events
These events are from UChi-Con 2024 and may change for UChi-Con 2025.
Cosplay Contest
UChi-Con holds its own Cosplay Contest each year, where cosplayers can show off their cosplays and strike poses for pictures!
If you're interested in participating, check out the sign-up form on our Cosplay Contest page!
Location: Max Palevsky Cinema in Ida Noyes
escape room
Pop-up Escape Rooms will be hosting another escape room this year! If you are interested in participating, you can register online now to reserve a spot or pay with cash at the door. Time slots are available every hour beginning at 10AM.
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You and your classmates must report to Room 202 for detention. But the classroom has been cursed by an onryō, a vengeful spirit, who has trapped you in the room! You have only 45 minutes to solve puzzles and riddles using clues and hints to escape the room and achieve one of several possible endings. Will you find a way to break the curse, or will you be stuck in detention forever?
Location: Harper Hall
Cafe
We will once again be holding a cafe on the third floor of Ida Noyes! Food will be available from Noodles Etc. until 3PM. Tables will be set up in the theater for people to eat, lounge, talk, and watch performances. Please keep in mind that the Cafe accepts only cash!
Location: Third floor of Ida Noyes
Photobooth
Every year, we hire a photographer to be present at UChi-Con the entire day, and this year is no different! Swing by the photo-booth for a professional photo of your cosplay!
Location: Outside Max Palevsky Cinema
maid cafe
Charming maids are eager to welcome you with a smile! Entry is $15 and comes with a complimentary beverage, snack, and lots of fun! Register for a time slot online and enjoy an afternoon of snacks and relaxation with our maids!
Location: Second floor of Ida Noyes
Game ROom
On the second floor of Ida Noyes, an entire room is devoted to gaming of all sorts. The organizer of this room is Kevin Fair, the founder of I Play Games. Once again this year, we will bring you all sorts of video games, wheter you prefer to get revenge with blue shells in Mariokart, make some noise on guitar or drums in Rockband, or Falcon-punch your friends into oblivion in Super Smash Bros.
Location: Second floor of Ida Noyes Hall
Karaoke
Karaoke is back for yet another year! You can request any of your favoruite sing-along songs and sign up as many times as you want! Karaoke will be open all day, complete with a projector screen in case you need to see the lyrics. Bring all of your friends or sing alone, it's up to you!
Location: Harper Hall
anime screenings
In Harper, we'll be bringing back one of UCJAS's most-loved activities: screening anime! One room will be running episodes of various series all day. If you've made the trek over to Harper and want to sit for a while, plop down in our screening room as long as you like and play a round of Anime Bingo!
Location: Harper Hall
Performances
Have something you’d like to show an audience? Every year we invite local Chicago groups and UChicago RSOs to perform on stage on the third floor of Ida Noyes. If you or your group would be interested in performing at UChi-Con, please fill out the form!
Location: Third-floor stage in Ida Noyes