Our schedule of events for Colossalcon North 2025 is online! You can now begin to plan your convention weekend! Be aware that our schedule is subject to change!

Join us at ColossalCon North for the CUT/SEW Cosplay Studio – a full weekend of hands-on workshops designed to help you dive deeper into your craft. From sewing and embroidery to mending, embossing, and more, each session offers a chance to build real, usable skills in a welcoming, project-based environment.

Every workshop is led by industry pros like Broadway costumers Aissac.Cos and Aobittybaby, all of whom bring real-world experience and expert-level knowledge straight to the classroom. You’ll work with high-quality materials in a fully equipped space, and walk away with a finished project you can be proud of.

And don’t miss Crafter Party, CUT/SEW’s signature late-night event – a relaxed, come-and-go space where attendees can hang out, try cozy craft kits, and connect with fellow makers. This year’s event also features our Makers Market, a free fabric and cosplay supply swap where you can take what you need and leave what you don’t – a creative solution for a post-Joann world. Whether you’re stitching with friends or just vibing, it’s the perfect way to unwind after hours. Pre-registration is required for all classes and space is limited to keep things small, hands-on, and personal, so grab your tickets early and come make something amazing with us! Tickets, class info, and more can be found at cutsew.co/colossal

What You Can Learn:
Machine sewing, hand sewing, sashiko embroidery, embossing, working with faux fur, tambour embroidery, and more.

Where the Classes Are Located:
Kalahari Convention Center – Panel rooms Bamboo and Crown Palm

Where to Sign Up for Workshops:
All workshops are paid courses and require pre-registering and purchasing a ticket. Tickets can be purchased on the CUT/SEW website up until the day of the class, but please note that class sizes are small and hands-on so classes often do sell out. Purchasing your ticket ahead of time is the best way to ensure a seat in the class of your choice.

     

Dust off your rubber bracelets, your vans, and that one band tee you’d always wear. We’ll be blasting all your favorite emo, pop punk, and metalcore songs all night. It will feel like Warped Tour again, without having to stand outside in the heat waiting for your favorite band to play. Get ready to join Likely Vain for a trip back to the good ol’ days.

     

Likely Vain is a brother and sister DJ duo based in Raleigh, NC. Formed in 2023 they set out to provide high energy shows and bring the best vibes everywhere they good. With a vibrant mix of Bass house to Dubstep there is something for everyone at a Likely Vain show!

     

Jamieson’s long career spans stage, screen, and microphone. A veteran of the dubbing community since the mid-’90’s, he has replaced dialogue in many animation and live action series and features, from the iconic anime film Akira to the award-winning Fate Zero series, from Bleach to ZOM100 and much more. His interactive credits include the announcer for Mortal Kombat 9, X, and 11, and Ermac in MK X and MK 1; Sojiro Sakura in Persona 5, Baine Bloodhoof (and many others) in World of Warcraft; The Abomination in the Marvel’s Avengers game; Garen in League of Legends; The Commander in Monster Hunter World; the male Monk in Diablo III; Wulfgar in Dungeons and Dragons: Dark Alliance; The Gulper – a Skylanders villain, and so many more.

On screen he has been in the films The Patriot; The Secret Kingdom; the short films Carried Away and Bounty; television: Westworld; Without a Trace; Days of our Lives; According to Jim; Frasier; Unsolved Mysteries and heard as the voice of Dark Mayhem in Nickelodeon’s The Thundermans.

He won the male narrator competition for the ACX audiobook exchange and narrated Exile, Texas by Roxanne Longstreet Conrad. Jamieson also read the short story Farewell to the Master for the Sony Pictures Classics re-release of The Day the Earth Stood Still.

Jamieson announced graduates’ names at Commencement Ceremonies for Cal State Long Beach for over twenty years and now announces the names at Chapman University, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and Long Beach City College.

Jamieson teaches voice acting workshops, coaches online, and is a part-time lecturer in the Theater Department at Cal State Long Beach.

 A Japanese Hardcore Techno (J-core) DJ and founder of Chicago’s rave collective MEGAPULSE.

Y0bi’s mission: blasting Japan’s underground sound straight to Chicago — connecting cultures through speed, sound, and spirit.

A true Otaku at heart, Y0bi draws inspiration from the aesthetics of the old internet, fusing nostalgia, chaos, and technology into every set.

Living in both the future and the past, he finds joy in absurd contradiction — a technologist and a luddite, an engineer and an artist, tuned to the signal between worlds.

Join me, followers, to the future matrix.

     

An extraordinary pair of artists, the Chalk Twins are renowned for their chalk murals of epic proportions. Traveling the world in pursuit of artistic mastery, they are a regular installment at conventions and events across the country, where they produce massive chalk masterpieces live. The Chalk Twins are true in advertising – they are twins, and they work together with soft pastel chalk. When you see them, we encourage you to get down low and talk to them. They would be glad to answer questions and talk about art, geeky stuff, twin stuff – whatever you like. They don’t bite. We promise.

Follow them on their adventures across the country and around the world on Twitter or Instagram @chalktwins. Like them on Facebook, buy prints and originals online at their Online Store.

     

Notorious American J-Pop/K-Pop Remixer, Composer, Skilled Instrumentalist, and Producer, DJ Amaya began making waves when he started introducing audiences to Japanese dance music at anime conventions across the USA, which led to him playing shows in Japan, Singapore, and Sweden as well. Along the way he released 4 full length albums of original music, collaborated with Japanese artists, and has been commissioned to produce tracks and remixes for artists around the globe.

2014 Amaya formed MINIKOMA☆ with popular J-Pop/K-Pop cover artist “Yabisi”, together, the duo created original songs in Japanese that span many genres and released their first full-length album in Japan, “EYES” in April 2016, and performed live to a packed crowd at Anime-Expo 2016 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

July 2016 DJ Amaya contributed a remix for Re:animation’s Remix Compilation “Re:boots Legendary Anime Song Remixes” which features prominent bootleg remixers from the anisong community worldwide. Public Musume’s album “初恋とはなんぞや” features the track “おちんぎんちょう�?い” with music produced by DJ Amaya. Furthermore, late July 2016 also will see the release of “Brilliant Connect” by ex-Rhymeberry member 信岡ひかる(Nobuoka Hikaru) which was composed/arranged By DJ Amaya in collaboration with 里本あすか (Pastel Pants).

     

Kuro Usagi, [Formerly Artist and Legendary DJ: Revolution Boi], has been in the Electronic Dance scene for decades, as an avid listener and vivid performer. His influences from Progressive House, Trance, and Drum and Bass have made him notable for his uplifting compilations that have been recognized around the globe. As a traveling DJ, Kuro Usagi’s experiences with a diverse range of genres led to the development of a unique ability to evoke and capture the emotional state of mind of his listening audience. Sharing the subcultures of Japanese EDM, Anime, and Idol Culture, and has become a huge staple performer for the Anime Industry across the nation.

     

Alyxe has been working with leather and metal for over fifteen years. After a decade of working in the artist alley, they began running classes to pass their crafting skills on to the next generation of cosplayers. When not teaching classes, they enjoy training in martial arts in foreign countries and collecting superfluous master’s degrees.