By Mike Finney

DOVER  – Dover Con 2025, a free family-fun event, will take over the Legislative Mall-area downtown from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on June 14 – rain or shine.

The National Weather Service is calling for showers and thunderstorms before 11 a.m. on Saturday, a chance of showers between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. The chance of precipitation is 60%.

Skies are expected to be mostly cloudy, with a high temperature near 77 degrees.

Many of the events at Dover Con are expected to take place indoors, such as the Cosplay Contest, which will occur in the Schwartz Center for the Arts. Signup begins at 10 a.m.

Meanwhile, a Super Smash Brothers tournament will be held in the Biggs Museum of American Art.

The Wesley United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall on Loockerman Street – across from Dover City Hall – will host Jedi Knight training, while the First State Flippers are conducting a pinball tournament at the facility, as well.

Across Loockerman Street inside the Dover Public Library, visitors can meet the First State Garrison, Delaware’s representation of the 501st Legion, Rebel Legion: Ghost Base, and Mando’s Mercs, a costuming organization comprised and operated by Star Wars fans.

The library will also show anime videos and offer the opportunity to create original art at the Delaware Anime Society anime fan hangout inside the library.

The Dover Police Department released road closures, which will begin at 6 a.m. on Saturday, in advance of Dover Con.

The following roadways will be closed for the duration of the event:

Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (North and South); Federal Street, from Water Street to Loockerman; Loockerman Street, from State Street to Legislative Avenue; and North Street, from State Street to Federal Street.