My First Convention, and What’s Next

Hey everyone, welcome back to another update! Today, I wanted to go over Stellar Fest 2026, the first convention I’ve attended, and how that went. I also want to discuss some of my upcoming plans for this year, as there’s more to come.

So Stellar Fest this year happened from Friday, May 24th, to Sunday, May 26th, and I attended all three days as a vendor. Let’s start with Friday.

Friday, April 24th, 4PM – 8PM

This first day only lasted 4 hours, but it’s also the day that I met some of the other people running the vendors, and I got to look around a bit as well. It was pretty cool getting to actually be at a convention for the first time, and I took pictures of things such as this Tardis that was located in one of the hallways.

We also set up our table on this first day, where it looked like this.

There’s not much else to discuss for this first day, so let’s move onto Saturday.

Saturday, April 25th, 9 AM – 7 PM

Saturday saw a lot more happen, as this was the longest day of the event. One of the coolest parts was a vendor right beside us, an indie punk rock band called Hyperspace.

I found their aesthetic to be pretty cool, and the also played some of their songs at the convention as well.

I also took a bit of time to check out the vendors while they were active, and bought a few things as well that I thought were cool. Here’s a couple of those items:

One of the coolest parts was getting to see people spin the wheel, as quite a few people decided to do so on this day. Overall, Saturday went well, so let’s move onto Sunday.

Sunday, April 26th, 11 AM – 4 PM

Despite not doing as much, this was my strongest day in terms of sales, with multiple people coming to my booth to purchase my book. I did also get to check out a couple other areas of the convention, such as the Cosmic Lounge, which basically was one of their larger hotel rooms turned into a lounge area.

And that wraps up this event! Overall, it was a good first experience, and I ended up getting to meet some cool people too! If you’re interested in more details on this event, you can watch a video I put out on it here:

Anyways, my experience at Stellar Fest definitely makes me excited for more upcoming events. Speaking of which, let’s talk about one of them.

I announced that I would be attending the Spruce Pine Alien Festival back in March, and I still am planning to attend it! As a reminder, that event is happening on June 13th, 9 AM to 6:30 PM EST at 116 Oak Ave in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. Alongside the offerings at Stellar Fest, there might be a certain alien character from my book that’ll show up at my booth, but no guarantees on that yet…

Anyways, that’s gonna do it for this update. Next time, I’ll be discussing my time at Spruce Pine Alien Festival, so be on the lookout for that at some point after the event has happened. See you later!