ThunderCon brings celebration of pop culture back to Thunder Bay
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From mingling with the stars of Star Trek: Discovery and Galaxy Quest to cosplay and games, this weekend's ThunderCon convention has plenty to offer and is expected to draw crowds of all ages.
The 2024 edition of ThunderCon runs Saturday and Sunday at the CLE grounds in Thunder Bay.
This year's celebrity guests include:
But as big a part as the celebrity guests play at ThunderCon, there's plenty more to see and do, according to chair Amanda Capar.
"Diagon Alley is happening again," Capar said. "We've got lots of stuff going on in what we're calling Smuggler's Cove this year, which is the Heritage [building]."
That includes games, stage performances, a kid's zone, Science North demonstrations, a chess tournament, an escape room, and a Jack Sparrow run.
The Star Wars costuming club will be doing a big presentation in the Heritage," Capar said. "They'll have dark side, light side cookies."
And, of course, cosplay will be a big focus this year.
One person who will be showing off her work is Thunder Bay's Candace Twance, who's been making cosplay costumes for several years with her family.
"It just sort of moved away from Halloween costumes to just the love of cosplay and a love of attending this local event," Twance told CBC News.
Twance said she works a lot with EVA foam, glue, and fake fur.
Her work includes Batman, and characters from Five Nights at Freddy's.
A personal favourite is Huggy Wuggy from Poppy Playtime.
"I really enjoyed making the Huggy Wuggy, which didn't incorporate a lot of that foam at all," Twance said. "I think I liked it so much because it was just different from the foam building. I also just think it turned out really cool. Kids really love it."
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