2023 Convention Listings - "You Can't Go If You Don't Know!"

I have returned to this labor of love, Convention Awareness Project - TX.  After a year and a half for various circumstances that kept me away, I am proud to bring back Texas' only fully-comprehensive listing site for upcoming conventions of fan interest.  "You Can't Go If You Don't Know!" and now, yet again, you will know!

Updated  September 11, 2023

2023 Listings

Please Note:  Convention Awareness Project - Texas is the free-of-charge (to anyone including show promoters) listing site for conventions in the Lone Star State.  It is the product of the efforts of an individual fan of the Texas convention scene and, as such, is only as up to date as can be managed on a weekly or monthly basis.  CAP-TX is NOT responsible for changes in show dates or venues or cancellations.  Please follow links provided to see the actual shows' web presence before planning to attend.

September

15-17 P-Con 2023 (DFW Airport, TX)

16-17 Anime STX (San Antonio, TX)

16-17 Brazoria County Comic Con (Lake Jackson, TX)

16-17 Retro Expo (Allen, TX)

16-17 Retropalooza (Arlington, TX)

16-17 SA Collectors Expo (San Antonio, TX)

21-28 Fantastic Fest 2023 (Austin, TX)

22-24 Anime Houston (Houston, TX)

22-24 Y2Kon (Allen, TX)

23-24 Alamo Hero Con (Schertz, TX)

23-24 Midesssanime (Odessa, TX)

23-24 Monster-Con (San Antonio, TX)

23-24 Spooky Spectacle (Granbury, TX)

29-October 1 Anime North Texas (Mesquite, TX)

29-October 1 Kadabra Con (Portland, TX)

29-October 1 No Quarter Con - Fall 2023 (Plano, TX)

29-October 1 Texas Battle Bowl (Midland, TX)

30-October 1 Cowtown Comic Con (Fort Worth, TX)

30-October 1 Days of the Dead: Houston (Houston, TX)

30-October 1 Giganticon 2023 (Killeen, TX)

October

6-8 Big Texas Comic Con (San Antonio, TX)

7 Alvin Horror Fest (Alvin, TX)

7 North Dallas Toy Show (Plano, TX)

7 TerrorFest (Conroe, TX)

7-8 Arlington Comic Fest (Arlington, TX)

7-8 Bedrock City Con (Houston, TX)

7-8 DFW Writers Conference (Hurst, TX)

7-8 El Paso HorrorFest (El Paso, TX)

13-15 Alamo City Furry Invasion (San Antonio, TX)

14 Eckman's Card, Comic, and Toy Show (San Antonio, TX)

14-15 Beaumont Comic Con (Beaumont, TX)

20-22 Anime Mundo (El Paso, TX)

20-22 Dallas Fan Festival (Irving, TX)

20-22 H-Town Comic Con (Houston, TX)

20-22 SCG Con Dallas 2023 (Dallas, TX)

21-22 Crossroads Comic and Toy Show (Big Spring, TX)

22 Gulf Coast Halloween Toy Show (Pasadena, TX)

27-29 The First Annual EPIC Convention (El Paso, TX)

November

3-5 LANallNIGHT Gaming Festival (Grapevine, TX)

3-5 Pony Friends Forever (San Antonio, TX)

4 D.A.M Con (Dallas, TX)

4-5 Collect-A-Con Houston (Houston, TX) 

4-5 The Mall of Misfit Toys (Universal City, TX)

4-5 Tyler Comic Con (Tyler, TX)

9-12 The Long Con (Longview, TX)

10-12 Houston Arcade Expo 2023 (Houston, TX)

10-12 Oni-Con XX (Galveston, TX)

11-12 Sonic Expo (Dallas, TX)

18-19 Preserve Halloween Fest (Irving, TX)

24-26 Anime Dallas (Dallas, TX)

December

2-3 Abilene Comic Con (Abilene, TX)

2-3 Horror for the Holidays (Austin, TX)

8-10 Anime Frontier 2023 (Fort Worth, TX)

8-10 Ecchi Expo San Antonio 2023 (San Antonio, TX) - Adults Only

8-10 Permian Basin Comic Con X:  Holiday Edition (Midland, TX)

9 2YD Toys Expo (San Antonio, TX)

NEW!

2024 Listings

January

13-14 TriCity Comic Con (Livingston, TX)

19-21 IKKiCON (Round Rock, TX)

20-21 AGT Expo (Waco, TX)

20-21 Retromania Collectibles Show (New Braunfels, TX)

26-28 Vampire Fan Weekend (Allen, TX)

27-28 Victoria Comic Con (Victoria, TX)

February

2-4 Aggie-Con 53 (College Station, TX)

2-4 Anime Lubbock (Lubbock, TX).

