Our 2022 Convention is May 20th - 22nd
Main Entry
The California Mermaid Convention - Saturday, May 21st
Hagan Park Community Center
2197 Chase Dr, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
Main Convention and Adult Swim: 10 AM - 5 PM
Main Entry to the California Mermaid Convention gains guests access to a variety of activities and events throughout the day, and our Adult Swim Pool! Children and their guardians may visit our Swim with a Mermaid Page to purchase Children's Main Entry Tickets
A Main Entry Ticket Includes
- Adult Swim: Swim with friends and make some new ones in our beautiful pool. While you swim, you may even want to check out a few of our poolside vendors; and test out some of their wares in the water!
- Group Photos and Flash Mob Dance: Be a part of convention history with these fantastic group activities. We will teach our Flash Mob dance to mers on site, and everyone can join in the shell-ibration!
- Vendors: We are proud to host a variety of vendors from California and beyond! From jewelry, costumes and tails, to beauty, bath and art, we have scoured the ocean to bring you the most lovely treasures the sea can offer
- Panels and Lectures: Expand your mermaid knowledge and ask questions with some of the Mermaid Industry's leading professionals. A must for any mermaid looking for discourse, enlightenment and education. See full list of Lectures below!
Our Convention is being held at the beautiful Hagan Park Community Center; guests will have access to the grounds, which include a park, playground, creeks and water features and free parking. Guests are welcome to enjoy the lush lawns and picnic, or spend time poolside in the lush grass.
Ticket FAQ
- DOES NOT include entry to photography sessions, workshops, or Children's Swim Sessions
- Adult Swim participants must be 12+ to use the pool between the hours of 10 AM - 5 PM. Children who are interested in swimming with a mermaid during the day may book a Children's Swim Session here
- Wristbands must be worn at all times!
- No glass whatsoever, or oil based lubricants will be allowed in the pool area
- No glitter of any kind will be allowed on site at any time
- We have restrooms on site, as well as Food Truck Vendors
- Guests are encouraged to bring a towel or blanket to sit in the grass and relax
- We will have a free Tail Check Station on Site to store tails and gear while shopping or attending lectures or activities
Purchase Tickets
To purchase tickets for Main Entry, please visit the link below. Please note that Main Entry tickets prices will increase as we near the Convention date
Tickets for Ages 12+ Only
- $45 Early Birds
Begins Tuesday, Feb 1st!
- $53 After March 1st
- $60 After April 1st
To Purchase Adult Tickets Click Here
For Children and Family Packages Click Here
*Please note that ALL Ticket Holders must show a vaccination card or negative COVID test taken within 48 hrs for entry
Adult Swim - Ages 12+
Make a Splash with your Merfriends
What could be more welcoming than a cool, aqua pool on a hot summer day? The California Mermaid Convention invites you to jump into the crystalline waters of Hagan Park Pool for some serious mermaid fun. Bring your beloved merfriends, and get ready make some new friends this Mer-MAY!
Adult Swim Info
- Pool Access included with Main Entry ticket
- Pool open for Adult Swim from 10 AM to 5 PM on May 21st, 2022 (Ages 12+)
- Adults are welcome to swim in their tails or monofins, though they are not required to enter the pool. Tails may be available onsite for purchase from our vendors
- Lifeguards will be on site, please use good sense and caution.
- No breath-holding contests/unauthorized breath-hold instruction onsite
- Goggles are encouraged, NO large flotation devices (floaties included) will be allowed - only coast guard certified life-vests are permitted. Please remember water and sunscreen!
- Main Entry wristbands must be worn while in water and pool area
- Bathrooms to change are on site, as well as food vendors
- No glass whatsoever, glitter, or oil based lubricants will be allowed in the pool area
Lectures and Panels - Located at Hagan Community Center
Panels and Lectures
As part of our general convention programming, we are pleased to offer a series of lectures, panels, premieres and classes to our guests. Stay tuned for specific panel and lecture updates for 2022
Engaging children in aquatic conservation - feild lecture
Go on a ramble with Mermaid Echo!
Join Echo for this hands-on lecture in K12 aquatic ecology. Enjoy a river walk to the American River, then participate in a lesson plan on the local freshwater ecosystem. Leave with the knowledge you need to be a versatile aquatic educator in your community. Pitch your new lesson plan materials to your local Community Ed Department, libraries, and schools. You'll have everything you need to hit the ground running and get gigs as a professional mer and aquatic educator!
