The Cosplay Masquerade is your opportunity to strut your stuff on a stage before your fellow fans. Inspire the audience with your craftsmanship, your creativity, or both! Show your work with pride and get some snazzy photos pulling your best poses while doing so. No experience is necessary. Whether your cosplay is bought or made, from anime or comics, in a group or flying solo, all are welcome here.
If you anticipate
needing any help getting your costume or yourself to the stage, let us
know in the extra requirements section.
The Masquerade will be on
Saturday, all entrants will need to assemble in the Masquerade Green
Room half an hour before the show. The green room will remain open
before, and during the show with chairs, water and places to store your
bags while you're doing your thing. You'll need to attend the Masquerade
and Cabaret show briefing Saturday morning so we can check you in (you
don't have to be in your show outfit though), take you through the set
up, tech check and make sure we have your details right. If you need to
make any last-minute changes, this is your time to let us know! If you
can't make the briefing because you're running a panel, manning your vendor pitch, volunteering at another part of the convention or for any other
reason, just let us know asap and we'll work something out.
You can enter both the Cosplay Masquerade and the Cherry Cabaret if you wish.
Confetti and bubbles are strictly prohibited.
When planning your act please keep in mind others will use the stage
after you so don't drop anything that can't be easily picked up. We'll
have volunteers on hand to help you set up and take down, you'll never be
on your own, just let us know what support you need.
Applications are first-come-first-served (though line up order on the day will differ based on need).
