LAST CALL FOR WEEKEND TICKETS FOR RETRO CON 2024!! We will stop preselling advance weekend tickets on Wednesday, September 4th!! After that it will cash-only at the door either day.

Full ticket info (including at-the-door pricing) can be found HERE!

Weekend tickets for Retro Con 2024 are now available for purchase!

Retro Con does things a little bit differently. If you can only come to the show on Saturday or Sunday, you can simply buy your ticket at the door on the day of choice. Day passes are a flat $20 either day, and kids 12 and under get in for free with paying adult. We’ll have multiple cash lines open for Saturday morning to help keep ahead of the initial crowd.

If you would like to buy a weekend ticket however, they can be purchased in advance at the link below! Weekend passes are $31, with NO additional fees at check-out. A weekend ticket gets you a slick Retro Con attendee badge with lanyard, and we start checking in weekend ticket holders at 9am on Saturday, an hour before General Admission begins. So consider this your “Earlybird” pass!

Can you buy a weekend ticket even if you only plan to attend the show one day? Absolutely! Many people buy the weekend pass simply for the badge and to get into the show early on Saturday. But we’ve got nearly 300 tables of shopping to check out, plus special guests, free-play arcade games, panels, contests, and a whole lot more. Well worth spending your entire weekend with us!

**Buy your Retro Con 2024 Weekend tickets HERE!**

We just woke up, what’d we miss?? Wait, it’s already been over a week since Retro Con ended?! Guess that means it’s time for a long overdue wrap-up post…

Retro Con has made a successful move to Hall A! There were hiccups and complications along the way, but overall we’re hearing mostly positive feedback from the new hall and layout. We may not have all the bells and whistles of the bigtime comic cons, but we like to think we deliver a decent bang for your buck, and foster an atmosphere that draws in genuine fans, and not so much your “influencer” and “too cool for school” types. We always try to be the change that we want to see in the convention world.

We’re also happy to report we totally shattered our attendance record for 2023! This was something we were highly relieved and pleased with considering there was substantially more competition for us this year, with no less than three major shows in the region happening the same weekend. We’re grateful to everyone that chose to spend the weekend or part of the weekend with us.

We’re aware of what needs improving in the new hall, and if we decide to keep the show going, we already have ideas on how we can fine tune things further.

We want to thank all of our attendees, vendors, guests, agents, everyone that came in costume, our panel room A/V person Tom Dalton, Oaks Expo Center, Arnold’s at the Factory, the Game is Afoot Arcade, Cool 98.5 for airing our guest shout-outs and spinning tunes at the show (and only ticking off one or two vendors), our panel room mods, Tommy & the Order of Cosmic Champions for sponsoring Stan Bush’s appearance, the Cybertronic Spree, the tv/movie car owners, the costume groups, anyone that helped us promote throughout the year, the Press outlets and photographers, and a special thanks to our friends at TooManyGames for jumping into action and supplying us with a speaker system when we realized the Hall A’s PA system was on the fritz!

And of course our biggest thanks go out to our staff and volunteers, who are truly the ones that keep the show rolling. We’re not sure where you find your boundless energy, but your spirit and enthusiasm is what keeps us going when we’d rather be taking a nap in a quiet corner somewhere. You guys are the best!

Our esteemed staff and volunteers for the year included Nick Govosdian, Denise Albright, Mike Breaux, Kevin Jones, Nagi Oki, Nate Kiphorn, Jack Doud, TJ Becker, Anthony Kyzer, Trick Treat, Dean Plakus, Tim Plakus, Kyle Williamson, Greg Hammaker, Jim Cannon, Matt March, Courtney March, Brandon Wassmer, Joe Fiore, Wayne Kline, Candice Santora, Logan Moran, Mike Townsend, Zach Townsend, Stephen Wang, Renee Devlin, Connie Smeriglio, Linda Marquis, Peter Tulay, Amanda Parker, Rachel Coppersmith, Stephen Williams, Bonnie Murphy, Shalisa Murphy, Lynn Brown, and Chris Scheetz.

Thank you to everyone that helped make Retro Con 2023 a truly memorable one!!

Weekend tickets for Retro Con 2023 are now available for purchase!

