[nb 1] These cons typically do not cater to one particular genre (i.e., anime, science fiction, furry fandom, etc.
), but instead cover the gamut of these pop culture phenomena without specifying itself as a specific convention of that variety.
Examples of this are San Diego Comic-Con and Animation On Display.
The list is divided up by location, and each convention includes dates during which it is typically held in parentheses.
Arranged by regional divisions used by the United States Census Bureau: Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington There are two main multigenre conventions in Australia, both of which run shows in multiple cities under the same name: