MAD JAMIE will be performing at RakuCon! 🎉 MAD JAMIE is a Japanese rock idol, fusing idol energy with punk and rock! They’ve gained global attention for their wild, high-intensity performances! 🔥 Don't miss out on their first ever live show in the UK, headlining the RakuCon stage, as well as a meet and greet after their show! PLUS a special bonus performance at our after party!

✨ New after party venue! ✨ We're excited to reveal the new after party venue for this year's RakuCon! 🩷 Our after party will be taking place at Mother Mary's, located on New Wakefield St, just a 7 minute walk from Pendulum Hotel! 💕 The venue features two floors, aircon, a private outdoor area and a lift between both floors! Stay tuned for more info regarding tickets! 👀

We're excited to announce that Retro Events will be joining us at RakuCon! 🌸🩷 They will have a wonderful range of gaming setups for you to play! ✨ You will be able to find them in the Graphene Suite all weekend! 💕

✨ Tabletop games! ✨ We're incredibly excited to announce Dungeon & Flagons are joining us at RakuCon! 🎉 They will have a wonderful range of tabletop games for you to play throughout the weekend! You will be able to find them in the Graphene Suite! 🩷

We're excited to announce that Hover Media will be back with their photography studio at RakuCon! 🌸 The perfect place for your cosplay photos! 📷 You can find their studio in Conference Room 1! 💕

We're excited to welcome back The Entasy League to RakuCon! 🌸 They're a fanmade group of gym leaders who battle people in Pokémon video games and give people real life gym badges if they win! 🩷 There will be a guest switch, but we encourage people to bring their own switches and use their own teams to win gym badges! ✨

🩷 The small business table returns! 🩷 A table dedicated to promoting small businesses! 💕 No matter if you're trading at the convention or not come bring your business cards, leaflets, etc and place them on the table for attendees to collect 🩷 you'll find the table in the Pioneer Room, it'll have a pink tablecloth and a small sign 💕

We have an official license from Sentai Filmworks! 🩷🎉 For the first time we'll have anime screenings taking place across the weekend at RakuCon Manchester! 💕🎉

You will be able to find out what's on and the timings of each screening once our schedule is live! 🌸