Artists and creators of original content are an important part of the fan convention experience and each year we’ve celebrated this fact by offering discounted space for local talent to sell their commissions, prints, and other handcrafted goods. So THANK YOU for your interest in being a part of that! Please take a moment to read the 2018 ARTIST APPLICATION FORM completely before filling out and submitting your information.
Each ARTIST TABLE includes the following:
One (1) table in the Artist Alley area (6’ or 8’ – based on availability)
Two (2) chairs
One (1) weekend pass to the convention labeled “Artist”
Artist space IS LIMITED – so submit your application early! Artist Alley tables for WasabiCon 2018 are $125.
If you have questions about anything on this form, please call us at (407) 536-9272 or email [email protected].
Candy Keane is a Florida cosplayer and costume designer that got her start making and wearing the infamous Slave Leia costume, which put her on the cover of Jedi Junkies, featured on the E! channel’s Top 25 Most Memorable Swimsuit Moments and in the Morgan Spurlock ComicCon documentary and book, where she also appears as Wonder Woman. She also made the costume worn by Kristen Bell in the movie Fanboys.
Candy won her first costume contest at the age of 5, and has been dressing up ever since. Her love of creating costumes led to a boutique and costume business that she ran for 11 years before closing in 2016 to concentrate on personal projects and raising her son. She plans on recapturing more of the fun aspects of costuming that got her started in the first place and is excited to embark on a new family focused cosplay venture while writing for her blog GeekMamas.com and sharing her costume making expertise on her YouTube channel Sew Geek Mama. OFFICIAL WEBSITE www.GeekMamas.com SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook www.facebook.com/SewGeekMama Instagram www.instagram.com/SewGeekMama Twitter www.twitter.com/SewGeekMama YouTube www.youtube.com/SewGeekMama
GLHF Game Bar has partnered with WasabiCon to create the Road To WasabiCon tournament series! Each month (starting April 2018) players from all over will compete in the Revival Fighting Game monthly tournaments held at GLHF Game Bar in Jacksonville, Florida for a chance to qualify for the WasabiCon 2018 Dragon Ball FighterZ, Street Fighter V, and Tekken 7 Championships. The Road to WasabiCon Championships will take place the weekend of October 20-21, 2018 at the Lexington Hotel & Conference Center – Jacksonville Riverwalk and the final competitors will battle it out for over $2,000 in cash and prizes. All qualifiers also win a weekend pass to the convention (in order to compete).
– Pre-Registration (Online) is $10
– Day of Registration is $12
– Game Entry is $10 per Game
The Revival Fighting Game Monthly series is produced by Villain Productions.
DATES
Saturday, April 14th
Saturday, May 12th
Saturday, June 16th
Saturday, July 14th
Saturday, August 18th
Saturday, September 8th
LOCATION DETAILS (ON FACEBOOK)
The Exhibitors Hall at pop culture conventions is an important part of the attendee experience each year, and VENDORS help create that by presenting merchandise themed appropriately for our event. So THANK YOU for your interest in being a part of that! Please take a moment to read the 2018 VENDOR APPLICATION FORM completely before filling out and submitting your information.
Each VENDOR SPACE in the Exhibitors Hall includes the following:
A ten foot by ten foot (10’x10’) area in the Exhibitors Hall
One (1) eight foot table
Two (2) chairs
Two (2) weekend passes to the convention labeled “VENDOR”
All Green Mustard Entertainment events offer pricing based on advance purchases. The sooner you purchase your space, the less expensive it is! BEFORE APRIL 30, 2018 – $300 per space BEFORE OCTOBER 15, 2018 – $350 per space
If you have questions about anything on this form, please call us at (407) 536-9272 or email [email protected].
Noise Complaint presents a live Cosplay Tap Dance show! Noise Complaint is a group of professional tap dancers who perform full sets of choreographed dances as characters from old school cartoons and anime, retro and modern video games, Disney, comics and more. Noise Complaint’s dances are choreographed using music that is either directly taken from or inspired by currently trending or favorite movies, TV shows and video games. Their show brings to life epic battles and famed alliances on the stage and combines it with entertaining choreography and catchy rhythms! This high energy cosplay dance show will have you both glued to your seat and dying to get up and dance at the same time. OFFICIAL WEBSITE www.NoiseComplaintLive.com SOCIAL MEDIA
The North Florida Ghostbusters is a nonprofit charity driven fan group that is officially part of the Sony Pictures Ghost Corps division. The group was originally founded by Thomas Walters and Justin Light nearly 20 years ago and has grown by leaps and bounds. They have two locations we serve: Gainesville (our home office/original location) Jacksonville(our newest location as of last year)
Their goals are to bust ghosts and create smiles and fun for everyone in our local communities! So you know who to call!! We’re ready to believe you! SOCIAL MEDIA
Each year we get dozens of email requesting to be a Guest / Featured Talent at our convention. This year, we have more space for our convention – which means more space for fan groups, cosplayers, and other creative convention personalities! SO – if you feel you could contribute to being a part of WasabiCon’s celebration of pop culture – send us an email. Here’s what we need to know…
BIO: Tell us about you. This doesn’t need to be War and Peace. A single paragraph will do. LOCATION: Are you local to Jacksonville/Duval County – or would you have to travel? GENRE: What category do you fit into? Examples:
Anime/Animation
Comics
Cosplay
Fantasy (including Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, etc.)
