Overview
- Dragon Con is in full swing in downtown Atlanta as its 40th edition, with organizers expecting tens of thousands of attendees from around the world.
- The convention uses multiple host hotels, including the Hyatt Regency, to concentrate programming, guest panels and fan meetups across the city.
- Saturday’s parade follows a Peachtree Street route beginning near Pine Street and ending near the Atlanta Marriott Marquis and remains one of the weekend’s biggest public draws.
- Brian Richardson, the parade’s nearly 20-year host, will share duties with CBS anchor Alexa Liacko and says spectators can expect broad pop-culture pageantry from Disney characters to Star Wars and Santa Claus.
- Attendees and organizers emphasize cosplay as community, and organizers note the convention’s broad multigenre scope with celebrity guests such as Sean Astin and Nathan Fillion alongside writers and comic artists.