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From Bay Area Anime Music, we are hosting our annual RocKosplay Anime Concert & Cosplay Contest, in Newark, CA on July 19, 2025
The concert features 4 live bands playing anime covers, along with a cosplay contest, and free cosplay photography!
All entrants to the cosplay contest will be eligible for hundreds of dollars worth of prizes & everyone will receive a discount coupon to upcoming Anime Impulse.

We are looking for an accomplish cosplayer (or cosplayers) to apply as judges, and will promote your cosplays before the event. If this interests you, please send a DM to our instagram account (@bayareaanimemusic).

For more context, see our instagram, eventbrite listing with tickets, and website with past event photos.

I'm helping host the Bay Area Rockosplay Concert (tickets in link) which is both an anime themed concert/mini convention with bands playing anime music, art being sold, and a cosplay event. A lot of the bands will be playing anime themes while wearing cosplays as well (check out Aimai Mirai - for example they've cosplayed as Jujutsu Kaisen in the past while playing the theme songs from the show).

We're going to have free professional photography for all attendees, and a cosplay contest with a $140 prize as well! The event is on June 7 in Santa Clara, which is 2 weeks after Fanime - which is a good option if you don't finish your Fanime costume in time or if you want cosplay photos afterwards. Let me know if you have any questions! I'll also be at Fanime cosplaying this year :)