2-4 HarmonyCon (Dallas, TX)

9-11 Animeverse Fest (Houston, TX)

16-18 Ushicon 2024 (San Marcos, TX)

23-25 FenCon XIX (Dallas, TX)

March

2-3 Kawacon 2024 (San Antonio, TX)

8-10 Comic Conroe 2024 (Conroe, TX)

14-17 All-Con Dallas (Dallas, TX) - Celebrating 20 years!

14-17 Texas Furry Fiesta (Dallas, TX)

15-17 Texas Pinball Festival (Frisco, TX)

April

6-7 Galveston Steampunk Festival (Galveston, TX)

12-14 El Paso Comic Con (El Paso, TX)

19-24 Yellow City Comic Convention 2024 (Amarillo, TX)

May

17-19 Chupacabracon X (San Marcos, TX)

24-26 Comicpalooza (Houston, TX)

31-June 2 StratosFur (Houston, TX)

June

6-9 NTRPGCon (Irving, TX)

7-9 Fan Expo Dallas (Dallas, TX)

21-23 DFW GI Joe & Action Figure Show (Grapevine, TX)

July

14-15 Texas Author Con (Richardson, TX)

August

23-25 Hub City Comic Con (Lubbock, TX)

Emerging Back Into the Convention Tracking Game!

 Hello everyone.  

After far too long a hiatus I am slowly pushing myself back into the whole CAP-TX thing.  Many are the factors that found me drifting away from this labor of love and many are the inspirations to return at long last.  

Suffice it to say that at this late stage of 2023 I do not wish the entire year to pass by without something new here to help direct fans of the Texas convention scene to those shows that remain.  Next year it is my hope to be back in the saddle at full and bring everyone the most comprehensive resource for finding Texas conventions of fan interest in 2024.

Thank you to everyone who has been so supportive of this site and my efforts over so many years!

2022 Texas Convention Listings

 Welcome to the Convention Awareness Project - Texas 2022 Convention List!

It's taken a while but CAP-TX is back!  Click on the name of any show to be linked to that convention's website for further information.  The 2021 listings have only just started to be confirmed, so expect this page to be updated repeatedly in the coming weeks and months.

Updated  January 2, 2022

2022 Listings

Please Note:  Convention Awareness Project - Texas is the free-of-charge (to anyone including show promoters) listing site for conventions in the Lone Star State.  It is the product of the efforts of an individual fan of the Texas convention scene and, as such, is only as up to date as can be managed on a weekly or monthly basis.  CAP-TX is NOT responsible for changes in show dates or venues or cancellations.  Please follow links provided to see the actual shows' web presence before planning to attend.

March

25-27 Texas Pinball Festival (Frisco, TX)

April

2 North Dallas Toy Show (Farmers Branch, TX)

9-10 Central Texas Comic Con (Waco, TX) 

8-10 Aselia Con (Irving, TX)

22-24 El Paso Comic Con (El Paso, TX)

22-24 Yellow City Comic Convention 2020 (Amarillo, TX)

23-24 Dallas Comic Show Spring Spectacular (Lewisville, TX)

29-May 1 Kameha Con (Allen, TX)

May

7 North Dallas Toy Show (Farmers Branch, TX)

7-8 Kilgore Geekend (Kilgore, TX)

14 Eckman's Card, Comic, and Toy Show (San Antonio, TX)

28-29 Retropalooza Houston (Pasadena, TX)

June

4 North Dallas Toy Show (Farmers Branch, TX)

17-19 Fan Expo Dallas (Dallas, TX)

July

2 North Dallas Toy Show (Farmers Branch, TX)

9-10 Greater Austin Comic Con (Austin, TX)

15-17 Comicpalooza (Houston, TX)

15-17 Corpus Christi Comic Con (Corpus Christi, TX)

16-17 Texas Haunters Convention (Mesquite, TX)

22-24 Houston Horror Film Fest (Houston, TX)

23-24 Classic Game Fest (Austin, TX)

August

6 North Dallas Toy Show (Farmers Branch, TX)

14 Eckman's Card, Comic, and Toy Show (San Antonio, TX)

20-21 Eastern Rim Funny Book & Vintage Con (Baytown, TX)

The (Long Overdue) Return of CAP-TX

 Greetings everyone in the Texas convention community.  What a ride the last eleven months have been!  This goes without saying, of course.  From convention goers to artists to organizers to vendors and everyone else who has enjoyed the convention scene in the Lone Star State over the years before and since my labor of love website was launched, everyone has felt the blow that is living in a pandemic.  

