Rikon 2025, the largest Croatian fantasy, pop culture and gaming convention, will open its doors again in less than a month for a weekend that promises an unforgettable experience for fans of fantasy, cosplay, video games and East Asian culture. This year's Rikon, which will be held from September 26 to 28 in the area of Exportdrva Rijeka, is preparing to be bigger and richer than ever before and brings international guests, a series of interesting lectures, panels, workshops, quizzes, competitions, games and tournaments, and a record number of exhibitors.
One of this year's guests of honor at Rikon is Shaune Harrison, the legend of film special makeup, who is accompanied by his partner, also an experienced makeup artist, Paula Anne Booker-Harrison. The audience can expect panels and lectures, topics about the SFX career "behind the scenes" and a live Sunday SFX makeup demo workshop.
Shauna Harrison stands iza nekih od najpoznatijih lica heroja i zlikovaca naših omiljenih movieova, including rad na franchise "Harry Potter", između kojih se ističu Lord Voldemort i Divljooki Moody (Mad Eye Moody), rad na movieu "Captain America: The First Avenger" s maskom Huga Weavinga Red Skull, a radio is and na mnogim likovthere is i bićthere is za "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" i "Attack of the Clones", na movieovthere is "Sleepy Hollow" Tim Burton te "Stardust", "The Mummy", "The Fifth Element", "The DaVinci Code", "World War Z", "Marvel Avengers: Age of Ultron" i mnogim drugthere is.
The scientific guest of honor at this year's Rikon is Ante Radonić, one of the most famous Croatian popularizers of astronomy and space exploration. For more than four decades he was the head of the planetarium of the Nikola Tesla Technical Museum in Zagreb, he regularly commented on NASA and ESA missions, space rocket flights, the International Space Station and planetary probes, and he is especially known for the popular radio show "Andromeda" on Croatian Radio. He often gives lectures throughout Croatia and the region, and his work tirelessly brings the latest achievements of astronomy and astrophysics to a wide audience.
Trodnevni program Recona it already is tradicionalno prepun zanimljivih panela, predavanja, radionica i quizova na razne popularne, kulturno umjetničke i znanstvene teme. Također, tu is and najdraža točka programa - međunarodno Cosplay competition u kostimiranju u omiljene likove iz movieova, series i igara te iznimno popularno K-pop dance competition.
Korean pop music dance competition on Friday
This year, Rikon brings attractive content about East Asian pop culture and music as the host of the only national K-pop Dance competition of original choreography to songs of globally popular Korean pop. With the mega-popular and currently most watched movie on Neflix “KPop Demon Hunters”, the popularity of Korean pop is higher than ever, and Rikon is preparing a lot of interesting program points and surprises for all fans!
The most popular point of the program: Cosplay competition on Saturday
It is an indispensable part of the program Cosplay competition, koje okuplja početnike i napredne Cosplay umjetnike which will svojim impresivnim kostimthere is i this year zavladati konvencijom. WITHudački panel i publika biwar će svoje favorite u kategorijama naprednih natjecatelja i početnika. WITHudački panel čine redom nagrađivane Cosplay umjetnice, including pobjednicu this oneodišnjih edicija festivala Expo Gamers i Liburnicon - Ivu Mikolić - Obelyn, njemačku nagrađivanu Cosplay umjetnicu Walkiah Cosplay te austrijsku nagrađivanu umjetnicu Sabak Cosplay.
Airsoft Arena: adrenaline game as team building
Cijelo južno prizemlje Exportdrva zauzet će atraktivna Airsoft Arena - adrenalineski poligon where timovi od četvero gameča mogu okušati u uzbudljivoj taktičkoj fight. Airsoft, popularna simulation borbe lažnim oružjem, koje se koristi u vojnim i policijskim treninwinter, na Reconu postaje prava atraction. Visitors će moći zaplay, kupiti opremu or čak osvojiti profesionalne airsoft replike u velikoj tomboli.
Gaming and tournaments: on the board, with cards, on powerful computers and consoles
Cijeli rikonski vikend posjetitelji će se moći play: how u boardgame zoni na društvenim gamema, zoni igara s mapama (trading card games) pa tako i u gaming i esports zoni - na računalthere is i consolema. INdruga RiRoll provides a rich boardgame zone for all those who want to try their hand at classic board games, while River City Games organizira turnire TCG zone u gamema Yu-Gi-Oh, One Piece i Magic the Gathering. On e-sports gaming zoni gameči se mogu natjecati u gamema League of Legends, Rocket League, Tekken 8 and try out and compete in the premiere turniru najnewjeg izdanja FC26!
Free entry for children up to 12 years old and discounts on family tickets
Tickets for Rikon are available on the website www.RikonRijeka.com or through the Entrio system, and excellent family packages for two, three or more festival tickets are also available. Tickets will be available for purchase at the event upon entry. Rikon is an event for all ages, with free admission for children up to 12 years old. Get your tickets and get ready for a magical weekend! The festival program will be published soon, and all the latest information is available on social networks (Instagram and Facebook @RikonRijeka) and on the website www.RikonRijeka.com. Rikon takes place under the auspices of the City of Rijeka, the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County and the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia.