Internet/Podcasting
Science Fiction (including Star Trek, Star Wars, Doctor Who, Steampunk, etc.)
Tabletop Gaming
Video Games
WEBSITE & SOCIAL MEDIA: Include links so we can see your history in fandom and presence on the Internet. OTHER APPEARANCES: What other conventions have you been a Guest or Featured Talent for? PANELS/PRESENTATIONS: What specific panels or workshops or presentations can you offer? WasabiCon focuses heavily on quality programming, and part of the expectation of featured talent is to present strong presentations for fans.
Put this all together in an email and send it to [email protected].
Don’t panic if you don’t hear back immediately. We have a lot of emails to sort though, but we WILL get back to you one way or another. Thanks!
That. Was. Amazing.
When we started production for WasabiCon 2017, I warned the team that I had the expectation of attendance being the same as or – quite possibly – slightly below 2016’s attendance. This was due to attempts at similar entertainment in the region by other organizations proxy to ours, and then (later in the year) from the impact of Hurricane Irma on Jacksonville, Florida. My team and I shifted our budget accordingly while also working to expand programming since we planned on later event hours and had secured additional space at our host property. Our goal: do more with less.
Then came you: the fans. Out of nowhere the support for WasabiCon came bursting through in the form of pre-sales. Both Artist Alley and our Vendor spaces sold out months ahead of the show. Advance ticket purchases in 2017 compared to 2016 jumped a whopping 60%. With at the door ticket sales, WasabiCon 2017 hosted 3,007 attendees over two days. We had gone up. Way up.
All because of you. So THANK YOU to each and every one of you that came to WasabiCon 2017. You have made us Jacksonville, Florida’s longest running pop culture convention – something we don’t take lightly. It’s a responsibility Green Mustard Entertainment takes seriously and will continue to do so as we expand over the coming years.
I’d be remiss without acknowledging the hard work of the production crew this year both at and prior to the event. Thank you Adam, Annie, Chris, Dani, Diane, Francis, Joe, John A., John L., Nita, Kaleb, Kate, Kelly, Kyle, Lisa, Lyn, Megan, Nathalie, Raymond, Ron, Russell, Savannah, Shannon, Tracy, Jo, Jessica, and Mandy. A very special thank you to Danielle who put a lot of work into helping drive the event forward this year.
Additionally, no event is complete without the talent you meet and see at a convention! Thank you to our media guests Kimberly Brooks and Todd Haberkorn for flying out to enjoy our convention (and, in Todd’s case, touring the city with the Visit Jacksonville team!) Thank you to Candy Keane, the 219th Brain Surgeons, Bold City Cosplay, Brittani “Fluffy Butt Arts” Crawford, the Delta Fleet, Extra Life Team Jax, For the Love of Clod, Fred & Elle Designs, Geekapella, Jenifer Ann, LvL Up Events, Noise Complaint, None Like Joshua, the North Florida Ghostbusters, NoS Anime, the Sailor Scouts of Jacksonville, and Tayrex Cosplay.
Last – and certainly not least – thank you to our event partners and sponsors that helped contribute to this year’s convention: AnimEigo, Bento Asian Kitchen + Sushi, Blackfinn Ameripub, The Catty Shack Ranch, Cosplay in America, Discotek, the Daytona Arcade Museum, the Florida Theatre, Freedom Japanese Market, Funimation, GLHF Game Bar, GOJAX, iPrintShirts.net, The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, LvL Up Events, Meeple Source, Microsoft, NIS America, Pokemon Symphonic Evolutions, Redfin, Sentai Filmworks, The Southern Grill, Video Game Rescue, Video Games Live, and VIZ Media. A very special thank you to the team at Visit Jacksonville for all the help and support with our project to make “WasabiCon” synonymous with their city.
Thank you to the Lexington Hotel and Conference Center team for learning and growing with us.
This year WasabiCon continued our support for two very important charities, and we’re proud to say that we raised over $1,300 for Toys for Tots thanks to the efforts of Chris Duplis, the Sailor Scouts of Jacksonville, plus staff donations *AND* LifeSouth collected 18 blood donors on Saturday and 21 donors on Sunday. Each blood donation can save up to 3 lives and thanks to the awesome participants, they will be able to positively impact 117 lives in Jacksonville.
