Shindigs
Around the ‘Verse
Steel City Con
The Steel City Con is the exclusive comic con of the Monroeville Convention Center. It is one of the largest comic cons in the United States with over 100,000 square feet of convention space and filled with over 600 vendor and artist tables, and celebrity guests. At the Steel City Con you can meet TV and film celebrities along with experience celebrity Q & A’s, panels, celebrity photo ops, and the Artist Charity Quick Sketch. You can also take part in the Steel City Con’s cosplay, trivia contest and costume contests! For more information, visit steelcitycon.com.
3 Rivers Comicon
3 Rivers Comicon has been putting the comics back in comicon since 2016. Located in Pittsburgh, Pa they have been bringing the best in comics to the area since year 1. For more information, visit 3riverscomicon.com.
Sci-Fi Valley Con
At Sci-Fi Valley Con believes in creating a personal and cherished experience for each and every attendee. Their mission is to provide an intimate setting where you can connect with celebrity guest actors, exhibitors, and our dedicated staff on a deeper level. Prepare to be immersed in a world of nostalgia as they proudly hold the title of 'The Home of Nostalgia'.
With a wide range of offerings, there's something for everyone at this convention. Delight in the presence of 300 talented artists and dealers, indulge in captivating costume contests, and participate in charity auctions and quick sketches that support meaningful causes. Engage in enlightening Q&A panels and enriching workshops. For the gaming enthusiasts, dive into the world of video games and tabletop gaming. And of course, anticipate special appearances from beloved celebrity guests.
Sci-Fi Valley Con is more than just an event—it's a gateway to unforgettable experiences. Celebrate the power of nostalgia and make memories that will last a lifetime. For more information, visit scifivalleycon.com.
Nickel City Comic Con
Imagine a room filled with the world’s greatest Super Heroes, movie & television characters, and yes, even the Villains. A giant space where this world and the world of fantasy collide – that’s Nickel City Con. NCC is Western NY’s Largest Pop Culture and Comic Book Convention.
We bring the biggest names in the entertainment industry right here so you can meet & see them up close. From photo opportunities to fan panels, leading stars open up and answer your questions about what it’s really like to make all the fantastic movies, tv shows and comics you love. NCC is an amazing fan experience.
For more information, visit nickelcitycon.com.
WV Pop Culture and Comic Book Convention
West Virginia's best pop culture and comic book convention. For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/WVPop/.
Serenity 20th Anniversary Big Damn Shindig
2025 marks the 20th anniversary of Serenity, and the California Browncoats are celebrating in Los Angeles with one Big Damn Shindig! This shiny weekend will be one of a kind, bringing together two of the most important social events of Browncoat culture– the Browncoat Ball and Can’t Stop The Serenity– to create an immersive anniversary bash that celebrates not just our favorite ship and her crew, but the very Browncoat fandom itself.
The Big Damn Shindig breaks atmo September 18-21, 2025, over Newhall, California, a little Los Angeles neighborhood with a big history. From early gold mining settlement, to fruit packing town, to shooting location for many a Hollywood Western– Newhall offers a charming slice of vintage California life.
Here is what we already know:
* A Thursday night hangout, to meet Browncoats from all over the ‘verse, play games, and visit with friends both old and new.
* A bus tour of Firefly/Serenity shooting locations on Friday, followed by a CSTS charity screening of Serenity on the rooftop bar of the Hotel Lexen with games, food, raffles and more. (Proceeds benefit Equality Now.)
*A chance to dance the night away (or just question the buffet table) at the Browncoat Ball on Saturday night. Music will be supplied by a DJ as well as a live set from The Fallen Stars.
*A weekend sendoff complete with a picnic breakfast in Hart Park on Sunday morning.
More details are being released all the time at browncoatball.com/2025/
CMU Scotty Con
A student-run anime & games convention at Carnegie Mellon University.
