13 of the World’s Weirdest Conventions
| September 30, 2015
Porc Fest
Just when you thought America couldn’t get any freer, along came the Porcupine Freedom Festival, aka Porc Fest. At this weeklong Libertarian gathering in New Hampshire pretty much anything goes whether it’s selling your homemade wares, exercising your right to free speech or openly toting your gun around. Go for it!
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Twi-Con
If you’ve ever proclaimed yourself to be on either “Team Edward” or “Team Jacob” you might be interested in attending the Twilight-themed Twi-Con. Wannabe vampires drag along their miserable boyfriends to talk about their favorite young adult “book” series and buy junk with Robert Pattinson’s face all over it.
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