The Philadelphia Sci-Fi Meetup Group

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About us

Welcome to the Philadelphia Sci Fi Meetup group!

This group was created over twenty years ago and celebrates all things science fiction (as well as related genres like fantasy and horror) in literature, film, television, anime, comics, music and more. Sub genres like space opera, sword & planet, hard sci fi, cyberpunk, steampunk, grimdark, solarpunk, and afrofuturism are all in scope.

Over the years, the group has gone through active and dormant phases; today we are looking to revive it again after a long quiet period. Some events will be traditional hosted Meetups (an organizer hosting an event at a location), others will be for sci fi and related events in the area like conventions which fans can attend but which won't be organized in the traditional Meetup sense.

These days sci fi is more popular than ever, and there are tons of online options for enjoying it - but there's still something to be said for getting together with some like minded fans. Look forward to seeing you!

Upcoming events

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20 Sided Tankard gaming convention
Sun, Aug 9 · 12:00 PM EDT
Broken Goblet Brewing (new Location), 2500 State Rd, Bucks County, PA, US
Hi folks! This one's for the tabletop gamers out there in the group..

Whether it's been a while since you got some gaming in, or you were just rolling dice yesterday, small gaming conventions are a blast.
Stop by Broken Goblet Brewing in Bensalem, PA on Sunday, August 9th and get that late summer gaming fix in at the 20 Sided Tankard con.

20 Sided Tankard is organized by game designer John Harford, owner of Fox & Boar Games (https://www.foxandboargames.com) and creator of the hilarious TrashSexy raccoon RPG and the decidedly more serious ShadowWest RPG powered by the ShadowDark engine.

Games aplenty include flavors of D&D from the vintage to 5e, Call of Cthulhu, Mothership, Old Gods of Appalachia, Daggerheart, Blades in the Dark, and more!

Full information on the con is on the TableTop Events site here: https://tabletop.events/conventions/20-sided-tankard
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PSFS at the Collingswood Book Festival
Sat, Oct 3 · 10:00 AM EDT
Haddon Avenue, Collingswood, NJ, US
Come visit PSFS (the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, https://psfs.org) at the Collingswood Book Festival on Saturday, Oct. 3rd from 10am-4pm!

Now in its 24th year, the Collingswood Book Festival features dozens of authors and other vendors along multiple blocks of Haddon Avenue - including a wide variety of science fiction, fantasy and horror authors as well as booksellers like Second Time Books of Mt. Laurel (https://secondtimebooksonline.com), NJ who have a variety of sci fi, fantasy, and related genre books.

The festival is an open street festival and there is no coast to attend. For those coming from Philadelphia who don't want to drive, the Collingswood PATCO train station (info here https://www.ridepatco.org) is just a couple of blocks from the festival zone on Haddon Avenue.

Information on the event can be found on the festival website here: https://www.collingswoodbookfestival.com
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Philcon 2026
Fri, Nov 20 · 6:00 PM EST
DoubleTree by Hilton Cherry Hill Philadelphia, 2349 Marlton Pike W, Cherry Hill, NJ, US
Join us for the 90th anniversary of the world’s first and longest-running conference on science fiction, fantasy, and horror! Philcon 2026 will take place on November 20-22, 2026 at the Doubletree by Hilton in Cherry Hill, NJ. Full details on the convention can be found here: https://philcon.org

The guest lineup this year includes:
- Principal Speaker Charlie Jane Anders
- Artist Guest of Honor Donato Giancola
- Musical Guest Sarah Pinsker

Started in 1936, Philcon features:
- cutting-edge programming about literature, art, television, film, anime, comics, science, gaming, costuming and cosplay, music, and other topics of interest to fans of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror
- art show
- vendor room
- tabletop gaming room (with both scheduled and open gaming including RPGs, miniatures, and board/card games)
- Meet The Pros reception for authors, editors, publishers, artists, and other creators
- writer's workshop (featuring professional authors and editors)
- young writer's contest
- concerts
- masquerade

This year Philcon is also proud to host the 1632 Mini Convention, a "con within a con" devoted to Eric Flint's novel "1632" and the extended "Ring of Fire" series of novels and anthologies which it inspired. Additional info on the 1632 Mini Convention can be found on the website here: https://philcon.org/minicon-1632-at-philcon/
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