Lee County Library System\u2019s annual Fandom Fest, a free, all-ages celebration of fandoms, cosplay and pop culture, will be held 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Fort Myers Regional Library outdoor plaza, 2450 First St., Fort Myers.<\/p>\n
Fandom Fest was created to support literacy for all ages through comics and pop culture, while reinforcing Lee County libraries as\u00a0a community center for connection, creativity, self-expression\u00a0and learning.\u00a0Throughout the day, free comics will be given to festival attendees, with a range of choices for kids and teens.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe library system is proud of this annual tradition that reaches new library users each year through common interests,\u201d Library Director Mindi Simon said. \u201cIt is a great starting point to encourage a love reading especially for reluctant readers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Festival attendees can enjoy a variety of fun, family-friendly activities, including a costume contest for all ages, a cosplay DIY makerspace, face painting, a bounce house obstacle course, crafts and more. A STEM-based, Super Mario tech zone will feature selfies with Mario and interactive library technology including a Clixo magnet build, Sphero Indi racecourse and Cubetto robots.<\/p>\n
Character meet-and-greets and photo ops will fill the day, perfect for fans of KPop Demon Hunters, Dragons of Berk, Ghostbusters, the Addams Family, Pok\u00e9mon, Star Wars, Disney, DC and Marvel. Plus, a North Pole area with Santa Claus and other pre-K favorites, like Bluey and Baby Shark, will be available for younger fans.<\/p>\n
Live entertainment will feature a student steel drum concert and a K-pop dance performance from the Residance group, \u201cSpotlight.\u201d The cosplay costume contest starts at 1 p.m. for all age categories: Pre-K (ages up to 5),\u00a0Kids\u00a0(ages 6-11), Teen (ages 12-17), Adult (ages 18 and up) and new this year, Groups (all ages). Visit leelibrary.net\/fandomfest for all the contest details.<\/p>\n
To support the event, Fandom Fest merchandise will be available for purchase, including T-shirts, hats, stickers, koozies and drawstring backpacks. Food trucks also will be on-site selling hot dogs, burgers, chicken strips, Mexican and Puerto Rican cuisine, lemonade and shaved ice.<\/p>\n
Throughout the library system, branches will be hosting related programs in early December, leading up to festival day, including themed storytimes, games, crafts and other activities.<\/p>\n
To ensure everyone\u2019s safety and enjoyment of Fandom Fest, attendees must observe the following rules on festival day:<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 Costumes with real or realistic looking weapons, hate speech or lack of clothing (missing shoes, tops, bottoms) are not permitted.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 Attendees must abide by the library system\u2019s Patron Code of Conduct.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 Fandom Fest representatives, library staff and security personnel reserve the right to inspect costumes and\/or accessories.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 Attendees who do not comply with the rules and regulations will be asked to leave the premises.<\/p>\n
For more information about Fandom Fest, visit:\u00a0www.leelibrary.net\/fandomfest.<\/p>\n
To receive updates from Lee County Government, sign up for the newsletter HERE<\/a>\u00a0and follow on social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lee County Library System\u2019s annual Fandom Fest, a free, all-ages celebration of fandoms, cosplay and pop culture, will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-66879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}