Retro Con keeps it simple. If you can only come to the show on Saturday or Sunday, you can buy your ticket right at the door. Kids 12 and under get in for free with paying adult. We’re opening additional cash lines for Saturday morning to help keep ahead of the crowd this year.

If you would like a weekend ticket however, they can be purchased in advance at the link below. A weekend ticket gets you a slick Retro Con attendee badge with lanyard, and raffle tickets for Saturday and Sunday! Also, we start checking in weekend ticket holders at 9am on Saturday, an hour before General Admission begins. So consider this your “Earlybird” pass!

Can you buy a weekend ticket even if you only plan to attend the show one day? Absolutely! Many people buy the weekend pass simply for the badge and to get into the show early on Saturday.

Buy your Retro Con 2023 Weekend tickets here:

retrocons.com/purchase-retro-con-tickets/

It’s been two weeks since Retro Con 2022, so I guess we’re overdue for a post show wrap-up!

First off, we wanted to say we’re sorry to anyone caught up in MEGA LINE early on Saturday. We hadn’t expected such a large crowd so early on, and we were ill-prepared for it. We thank you for your patience though, and for not judging us too harshly. If we keep going with the show and are fortunate to have a crowd like this again, we already have ideas in mind on how to improve our system and get people onto the floor faster (both at the door and Pre-Reg). A big shout-out to our Star Wars friends at Garrison Carida for going outside to entertain the crowd while we got our [wits] together!

Overall though, Retro Con’s 10th anniversary show was a smashing success! We had our largest attendance ever, and we really felt the energy and enthusiasm throughout the hall this year. The vendors were hopping, costumes were back in full effect, and the panels and contests were all widely attended. We were happy to see new faces at the show in addition to longtime supporters. Even though we attract people of all ages, we like to think everyone gels together very well at Retro Con. That’s the difference a “grassroots” show can make.

We’d like to thank everyone that supported the show by purchasing a ticket, all our super-friendly guests for the year, anyone that came to the show dressed in costume, all the awesome car owners and the costume groups, the Cybertronic Spree band for rocking the place, our A/V tech for the year Tom Dalton, the Game is Afoot Arcade, the various agencies that helped with our guest list, sponsors Cool 98.5 FM and Tommy & The Order of Cosmic Champions, Arnold’s Family Fun Center, and the Greater Philly Expo Center for having us!

And as always, our biggest shout-out goes out to our staff and volunteers, the true backbone of the show! When things go “off script”, we’re not always sure how to respond. But our friends at the show always bring a fresh set of eyes to the situation, and offer solutions we never would have thought of. Their help is immeasurable and indispensable.

Our staff and volunteers for 2022 included Denise Albright, Mike Breaux, Kevin Jones, Nagi Oki, Nate Kiphorn, Nick Govosdian, Jack Doud, TJ Becker, Jim Cannon, Anthony Kyzer, Trick Treat, Dean Plakus, Tim Plakus, Greg Hammaker, Matt March, Courtney March, Kyle Williamson, Brandon Wassmer, Joe Fiore, Wayne Kline, Candice Santora, Rob Brand, Nancy Squartino, Allie Squartino, Logan Moran, Mike Townsend, Zach Townsend, Stephen Wang, Renee Devlin, Connie Smeriglio, Linda Marquis, Nikki Ashley, Amanda Parker, Rachel Coppersmith, Paul Sutt, and Jamie Sutt. Sincerely, thank you for everything.

Retro Con signing off!!

You can now pre-purchase your weekend ticket for Retro Con 2020! You can reserve your ticket(s) via Paypal here:

https://retrocons.com/purchase-retro-con-tickets/

Advantages of being a weekend ticket holder include:

-Save $9 versus paying at the door both days

-Preregistrants get a laminated Retro Con attendee badge with lanyard

-Raffle tickets for both days

-Preregistrants get a 2.25″ Retro Con pin

-And last but not least, Preregistrants get into Retro Con an HOUR EARLY on Saturday (at 9am)! So consider this your “earlybird” pass!

**Can’t attend Retro Con all weekend but still want to go?? We got you covered! We will most assuredly be selling admission at the door each day!**