Mermaid Echo is Wisconsin’s premiere professional mermaid entertainer, specializing in children’s conservation education. Mermaid Echo Entertainment LLC works to inspire the next generation to care for at-risk aquatic ecosystems through storytelling and hands-on learning.
Mermaid Echo is an internationally award-winning educator and entertainer. Echo is a certified PADI Mermaid Instructor, Open Water Diver and Red Cross Lifeguard who centers safety in their events and curriculum. They have over 7 years of experience in one-on-one childhood development through the YMCA, and have been running Mermaid Echo Entertainment LLC since 2016.
Learn more about Echo here
Building Character & Improv Skills - 12 PM
Weekend Warriors
This hour-long class is meant to get you on your feet and discover practical tools becoming a Merfolk, and bringing to life the Mer world. The goals of this class, are to help you create or build upon a theatrical character, using improv techniques develop stories and more confidently enjoy audience interactions.
A small group class indoors provides a safe and intimate learning experience. This class will benefit Merfolk who work parties and festivals, are writing stories or scripts, or find they need to speak in public or on camera to the press
About the Class Leader
Todi can be seen onstage with her comedy troupe Ballet Russe, Dark Garden’s sensual emcee, or proud barker to the Mers at the Northern California Pirate Festival. Her training has been in classical stage technique, method acting and years of commedia del’arte and improvisation.
Class FAQ
- 12 PM - 1 PM PM on May 21st, 2022
- Main Entry Ticket not required (You will not be able to enter the Pool Area without a Main Entry Ticket)
- Class is located in the Hagan Park Community Center
- $20
- Space for 10 Students
Purchase Tickets Here
Representation Panel - 3:30 PM
The California Mermaid Convention strives to represent and make visible a variety of voices, experiences and identities from all over the seas. We strive to celebrate the diverse beauty of merfolk from all 'swims' of life.
Being a part of the Mermaid Community can be difficult enough, but some merfolk face additional challenges simply because of the way they were born. Whether a recreational mer or a working professional, factors such as age, race, orientation, mental/physical health, can all lead to increased difficulties and a much more complex daily experience. We will explore these important themes and issues, helping shed light on them and ultimately celebrate a greater understanding of our friends. It’s about more than just diversity, it’s about genuine Representation.
Panel FAQ
This panel is free to attend
This panel will take place from 3:30 PM - 5 PM on May 21st, 2022.
Panel will be located in the Lecture Hall
Panel will hold a general discussion with a Q and A session following.
About our panelists
Mermaid Tiva
Marina the Fire Eating Mermaid
Marina the Fire Eating Mermaid
Mermaid Tiva is the Founder of Mermaid at Any Age, an all-inclusive mermaid movement focusing on water safety, aquatic conservation and equitable representation. She is also Monarch International's Ms. California Mermaid.
Born and raised in the Bay Area, this California native spent her summers either at the pool or the beach, and eve
Mermaid Tiva is the Founder of Mermaid at Any Age, an all-inclusive mermaid movement focusing on water safety, aquatic conservation and equitable representation. She is also Monarch International's Ms. California Mermaid.
Born and raised in the Bay Area, this California native spent her summers either at the pool or the beach, and eventually moved to Los Angeles for warmer weather and beach living. Tiva has been a professional performer specializing in Blues, cabaret and world dance for the past 11 years. She began her mermaid career in 2018 and looks forward to continuing making waves in the mermaid community.
IG: @mermaidtiva, @mermaid_at_any_age
Marina the Fire Eating Mermaid
Marina the Fire Eating Mermaid
Marina the Fire Eating Mermaid
A trailblazer in the field of "Mermaid Performances", she's most famous for her nearly 16 years as the official Mermaid at The Wreck Bar, creating its numerous swim shows both with tails and with dance ensembles. She also teaches fitness and swim workshops to help enhance aquatic skills; making them better performers and artist in their o
A trailblazer in the field of "Mermaid Performances", she's most famous for her nearly 16 years as the official Mermaid at The Wreck Bar, creating its numerous swim shows both with tails and with dance ensembles. She also teaches fitness and swim workshops to help enhance aquatic skills; making them better performers and artist in their own style.
MeduSirena is also well recognized by the Tiki Community, working as an emcee and a dancer. She's been a Poly Pop entertainment fixture at tiki events all throughout the United States. She's also a founding member of Japanese drumming/ Taiko Troupe 'Ronin Taiko', along with her husband Roy Anderson, and their son, Raiden- creating a unique percussive family business.
