What are you doing this weekend? Try going ‘retro’
A brand new week means a brand new batch of can’t miss events, right here in Montgomery County. Check out some favorites of Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board.
RETRO CON
Running since 2012, Retro Con is a pop culture and memorabilia show catering to anything considered “retro”, especially the 80’s! Show features include a huge vendor hall with over 225 tables of toys and other collectibles for sale, plus special guests, video games, cosplay, raffles, TV/movie cars such as the A-Team van and DeLorean time machine, panels/Q&A’s, replica props, and much more!
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Contests are always a big part of the show. Included this year are costume contests for both kids and adults, a trivia contest to win instant prizes, a retro T-shirt contest, retro Name That Tune, and a very popular Karaoke contest.
Popular genres at the show include Transformers, GI Joe, ThunderCats, Masters of the Universe, Micro Machines, Star Wars, Strawberry Shortcake, My Little Pony, Hot Wheels, Wrestling, Superheroes, Ghostbusters, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Shogun Warriors, M.A.S.K., Battle Beasts, Voltron, video games, and comics!
Guests attending this year include Gil Gerard (Buck Rogers), Felix Silla (Twiki and Cousin Itt), Melendy Britt (voice of the original She-Ra Princess of Power), Robbie Rist (voice of 1990 TMNT’s Michaelangelo), popular local YouTuber The Angry Video Game Nerd, Transformers-themed rock band The Cybertronic Spree, and many more!
Ticket Prices: Weekend $25
Saturday $20
Sunday $15
Kids 12 and Under FREE
ADMIRAL’S TAVERN
Through September 28
Independence Seaport Museum
Kick back on summer nights with stunning views of the Ben Franklin Bridge and a cold drink in hand, all while aboard the oldest steel warship afloat in the world. The Admiral’s Tavern beer garden (21+) is popping up again on Cruiser Olympia at Independence Seaport Museum every Friday and Saturday from 6:30 – 10:30 p.m.
Gather your crew for drinks, snacks, fun, and games on the most historic ship in Philadelphia. Food will be available for purchase.
Cover charge: $8 per person, includes on drink ticket.
SCIENCE FICTION
Exhibition runs through October 6
Berman Museum of Art
The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of ArtOpens a New Window. at Ursinus College presents Science Fiction Opens a New Window.from July 2 to October 6. Curated by Ginger Gregg Duggan and Judith Hoos Fox, Science Fiction features the work of 12 international artists who were all born in the 1960s and 1970s, when the line between science and fiction seemed to blur in unprecedented ways.
For the complete list of events click here.
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