Timetable
Opening Hours
Ticket Booth: 10:00 - 16:00 Saturday, 10:00 - 15:00 Sunday
Artist Alley & Trade Hall: 10:00 - 18:00 Saturday, 10:00 - 17:00 Sunday
Fan Tables: 10:00 - 18:00 Saturday, 10:00 - 17:00 Sunday
Cloak Room: 10:00 - 18:00 Saturday & Sunday
Saturday Events
Main Stage
10:30 - 11:00 Opening ceremony
11:00 - 12:00 Team Emerald: Weathering Workshop
Anyone who has seen just about any of our work can see our love for realism, and in particular, weathering. Whether the subtle touches to some shiny Beskar armour, or the post-apocalyptic destress of the Fallout universe, at our Weekend Weathering Workshop, we will show you how to achieve a weathered look that makes passerby double take and mistake your costume for the real thing. This workshop will include a panel and live demonstration with audience questions welcome and encouraged. This workshop will include a panel and live demonstration with audience questions welcome and encouraged.
12:30 - 13:30 Anhyra: How I built Crisanta: Foam and Latex Masterclass
In this panel Anhyra will explain us how was the process of building her Crisanta Cosplay, it will be focused on materials such as eva foam, latex, resin or PU foam and she will explain the different techniques she used to built this huge costume.
14:00 - 14:30 Cosplay Pre-Judge
Optional pre-judge for the Cosplay Masquerade. Pre-Judging will begin at 14:00 sharp. Contestants can arrive from 13:45 for registration.
14:30 - 15:30 Cosplay Masquerade
Cosplay Masquerade entrants must sign up online before 2pm Friday 19th July here: Cosplay Masquerade
Under 16s can sign up on the day.
16:00 - 17:00 Clue Dance’s Random K-Pop Dance
A popular event that a lot of K-Pop fans will recognise - a random K-Pop dance! A series of songs will play and participants will dance along to the ones they know - or even the ones they don’t! Plus, Lu and Chloe will help them by dancing along also. Big prizes to be won, such as K-Pop albums and K-Pop merchandise!
17:30 - 19:00 Karaoke
Take to the stage to sing out your favourite tune!
19:00 - 21:00 Charity Quiz +16
We are delighted to announce that Okamicon will be fundraising for Jigsaw at our Charity Quiz on Saturday! Our quiz will be free of charge for entry, but we encourage attendees to donate to Jigsaw through our donate link here: Okamicon Jigsaw Fundraiser
Panel Room 1
11:00 - 14:00 Textile Printing Workshop
How do you get custom designs onto your cosplay without buying fancy machines like vinyl cutters or embroidery machines? In this HANDS ON WORKSHOP Sarah McCostumes will take you through several of their favourite methods, including stencilling, screenprinting, silk painting, heat transfer, and more! Places are LIMITED, sign up here: Textile Printing Workshop Application
14:00 - 15:00 The Making of Shaolin Werewolf Manga
In the process of making a manga, I'll be sharing my experience over the last few years and all of the work and research I've done for my project, titled Shaolin Werewolf, ranging from interviewing artists, to starting a business, to finally leading up to publishing this work this year.
15:00 - 16:00 Generic RomCom Protagonist showdown
An interactive panel in which generic romcom protagonists will be pitted against one another to see who will be the most powerful of them all! Attendees will be invited to vote for the winner with included feats of and trivia of characters
16:00 - 17:00 Storm: Imperfectly Perfect Make Up
Do you want to take your cosplay makeup looks to the next level, but don't know where to start? Combining his knowledge of both beauty and postmortem makeup, Storm will teach you how to add life to your makeup.
17:00 - 18:00 Mr & Mrs: Cosplay Edition
Come as your cosplay characters to battle it out to see who knows who best! Cosplay pairs will be quizzed to see who is the most likely to sleep in, who is the biggest nerd, who is the biggest bookworm, and much more!
Panel Room 2
11:00 - 12:00 Speedfriending
Come meet someone new at speed friending! Pair up and chat about what your favourite anime is, the last book you read, or maybe which panel you’re going to next. Pairs will be rotated every few minutes so you will have to chance to chat to several people during the panel.
12:00 - 13:00 Cosplayers assemble: making cosplays from things that already exist
A look into making cosplay from existing items - thrifting, modifying, buying online from real clothes, working on a budget
13:00 - 14:00 Cosplay and mental health with Lowlowcheese
There are many things that can affect our mental health as cosplayers. In this talk I go through what can affect us and what we can do to mind ourselves
15:00 - 16:00 Japanese 101
A crash course in Japanese as well as tips, tricks and other advice for someone's first trip to Japan.
