13 of the World’s Weirdest Conventions
| September 30, 2015
Blob Fest
Fans of the cult horror movie The Blob get together each year to act like a bunch of no-good, teenage hot-rodders and celebrate the oozing alien entity known as The Blob at Blob Fest. Not only do they screen the 1958 cult-hit starring screen legend Steve McQueen, they even recreate the running-from-the-theatre-while-screaming scene.
Barbershop Quartet Convention
If watching a flock of middle-aged mustachioed men croon and sway to old-timey tunes sounds like your idea of fun, you’ve got to visit the next Barbershop Quartet Convention. Grab your honey, climb atop your “Bicycle Built for Two” and be amazed that yes, this is still a thing.
Ellin Beltz / Own work
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