Upcoming Events
Past Events
- Cupsleeve Collaboration at YiFang — October 2024 at 4 locations:
- BART collaborated with Yifang Taiwan Fruit Tea Northern California by featuring BART’s anime mascots on drink menu items and limited-edition collector cupsleeves as well as in-store photo spots. The collaboration and cupsleeve event ran from October 16 to October 31, 2024, at four Yifang locations in the Bay Area all located within one mile of a BART station. We also hosted two pop-up events at UC Berkeley and Colma bringing together BART fans from all over California.
- Participating Locations: UC Berkeley, Colma, Downtown Walnut Creek, and San Francisco Chinatown
- Anime Impulse Bay Area 2024 — October 2024 in San Mateo:
- BART partnered with Caltrain to promote improved BART/Caltrain transfers at Millbrae. By taking transit to the event, attendees got to to experience faster, more frequent trains on weekends thanks to Caltrain’s new electric service. Special BART × Caltrain collaboration art was commissioned for the event. We also offered a new boba guide.
- Stamp: Millbrae (BART ↔ Caltrain Connection)
- San Francisco Zine Fest 2024 — September 2024 in San Francisco
- BART tabled with anime merch, alongside many passionate fan artists from all over the Bay Area.
- Stamp: Powell (Anime Mascots)
- OffKai Expo 2024 — May-June 2024 in Burlingame
- BART brought our stands for content creators & fans to take photos with, in addition to our popular noodle guide from FanimeCon.
- Stamp: San Francisco International Airport
- FanimeCon 2024 — May 2024 in San José
- BART launched our anime merch collections at FanimeCon 2024. We also offered a noodle guide to promote off-peak ridership, provided information about jobs, in addition to a youth discount. A BART cosplay meetup was held with a discount for cosplayers.
- Stamp: Berryessa/North San José
- Peninsula Libraries Comic Arts Fest 2024 — April 2024 in South San Francisco
- BART brought over life size stands, informational material for San Mateo County riders, coloring books for kids, and had giveaways in our gachapon machine. It was a hit, especially among kids & families visiting the library that day.
- Stamp: South San Francisco
- Meet the Anime Mascots — September 2023 in San Francisco
- BART held a Meet the Anime Mascots event at Powell St. Station ****on September 16, 2023. More than 700 riders came by to take photos with the mascots and grab a prize from the BART capsule ball machine. Some people came in cosplay of our mascots. We also introduced a stamp rally.
- Stamp: Powell (Anime Mascots)
- OffKai Expo 2023 — June 2023 in Burlingame
- BART tabled with SamTrans at the OffKai Expo VTuber convention in June 2023, and even held meet-and-greets with local VTubers who love BART.
- FanimeCon 2023 — May 2023 in San José
- BART launched the mascots at the largest anime convention in the Bay Area. We gave out exclusive mascot charms and educated people about how to take BART and VTA to travel to South Bay. We also promoted our youth discount.
- Crunchyroll Expo 2022 — August 2022 in San José
- While BART did not table at this event, our initial call for California-based artists was launched around Crunchyroll Expo. The call was wildly popular, receiving nearly 500 submissions. We also launched our first digital rider guide, which helped set the 2nd highest all-time Sunday ridership record for Berryessa/North San José station, right behind Pride 2022.
- BART launched the mascots at FanimeCon 2023, the largest anime convention in the Bay Area. We gave out exclusive mascot charms and educated people about how to take BART and VTA to travel to South Bay. We also promoted our youth discount.
- BART also had a table at the OffKai Expo VTuber convention in June 2023.
- On September 16, 2023 BART held a Meet the Anime Mascots event at Powell St. Station. More than 700 riders came by to take photos with the mascots and grab a prize from the BART capsule ball machine. Some people came in cosplay of our mascots. We also introduced a stamp rally.