Our weekend picks: GalaxyCon, holidays and Oz
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Need a break from the holiday onslaught? Embrace your fandom this weekend instead.
🚀 Our pick: GalaxyCon Columbus.
The vibe: This "three-day festival of fandom" is one of Ohio's largest gatherings of enthusiasts, celebrating comics, sci-fi, fantasy, pop culture, anime, gaming and more.
- The weekend's event schedule includes tabletop gaming tournaments, cosplay competitions, karaoke and dancing.
The intrigue: Major GalaxyCon draws include the event's celebrity Q&As, panels, photo ops and autograph sessions.
- This year's convention features Rosario Dawson, Simon Pegg, Weird Al Yankovic, William Shatner, Cheech and Chong and dozens more.
- Plus: Comedian Ben Schwartz, who's also in town for his improv show Friday night.
🎟️ If you go: Tickets range from $50-70 single-day passes to a $130 weekend pass or the all-access premium reserve VIP pass for $2,400.
- Various hours Friday-Sunday, 400 North High St.
Don't worry, you can still get your holiday spirit fix:
🎊 The Short North hosts its annual pedestrian-only Holiday Hop Saturday afternoon.
🧱 Easton's LEGOLAND Discovery Center's daily Holiday Bricktacular is underway through Dec. 27.
🎺 Catch classy holiday tunes this weekend at the Columbus Symphony's "Holiday Pops" or Columbus Jazz Orchestra's "Home for the Holidays."
- Or hear the classics reinterpreted in "RAIN - a Beatles Christmas Tribute" Saturday at the Palace Theatre.
🧹 Can't get enough "Wicked" this season? Check out "The Wiz" on the Short North Stage or "Flickéd: A Drag Theatre Parody" at MadLab Theatre.