16:00 - 17:00 Big Hat Atelier: A brief guide to making hats for cosplay
In this introductory presentation you will be able to become familiar with some hat making techniques you can use in your cosplay builds! The main goal of the panel is to make hat making as accessible as possible so that you leave inspired and ready to have a go at it yourself.
17:00 - 18:00 Sewcial Anxiety: Tips for Elevating your Cosplay Sewing Skills
This panel will provide helpful tips to upgrade your sewing skills for the best result. While sewing experience isn't required, it may be helpful.
Sunday Events
Main Stage
11:00 - 12:00 Storm: A Tale of Textures
In this panel, Storm will walk you through his method of dissecting and enhancing character designs through material choice, character lore and weathering.
12:30 - 13:30 Team Emerald: Cosplay Makers Q&A: Okamicon Guest Edition
Following the immensely popular installments of the Cosplay Makers of Ireland panels at various events across the country, we bring you a special panel only at Okamicon where we will be joined by 'Anhyra' and 'Storm Cosplays' to talk about all things cosplay.
14:00 - 15:00 Pro Cosplay Competition Pre-Judge
15:00 - 16:30 Cosplay Pro Competition
Come watch our professional cosplay contestants take to the stage! Contestants will each perform on stage to show off their character and hard work.
17:00 - 18:00 Karaoke
Take to the stage to sing out your favourite tune!
18:00 - 18:30 Closing ceremony
Panel Room 1
11:00 - 12:00 Anhyra: Paint and weathering : Bring your cosplays to life!
In this panel, Anhyra will explain different techniques to paint your cosplays and make them more realistic and also some weathering tips that will make your armours and props look straight out of the battlefield.
12:00 - 13:00 Thread Poets Society: Embroidery Techniques for Cosplay Panel
This panel will explore a variety of embroidery techniques that are useful for cosplay. This panel will focus on hand embroidery, and discuss embroidery resources, and tools of the trade. (Workshop will continue in Panel Room 2)
13:00 - 14:00 Cosplay and Mental Health in 2024 with frilly_vanilly_cos
A deep dive into why cosplay can be such a mentally and emotionally taxing hobby in post pandemic 2024 and ways this can be mitigated and overcome/tackled.
14:00 - 15:00 Get into LARPing
The Team and players of Five Oaths LARP discuss how to get into larping covering all aspects of the hobby from Character to Costuming to Camping and everything in between.
15:00 - 16:00 Translation in Anime/Manga & Video Games
A look into how video games, anime and manga get translated. In addition , tips and advice on how to get into the industry from a professional interpreter/translator
16:00 - 17:00 The rise of otome games (+18)
A discussion about otome games from early 2010 till now. Hear our panellist’s recommendations for otome games and why people should get into otome games.
17:00 - 18:00 Your One Stop Guide to Japanese Horror Games
A deep dive into the world of Japanese horror games; exploring our experience with the genre and our picks for those unfamiliar.
Panel Room 2
11:00 - 12:00 Games of Praise Cosplay Edition
We journey into the good, the bad and downright bizarre of games based on Mythological/Faith based video games. This time with a twist. This go around we'll look at cosplays based on these games as well! Come with me as we travel the world of games and cosplays!
12:00 - 13:00 Getting into the craft: Beginners guide to cosplay
How to get into cosplay from covering cheap ways to make cosplays from pre-existing clothing to cardboard cosplay building to foam crafting.
13:00 - 15:00 Thread Poets Society: Embroidery Techniques for Cosplay Workshop
This workshop will explore a variety of embroidery techniques that are useful for cosplay. Places are LIMITED so make sure to sign up here: Thread Poets Society: Embroidery Techniques for Cosplay Workshop
15:00 - 16:00 The SCIENCE of Pokémon
A look into the scientific principles behind the amazing world of Pokémon. We'll examine the principles of electrogenesis in Pokémon like jolteon, the feasibility of how ice type Pokémon can prevent frostbite and how fire types could produce and utilise flames along with many other examples. The panel is family friendly and uses Pokémon as a means to explain numerous scientific theories and principles presented by a molecular cell biologist.
16:00 - 18:00 Friendship Bracelet Workshop
Come make your Okamicon Friendship Bracelet! No sign up required, just walk-in!
Children must be under adult supervision to partake in this workshop.