Once again: All because of you.
So from by bottom of my heart: THANK YOU to each and every one of you that made our convention a success. You’re more than just attendees to us. You’re part of our “geek family”.
Warmest regards,
Tom Croom, WasabiCon 2017 Event Director
WasabiCon 2018 will take place October 20-21, 2018. #StayTuned
WasabiCon 2017 is here! We’ve put together this handy dandy guide to answer (hopefully) all the most frequently asked questions. WASABICON
WasabiCon is a two day pop culture celebration taking place October 21-22, 2017 (Saturday and Sunday) and the Lexington Hotel & Conference Center – Jacksonville Riverwalk located at 1515 Prudential Dr, Jacksonville, FL 32207. The event is predominantly all ages and family friendly with a select few events restricted to 18+/21+. Attendees have access to artists, vendors, celebrity guests, video games, tabletop games, a viewing room, and much more throughout the weekend. TICKETS
Tickets are on sale at the door: $30 for Saturday; $20 for Sunday; $40 for the weekend. Cash and credit are accepted at the door. Prices include tax. PARKING
Parking is available at the conference center for $5 a day. SCHEDULE
Registration opens each day at 9:00 AM with events beginning at 10:00 AM. You can see the complete schedule online at http://www.WasabiCon.com/schedule. You can also download the WasabiCon 2017 con guide via Guidebook for your cell phone/tablet. Here’s the link: http://guidebook.com/g/wasabicon2017 MERCHANDISE
WasabiCon t-shirts will be on sale for $20 each. Sizes are unisex and range from Small to XXXL. Inventory is limited – so we suggest buying early. In addition to t-shirts, the official Wasabizilla Meeple will be for sale for $2 each.Cash and credit are accepted. Prices include tax. ADDITIONAL FEES
Your ticket to WasabiCon covers access to practically everything at the convention. Exceptions to this include pre-/post off site parties at other local venues, autograph fees from celebrity guests, and workshops fees – such as Paint Your Own My Little Pony. SAFETY
WasabiCon, the Lexington, and Green Mustard Entertainment all take our attendees safety seriously. As such, security measures are in place for the weekend including, but not limited to, on site law enforcement officer’s from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Harassment of any kind at the convention will not tolerated at any time. Please review the convention policies for details: http://www.WasabiCon.com/policies QUESTIONS?
You can email us at [email protected] – but response time will be limited during the event. You can also reach out via most social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, etc.) and we will do our best to respond.
Sure. You can buy your ticket to WasabiCon at the door Saturday morning… but why wait? Here are five reasons to buy your admission to Jacksonville’s favorite pop culture event before pre-sales end in a couple days. 1. FREE WASABIZILLA MEEPLE. Everyone who buys their ticket in advance gets this cool guy to make all your future RPG/board game adventures that much more awesome. 2. YOU ARE ENTERED TO WIN A NINTENDO SWITCH. Each and every advance ticket purchased is entered to win a brand new Nintendo Switch. (We’ll be picking the winner at opening ceremonies.) 3. YOU ARE ENTERED TO WIN MEGA RAN CONCERT TICKETS. That’s right, see Mega Ran perform in Jacksonville, Florida this November courtesy of WasabiCon. We are giving away two pairs of free passes to the OG Thursdays: Mega Ran “Extra Credit Tour”at Nighthawks in Jax. 4. YOU ARE ENTERED TO WIN A PAIR OF VIP PASSES TO THE CATTY SHACK RANCH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY. Instead of just watching cat videos on the Internet, you can see live giant cats IRL by checking out one of Jacksonville’s greatest attractions! We’ll give these away during opening ceremonies. 5. SAVE TIME AT THE CONVENTION. No registration form to fill out and there’s a separate desk for pre-registration. Walk up with your ticket and your I.D., get your pass, and head off for a day of convention goodness!
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Artists and creators of original content are an important part of the fan convention experience and each year we’ve celebrated this fact by offering discounted space for local talent to sell their commissions, prints, and other handcrafted goods. So THANK YOU for your interest in being a part of that! Please take a moment to read the 2018 ARTIST APPLICATION FORM completely before filling out and submitting your information.
Candy Keane is a Florida cosplayer and costume designer that got her start making and wearing the infamous Slave Leia costume, which put her on the cover of 
Each year we get dozens of email requesting to be a Guest / Featured Talent at our convention. This year, we have more space for our convention – which means more space for fan groups, cosplayers, and other creative convention personalities! SO – if you feel you could contribute to being a part of WasabiCon’s celebration of pop culture – send us an email. Here’s what we need to know…
WasabiCon 2017 is here! We’ve put together this handy dandy guide to answer (hopefully) all the most frequently asked questions.
