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GeekCon 2025

We’re back better than ever for our annual Geek Con!

We have lots of new features this year, including a focus on creators and creativity, an array of geeky representation, and our new Geek Con mascot, Gadget!

Join us:
Saturday, September 20
11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Geek Con is a mini-comic convention with a library edge with a focus on creators and creativity and engaging the community. Also new this year is BPL’s Geek Con mascot, Gadget: a cool cat with a lot of geeky interests.

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Come get your Geek On at Geek Con!

Walmart Foundation Community Room

11:00 am - Making of a Mascot with BPL Makespace's very own Virginia Poole

12:30 pm - Graphic Artist panel featuring Chad Maupin, Zeke Peña, and Aaron Kuder

1:45 pm - Magic Show and Magic Workshop with George Reader

Rotary Room

11:00 am - "Building a Magic Trick" Workshop with George Reader

12:15 pm - Fantasy Book Trivia with NWA Book Fest and CACHE

1:30 pm - Pokémon Place with How to Spot a Fake presentation, trade and play, and Pokémon Character Impersonation Contest sponsored by Gear Gaming

Elsewhere Inside 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Board Game Lounge in the Community Hub with Meeple Academy

Indie video game demos in the Community Hub with Ozark Game Developers

Adult Craft in the Makerspace

Teen D&D in the Teen Zone

Kids' Pac-Man Craft in the Children's Craft Room

Kids' LEGO® Movie Build-Along in the Children's Storytime Room

Kids' Minecraft Scavenger Hunt in the Children's Library

Mario Kart Tournament in the Digital Lab

Outside

Live music with video game cover band The OneUps

Pop-Up Escape Room with Banshee Manor

Superheroes from NWA Fairytale Princess Fun

Control Your Own Kamigami Robot with Code Ninjas

Daytime Space Exploration with Sugar Creek Astronomical Society

Decryption Booth with Ra-Ve Cultural Foundation

Face Painting with Mill & Spark Face Painting

Japanese Snacks with Anime Cafe

Rubik’s Cube Tournament

Free Pizza sponsored by the Rotary Satellite Club of Bentonville

Thank you for your support!

Geek Con is sponsored every year by the Friends of the Bentonville Library. This year, we welcome additional sponsorship from Visit Bentonville and partnerships with Arkansas Arts Council, Rotary Satellite Club of Bentonville, and numerous organizations and businesses in the area, including:

Meeple Academy

Ozark Game Developers

NWA Book Fest

Code Ninjas

Sugar Creek Astronomical Society

Ra-Ve Cultural Foundation