UI-CON 2025 is over! Thanks to the 3000+ attendees this year!
Champaign-Urbana's Anime and Comic Convention
The Illini Union
1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801
Open to the public and all students.
10am-11pm | Saturday, March 1st
10am-6pm | Sunday, March 2nd
UI-CON 2025 Registration
Registration for UI-CON 2025 has closed. Thanks to everyone who came and supported our convention this year! We hope to see you again in 2026!
Mirai Kuriyama - Beyond the Boundary, Cherri Bomb - The Hazbin Hotel (pilot), Rylibeu in Dragon Ball Super, Misa Takayama in Log Horizon, Kohina Hiruko in Black Bullet, and more!
Mei Nakatsugawa in Laid-Back Camp , Naka Hikage in You Are Ms. Servant. Gillian can also be heard in anime titles such as Kaiju No. 8, My Hero Academia, Shangri-La Frontier, and many more!
Multi-award winning cosplayer with category wins, Master level wins, best in Shows, and placements in national and international invitational competitions such as Dragoncon and the prestigious Crown Championship of Cosplay.
McKenzie started competitive cosplay in 2021, accumulating several category placements, a Best in Show at last year's UI-CON Cosplay Contest, and her most recent achievement, Best Paint at Winter Cosplay Championship at Holiday Matsuri.
Rebel and Cleric present: K.K. Slider Concert
Ballroom: Saturday 4:30-5:30pm
Live from the shores of Animal Crossing! K.K. Slider is coming to UI-CON! Presented by the Chicago band "Rebel And Cleric", enjoy the K.K. classics like "Bubblegum K.K.", "K.K. Cruisin'", "K.K. Metal" and more! Your favorite Anime/TV Show songs from shows like "Naruto" and "Spongebob", and a small handful of covers/originals alike! Are YOU punk? Are YOU Emo? Then come stampede at the K.K. Slider pit! (He does come from an island full of wild animals after all...)
