Taking place this Saturday-Sunday (Sept. 28-29) at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California, the first NostalgiaCon '80s Pop Culture Convention is devoted entirely to the pop culture of the decade that keeps coming back in waves.
The event is a dream that its founder, Manny Ruiz, began considering seven years ago, though he only began seriously organizing it in September 2017 with his co-founder and wife, Angela Ruiz, a veteran communications executive.
There will be plenty to immerse oneself in at NostalgiaCon '80s: concerts, panels, cosplay, autographs, photo ops and even a car exhibition. Guests include Christopher Lloyd, Val Kilmer,"I want to give people the Disney World of a decade," he declares. Some nostalgia at the event will be geared toward other decades, such as '60s and '70s TV shows, whose reruns Gen Xers grew up on. Also, there will be a Nod To The '90s lounge as a hint to NostalgiaCon's future.
But it's not all throwback material at NostalgiaCon. "Word has it that we don't have to be that nostalgic," says Davis. "We can play some new stuff too, which is my favorite, of course." So expect a taste of The Motels' a 2018 album that felt fresh but retro, which she jokingly blames on her younger bandmates who love the era more than she does.
Sugarhill's Michael "Wonder Mike" Wright says of their live strategy: "We give it to them, we hit him in the head, we leave it on the stage, and make sure everybody has their experience." They want to appeal to veteran concertgoers as well as newbies. "We're performing so when they leave, they can say they really got down."
DJ Dynasty notes that the Sugarhill audience in Europe, where they play larger festivals, knows more of the B-sides and deep cuts like "Kick It Live from 9 to 5" and "Passion Play." With an audience spanning eight to 80, the group has fans who weren't even alive when they hit it big, but still "know the words because their uncles and aunts and parents used to blast it," says Wonder Mike.
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