RisuCon 2025

RisuCon is Montgomery County’s (Maryland) Comic Con; an anime and cosplay event for the whole family!

Location: Montgomery County Fairgrounds, a huge facility with tons of free parking and enormous fair buildings.

🎨 125+ vendors / artists
🖌️ Cosplay Barn + Cosplay Guests
📷 Photography room with onsite photo printing
🎲 Game Kastle gaming room with 100+ offerings, demos, and tournaments
🎨 Panels / workshops
🎥 All-day anime screenings
🔥 Superhero Support Causeplayers, Mandalorians, Darkon Wargaming LARP Club
🖌️ Activity Room
🌸 Photography Garden
🏆 Cosplay Contest

Why RisuCon? Risu means squirrel in Japanese. Japan is the source of so much of our fandom and inspiration, and… there are a LOT of squirrels in Maryland.

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