Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Flashback Highlights

July 19, 2020 at 5:40pm
By Jason Stettner

With the ongoing global COVID situation, one of the big events of Calgary was sadly unable to go ahead. That event of course being the Calgary Expo 2020. This would have been our fifth year in a row covering it as press, and that’s slightly disappointing. Its fun to cover, gathers quite a crowd and provides some exciting panel moments. I personally have a blast attending and enjoy seeing how it changes each year.

With that, I thought it might be fun to do a cosplay flashback sort of article to celebrate the best of what we’ve seen over the many years of attendance. Just a number of interesting creations from those that have attended the show while trying to present a character of their choice.

We certainly see some very talented offerings at the event since we typically attend each day that the show runs. It’s very disappointing not to have this sort of thing going on in the city, and hopefully it’ll return in the next year as it’s a fun staple of coverage for us.

I hope you enjoy the selections, and that things get back to normal sooner than later. While some of these pictures were taken by myself, the best of them were taken by our photographer Ken Appleby and I would like to give credit to his excellent quality assistance.

2019 Saturday Highlights
Our Calgary Expo Hub

2016 Cosplay

Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Hydra
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Warcraft
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Squirrel
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Groot

2017 Cosplay

Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Aloy
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Barf
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Buzz Lightyear
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay cool, very cool
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Legend of Zelda
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Piper
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Peach and Zelda

2018 Cosplay

Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay water time
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Optimus Prime
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Mysterio
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Aloy and leader
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Soundwave
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Faith
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Bioshock Couple

2019 Cosplay

Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay neat
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Little Ciri
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Ciri and Triss
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Dead by Daylight
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Michael Myers
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Sabrina
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay tree one
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Warhammer
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Hops

2016 Cosplay

Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Hydra
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Warcraft
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Squirrel
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Groot

2017 Cosplay

Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Aloy
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Barf
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Buzz Lightyear
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay cool, very cool
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Legend of Zelda
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Piper
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Peach and Zelda

2018 Cosplay

Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay water time
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Optimus Prime
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Mysterio
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Aloy and leader
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Soundwave
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Faith
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Bioshock Couple

2019 Cosplay

Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay neat
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Little Ciri
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Ciri and Triss
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Dead by Daylight
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Michael Myers
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Sabrina
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay tree one
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Warhammer Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Hops

2016 Cosplay

Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Spider-Man and Mary Jane
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Bioshock
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Triss and Yennefer
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay heroes
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Team Rocket

2017 Cosplay

Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay cool
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Lord of the Rings
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay DOOM
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Friday the 13th
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Borderlands Gaige

2018 Cosplay

Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Team Fortress
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Ewok Carebears
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Mortal Kombat
Calgary Expo 2020 Cosplay Snow White and Jafar


I certainly hope you enjoyed the options that were chosen. We do of course have years of photos from the Calgary Expo which can be found within our hub, capturing each of the days of the show.

We also have included a video presentation which is from the last year with a mash-up of memories from other years past as well. We definitely look forward to covering the show next year!

Gamerheadquarters Reviewer Jason Stettner