Not a Day Without Pokémon: Cosplay: SB Urban Fest

Saturday, March 28, 2026

Cosplay: SB Urban Fest

Me: OK, break's over - now it's time for some great festivals, conventions, and such.

Ash: Starting with this one!

Me: Well, yes. It's kind of far away and it's a bit short, but you'll find that it's worth it.

Goh: You must have a reason for that.

Ash: Our friend told me to go to a mall first... to play a dance game and to battle and catch Gigantamax Pikachu!

Pikachu: Pi, pika pika chu! ["Hey, I resemble that!"]

Goh: Oh! Well, that is important for our friend, then.

Me: You'd better believe it. So that's a second agenda and side benefit, since the festival (for us) doesn't start until the afternoon anyway.

Ash: Yeah, so after the dance game and battles, I went to the festival in the city square. I was a little late, but I got to see them start out with a lucky draw game.

Goh: Oh. And then there was...

Ash: ...a violin and guitar performance. Then I was called up to help with some magic tricks.

Goh: Sounds nice.

Ash: The last thing I saw was some singing, before the character parade in the evening.

Goh: OK, well, this all sounds like a Bocchi Noizu festival, but... far away?

Me: Well, you might be right - they are after all supporters for the festival.

Pikachu: Pika pika? ["Don't you think?"]

Goh: Anyway, how'd the character parade go?

Ash: I think I did great with my Sinnoh outfit. But I wouldn't know how I really did, since I had to run back to our friend as soon as I was done.

Goh: Wow, really cutting it close.

Me: Thinking about it, I probably might not have wanted you in it if it was going to be that close.

Ash: I was a bit nervous too! That I wouldn't make it back in time - but fortunately I did.

Goh: What about all the other characters?

Ash: They were all really nice, so I think it's fine if some of them won instead of me.

Me: If we both didn't have commitments, I'm sure I would have let you stay, but yeah.

Goh: But the festival was good at the least.

Pikachu: Pika chu pika pika! ["A lot of food!"]

Ash: And I had a good day too with the battle and the game.

Goh: I'm sure you did.

Me: We knocked out a few agendas with a single travel.

Goh: Well, there you go.