GAMING EVENT! This is a tournament-style event and will require prior sign-up. Description: Get ready for Raising Rabbits - A Board Game Tournament, where we'll hop into some fierce competition and have a blast playing. Raise rabbits in this Euro-style economy and auction-based engine-building board game. To enter the tournament, sign up here.
Featuring: The Northern Dragon, Devon Phillips Description: As Creative Director and Fire Performer of Northern Dragon Fire Performers, Devon transforms his journey with mental health into breathtaking artistry, turning struggle into sparks of beauty. Get ready to feel the heat and the heart behind the flames when Devon takes the stage at ThunderCon 2025!
INTERACTIVE EVENT ALERT! Brought to you by: Hot Diggety Dog Description: Kids, join ThunderCon outside on the Wibbly Wobbly Way (or, in front of the main stage if it rains) to show off your cosplay and get prizes just for coming out!
Featuring: Northern Ontario Klingons, Star Wars Costuming Club, ThunderCon Description: Who will take the prize and make the opposing team eat Da' Bomb? You get to decide, and for a good cause. Join the Northern Ontario Klingons and the Star Wars Costuming Club in supporting the Kidney Foundation of Canada. Donate both Saturday and Sunday, and watch the event live on Sunday afternoon, to see who gets the most donations and which team gets to suffer.
Featuring: Shire of Mare Amethystinum of the SCA and Superior HEMA Description: Watch fighting and weapon demonstrations by members of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) and Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA), and learn a bit about each of these organizations. Don't forget to visit the Medieval Encampment set up all weekend just behind the demo area, to learn more and see other aspects of the SCA.
Featuring: Aaron Rebelo Description: Join these independent game developers as they share a few of their secrets for developing successful tabletop games. Hear them discuss their passion for board games and the challenges of developing their own games from inception to release.
Featuring: The Northern Dragon, Devon Phillips Description: As Creative Director and Fire Performer of Northern Dragon Fire Performers, Devon transforms his journey with mental health into breathtaking artistry, turning struggle into sparks of beauty. Get ready to feel the heat and the heart behind the flames when Devon takes the stage at ThunderCon 2025!
Featuring: Thunder Bay Symphony Youth Orchestra Description:Â Some of your favourite fandom classics with a time-warped twist. Listen to members of the Thunder Bay Symphony Youth Orchestra perform a set of music from diverse fandoms and pieces imagined in styles from different time periods.
INTERACTIVE EVENT ALERT! Featuring: The Doctor (by Countdown Escape Rooms) and Dalek Thunder (J&K Creations) Description: Dalek Thunder got word that The Doctor was at ThunderCon, and now we need your help! Join us outside by the stage to help ThunderCon help The Doctor in this fast-paced interactive event, which will take you all over the Con.
Featuring: Matthew Cimone Description: Is exocomet 3I/Atlas an alien space craft?! Probably not! But that doesn't mean it isn't extremely cool – an ancient interstellar object older than our solar system on a journey through the Galaxy. But if it isn't an alien craft, why is Havard Professor Avi Loeb saying so? And what does this space drama tell us about the scientific community, research, and life beyond Earth?
Featuring:Â Rosemarie Sarno Description:Â Join Rosemarie Sarno of Red Barrels Games as she plays through some of the first-person survival-horror series Outlast, where you assume the role of a reporter investigating a psychiatric hospital which has become overrun by patients with homicidal tendencies and must sneak around to survive. Since its original release in 2013, the franchise has expanded to include a sequel, a prequel, and is currently being adapted for the big screen by Lionsgate Films. This event is an 18+ activity due to the horror elements of the game.
Judges: Description: Come and see the cosplay entries for ThunderCon's 2025 cosplay contest and find out who won. Are you interested in competing this year? You can enter your cosplay here.