Description

Fandom Fest, Harford County Public Library’s annual day dedicated to comic book and pop culture, takes place Saturday, September 23, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Abingdon Library, 2510 Tollgate Road in Abingdon.
 
All day activities include paint a mini with Critical Hit Games; trading card game demos; Cosplay contests; junior superhero obstacle course; kids’ crafts; geeky green screen; “Who’s That PokéMon?” 3-D print demonstration; and “Roamin’ Robots” robotics demonstration.
 
Meg Eden Kuvatt, author of “Good Different,” will participate in a “Meet the Author” event from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. “Good Different” is a children’s novel about a neurodivergent girl and how she understands and celebrates her differences. The book is a JLG Gold Standard selection (Scholastic 2023).
 
Events throughout the day include: 

• Retro to modern gaming, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Button maker, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 2 to 3 p.m.
• Kids’ costume parade, 11to 11:30 a.m. 
• Stranger Things STEM Session 1, 11:15 a.m. to noon
• Nerdy story time, 11:30 a.m. to noon
• Kids’ costume contest, noon to 12:30 pm
• LED magic wand crafts, 12:30 to 1:30 pm
• Trivia, 1 to 1:30 p.m.
• Mario Kart 8 Tournament, 1 to 4 p.m.
• Stranger Things STEM Session 2, 1:15 to 2 p.m.
• Anime bingo, 1:30 to 2 p.m.
• Dungeons & Dragons, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
• Stranger Things STEM Session 3, 3:15 to 4 p.m.
• Wire Elf Ears, 3:30 to 4:40 p.m.
• Costume contest (ages 13+), 4:00 to 4:30 p.m.