DerpyCon is very excited to announce the return of the DerpyCon Film Festival for 2022! Filmmakers rejoice and join us in sharing your anime, gaming, cosplay, sci-fi, horror, comic and general nerd related films during our film festival for all to see. We will even be handing out three awards to the competition – the Golden Cone for Best in Show, the Golden Cloud for Top Animated Film, and the Golden Muffin for Top Regional Film. Join us in showcasing your film at the convention by submitting before August 10th, 2022 at https://www.derpycon.com/film-festival/.

DerpyCon is excited to announce our next guest for 2022… Kent Williams!

Kent is a veteran voice actor with over 200 credits to his name, including as Dr. Gero, Tao, Supreme Kai, Kibito Kai, and Elder Kai in Dragon Ball Z, Blue Ogre and Chuu in Yu Yu Hakusho, Father in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and Hatori Soma in Fruits Basket. You can also find him as a master puppeteer and hear him in a variety of radio spots and commercials.

Learn more about Kent at www.derpycon.com/guests/ and make sure to buy your badge today to be able to meet him at DerpyCon 2022!

DerpyCon is proud to announce our first guest for 2022… Lauren Landa!

Lauren is a veteran voice actress with over fifteen years of experience and over a hundred and fifty roles. You can find her in a magical girl transformation as Sailor Neptune in VIZ’s Sailor Moon, battling titans as Annie Leonhart in Attack On Titan, kicking butt as Kasumi in Dead or Alive 5 and as Litchi Faye Ling in the BlazBlue Franchise, or recently as Juno in Beastars. You can also find her in Skullgirls, Tales of Xillia, The Seven Deadly Sins, Over the Moon for You, and a ton of other shows and video games.

Learn more about at www.derpycon.com/guests/ and make sure to buy your badge today to be able to meet her at DerpyCon 2022!

DerpyCon is proud to present the return of the AMV Contests! Join us this year for two epic AMV Contests – our Showcase Contest and our Saturday Morning Cartoons Contest. The entry form for the contests is now available – submit your AMVs today and learn more at https://www.derpycon.com/amvs/.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – DerpyCon is pleased to announce the groundbreaking of its very own hotel and resort – the first ever convention-owned hotel venue – in Piscataway, New Jersey with the DerpyCon Hotel Piscataway, where everyday is a con.

The DerpyCon Hotel Piscataway is the resort attendees want, a convention event everyday. The resort will not just feature an on-site bar, restaurant, and coffee shop, but also all of the con items that attendees want to see when they travel to a con.

The hotel will include countless amenities, including over 100 store fronts where vendors will be able to showcase their goods, an indoor waterpark and pool where you can sip up some brews, multiple gazebos and water fountains on-site so that cosplayers won’t need to fight over where to take a picture, a 3,000 sq ft video game room, panel rooms with events daily, a theatre with stage for main events, a movie theatre showcasing anime films 24/7, LARP, manga library, and so much more.

And for all the voice acting guests out there – no need to ever miss a recording session again! The DerpyCon Hotel Piscataway will have an on-site studio so voice actors don’t need to miss a beat of their work schedule while at the hotel for a convention appearance.

While staying at the resort, guests can stay in one of the many suites, which can accommodate up to 12 guests. And registration for any conventions at the hotel and resort is included with the room reservation. Included in every room is a full TV Entertainment System, free access to DerpyCon Online, and easy connectivity for all of your favorite gaming systems.

And if the outdoors are more your thing, the DerpyCon Hotel Piscataway also has space for camping festivals, with the campgrounds conveniently located for a camping experience like no other.

As is tradition, DerpyCon will continue to hold their annual event in New Brunswick, New Jersey, which is just down the street from its flagship hotel.

The DerpyCon Hotel Piscataway will open in 2025 and will start accepting reservations in June 2024. Visit the booking page for more information and to stay informed.

Panels – get ready! Applications open today!

Submit your Panels & Workshop applications for DerpyCon 2022 now through June 29th to present at the convention. In-Person and Virtual Panel submissions will be accepted.

Learn more at https://www.derpycon.com/programming/panels/.

Gear up for the experience of the fall with DerpyCon 2022 – Pre-Registration and Hotel Blocks are now available. Grab your badge and hotel room today to get started on the action.

Weekend badges are available at their lowest price of $45 through June 30th. Hotel rooms are available starting at $165/night. And… if you book a room before June 30th… you’ll get one complimentary weekend registration.

Learn more at https://www.derpycon.com/registration/ and https://www.derpycon.com/location/hotel/.

Note: We are currently assessing and reviewing potentially COVID-19 policies that may be in place for our convention this October. We will release an update as soon as we have more information.

We know what you’ve been waiting for……. the schedule! The DerpyCon 2021 schedule is now live! Check it out Online or in our Digital Guidebook at https://derpycon.com/con-vitals.

With our final guest announcement for DerpyCon 2021, please welcome back Charles Dunbar!

A cultural anthropologist and avid tabletop rpg player, Charles will be presenting panels and running D&D adventures throughout the weekend. You’ll find him at his table in the Exhibitors Hall, at the head of a panel room, or at a gaming table.

Learn more about Charles Dunbar, and all of our guests, at https://www.derpycon.com/guests/.

Take the party downtown as our official late-night partner the Blackthorn Restaurant and Irish Pub hosts the DerpyCon After Dark Party on Friday & Saturday Nights! With live music, dancing, specialty cocktails & beer, and a late-night menu, you’ll be in for the party of the weekend. 21+ Only.
And join them during the day all weekend long for lunch, dinner, or drinks – as a Show Your Badge Discount Partner, you’ll get a 10% discount with your DerpyCon 2021 badge.