SPaCon Schedule

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

5:00 – Registration Opens – Concourse

6:00 – Doors open for opening ceremony/concert – Horner Hall

6:30 – Saber Legion live action fighting, Horner Hall

7:00 – Opening Ceremony begins – Horner Hall

7:30 – Cybertronic Spree – Opening Concert – Horner Hall

8:30 – Cybertronic Spree – Photo Ops – Horner Hall

8:30 – Spa-Con Midnight Madness – Room 103

9:30 – VIP Pass Holder Party, Superior Bathhouse Brewery, 329 Central Avenue.

 

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21

9:00 – Registration Opens – Concourse

9:30 – Superhero Run begins – Convention Blvd.

10:00 – Expo Hall opens (closes at 6pm)

10:00 – VIP, Will’s Cinnamon Rolls and Coffee, VIP Lounge, Room 209

10:00 – Escape Room opens – NPC Game Hall

10:00 – Laser Tag Arena opens – Bank OZK Arena

10:00 – ArkLUG LEGO’s on display – Expo Hall

10:00 – Artemis Starship Simulator opens – Room 203

10:00 – Table Top Gaming – Grand Lobby

10:00 – RPG Gaming all day– Room 208

10:00 – Spa City Retro Gaming Society ’80’s Living Room presented by Habitat for Humanity – NPC Game Hall

11:00 – Workshop – How (and Why) to Make Memoir Comics with Randy Duncan, Henderson State University.

11:00 – Mid-America Tinker Studio opens – Expo Hall (closes at 3:00)

Noon – Rocky Horror Picture Show Q&A with Barry Bostwick. – Room 207

1:00 – Barry Bostwick Photo Ops – Room 201

1:00 – Spa-Con Showdown Smash Bros Video Game Tournament begins – NPC Game Hall

1:00 – Workshop – “Animating Your Comics” w/ Pat Moriarity – Room 205

1:00 – 501st Legion Diamond Garrison Imperial March

1:00 – Mandalorian Mercs “Jail & Bail” for charity – Expo Hall

2:00 – Panel – “10-Foot Tall Robots Come Alive” w/Thomas DePetrillo of Extreme Costumes – Room 207

2:00 – VIP, Barry Bostwick VIP Meet and Greet, VIP Lounge

3:00 – Panel – How to join the 501st Legion – Room 205

4:00 – Panel – “Women in Cosplay” Panel with Akakioga, Legendary Rose, and Utahime – Room 207

4:00 – HSHS Robotics Club Demo – Mid-America Tinker Studio

5:00 – Panel – “Robot Rockers: Getting Used to Earth Instruments” w/ Cybertronic Spree – Room 205

5:00 – Blast a Trooper for charity with the 501st Legion – Expo Hall

6:00 – Expo Hall closes – 1 hour break.

7:00 – Cosplay Club and Cosplay Contest (all ages) – Horner Hall

8:45 – VIP, Pizza and Beer, VIP Lounge, Room 209

9:30 – Rocky Horror Picture Show screening w/ special introduction by Barry Bostwick – Bank OZK Arena

 

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

9:30 – Registration Opens – Concourse

10:00 – Expo Hall opens (closes at 4pm)

10:00 – VIP, Coffee and Will’s Cinnamon Rolls, VIP Lounge, Room 209

10:00 – Escape Room opens – NPC Game Hall

10:00 – Artemis Starship Simulator opens – Room 203

10:00 – Laser Tag Arena opens – NPC Game Hall

10:00 – ArkLUG LEGO’s on display – NPC Game Hall

10:00 – Table Top Gaming – Grand Lobby

10:00 – RPG Gaming – Room 208 – all day!

10:00 – The Art Sherpa Create your own Art Cards – Expo Hall

10:00 – Spa City Retro Gaming Society ’80’s Living Room presented by Habitat for Humanity, NPC Game Hall

11:00 – Mid-America Tinker Studio opens – Expo Hall (closes at 3:00)

11:00 – Blast a Trooper for charity with the 501st Legion – NPC Game Hall

Noon – Michelle Harrison, The Flash Panel. – Room 207

Noon – Kid Cosplay Showcase(17 and under) – NPC Game Hall

1:00 – Harry Potter Sorting Hat – NPC Game Hall

1:00 – Mandalorian Mercs “Jail & Bail” for charity – Expo Hall

1:00 – Michelle Harrison Celebrity Photo Op. – Room 201

1:00 – Panel – Comics panel w/ Walden Wong, Sam De La Rosa, Timothy Lim & Nikki Dawes – Moderated by Randy Duncan, Henderson State University – Room 205

1:00 – 501st Legion Diamond Garrison Imperial March

2:00 – Workshop – Armor Building with the 501st Legion – Room 207

2:00 – Michelle Harrison VIP Meet and Greet, VIP Lounge

2:00 – Nerd Informants present, The Dating Game – NPC Game Hall

2:00 – Manga Hokusai Manga Exhibition (select pieces) – Room 205

3:00 – Robot Savior, How Manga & Anime shaped Japan with George Wyatt Tise. – Room 205

4:00 – Spacademy Awards & Stranger Things Bike Giveaway – Horner Hall

5:00 – VIP, Closing party, Core Brewing Company, 833 Central