PopCult Anime Con 2025 will be our last year as a convention.
This wasn’t an easy decision and while it may feel sudden, we the staff have been discussing this on and off for the past year.
As you all know, PCAC has always tried to build ourselves around key principles including Local, Low-Cost Entertainment and Accessibility for the Disabled. Many of our staff have been with us since 2016, putting in colossal effort over the course of a decade. We are aging and our illnesses are starting to affect us more each year. Some of us have moved yet still travel far to work for the con, others are starting families or moving on from the convention scene. Finding new staff that meet our standards and share our vision is incredible when it happens, but rare.
Our con has always been self-funded, with no corporate sponsorships or major investors outside of the generous donations of staff and attendees. We were lucky to survive the Covid-19 pandemic as an event, but our attendance growth lost momentum after returning in 2022. Facing lower than projected ticket sales and increasing prices nationwide, our financial viability is weakening. We would rather put on one last amazing show than be remembered as an event that struggled and faded in its final years. Our staff is in agreement that we will pull out all the stops to make PopCult Anime Con 2025 a weekend to celebrate with happiness and pride.
We cannot thank you, the attendees, enough. Whether you’ve been with us since 2016 or are just finding out about the PCACommunity, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for coming on this journey with us. We hope you will take the ideas we fought for and bring them with you to other events in the community: Demand accessibility, demand affordability, be kind to your community. All we have is each other, and the memories we hold dear in our hearts.
So tell all your friends. Bring all your loved ones. Pre-register for PopCult Anime Con 2025 and make the pledge with us –
This is gonna be one last summer party to remember!
To Our Dearest Beachlovers…
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