Guild of Nerds

11/01/2025

We're wanting to collaborate with the community and provide a platform for sharing new skills via workshops! We've got some online and in-person opportunities right around the corner, so send us a message or email about a workshop you'd like to present.

09/12/2024

Have you applied yet?!

We can’t wait for the Cosplay Masquerades at Dublin and London in January! Applications for both shows close towards the end of the month, so if you’re still thinking about entering, here are some reasons we recommend you give it a shot!

➡️ Applications for both are linked in our stories! ⬅️

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:
💚 ECG Qualifier (London only) applications close: 16th December 2024
💚 MegaCon Live Dublin & London Cosplay Masquerade applications close: 23rd December 2024
💚 MegaCon Live Dublin: 18th & 19th January 2025
💚 MegaCon Live London: 25th & 26th January 2025
💚 UK ECG Qualifier: 26th January 2025

15/10/2024

07/10/2024

What are your plans this October 19th & 20th?
We will be at Gamefest Ireland all weekend running our first ever COSPLAY SWAP MEET.

Promoting recycling and reusing your cosplays and accessories, bring along your old cosplay items and trade them with others. Let's work together to reduce our carbon footprint and bring life back into our old unused outfits.

Remember we are also running a cosplay competition each day of the event. Stay tuned to for details.

06/10/2024

Day two at is complete, which wraps up our weekend in Farnborough!

We had a great ‘crafternoon’ today, demonstrating everything from pattern drafting to wig ventilating, leatherworking to handsewing techniques! Thank you to today’s cosplay speakers, , .design and , hosted by 💚

We were also lucky enough to be visited by who brought the beautiful Lightning McQueen to visit us - so named because of how fast he is! Swipe to the end to see Lightning and Lightning 🦅🦉⚡️

Thank you to for inviting us, and to all the local cosplayers who dropped by to chat with us - we hope to see you again soon!

05/10/2024

Day one of is complete! We enjoyed hearing about your cosplays and sharing ours, along with cosplay stories from and 💚

Join us tomorrow for more crafting, creativity, and cosplay Q&A!

03/10/2024

Will you be entering the Cosplay Masquerade at this weekend? We’ll be running the show on both Saturday and Sunday!

Head over to our website and find all the info you need, and sign up in the Cosplay Zone on the day you want to enter.

02/10/2024

Will we see you at this weekend? Use our cosplanner template to show us what you’ll be wearing, and don’t forget to tag us! 💚

The Guild will be running the Cosplay Zone, including Cosplay Masquerades on BOTH days! Full information, including rules, is available on our website under ‘Events’, or in our stories.

26/09/2024

Our Irish Director Graham and Coordinator Jess are at NEXUS Games Conference today finding out about the Irish Games Industry and what is in store for 2025.

Remember takes place October 19th & 20th. Tickets are available and we will be there running a cosplay competition each day. Come and find us in the cosplay zone.

12/09/2024

We’re EXTREMELY excited to announce that the Cosplay Masquerade at MegaCon Live London, hosted by Guild of Nerds, will be the location for the next UK qualifier for the Extreme Cosplay Gathering.

Whether you plan to be on the stage or in the audience, join us on Sunday 26th January at MegaCon Live London for a cosplay show you won’t want to miss!

More information about applications for the ECG qualifier AND the MegaCon Live Cosplay Masquerade, coming soon! For now, you can find links to the ruleset for the ECG finals on our website:
https://guildofnerds.org/post/event-posts/ecg-qualifier/

🌟 Exciting Announcement! MegaCon Live is now the official UK Qualifier for the ECG - Extreme Cosplay Gathering 🌟 We’re thrilled to host a special qualifier event during our Cosplay Masquerade on Sunday January 26th, 2025 🎭

This event will run alongside our regular cosplay masquerade, which takes place BOTH Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th January at MegaCon Live London! 🔥

Stay tuned for sign-up information and don't forget your MegaCon Live TICKETS to be part of the action! megaconlive.com

05/09/2024

We had so much fun wrapping the 2024 season of shows in July at MegaCon Live Manchester! A wrap up post felt fitting to close out the MegaCon Live season and you can read all about the Manchester 2024 winners via the link in our bio.

🔗 in bio- check out more info about the Manchester Show Wrap Up on our blog!
🎥You'll also find links to the recorded show that captured and has kindly shared on YouTube.

As always, we were blown away by the talent on display at MegaCon Live! 2024 was the first year of the new format where we introduced experience classes to the UK convention scene.

⚙️ Our Artificer Class (Best in Show and Runner Up) features cosplayers who have made 80% or more of their cosplay and are often folks who have more experience in cosplay crafting, competing or both.

🧭 Our Adventurer Class (Best Adventurer) features cosplayers who have made 50% or more of their cosplay and it's a great class to enter for newer competitors or crafters who are starting out in the competitive cosplay journey.

🎸 Our Bard Class (Best Bard) features performance driven cosplayers who have thrifted, commissioned or bought their cosplays. This class is scored 100% on performance by a special panel of performance judges.

🎉 Congratulations once more to our winners at MegaCon Live Manchester, and thank you to everyone who entered!

We're very excited for what 2025 will bring, and can't wait to see the MegaCon Live cosplayers next year! Don't forget the Guild still has a handful of non-MegaCon events left this fall that we hope to see you at!

📸 and who've been tagged on the photos.

01/09/2024

We are down at the UCFF Comic Con today in the Royal Marine Hotel Dun Laoghire. Free entry and on till 5. Come on down and say hi to us. A great event and lots of exciting things to do.

03/08/2024

Our Irish Guild meet ups are back in action!!

Come along and hang out with us 2pm Saturday August 10th at Blanchardstown Leisure Plex Dublin for a day of bowling, pool, arcade machines and food.

Cosplay not necessary but a great opportunity to snap some fun pics. No prop weapons or large parts as this is a public/private space and you may be asked to leave.

All are welcome so bring along your friends and family.

29/07/2024

Thank you to all of our entrants, winners, craftsmanship judges, and performance judges who joined us for our Sunday masquerade at yesterday! A huge congratulations to our last round of MegaCon Live winners for 2024, and a massive thank you to our UK lead , who celebrated her last show with the Guild on stage with all of you 💚

Information about stage photos, receiving feedback from the judges, and what we’ll be up to until we kick off the 2025 shows will be available soon, but you’re welcome to share your thoughts and photos with us by tagging us in your stories anytime.

📸

28/07/2024

We had so much fun on the Feature Stage Manchester yesterday! Check out some of the panels we're featured on today-

🎭Costume and Play?: Performing for Masquerades at 11am
♻️Living in a Material World: Sustainability & Budget in Cosplay at 1pm

Then join us on the mainstage for the Cosplay Masquerade 3pm to 5pm!

📸 Hover Media

27/07/2024

Congratulations to our Saturday Winners of the Cosplay Masquerade at Manchester 24! And a very big thank you to our judges!

We had so much fun seeing all of your cosplays and performances! We're back for the Sunday Masquerade which is 3pm-5pm at the main stage.

📸 By Hover Media

24/07/2024

We've got a full schedule of content for this weekend! Come see us at the feature stage, cosplay village and mainstage over the weekend!

With two panels, a workshop and the Masquerade both days there's a lot to see and learn! We can't wait to see folks this weekend!

Which are you most excited for?

Photos by and
Please tag cosplayers if you recognize them!