comedy, live magic shows, live trivia, game shows, a free play arcade, after-hours block parties, educational and entertaining panels and workshops, celebrity guest appearances, dedicated youth programming, screenings, cosplay, fan meet-ups and so much more!

At the Connecticut Convention Center, we utilize every inch of space possible of the more than 500,000 sq ft venue to create memorable experiences for our members:

Exhibit Hall A is an 80,000 sq ft exhibit hall featuring nearly 350 booth spaces for vendors, game publishers, craft makers, artists, illustrators, and sponsors. Exhibit Hall B is a 60,000 sq ft exhibit hall featuring our celebrity guest encounters, a trading card game tournament space (seating up to 256 players), a free play arcade with over 60 arcade machines, and console gaming area with over 100 consoles set up for casual and competitive play, the venue's food court, and the Cosplay Championship Wrestling arena! In the prefunction space of the exhibit hall, we host group cosplay photo shoots, and offer professional cosplay photography in our photo suite.

On the esplanade level, our official after party events partner, Convivial Fest, hosts karaoke, lawn games and contests throughout the day, and keeps the positive vibes going.

Up on the ballroom level, we have two programming items starting every 15 minutes all day long amongst our two (2) main performance stages, eight (8) panels rooms, our ages 21+ Trivia Tavern, our new fan meet-ups area "Entered the Chat", and the new Daily Market space for vendors interested in setting up and selling for a single day of the convention instead of the full weekend!

Over at that Hartford Marriott Downtown we host events Thursday starting at 2pm, and starting at 8am on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday using another 10,000+ sq ft of event and meeting space our tabletop board games, roleplaying games, miniatures games; our Kids' Zone activity area; two (2) panel rooms; a screening room; our cosplay recovery, rest, and repair center; and an indoor cosplay group photoshoot location.

Our partner, Convivial Fest hosts complimentary, official after parties on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night's at venues across the street starting at 7pm!