Welcome to the fifth year of ScottyCon! Enjoy CMU's one and only (and therefore best) anime and video gaming convention! They'll have a blast of events this year, ranging from panels, masquerade, artist alley, and much much more.
The full event schedule will be released in March. The website is updated on a rolling basis. Meanwhile, check out the "Info" tab for more information about the event at scottycon.com.
Pittsburgh Comic Book Show
PITTSBURGH'S COMIC BOOK CONNECTION FOR BUYERS + SELLERS
Pittsburgh Comic Book Show returns Sunday, March 23, 2025, 10AM – 4PM at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Bethel Park, PA. This is the premier one-day meet-up event experience for in-person, hotel comic book buying, selling and trading in Pittsburgh!
Tens of thousands of comic back issues, trade paperbacks, slabs + more
Meet with comic book collectors + enthusiasts from multiple states.
Find rare, key issues from your favorite publishers like Marvel, DC, Image, Dark Horse Comics, BOOM! Studios, Dynamite, independent, etc.
Kids under 12, first responders + military FREE admission
FREE parking
Special guest, DC + Marvel illustrator, Ben Harvey
Special guest, creator of Megaton Man series, Don Simpson
For more information, visit pittsburghcomicbookshow.com.
Fan Expo Cleveland
FAN EXPO Cleveland is the ultimate go-to event for sci-fi, horror, anime, and gaming event in Cleveland that attracts thousands of people to the Huntington Convention Center.
FAN EXPO Cleveland offers exciting family-friendly attractions, events, and world-renowned Celebrities! The show, which started as Wizard World Cleveland in 2015, has featured celebrities and creators like Stan Lee, Chris Hemsworth, Jason Momoa, Tom Welling, Ian Somerhalder, Anthony Mackie, Frank Grillo, William Shatner and many more headliners.
Everyone is a fan of something, and FAN EXPO Cleveland is a place to celebrate all things pop culture. Get an autograph or a photo with your favorite guest then get the inside scoop about your favorite movies and TV shows at our celebrity panels! Watch professional comic artists battle it out in our popular Sketch Duels, learn from our “How To” workshops, and take photos with your favorite costumed characters! It’s also a great place to buy a unique gift (or treat yourself!) with a huge show floor for shopping madness.
This year's guests include Mark Sheppard (Badger) of "Firefly."
For more information, visit https://fanexpohq.com/fanexpocleveland/.
Emerald City Comic Con (20th anniversary Serenity reunion)
Emerald City Comic Con welcomes guests from across the pop culture spectrum, from your favorite anime voice actors to household names to the nostalgic characters of your youth. With a ticket, you can see these guests in panels at the show, or even pre-purchase Select Autographs and Photo Ops before the show to make a memory that lasts a lifetime.
Just in time to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Firefly film Serenity, the cast will reunite on Saturday, March 8 and Sunday, March 9 to meet fans for Photo Ops and Autograph sessions and a Sunday Main Stage panel. Photo Ops and Autographs for ECCC went on sale on December 12 to Popverse Superfans and then to the public on December 13. Nathan Fillion, Summer Glau, Jewel Staite, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, and Sean Maher, are heading to Emerald City Comic Con (ECCC) 2025.
For more information, visit emeraldcitycomiccon.com.
Horror Realm
Horror Realm™ is a convention run by fans for fans of zombies and the horror genre. The convention takes place in Pittsburgh, the Zombie Capital of the World and features a dealer room featuring specialty vendors with items such as:
Movies & DVD’s
T-shirts & other apparel
Toys & collectibles
Movie memorabilia
Books & comics
Games
Original art
Celebrity guests
Zombie & horror film festival
Contests & activities
For more information, visit horrorrealmcon.com.
"Serenity - Part 1&2" original broadcast watch party
This two-hour episode, intended to be the series pilot, was the last episode to air on Fox back in 2002. Consider this our brigade's holiday party before Nick the Saint arrives a few days later. After 22 years, we're still flyin'. It's not much, but it's enough.
