Downstate New York Geek Events

The scrollable table below is a directory of fandom/geek/nerd events in Downstate New York.

"Downstate New York" includes New York City, Long Island, and five Hudson Valley counties (Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland, and Orange).

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Name of Event	Film Festival	Comic Books / Toys / Art	Cosplay	Science Fiction / Fantasy	Horror	Renai-ssance / Historical	Anime / Manga	Gaming	Art Show / Exhibition	Science / Tech / DIY	City, Village, or Hamlet	County or Borough	Beginning Date	Ending Date	Note
Guillermo del Toro: Crafting Pinocchio				●					●		New York City	Manhattan	12/11/2022	04/15/2023
It's Toy Time		●									Hamlet of Hicksville	Nassau County	03/11/2023	03/11/2023
Jurassic World Live Tour (in Belmont Park)				●					●		Hamlet of Elmont	Nassau County	03/17/2023	03/19/2023
Long Island Tabletop Gaming Expo								●			Village of Garden City	Nassau County	03/18/2023	03/19/2023
Picturing Pinocchio				●					●		New York City	Manhattan	03/22/2023	07/08/2023
Colleen Doran Illustrates Neil Gaiman				●					●		New York City	Manhattan	03/22/2023	07/29/2023
Route 110 Comic Show		●		●							Hamlet of Melville	Suffolk County	03/19/2023	03/19/2023
New York Science Fiction and Horror Film Festival	●	●		●	●						New York City	Manhattan	03/25/2023	03/26/2023
Big Apple Comic Con		●	●	●	●			●			New York City	Manhattan	03/25/2023	03/26/2023
MoCCA Arts Festival		●							●		New York City	Manhattan	04/01/2023	04/02/2023
Brook Con			●				●				Hamlet of Stony Brook	Suffolk County	03/26/2023	03/26/2023
Black Comic Book Festival		●									New York City	Manhattan	04/14/2023	04/15/2023
Route 110 Comic Show		●									Hamlet of Melville	Suffolk County	04/16/2023	04/16/2023
EMCon Animefest		●	●				●	●			Hamlet of East Meadow	Nassau County	04/22/2023	04/23/2023
Long Island Comic Fest		●									Hamlet of Hicksville	Nassau County	04/29/2023	04/29/2023
Fanfaire NYC		●	●								New York City	Manhattan	04/29/2023	04/30/2023
Coney Island Film Festival	●			●	●						New York City	Brooklyn	05/05/2023	05/07/2023
Brick Fest Live		●						●	●		New York City	Queens	05/06/2023	05/07/2023
MinCon		●	●	●			●	●			Village of Mineola	Nassau County	05/13/2023	05/13/2023
SPYCON				●						●	New York City	Manhattan	05/19/2023	05/21/2023
Cradle-Con		●	●	●				●			Village of Garden City	Nassau County	05/20/2023	05/21/2023
Maker Faire Hudson Valley									●	●	Hamlet of Garnerville	Rockland County	05/20/2023	05/21/2023
New York City Independent Film Festival	●			●	●						New York City	Manhattan	06/04/2023	06/11/2023
Maker Faire Long Island										●	Village of Port Jefferson	Suffolk County	06/10/2023	06/10/2023
Brooklyn Comic Con		●	●					●			New York City	Brooklyn	06/10/2023	06/11/2023
Five Points Festival		●	●	●							New York City	Brooklyn	06/10/2023	06/11/2023
Mermaid Parade			●	●							New York City	Brooklyn	06/17/2023	06/17/2023
Route 110 Comic Show		●									Hamlet of Melville	Suffolk County	06/18/2023	06/18/2023
Eternal Con		●	●	●	●		●	●	●		Village of Hempstead	Nassau County	07/08/2023	07/09/2023
Route 110 Comic Show		●									Hamlet of Melville		07/16/2023	07/16/2023
Long Island International Film Expo	●			●	●						Hamlet of Bellmore	Nassau County	07/19/2023	07/23/2023
BroadwayCon			●	●				●			New York City	Manhattan	07/21/2023	07/23/2023
BX Anime & Comic Expo		●	●	●	●		●	●			TBD	TBD	08/12/2023	08/12/2023
Geek Out At Staten Island			●				●				New York City	Staten Island	08/12/2023	08/12/2023
Flame Con		●	●								New York City	Manhattan	08/12/2023	08/13/2023
L.I. Who 60 (Doctor Who con)			●	●							Hamlet of Holtsville	Suffolk County	08/18/2023	08/20/2023
Long Island Tropic Con		●	●	●			●	●			Hamlet of Hauppauge	Suffolk County	08/19/2023	08/20/2023
Route 110 Comic Show		●									Hamlet of Melville	Suffolk County	08/20/2023	08/20/2023
New York Renaissance Faire			●			●					Village of Tuxedo Park	Orange County	08/26/2023	10/08/2023	Saturdays, Sundays, and Labor Day
WGGCon								●			Village of Croton-on-Hudson	Westchester County	09/01/2023	09/03/2023
Sy-Con		●	●	●			●	●			Hamlet of Syosset	Nassau County	09/09/2023	09/09/2023
It's Toy Time		●									Hamlet of Hicksville	Nassau County	09/30/2023	09/30/2023
New York Comic Con		●	●	●	●		●	●	●		New York City	Manhattan	10/12/2023	10/15/2023
Brooklyn Horror Film Festival	●			●	●						New York City	Brooklyn	10/12/2023	10/19/2023
Psychedelic Film and Music Festival	●			●	●						New York City	Manhattan	10/13/2023	10/15/2023
Long Island Comic Fest		●									Hamlet of Hicksville	Nassau County	10/28/2023	10/28/2023
Sayville Fan Fest		●	●					●			Hamlet of Sayville	Suffolk County	11/04/2023	11/04/2023
Anime NYC		●	●				●	●			New York City	Manhattan	11/17/2023	11/19/2023
Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival	●			●	●						New York City	Queens	11/17/2023	11/19/2023