Crowd inside a venue with wooden ceiling, string lights, and a sign that reads 'Pop Cultured'.

Cosplay meet-ups, book signings, conventions, art nights- Pop Cultured hosts all this and so much more in our gaming room.

Our flagship events are Pop Anime Con, held every spring, and Pop Comic Con, held annually in the fall. Interested in being a vendor, hosting a panel discussion, or demo are either of these events? Add yourself to the Convention Contact list online here.

We know everyone is eagerly awaiting news of Pop Anime con - while we don’t have a date to share just yet we are hard at work making sure the Con will go on. Make sure to follow our social media for updates on this and all of our other events.

Poster for a pop-up market event called "Lost & Found" scheduled for Saturday, August 9th, from 10am to 2pm. The poster features colorful, collage-style lettering with the event details and states it is a one-day market of vintage wonders, offbeat ephemera, and curious finds.
Vintage-style poster advertising a retro revival event in Lowell on Saturday, August 9. The poster features two women wearing 1950s clothing, standing in front of an illustration of a downtown street scene, with bold red and white text.

Lost + Found Ephemera Pop-Up Market

Sat. August 9, 10am to 2pm

Lost & Found: Ephemera Marketplace is a curated pop-up for collectors, creatives, and the ephemerally obsessed. Discover a treasure trove of vintage paper goods, retro oddities, rare prints, old-school zines, handmade curios, and nostalgic finds that feel like they were made just for you. Whether you're a collage artist, a journal junkie, or just love getting lost in the beauty of forgotten things, this marketplace is your creative goldmine.

Hosted by Pop Cultured, this one-day event celebrates the weird, the wonderful, and the paper trail of the past. Come dig through memory lanes you didn’t know you missed. This is a one day only event.

Vendor Applications are open! https://forms.gle/zPoBwbvhkrZtndg96

Decades Downtown

Sat. August 9, all day

Lost & Found: Ephemera Marketplace is part of Decades Downtown - a retro revival celebrating the style, music, and culture of days gone by—right in the historic heart of Lowell. For one day only, businesses along Market, Middle, and Merrimack Streets are going full throwback with vintage displays, curated specials, and themed happenings that celebrate every era from flappers to funk.

Put on your favorite vintage and retro inspired looks, come stroll, shop, dine, and soak up the vibes. Whether you're hunting for vintage treasures, or just in it for the ambiance, Decades Downtown is a one day time machine.

Previous Events

Thank you to all the vendors and visitors who made

Pop Comic Con ‘24 such an amazing event!

Many thanks to everyone who made Pop Anime Con ‘24 the amazing event it was- from our contest judges, to our staff, to everyone at the mill, to everyone who came out for the day. Stranger than Fiction is the hilarious improv group that ended the evening with Anime-Osity. And the strolling magic was brought to you by Ryan Wallace, the Nerd Magician.

We’d like to give an extra big shout out to our vendors who brought everything from collectibles to handmade, comics to art, and everything in between. Please check out all these amazing people, see what events they’ll be attending next, and continue to shop and support them all year round:

A graphic with a blue background and a yellow circular design featuring the text, 'When you shop locally you support an entire community.'
Crowd of people at an indoor market or fair with booths, balloons, and plush toys.
People visiting a craft fair or market with booths displaying various items, including handmade crafts and plush toys. The venue has string lights and wooden support beams.
Person dressed as a mythical warrior with an elaborate headdress and staff, standing next to a man in a yellow patterned sweater, in front of a step-and-repeat backdrop with green and blue balloons.
A cute cartoon girl dressed as an astronaut with blonde hair in a spacesuit, holding a laser gun, and the words 'Pop Comic Con' in the background with space-themed graphics.