Schedule
Every ConFluence attendee has access to workshops, panels, the cosplay contest, a vendor marketplace, gaming, pop-up activities, and a curated visual art exhibition. Saturday tickets include a late-night dance party.
Every ticket also includes a free swag bag.
Food will be available for purchase on site from local food trucks, and in the 1st floor Public Functionary space.
Special Guests
Tim Russ, Actor
Aabria Iyengar, Gamemaster
Ytasha Womack, Author
Evva Karr, Game Designer
Ricardo Levins Morales, Artist
Samantha Rei, Fashion Designer
Roger Presa, Cosplayer
T. Aaron Cisco, Author/Producer
DJ Gramann II, Costume Designer
Saturday, October 18th 10am - 8pm
CONVENTION EVENTS
9:30am Doors open for registration
10:00am - 6:00pm Marketplace (#144)
10:00am - 6:00pm Community Partners booths
10:00am - 6:00pm Youth Activity Area (#247)
10:00am - 6:00pm Art Exhibition (#247)
10:00am - 8:00pm Quiet Room (#211)
10:00am - 8:00pm Cafe/Lounge (#144)
10:00am - 8:00pm Gaming (Game Hall)
10:30am - 5:30pm Special Guests (#144)
4:00pm - 5:00pm Cosplay Contest (#332)
7:00pm - 8:00pm Performance: Soul Speak Expressions (#144)
PANELS + WORKSHOPS
Full descriptions here
10:30am Black Creators in Indie Comics
10:30am Asian Americans in Geekdom: Celebrating and Complaining in 2025
10:30am Taijiquan: The Art Of Healing & The Art Of War
12:00pm The Work is Mysterious and Important!
12:00pm The New Canon: Diversity Driving Comics Forward
12:30pm From Trash to Treasure: Magic the Gathering Bulk Deckbuilding
1:30pm Community Organizing in the New World
1:30pm Cosplay with Cultural Additions: Embracing Heritage Respectfully
3:00pm Controversial Corners of Star Wars
3:00pm Reimagining Worlds: Inclusive Game Design in TTRPGs
3:00pm To be announced…
4:30pm Comics and Anime as Safe Spaces for BIPOC teens
5:30pm In the Multiverse with You: Grief, Film, and Multiverse theories
5:30pm Star Trek’s Influence on Social Innovation and Equity
5:30pm Zine Making
7:00pm Blaxploitation and The Contemporary Black Narrative
7:00pm Collaborative Storytelling (in gaming, and beyond)
Dance Party 8pm - 12am
featuring…
DJs + Performers to be announced…
Sunday, October 19th 10am - 8pm
CONVENTION EVENTS
9:30am Doors open for registration
10:00am - 6:00pm Marketplace (#144)
10:00am - 6:00pm Community Partners booths
10:00am - 6:00pm Youth Activity Area (#247)
10:00am - 8:00pm Art Exhibition (#247)
10:00am - 8:00pm Quiet Room (#211)
10:00am - 8:00pm Cafe/Lounge (#144)
10:00am - 8:00pm Gaming (Game Hall)
10:30am - 5:30pm Special Guests (#144)
12:00pm - 2:00pm Toad’s Raceway (Outside Parking Lot)
3:00pm - 3:30pm Cosplay Fashion Walk (3rd Floor Hall)
5:00pm - 5:30pm Performance: M2O (#247)
PANELS + WORKSHOPS
Full descriptions here
10:30am Black Anime Kids Next Door
10:30am Film Music & Sound Scores
10:30am Baddies Decolonizing the Dungeon Presents… Decolonizing Worldbuilding
12:00pm Canon, Fanon, and Fandom Reparations
12:00pm Turtle Island: Kiti + Jean, an Afro-Indigenous Futurism Perspective
1:00pm Improv Workshop: First Thought, Best Thought, New World!
1:30pm Geeks in Government: Elected Officials of Color
1:30pm To be announced…
3:30pm Starseeds: Planetarium to the Minneapolis St. Paul Bee Tunnel
4:00pm ConFluence art exhibition Artist Talk
4:00pm BIPOC Representation in Comic History
5:30pm The Boondocks 20th Anniversary
5:30pm Representation in Latino Pop Culture
6:00pm Make & Take Shadow Puppets with Monkeybear!
7:00pm Movies from the Multiverse
7:00pm Twisted Futures: Black Mirror and the Legacy of Sci-Fi & Horror Anthologies