The Multiple award-winning City of Cape Town has been home to many incredible creatives, change-makers, entrepreneurs, innovators, and artists, and now, the city will bring together the entire pop-culture community for a first-of-its-kind Comic Con, hosted in the Cape Town CBD, creating the region’s largest pop-culture experience inspired by the best of what the Mother City has to offer.
Comic Con Cape Town will become the heartbeat of the city from 27 – 30 April 2023. Hosted by the City of Cape Town, in collaboration with FanCon, the festival is aimed at creating a cultural pulse, stimulating the local economy, encouraging a creative flair as well as captivating new and old pop-culture fans, at a destination recognized as ‘the Most innovative African City’ by various international agencies.
Hosted at the CTICC, one of South Africa’s premier conferencing and event venues, Comic Con Cape Town will be creating an engaging environment across all four days, featuring a line-up of international and local celebrities, including comic book artists, writers, and illustrators, as well as popular TV and movie stars.
Showcasing a wide range of local exhibitors and vendors, fans are in for a treat as the Con will also feature the latest in pop-culture merchandise, gaming, comic books, collectibles, and stimulate local audiences through panel discussions, Cosplay competitions and loads of interactive experiences.
Contrary to popular belief, the show is not only for comic book fans and serious collectors, instead, it’s for those who love everything TV, movies, superheroes, games, animation, and so much more. Collocated at the festival will also be the Cape Town International Animation Festival, offering a dynamic programme featuring talks, workshops, screenings, as well as the opportunity to engage with local animators who have worked on major international productions, as well as producers and story tellers from around the world, in a not-to-be-missed immersing experience.
