SOFA 2023 Corferias arrives in Bogota: dates, schedules, rates and activities
Cosplay and hobby enthusiasts will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the SOFA 2023 Corferias fair, October 12-16. Below, we tell you what the fair will come with this year, how much the entrance fee is and how you can purchase your tickets, which are currently in Phase 2, so you don’t miss out on this exciting event.
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Where to buy tickets to SOFA 2023 Corferias
If you wish to visit the Salon del Ocio y la Fantasía (Leisure and Fantasy Fair) in the 2023 edition, please note that children under 7 years old and over 70 years old enter free of charge. For everyone else, tickets must be purchased in advance. The official website offers the public the option of buying tickets per day, or to purchase the full pass, with which you can attend the fair every day.
¡Atraviesa el portal y viaja através del multiverso SOFA! 🎟️ Adquiere tus entradas en FASE 2 y descubre todos los universos de ocio y fantasia en una sola realidad, del 12 al 16 de octubre en Corferias.
— corferiasbogota (@CorferiasBogota) August 16, 2023
¡Aquí comienza tu aventura, adquiere tus entradas ahora! 🐉
These are the available ticket prices:
- Phase 2 ticket Thursday, October 12: $19.000
- Phase 2 ticket Friday October 13th: $19.000
- Phase 2 ticket Saturday October 14: $23.000
- Phase 2 ticket Sunday, October 15: $23.000
- Phase 2 ticket Monday, October 16: $23.000
- Phase 2 Full Pass ticket: $88.000
To complete the purchase of your tickets, you will need to enter some personal information and you will be able to choose from several payment methods, including bank transfer, PSE, and credit and debit card payments.
SOFA 2023 Corferias attendees must be at least six years old, so children under the minimum age will not be allowed to enter the facilities. Please take this information into account when purchasing your tickets.
Find the SOFA 2023 Corferias ticket office at this link.
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SOFA 2023 Corferias Schedule
In this edition, SOFA 2023 Corferias goes until 8:00 PM on Thursday and Monday. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday the closing will be at 9:00 PM.
Please note that tickets will stop being sold one hour before closing.
What to expect at SOFA 2023 Corferias
This year, the most awaited fair by fans of fantastic literature, comics, cosplay and many other forms of entertainment, is betting on transporting its attendees to an unforgettable multiverse.
The fair will feature special effects, virtual reality experiences, cutting-edge technology, challenging escape rooms, areas dedicated to creative writing and fashion, as well as musical proposals that include symphonic experiences, animation, cosplay, short films, astronomical explorations and even circus shows.
There will also be street art, sculpture, strategy games, martial arts, softcombat, choreography, larp and much more.
In this year’s edition, SOFA 2023 Corferias will bring together all kinds of passions, under the premise that each one of them contains a unique universe. To achieve this, Corferias has assigned all its pavilions to the event to create a portal to infinite possibilities of “worlds full of content, activities and knowledge”.
This edition of the Leisure and Fantasy Fair aims to create a space where all these universes converge, giving attendees the opportunity to explore them in their entirety.
Thus, science fiction, fantasy and role-playing games take over the more than 50,000 square meters of Corferias in an effort to create an unforgettable multiverse. You can find more information about the SOFA 2023 Corferias universes here.
What was SOFA 2022 like?
In its 2022 edition, SOFA gathered 227,000 visitors at Corferias. This was a figure that exceeded the organizers’ expectations, breaking attendance records since its creation.
Andrés López Valderrama, executive president of Corferias, said: “SOFA demonstrates the strength of the Colombian cultural industry, which in its constant growth makes it clear that it is a sector of the economy that must continue to bet on and support”.
In the 2022 edition, the fair had 350 exhibitors and the support of 250 cultural managers who were in charge of taking the experience to an incomparable level. This year expectations are growing, and the event is expected to reach a similar or higher number of attendees than its previous edition.
SOFA 2023 Corferias: the story behind the show
The first version of the fair, which today attracts hundreds of thousands of attendees, was held in a small shopping mall in the city of Bogota. From April 23, 2009, until April 26, 2009, the first of these conventions was held in the cold Colombian capital.
The Salón del Ocio y la Fantasía (Leisure and Fantasy Fair) had several international guests, including, for example, the Italian cosplayer Francesca Dani, who was also a judge in the cosplay contest of that edition. Dubbing experts Mario Castañeda and Cristina Hernández also accompanied the event in its famous debut.
In its first edition, SOFA brought together 4,000 fans of the world of entertainment and fantasy, and marked the beginning of a Bogota cultural tradition that now gathers hundreds of thousands of visitors every year.
The truth is that fans of fantastic universes are eagerly awaiting the start of SOFA 2023 Corferias, with the illusion of immersing themselves in fascinating realities.
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