So today I have set my sights on recovery, at least of this site and my attention to the thing.  As shows begin to announce their plans for this year (and before a quarter of it is gone) I have a new determination to provide the most comprehensive listings of Texas conventions of fandom interest available anywhere.  There was I time I could accurately state that you can find all of the conventions I list somewhere, but you could not find every single one of them listed on a single sight anywhere else.

It is high time that time comes back anew!

As many know, the cancellation of 3/4 of the All-Con weekend last March hit me pretty hard.  While I am not one of the producers of this convention, it has been a massive part of my life for over 15 years.  This coupled with the uncertainty of the convention scene in 2021 in general knocked me out of the saddle for far too long.  This post is my official pronouncement of saddling up and providing the listings so many have come to rely on since this simple site was launched so many years ago.

Huge thanks to everyone who has reached out via the Convention Awareness Project - Texas Facebook page.  Your words of encouragement are one of the reasons I am returning to this and my other long-neglected personal projects (pretty much The JediCole Universe in general).  Please feel free to reach out via the Facebook page to help me stay on top of the conventions that are upcoming from mid-February through December 2021.  

Once again I will say..."You Can't Go If You Don't Know"!   How I have missed that slogan! 

My North Texas Nerd Interview

Texas convention fans!

I was recently interviewed for a new website for Dallas/Fort Worth and surrounding areas, North Texas Nerd.  The interview is All-Con heavy (I have been a part of that show its entire existence), but touches on many aspects of conventions in the Lone Star State including CAP-TX.

Be sure and click on the Home button to check out all of the fandom interviews that showcase what makes North Texas such a great place to be a fan!

- JediCole

Check out the interview here!

You Can't Go If You Don't Know! - 2020 Texas Convention Guide

Welcome to the Convention Awareness Project - Texas 2019 convention list!  

Click on the name of any show to be linked to that convention's website for further information.  The 2019 listings have only just started to be confirmed, so expect this page to be updated repeatedly in the coming weeks and months.

Updated February 17, 2020

2020 Listings

(More Coming Soon)

June

20 Jayden's Toys Toy Show (Lewisville, TX)
20-21 Greater Austin Comic Con (Austin, TX)

July
9-12 Anime Matsuri 2020 (Houston, TX)
10-12 Corpus Christi Comic Con (Corpus Christi, TX)
10-12 Supernatural Official Convention (Plano, TX)
11 DFW Diecast Extravaganza & Toy Show (Arlington, TX)
17-18 PokeFest SA (San Antonio, TX)
17-19 Delta H Con (Houston, TX)
25-26 Texas Haunters Convention (Mesquite, TX)
31-August 2 Anime Sekai (Abilene, TX)

August
6-9 QuakeCon (Dallas, TX)
14-17 AnimeFest 2020 (Dallas, TX)
22 Animania Wichita Falls (Wichita Falls, TX)

September
4-6 San Japan (San Antonio, TX)
18-20 FenCon XVII (Irving, TX)
26-27 Spooky Spectacle (Granbury,  TX)

October
2-4 Realms Con (Corpus Christi, TX)

November
6-8 HavenCon (Austin, TX)

December

In Memorium - Larry Lankford

Convention Awareness Project - Texas was inspired by a great many aspects of my life as a convention attendee, promoter, guest, content provider, and vendor.  From the first convention I ever attended to the most recent, I have had a special place in my heart for these gatherings of fandom.  One of the most prominent figures in the Texas convention scene was lost to us late last year and I only just discovered this fact today.

Larry Lankford, founder of the Dallas Fantasy and FairBulldog Productions, passed away on December 25, 2013 at the age of 53. 

While not the first shows I had ever attended, Larry's were the ones I attended most often in the late 80s and early 90s.  It was at these conventions that I started a project that that I still pursue from time to time to this day, having contributing artists to the original Marvel Universe and Who's Who character guides sign the pages featuring their work.  

The Mini Cons that were produced in conjunction with the Fantasy Fairs offered some of the best opportunities for me and Mrs. JediCole to sell comics and collectibles, a hobby that became a business (A Piece of the Action Collectibles) and then a hobby again over the course of 20 years.  To say that the Dallas Fantasy Fair was a big part of my life as a fan and collector would be an understatement.  I was fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to meet Larry as both a vendor at his shows and as an attendee at some of the Harvey Awards ceremonies produced in conjunction with Fantasy Fairs in the late 80s and early 90s.

As I said on a Facebook post today, the very place I learned of his demise, Larry always did right by me.

Larry Lankford 

June 10, 1960 - December 25, 2013

A Trailblazer of Texas Conventions  

If the Dallas Fantasy Fairs were a big part of your convention experience, please visit the memorial page for Larry Lankford and sign the guestbook.