Suzie Yeung at the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, North Carolina on July 28, 2023. Credit: Pedro Heshike for Galaxy Con, CC BY 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Don’t worry, you did not have too many THC drinks.

Downtown Tampa will be crawling with people cosplaying as their favorite anime, gaming and comic characters this weekend for Metrocon at the Tampa Convention Center.

The three-day festival sort of has it all, from shows and activations (sword fights, fire breathing, comedy) to the arcade and LARP dungeon, to panels and appearances by cosplayers and voice actors like Suzie Yeung (pictured), it’s nerd heaven.

Passes for Metrocon 2026 happening Friday-Sunday, July 31-Aug. 2 at the Tampa Convention Center are still available and start at $75.

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This article appears in Jul 30 – Aug 05, 2026.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...