CoreCon 2025: Full Schedule

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8:00am CDT

Saturday Funday

Saturday May 24, 2025 8:00am - 11:00am CDT

Do you miss Saturday morning cartoons? So do we! So we're showing them! Come to Sterling Saturday morning to watch cartoons with us. We'll even have cereal (while supplies last)!

Saturday May 24, 2025 8:00am - 11:00am CDT
Main Programming Sterling

Movie & TV Buffs, FOOD!

Audience All Ages

11:00am CDT

Dr. Fansuite or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Con

Saturday May 24, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT

Main Programming

Thank you so much for being a patron of the Fansuites this year! But how do you run one yourself? In this open-floor panel we'd like to give an overview of the process of creating, running, and managing a Fansuite. Whatever your questions are we'll try to answer them with a few funny stories along the way!

Saturday May 24, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT
Main Programming Sterling

Literature Scholars Learning!

Audience All Ages

12:30pm CDT

Dane Boe: Coming Out Online – Stories and Strategies from LGBTQ Creators

Saturday May 24, 2025 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT

Main Programming

Coming out is a deeply personal experience—but doing it online adds a whole new layer. In this panel, LGBTQ creators come together to talk openly about the ups, downs, and everything in between when it comes to coming out in the digital age. From finding community to facing trolls, building safe spaces to navigating visibility, this discussion offers support, insight, and real talk for anyone walking a similar path. This is a welcoming space to ask questions, share stories, and celebrate queer identity online.

Speakers

Dane Boe

YouTuber & LGBT+ Activist

Dane “Daneboe” Boedigheimer is the creator of Annoying Orange, the viral YouTube sensation that became a global phenomenon with billions of views, a TV series, and a lasting impact on internet culture. Since launching in 2009, Annoying Orange has entertained audiences worldwide... Read More →

Saturday May 24, 2025 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
Main Programming Sterling

Guest Panel

Audience All Ages

2:00pm CDT

Kamikaze Snowmen’s True Crime Podcast Album Listening Party Q+A and Feedback Session

Saturday May 24, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT

Main Programming

Listen to a selection of brand-new tracks from the new Kamikaze Snowmen album and in the highest of fidelity brought to you by Doug-a-Vision 5.1 Stereotronics. Preview some of the stellar art! Ask questions about the tracks! Give first impressions of likes (Paul’s stuff) and dislikes (Josh’s stuff) and win the chance to throw stale croutons* at the panelists while they cry! All this and more for free!
*Croutons not available in all areas

Speakers

Kamikaze Snowmen

Local Comedic Musicians

The Kamikaze Snowmen began in 1993 as a fun improvisational pastime between three juniorhigh friends. The group evolved in the late 1990s-early 2000s into an indie comedy band,recording albums and playing live shows at coffee houses and college campus events.In the 2010s the Snowmen... Read More →

Saturday May 24, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
Main Programming Sterling

Guest Panel

Audience All Ages

3:30pm CDT

Halloween Trivia 2: The Return

Saturday May 24, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT

Main Programming

Hosted by Midwest Paranormal Files: New rounds, new questions, same ghoul-some hosts! Gather your team and prepare yourselves for spine-tingling brain-sizzling Halloween-themed trivia. Will your team survive the sequel of Halloween Trivia? Sign up and find out!

Our trivia game is similar to pub-style trivia: music, movies, facts, etc. We provide question sheets/clipboards/pens to the teams, we score the rounds in between and declare winners all in good fun.

Saturday May 24, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
Main Programming Sterling

Literature Scholars Learning!, Trivia

Audience All Ages

7:00pm CDT

Costume Contest

Saturday May 24, 2025 7:00pm - 8:00pm CDT

Main Programming

Come watch all our talented participants as they showcase their talents! Our Costume Contest is one of CoreCon's most attended events - you'll want to get in line early to watch before it's standing room only!

Speakers

Kamikaze Snowmen

Local Comedic Musicians

Saturday May 24, 2025 7:00pm - 8:00pm CDT
Main Programming Sterling

Costuming

Audience All Ages

8:30pm CDT

Super Spooky Scary Movie Party (18+)

Saturday May 24, 2025 8:30pm - 9:30pm CDT

Main Programming

JD Provorse and Michelle Roller of We Watch Shudder are inviting you to a super spooky scary movie party! They'll be showing and discussing scenes from their favorite horror movies and delving into what exactly what makes those films so special. Discussions will be spoiler-light. The intention is to get you interested in watching the movies yourself, not ruining them for you. There is a 99% chance of scenes with blood, gore, and viscera. View at your own discretion.

Saturday May 24, 2025 8:30pm - 9:30pm CDT
Main Programming Sterling

Movie & TV Buffs

Audience After Dark (18+)

10:00pm CDT

Rock Band Tournament

Saturday May 24, 2025 10:00pm - Sunday May 25, 2025 12:00am CDT

Main Programming

Oh, we have SO gotten the band(s) back together!! Sign up for Rock Band on PS4 in the Egaming Portal. Grab a full band of rockers, pick 2 songs, and perform your gig on the Sterling stage! Prizes awarded for Best Band - for all instruments!

View a complete list of Rock Band songs at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_downloadable_songs_for_the_Rock_Band_series

Saturday May 24, 2025 10:00pm - Sunday May 25, 2025 12:00am CDT
Main Programming Sterling

Music/Dance

Audience Teen