This is Dragon Con weekend. Dragon Con runs August 28th through September 1st and is held in Atlanta, GA. Dragon Con is one of the largest and most well-known pop culture conventions in North America. This event has grown from it’s small origins in 1987 into a massive five-day event that draws tens of thousands of attendees. and encompasses multiple host hotels in downtown Atlanta. This is a 24-hour event that features panels, vendors, artists, celebrities, gaming and just about everything else that you can imagine.
2025 Dragon Con Coverage:
Wednesday
Thursday Pt. 1, Pt. 2, Pt. 3
Join the Blood Drive
Friday Pt. 1, Pt. 2, Pt. 3
Saturday Pt.1, Pt. 2
Parade Pt. 1, Pt. 2, Pt. 3
Sunday
So I am running out of things to really says about Friday, so this paragraph is just random space filler. First 10 people who send me a message with “PopCultHQ Rules”, I’ll send ya a little gift.
Our past Dragon Con cosplay coverage can be found here: 2016, 2017,2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Now we move on to our third and final batch of Friday Cosplay Photos. These photos are from Leo Nocedo and Kat Astrophe from Nocedo Photo Media Group. This is only a few of their shots, you can find more of their Friday photos on Facebook.
As always if you ID your photo, we will tag it for you.
About Dragon Con
Dragon Con is the internationally known pop culture convention held each Labor Day Weekend (Aug. 28 – Sept. 1, 2025) in Atlanta. Organized for fans, Dragon Con features more than 3,500 hours of comics, film, television, costuming, art, music, and gaming over four days. For more information, please visit www.dragoncon.org and follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X.
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be sure to check out our Cosplay Convention List!
