Geekfest 7 2023 Cornwall uk

[peterquill]

hi, all

i wanted to share this with you
so there is a place in the south west of england called Cornwall, which is where i reside, its very nice, lots of nice beaches, quaint seaside towns and amazing scenery,
and this year was Geekfest 7

GEEKFEST 2023 - Heartlands Cornwall

Heartlands presents Geekfest 2023, Cornwall's biggest, family-friendly comic con and gaming festival. For lovers of all things geeky!

www.heartlandscornwall.com

a cool event, which includes cosplay, props, special guests & many live events, it may not be SDCC but its a lot of fun, and every year its getting bigger and better
its in a place called heartlands which is a former mine works which also showcases some of our rich mining heritage cornwall is world renowned for,

usually its a 2 day thing, but this year was a 3 day event which included the bank holiday which was great, of which i went on the latter 2 days
this was my second time going, and of course i had to dress up,
i went as agent 47 from hitman,
it took around 40hrs to 3dprint my guns, and days of finishing but it was worth it, and was great taking photos with everyone

these were the special guests, so cool to meet and talk too

Andy Beckwith
Clem So
Julien Seager
Nathan Pegler
Willie Coppen
Lee Bradley

also great talking to ben from studio-props



so here are the pictures, hope you like

 

[peterquill]

if any intrepid travellers are thinking of going next year,
i highly recommend it
looking forward to geekfest 8
thanks for looking, steve

 

[Dr Jones Sr]

Thanks for posting those!!

It's a very impressive Convention.

I'm in Southern California, we're spoiled a bit here. Until COVID, which the Con circuit hasn't yet quite recovered from, we had the San Diego Comic Con, the Los Angeles Comic Con, the Long Beach Comic Con, Long Beach Comic Expo, the Los Angeles Anime Expo, Anime Los Angeles, the Ontario Comic Con, the Pasadena Comic Con, and Monsterpalooza (a wonderful outlier sort of Con unlike any other).

And this is just in the southern quarter of the state- there are various other Cons spread across the northern bits.

Cornwall may seem an off-the-beaten-track sort of place, yet the photos you post show an exceptionally high level of cosplay and exhibits, easily as good as anything here.

The link doesn't work. Is the event in Truro?

My grandmother's family is from Tywardreath, which I've visited. She was a first-generation American, her parents and grandparents and aunts and uncles all moved to West Virginia from Cornwall. Tea-totalling Methodists all!