Special Event Schedule
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Thursday, October 26th
VIP Cocktail Party & Gaming
Thursday • 7pm – 10pm • Rotunda Bar • Included with VIP Badge
Attendees who have either purchased a VIP Badge or are staying on one of our Resort Packages are invited to get an early start on the fun by attending this Thursday evening mixer with charcuterie, drinks, and gaming. Each guest will receive one free adult beverage or soda plus charcuterie while they game and mingle with other attendees and friends.
Friday, October 27th
Vendors & Artists
Friday 12pm – 6pm | Saturday 10am – 6pm | Sunday 10am – 4pm • Bright Ballroom & Woodland Room 1 • Included with All Badges
Explore the vendor halls each day for a great opportunity to get a jump on your holiday shopping! There will be a great variety of vendors and artists selling unique items, games, artwork, and more!
Pop Culture Art Show
Friday – Sunday • All Day • Displayed Throughout All Areas • Included with All Badges
Come and see some truly wonderful artwork from local artists. The show consists of pop culture inspired pieces, many of which will be available for purchase.
BEX Silent Disco & Sensory Lounge
Friday – Sunday • Vendor Hall Hours • Senators Room • Included with All Badges
Grab a pair of headphones and tune into one of our 3 channels! Step away from it all and immersive yourself in the surroundings of the Sensory Lounge or take your headphone with you and enjoy our playlists as you wander the entire convention.
Paint & Take
Friday • 12pm – 6pm • Bright Ballroom • Included with all badges
If you’ve ever wanted to try your hand at painting miniatures for your gaming needs but didn’t know where to start, sit down with JP Gotrokkits and paint your first miniature in a relaxed and helpful environment. Your first miniature is free!
Live Blade Match – Lightsabers
Friday • 2pm • Glade Room • Included with Friday or Weekend Badge
Cheer for your favorite duelist as they compete for points and audience reaction in Martial style Blade Matches. Each valid strike is a point and a start of a new round! A duelist has to win so many rounds to win the match. These matches are not predetermined, so it is anyone’s game!
Halloween Trivia with The Prayer Chain Gang
Friday • 5:30pm – 7pm • Glade Room • Included with Friday and Weekend Badges
Don’t miss what is sure to be a night full of spooky fun and hilarity. The women of the Prayer Chain Gang will kick off the evening at 5:30pm with Halloween Trivia! Come ready to answer questions all about everyone’s favorite time of year. Study up on everything Halloween from movies to history. A prize will be awarded to whoever has the deepest knowledge of everything Halloween.
Stand-up Comedy with Grant Lyon
Friday • 7pm – 8pm • Glade Room • Included with Friday and Weekend Badges
Grant Lyon, a touring professional comedian from Comedy Central, Comic’s Unleashed, the SyFy Channel, and more, is also a huge board game lover! His comedy album Scheduled Fun Time hit number one on the comedy charts and has made him the featured artist of the month on multiple SiriusXM channels. He’s performed in 45 states and is recognizable from numerous national TV commercials. In addition, he makes silly review videos about good games with his series Grant’s Game Recs on TikTok and YouTube, and he’s the co-designer of the party game Curmudgeon, published by 25th Century Games. For the first time ever, Grant is putting his 17 years of standup comedy experience into a standup show all about board games. If you’re a gamer, these are jokes for you.
The Halloween Party + Live Music
Friday • 8:30pm – 12:00am • Glade Room • Included with Friday or Weekend Badge
Don’t miss the spookiest, most exciting Halloween Party of the season happening right here at Glade Gaming Getaway! Prepare to be fully immersed in Halloween fun as the party will feature a festive atmosphere, costume contest, dance floor, cash bar, and live music with The Heavy-Set Paw-Paws and The OYB!
Midnight Movie
Friday • 12am – 2:30am • Glade Room • Included with Friday or Weekend Badge
Relax and unwind with a scary movie at midnight! The featured movie will be rated PG-13.
Saturday, October 28th
Nerd Yoga
Saturday • 8am • Woodland Room 3 • $8 per person – Get Tickets
Join Megan Sydnor (RYT 500) for a relaxing morning of yoga! If you have never taken a class before, this class will be suitable for beginners as well as more experienced yogis! Come enjoy your favorite soundtracks as we find our way with the Force, through the Shire, and more!NOTE – This event requires a ticket purchase using the link below in addition to your Saturday or Weekend Badge.
Dragon’s Egg and Treasure Hunt
Saturday • 10am – 4pm • All Areas • Included with Saturday and Weekend Badges
Join the expedition to help the dragon recover its eggs and treasure! This event is fun for all ages as Saturday attendees will collect treasure pieces from around the vendor hall, trade treasure for clues, and then hunt down the dragon’s missing eggs. Everyone who completes the expedition will have their name entered to win a grand prize package!
Vendors & Artists
Friday 12pm – 6pm | Saturday 10am – 6pm | Sunday 10am – 4pm • Bright Ballroom & Woodland Room 1 • Included with All Badges
Explore the vendor halls each day for a great opportunity to get a jump on your holiday shopping! There will be a great variety of vendors and artists selling unique items, games, artwork, and more!
Pop Culture Art Show
Friday – Sunday • All Day • Displayed Throughout All Areas • Included with All Badges
Come and see some truly wonderful artwork from local artists. The show consists of pop culture inspired pieces, many of which will be available for purchase.
BEX Silent Disco & Sensory Lounge
Friday – Sunday • Vendor Hall Hours • Senators Room • Included with All Badges
Grab a pair of headphones and tune into one of our 3 channels! Step away from it all and immersive yourself in the surroundings of the Sensory Lounge or take your headphone with you and enjoy our playlists as you wander the entire convention.