Episode will screen promptly at 8pm, just like it did on Fox in 2022. Location is TBD, depending on expected attendance. Attendees will be contacted with the exact location the week of the watch party. Drinks and snacks will be provided, but those who wish to partake of any beverages that make you blind should be advised that all watch parties are BYOB. All watch parties are strictly non-smoking shindigs.
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"Objects in Space" original broadcast watch party
The final episode of the series, written and directed by Joss Whedon, originally aired a week before the pilot back in 2002. Does that seem right to you?
Episode will screen promptly at 8pm, just like it did on Fox in 2022. Location is TBD, depending on expected attendance. Attendees will be contacted with the exact location the week of the watch party. Drinks and snacks will be provided, but those who wish to partake of any beverages that make you blind should be advised that all watch parties are BYOB. All watch parties are strictly non-smoking shindigs.
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"War Stories" original broadcast watch party
Having the chance to see this episode as it originally aired is a great excuse not to be in your bunk this evening. There might even be cake and ice cream to celebrate the birthday of one of our CSTS Pittsburgh crew, if he's in attendance.
Episode will screen promptly at 8pm, just like it did on Fox in 2022. Location is TBD, depending on expected attendance. Attendees will be contacted with the exact location the week of the watch party. Drinks and snacks will be provided, but those who wish to partake of any beverages that make you blind should be advised that all watch parties are BYOB. All watch parties are strictly non-smoking shindigs.
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"Ariel" original broadcast watch party
The heist episode as it originally aired over twenty years ago. Look closely and you'll notice some costumes and props that would be used many years later in "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog."
Episode will screen promptly at 8pm, just like it did on Fox in 2022. Location is TBD, depending on expected attendance. Attendees will be contacted with the exact location the week of the watch party. Drinks and snacks will be provided, but those who wish to partake of any beverages that make you blind should be advised that all watch parties are BYOB. All watch parties are strictly non-smoking shindigs.
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"Safe" original broadcast watch party
"Big damn heroes... Ain't we just?" You will be if you join us to watch this episode in all its original glory.
Episode will screen promptly at 8pm, just like it did on Fox in 2022. Location is TBD, depending on expected attendance. Attendees will be contacted with the exact location the week of the watch party. Drinks and snacks will be provided, but those who wish to partake of any beverages that make you blind should be advised that all watch parties are BYOB. All watch parties are strictly non-smoking shindigs.
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Sci-Fi Valley Con
With special guest Mark Sheppard (Badger)
For more info: scifivalleycon.com
"Shindig" original broadcast watch party
This is the episode that inspired the Browncoat Ball, exactly as it first aired over two decades ago. It promises to be a mighty fine shindig, especially for them as just returned from this year's Browncoat Ball in Bethlehem.
Episode will screen promptly at 8pm, just like it did on Fox in 2022. Location is TBD, depending on expected attendance. Attendees will be contacted with the exact location the week of the watch party. Drinks and snacks will be provided, but those who wish to partake of any beverages that make you blind should be advised that all watch parties are BYOB. All watch parties are strictly non-smoking shindigs.
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"Out of Gas" original broadcast watch party
"A ship like this, you treat her proper, she'll be with you the rest of your life." If you're not attending the Browncoat Ball, then why not come watch the episode that's about how Firefly all began, exactly the way it looked on TV back when it all began?
Episode will screen promptly at 8pm, just like it did on Fox in 2022. Location is TBD, depending on expected attendance. Attendees will be contacted with the exact location the week of the watch party. Drinks and snacks will be provided, but those who wish to partake of any beverages that make you blind should be advised that all watch parties are BYOB. All watch parties are strictly non-smoking shindigs.
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Browncoat Ball 2024
The Pennsylvania Browncoats are hosting a sit-down with a passel of Firefly fans from near and far for a mighty fine shindig in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania from October 25-27, 2024. The Browncoat Ball — held near annually since 2004 in various cities throughout the U.S. — is exactly the kind of diversion you could use.