Grandmer Orchid
Marina the Fire Eating Mermaid
Grandmer Orchid
Grandmer Orchid is a grandma mermaid!
She spends the winter in the southwest and loves visiting her friends in Arizona and California. In the summer she swims to the Pacific Northwest and loves seeing her friends in Washington and Oregon! She has even swam with the fish and turtles in Maui, Hawai'i.
She loves to read and shares her love
Grandmer Orchid is a grandma mermaid!
She spends the winter in the southwest and loves visiting her friends in Arizona and California. In the summer she swims to the Pacific Northwest and loves seeing her friends in Washington and Oregon! She has even swam with the fish and turtles in Maui, Hawai'i.
She loves to read and shares her love of books with her little friends wherever she goes. Come and hear a story with her; you might hear stories about naughty fish, sharks losing their teeth and of course mermaid tales!
Follow Grandmer Orchid
Mermaid Echo
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Grandmer Orchid
Echo is Wisconsin's premiere professional mermaid entertainer, specializing in children’s conservation education. They have owned and operated Mermaid Echo Entertainment LLC since 2016, and works to inspire the next generation to care for at-risk aquatic ecosystems through storytelling and hands-on learning. Echo identifies as trans non-b
Echo is Wisconsin's premiere professional mermaid entertainer, specializing in children’s conservation education. They have owned and operated Mermaid Echo Entertainment LLC since 2016, and works to inspire the next generation to care for at-risk aquatic ecosystems through storytelling and hands-on learning. Echo identifies as trans non-binary when they are out of tail, and uses they/them pronouns. The character they portray at children's parties and events is Mermaid Echo, who uses she/her pronouns. Growing up in rural Wisconsin and launching an incredibly niche start-up as a queer youth was a formative experience for Echo, and they face obstacles in their everyday life navigating these spaces.
Merman Onyx
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Merman Onyx was born and raised along the San Joaquin River, in beautiful California's San Francisco Bay area. Co-owner of Willow Park Mercantile, a home décor store specializing in vintage, upcycled, repurposed furniture and home décor; there he helps to reduce the impact on our environment by refinishing discarded pieces and giving them
Merman Onyx was born and raised along the San Joaquin River, in beautiful California's San Francisco Bay area. Co-owner of Willow Park Mercantile, a home décor store specializing in vintage, upcycled, repurposed furniture and home décor; there he helps to reduce the impact on our environment by refinishing discarded pieces and giving them new life. This BIPOC member of the mermaid community uses his platform and lived experience to educate others on the myths that affect the BIPOC Community while creating a bit of fantasy.
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In Person drawing class with Casey Robin
Create a Mermaid Keepsake
Join accomplished Disney Storybook artist and illustrator, Casey Robin as she leads us through a step-by step process to create a beautiful work of mermaid art! We are thrilled to have worked with Casey for three years offer these online classes to the community.
This class is suitable for all ages and drawing skill level. Everyone will love joining in to this charming and informative lesson
Class FAQ
- This class takes place in person in our Lecture Hall
- This class takes place on May 21st, at 1:30 PM
- The Convention will provide drawing materials for the class
- Class is FREE with purchase of Main Entry ticket
Games and Treasure Hunts!
Activities Galore for our Smallest Guppies
Mera and her screw of pirates will be leading our littlest guppies at our Kid Games area!* This ongoing activity will take place all Saturday long from 10 AM to 5 PM during the Main Convention on May 21st. Try your hand at any of our undersea games, and win some pirate treasure! Scavenger Hunt participants will be given tasks and clues to collect and bring back to the aquatic super team in exchange for an adorable take home prize. And of course, they are welcome to snap a photo with Mera when they complete their mission!
Mera and the kid games area are visiting the convention as representatives of The League for Hope. The League for Hope's mission is to bring costumed characters in to visit chronically ill children at hospitals, residences, like the Ronald McDonald House, and charity events. They work with staff to provide the experience they are looking for, be it superheroes, princesses, pirates, mermaids, fairies, movie characters, or computer game characters—anything nerdy and kid friendly that the kids may enjoy interacting with. All their volunteers are experienced working with kids who are going through a major health or life issue. Their goal is to share hope by giving kids a chance to be kids for their visit.
*No registration or payment needed to participate, activity included in Main Entry Ticket