New River Gorge Mini Excursion
Saturday • 2PM • Glade Shuttle • $20 per person
Hop on the Glade Springs shuttle for a quick trip to Grandview where you will experience some of the best views of the New River Gorge National Park! Meet in the lobby to leave at 2pm and return back to the convention by 4pm. This activity must be booked in advance and will be refunded if the minimum ticket requirement is not met.NOTE – This event requires a ticket purchase using the link below in addition to your Saturday or Weekend Badge.
Paint & Take
Friday • 12pm – 6pm • Bright Ballroom • Included with all badges
If you’ve ever wanted to try your hand at painting miniatures for your gaming needs but didn’t know where to start, sit down with JP Gotrokkits and paint your first miniature in a relaxed and helpful environment. Your first miniature is free!
Queering Gaming Panel Discussion
Saturday • 4pm • Woodland 3 • Included with Saturday and Weekend badges
Queering Gaming: How to Make Your Game Group More Fun for Everyone discussion by Queer Table Tops. Creating gaming spaces that are actually inclusive and desirable to lots of people; including queer/trans folks, people of color, women, and neurodivergent individuals is more than sticking a BLM sticker and a rainbow flag in the corner. The way we game and the kind of awareness we have when gaming makes a significant difference in who wants to play with us. Queering gaming spaces is not just for queer people, but for folks who want to prioritize connection, joy, and maybe even healing for a wide array of people in table top games. Join Queer Table Tops as they cover some queer competency basics and then dive deeper into the nuances that often make or break whether a diversity of other people want to play games with you.
Lightsaber Workshop
Saturday • 1pm • Glade Room • Included with Saturday or Weekend Badge
In this beginners’ class, The Outer Rim Praxeum Lightsaber School teaches Shii-Cho, the first lightsaber form. Students will learn the offensive and defense katas, then practice against an opponent.
Live Blade Match – Lightsabers
Saturday • 2pm • Glade Room • Included with Saturday or Weekend Badge
Cheer for your favorite duelist as they compete for points and audience reaction in Martial style Blade Matches. Each valid strike is a point and a start of a new round! A duelist has to win so many rounds to win the match. These matches are not predetermined, so it is anyone’s game!
Fantasy Murder Mystery Dinner
Saturday • Seatings at 6PM & 8:30PM • Glade Room • $50 with badge, $65 without – Get Tickets
Perhaps the most exciting event of the weekend – dinner guests will be treated to a three course meal worthy of all the Paladins, Sorcerers, Wizards, Rogues, Clerics, and Barbarians out there. As the campaign is coming to a close, the party’s personal and character choices cause some tension. It looks like scheduling might not be the only campaign killer… Interact and investigate to see if you can find the murderer! Fantasy attire/cosplay is welcome but not required.
Ghost Story Open Mic
Saturday • 11pm • Glade Room • Included with Saturday or Weekend Badge
Take in a collection of scary stories told by your fellow attendees! Prepare a story of your own, read one you love, or simply come and enjoy the show.
Midnight Movie
Saturday • 12am – 2:30am • Glade Room • Included with Saturday or Weekend Badge
Relax and unwind with a scary movie at midnight! The featured movie will be rated PG-13.
Sunday, October 29th
Kids’ Trunk or Treat!
Sunday • 12pm – 2pm • All Vendor Areas • Included with Sunday or Weekend Badge
Bring the little ones in costume for a Trunk or Treat event where they will receive a bag and will collect candy from each of our vendors! Kids ages 6 and under do not require a badge to attend but all attendees ages 13 and under must be accompanied by an adult over the age of 18 at all times.
Vendors & Artists
Friday 12pm – 6pm | Saturday 10am – 6pm | Sunday 10am – 4pm • Bright Ballroom & Woodland Room 1 • Included with All Badges
Explore the vendor halls each day for a great opportunity to get a jump on your holiday shopping! There will be a great variety of vendors and artists selling unique items, games, artwork, and more!
Build Your Own Cryptid
Sunday • 2pm • The Rotunda • $15 per person – Get Tickets
Design your very own mythical creature from scratch! Using a combination of different media you’ll pick 3 different animals and make them into a totally unique cryptid just for you! The medium is up to you, but the instructor will be using an iPad as well as watercolor, gouache, crayon, and more. As long as you have drawing materials you’ll be in good shape! You can bring your favorite creatures to draw inspiration from, or pull a few out of a hat for a truly random and unique creature!NOTE – This event requires a ticket purchase using the link below in addition to your Sunday or Weekend Badge.
Live Blade Match – Lightsabers
Sunday • 2pm • Glade Room • Included with Sunday or Weekend Badge
Cheer for your favorite duelist as they compete for points and audience reaction in Martial style Blade Matches. Each valid strike is a point and a start of a new round! A duelist has to win so many rounds to win the match. These matches are not predetermined, so it is anyone’s game!
Pop Culture Art Show
Friday – Sunday • All Day • Displayed Throughout All Areas • Included with All Badges
Come and see some truly wonderful artwork from local artists. The show consists of pop culture inspired pieces, many of which will be available for purchase.
BEX Silent Disco & Sensory Lounge
Friday – Sunday • Vendor Hall Hours • Senators Room • Included with All Badges
Grab a pair of headphones and tune into one of our 3 channels! Step away from it all and immersive yourself in the surroundings of the Sensory Lounge or take your headphone with you and enjoy our playlists as you wander the entire convention.
Paint & Take
Friday • 12pm – 6pm • Bright Ballroom • Included with all badges
If you’ve ever wanted to try your hand at painting miniatures for your gaming needs but didn’t know where to start, sit down with JP Gotrokkits and paint your first miniature in a relaxed and helpful environment. Your first miniature is free!
Badges
Badges are included with our Resort Packages.
Badges
Badges are included with our Resort Packages.