"Jaynestown" original broadcast watch party
This evening will be all about the Hero of Canton. We can't promise a sing-along or Mudder's Milk, but all are encouraged to wear their favorite t-shirts or cunning hats celebrating the man they call Jayne.
Episode will screen promptly at 8pm, just like it did on Fox in 2022. Location is TBD, depending on expected attendance. Attendees will be contacted with the exact location the week of the watch party. Drinks and snacks will be provided, but those who wish to partake of any beverages that make you blind should be advised that all watch parties are BYOB. All watch parties are strictly non-smoking shindigs.
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"Our Mrs. Reynolds" original broadcast watch party
If you join us to watch this episode-- just the way it was when it originally aired-- our days of taking you seriously will certainly come to a middle.
Episode will screen promptly at 8pm, just like it did on Fox in 2022. Location is TBD, depending on expected attendance. Attendees will be contacted with the exact location the week of the watch party. Drinks and snacks will be provided, but those who wish to partake of any beverages that make you blind should be advised that all watch parties are BYOB. All watch parties are strictly non-smoking shindigs.
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"Bushwacked" original broadcast watch party
The closest we ever get to seeing Reavers in the series, and the closest you'll get to feeling like you're watching this episode as it originally aired on Fox back in 2002.
Episode will screen promptly at 8pm, just like it did on Fox in 2022. Location is TBD, depending on expected attendance. Attendees will be contacted with the exact location the week of the watch party. Drinks and snacks will be provided, but those who wish to partake of any beverages that make you blind should be advised that all watch parties are BYOB. All watch parties are strictly non-smoking shindigs.
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"The Train Job" original broadcast watch party
Celebrate "U-Day" by putting on your favorite Browncoats t-shirt (or maybe even a coat that has kind of a brownish color to it) and joining us to watch the pilot that was never intended to be a pilot, just as it premiered on September 20, 2002. Guaranteed to be safer than spending the evening in an Alliance-friendly bar looking for a quiet drink.
Episode will screen promptly at 8pm, just like it did on Fox in 2022. Location is TBD, depending on expected attendance. Attendees will be contacted with the exact location the week of the watch party. Drinks and snacks will be provided, but those who wish to partake of any beverages that make you blind should be advised that all watch parties are BYOB. All watch parties are strictly non-smoking shindigs.
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Can't Stop the Serenity - Pittsburgh
No power in the 'verse can stop the Rivers & Bridges Brigade of the Pennsylvania Browncoats from presenting Pittsburgh's 19th annual Can't Stop the Serenity charity screening of the 2005 sci-fi classic Serenity! This year's screening will be Saturday, August 10 at the historic Grand Theatre in Elizabeth, PA, a traditional theatre that was built in 1902 and is even rumored to be haunted!
There will be drawings too, including a shiny "door prize" and a special drawing for those who are seeing the movie for the first time. Prior to the Big Damn Movie there will be time to socialize and play Serenity-themed carnival-style games to win even more shiny prizes. Doors will open at 6pm, and the movie will begin at approximately 7:30pm.
Those who make a minimum $10 donation will receive admission and an entry in the "door-prize" drawing (and a special drawing for first-time viewers, if appropriate). All proceeds from this year's event will be split evenly between Joni & Friends and the Veterans Leadership Program of Western PA.
Since 2006, Pittsburgh’s Can’t Stop the Serenity events have raised over $16,000 for various local, national and international charities, and contributed to a global CSTS effort that has raised over $1.35 million! Last year's event raised $1,265, and with your help, we hope to raise even more this year!
If you’d like to join us you can get tickets through Jump Cut Theater.
If you are unable to attend but would still like to support the cause, click here for a donation only option!
Can’t Stop the Serenity Pittsburgh is sponsored by Geek Frontiers and Jump Cut Theater.