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	Cosplay	Science Fiction / Fantasy	Horror	Renai-ssance / Historical	Anime	Gaming	Art Show / Exhibition	Science / DIY	City, Village, or Hamlet	County or Borough	Beginning Date	Ending Date	Note
Jim Henson Exhibition Guided Tours				●					●		New York City	Queens	09/01/2018	12/29/2018	On Saturdays
60 Years of Sports Video Games Exhibition								●	●		New York City	Queens	09/14/2018	03/10/2019
It’s Alive! Frankenstein at 200				●	●				●		New York City	Manhattan	10/12/2018	01/27/2019
Harry Potter Yule Ball NYC			●					●			New York City	Manhattan	12/08/2018	12/08/2018
Super Smash Bros Ultimate Release Party			●					●			New York City	Manhattan	12/08/2018	12/08/2018
SantaCon NYC			●								New York City	Manhattan	12/08/2018	12/08/2018
Sonicboombox Spider-Verse Party			●								New York City	Manhattan	12/09/2018	12/09/2018
Mashfest Happy Hour Featuring Smash Ultimate								●			New York City	Manhattan	12/10/2018	12/10/2018
OWA Direct: Nintendo Themed Party								●			New York City	Manhattan	12/14/2018	12/14/2018
Christmas Cosplay Carnaval			●					●			New York City	Manhattan	12/15/2018	12/15/2018
Sonicboombox 2018 Year-End Party			●								New York City	Manhattan	12/29/2018	12/29/2018
NYE: Cosplay & Dance Party			●					●			New York City	Manhattan	12/31/2018	12/31/2018
BroadwayCon			●	●							New York City	Manhattan	01/11/2019	01/13/2019
Macabre Faire Film Festival	●			●	●						Hamlet of Ronkonkoma	Suffolk County	01/18/2019	01/20/2019
Playcrafting + Microsoft Global Game Jam!								●			New York City	Manhattan	01/25/2019	01/27/2019
Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth				●					●		New York City	Manhattan	01/25/2019	05/12/2019
Winter Film Awards International Film Festival	●			●	●						New York City	Manhattan	02/14/2019	02/23/2019
Fanfaire		●	●					●			New York City	Manhattan	02/16/2019	02/17/2019
New York City International Film Festival	●			●							New York City	Manhattan	02/25/2019	03/01/2019
Big Apple Comic Con		●	●	●	●			●			New York City	Manhattan	03/09/2019	03/10/2019
Third Eye Film Festival	●			●	●						New York City	Manhattan	03/29/2019	03/31/2019
HELIOsphere			●	●				●	●		Village of Tarrytown	Westchester County	04/05/2019	04/07/2019
MoCCA Arts Festival		●							●		New York City	Manhattan	04/06/2019	04/07/2019
Long Island Comic Book Expo		●	●	●				●			Hamlet of Old Bethpage	Nassau County	04/14/2019	04/14/2019
Bad Film Fest	●			●	●						New York City	Brooklyn	04/25/2019	04/28/2019
NYC Comic Art Expo		●									New York City	Manhattan	04/28/2019	04/28/2019
New York City Independent Film Festival	●			●	●						New York City	Manhattan	05/05/2019	05/12/2019
X-Con		●	●								New York City	Manhattan	05/11/2019	05/11/2019
White Plains ComicFest		●	●					●			City of White Plains	Westchester County	05/11/2019	05/11/2019
Hudson Valley Comic Con		●	●	●				●	●		Town of Poughkeepsie	Dutchess County	05/11/2019	05/12/2019
Hoboken International Film Festival	●			●	●						Village of Greenwood Lake	Orange County	05/17/2019	05/23/2019
Five Points Festival		●	●	●							New York City	Brooklyn	06/01/2019	06/02/2019
Cradle-Con		●	●	●							Village of Garden City	Nassau County	06/01/2019	06/02/2019
BookCon				●	●						New York City	Manhattan	06/01/2019	06/02/2019
Figment NYC									●		New York City	Manhattan	06/01/2019	06/02/2019
Eastern Long Island Mini Maker Faire										●	Village of Port Jefferson	Suffolk County	06/08/2019	06/08/2019
Mermaid Parade			●	●							New York City	Brooklyn	06/22/2019	06/22/2019
Eternal Con		●	●	●	●		●	●	●		Hamlet of Uniondale	Nassau County	06/22/2019	06/23/2019
Long Island International Film Expo	●			●	●						Hamlet of Bellmore	Nassau County	07/12/2019	07/18/2019
MinCon		●	●	●			●	●			Village of Mineola	Nassau County	07/13/2019	07/13/2019
Liberty City Anime Con		●	●				●	●	●		New York City	Manhattan	08/09/2019	08/11/2019
New York Renaissance Faire			●			●					Village of Tuxedo Park	Orange County	08/17/2019	10/06/2019	Saturdays, Sundays, and Labor Day
Inbeon Con		●	●				●	●			Village of Hempstead	Nassau County	08/24/2019	08/24/2019
Coney Island Film Festival	●			●	●						New York City	Brooklyn	09/13/2019	09/15/2019
Sy-Con		●	●	●			●	●			Hamlet of Syosset	Nassau County	09/20/2019	09/21/2019
World Maker Faire New York			●						●	●	New York City	Queens	09/21/2019	09/22/2019
New York Comic Con		●	●	●	●		●	●	●		New York City	Manhattan	10/03/2019	10/06/2019