On Saturday, November 16th from 7 pm to 11 pm Disability Comic Con will host our first ever inclusive fundraiser, The Best of Texas Cosplay Friendsgiving, at The Silo. This event is a first of its kind and we expect to have an attendance of over 300 people with many of them being in their best cosplay.
Texas is known as the cosplay headquarters in the United States having the most comic conventions and brick and mortar businesses dedicated to pop culture, comics, games, and entertainment according to recent polls and shared by numerous media outlets.
Texas tops the list of the best US states for cosplay fans, with its composite score of 8.46. This state ranks highest in hosting anime conventions in 2024 and has the largest number of cosplay stores. The cosplay community in Texas is the second most active on the list.
The Best of Texas Cosplay Friendsgiving proceeds will be used to have a larger venue for Disability Comic Con in 2025. When the organization initially formed it was a group of strangers who met while attending Comicpalooza in 2021. The group kept in contact with each others Instagram page now fast forward to 2024 and the friends have created a bond that includes cosplay, being real life super heroes, and creating a safe space for those with invisible and visible disabilities.
The Best of Texas Cosplay is happening at a historic location in Houston, TX called The Silo. The Silo is over 100 years old and started as a rice factor in the fifth ward. The owner, Kenneth Cummings, has been the overseer of This Silo for 25 years making it the ideal place for live art and entertainment with a hint of apocalypse aesthetic.
Images of The Silo found online
[The Silo]...venue established in 1999 has hosted live music, performance art, theater, raves, dance parties, video shoots, social functions, private parties and more. Winner of the Houston Press' Best Alternative Venue award in 2013
Some of the vendors at the event will include catering by H.E.A.R.T.S Program a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to providing employment training and work opportunities for those with a disability. Cocktails will be provided by Pour Me Perfection, our favorite Houston event medical company Raptor Event Medical will be on standby with their large prehistoric mascot, and there will be security provided by Flash Right Solutions. Attendees can expect to meet various vendors while vibing out to DJ HydeHeart.
Committee and cosplay members LordSnow_Cosplay, Willjaceyy, Dragonavalanche17, Lil_Chocolate.candy777, Legacy_Airbrush, and Byran_Card posing at The Silo
It is the organization hopes that the Best of Texas Cosplay becomes a tradition in Houston and a staple in the cosplay community. The event is welcome to all however goers must be 21 and up for entry. The tickets can be purchased on the website and attendees have the chance to purchase their ticket at 40% off until the promo code EARLY ends in October.
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