About Us
Tiger Con is an anime, sci-fi, gaming, cosplay and comic convention held in Valdosta, Georgia on the weekend of November 2-3, 2024. This will be our sixth year hosting the convention. Tiger Con is hosted by the Southern Comics and Anime Nerds LLC. We trace our origins to the Anime Club on Moody Air Force Base. Moody AFB is the home of the Flying Tigers, and while our convention is not officially connected with the Air Force, we have selected the name Tiger Con to reflect our origins as a base club. Along those same lines, our mascot Tora was designed to evoke the idea of a flying tiger. She has tiger ears, paws and tail, along with a pair of wings.
We began in 2018 at the Holiday Inn Conference Center, in Valdosta and had about 400 attendees. From 2021 to 2022, we moved to the Rainwater Convention Center, a much larger venue and it’s a good thing we did. For 2021 we had over 900 attendees!
We finally broke 1000 at Tiger Con 2023! The official attendance number for that year was 1023 people. That year we were at the Valdosta State University Student Union! This is a three story recreational facility that has a built in movie theater, food court, large ballroom for our vendors to set up in, incredible game room for both video and tabletop gaming, and best of all, WAY more meeting rooms for our panels, workshops, and contests!
This convention is always very friendly to military and first responders, who receive a $5 discount on ticket prices. And this year we’re extending that same discount to VSU students and faculty! Keep checking back for updates. We will pass on next year’s guest announcements, scheduling, and other important info as soon as we can. Also, check out our facebook and instagram pages at:
instagram.com/tigerconvention/
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/Fw3RrFr58X