Welcome to the Convention Tuesdays segment! Each week here on Geek Alabama, Convention Tuesdays will feature and highlight conventions happening during the upcoming weekend in the State of Alabama, or within short driving distances from Alabama such as Atlanta, Nashville, Chattanooga, New Orleans, Jackson, Memphis, and other nearby cities close to Alabama.
Listings come from Southern Fandom Resource Guide
September 20-21 — JapanFest — Atlanta, Georgia
JapanFest Atlanta is an annual festival dedicated to the culture and heritage of Japan. This is your rare opportunity to experience Kabuki and Rakugo in Atlanta, GA. Kabuki, a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, returns to JapanFest. Broadway performer and king of kimono comedy, Katsura Sunshine, presents his comedic material.
With the ever-popular Matsuriza Taiko Drum Troupe, Samurai Sword Soul, sumo, karate, kendo, demonstrations, and many other performers, you are sure to enjoy a full day of entertainment. Local Japanese restaurants will offer a tantalizing menu of bento boxes, rice bowls, ramen noodles, sushi, yakisoba, shaved ice and more at the Japanese Food Court and Beer Garden.
Learn more at: https://www.japanfest.org/
September 20 — AshevilleCon — Asheville, North Carolina
AshevilleCon is a pop culture collectors’ mecca convention located in the beautiful City Asheville, North Carolina. Striving to be North Carolina’s best and truest comic convention featuring fandoms of multiple genres. As a long-time collector of pop culture items the promoter brings North Carolina an event that will satisfy any fandom!
Learn more at: http://ashevillecon.com/
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