Past Conventions

Past International Con Listings from the Year 2001.

Future conventions are what you should be looking forward to.
Conventions for the year 2000 and 2002 are included for historical interest.

This page was updated on 07/02/2002
Many links on this page may not work now for obvious reasons.

Monthly Calendar Index
2000 2001 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 2002

2/2/2001-4/2/2001
CONTHIRTEENA British National Filk Convention.
Location: Albany Hotel, Eastbourne.
Note: This is the hotel that was used for Decadence.
UK guests: Tim and Annie Walker,
Overseas Guests: Barry and Sally Childs-Helton from the USA.
Special guest: Scott "Cosmo" Snyder.
Membership: £25 (£12 unwaged)
Contact: Conthirteena, c/o Miki Dennis, 15, St Catherine's Cross, Bletchingley, Surrey. RH1 4PX
Webpage: www.z9m9z.demon.co.uk/con.html
E-mail: Deleted

9/02/2001-11/02/2001
SEVENTH STARFLEET BALL STAR TREK/MEDIA.
Location: The Carrington House Hotel (aka Moat House) Bournemouth.
Guests of Honour: Jacqueline Pearce, Robert Picardo, Hattie Hayridge, Paul Darrow.
Contact: Snowdrop Cottage, 6 The Street, Sutton Waldron, Near Blandford, Dorset DT11 8PF.
Telephone: 01747 812 353.
Webpage: www.starfleet-ball.com
E-mail: Deleted

15/02/2001-18/02/2001
ROSCON
Location: Moscow, Russia
Membership: from $70 US all inclusive.
Contact: Tel. (095) 1230177 ("Manufactura") or (095) 3356832 (Dimitri Volodikhin)
Webpage: http://www.convent.ru
E-mail: Deleted

23/2/2001-25/2/2001
REDEMPTION - BABYLON5/BLAKES7.
Location: Ashford International Hotel, Ashford Kent.
Guests of Honour: Gareth Thomas, Ron Thornton, Michael Sheard, Andy Lane, David.Walsh.
Notes: Fun convention with lots of audience participation! Last time included a fannish cabaret, a Rocky Horror evening, silly games, an "adults only" talk on realism in "slash" (don't ask <grin!>) etc.
Contact: Redemption, 26 King's Meadow View, Wetherby, LS22 7FX. Att. £45.
E-mail: Deleted
Webpage: http://www.smof.com/redemption/

23/2/2001-25/2/2001
AD ASTRA 2001
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Guests of Honour: Connie Willis, David Hartwell
Contact: 905-305-0827
Webpage: http://www.ad-astra.org
E-mail: Deleted

3-4/3/2001
MICROCON 2001,
Location: Devonshire House, University of Exeter
Guest of Honour: Jon Courtenay Grimwood
Membership: £5 at door, £3.50 concessions.
Contact: 22 Cottey Brook, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 5BR.

4/3/2001
STAR WARS DAY 5 - STAR WARS
Location: Honiton Sports Centre, Honiton, Devon, England.
Note: One day, charity fundraising event.
Guests of Honour: Dave Prowse, Jeremy Bulloch, Garrick Hagon, Femi Taylor and Michael Sheard.
Features: Guest talks, autograph sessions, displays, competitions, dealers etc.
Webpage: http://www.exewing.btinternet.co.uk
E-mail: Deleted

09-11/03/2001
MECON DELTA
Location: Queen's University, Belfast
Guest of Honour: Michael Sheard.
Membership: £15 £17 from 1 Mar.
Contact: 24 Malton Court, Upper Malone Rd, Belfast, BT9 6HB.

10/03/2001
PERI'S PICNIC - DR.WHO
Location: Midland Hotel, Midland Road, Derby DE1 2SQ
Guest of Honour: Nicola Bryant
Note: One day event (11.30a.m. - 4.00 p.m)
Features: Clips, interview session, Q&A session, signing and some merchandise for sale.
Contact: Nicola Bryant Event, c/o Sentinel 451, PO Box 5303, Derby. DE1 9YL (enclose an sae).
Membership: £10 (limited to 120)
Payment: Cheques/postal orders should be made payable to Sentinel 451 Ltd
Telephone: 01332 298589
E-mail: Deleted
Webpage: http://www.thermallance.demon.co.uk/perievent/index.html
Website warning!
Music on every page and a 25 second delay so you can hear the DrWho theme on milk bottles before it loads up the real info! (There is now a no-sound option on the opening page. The site was changed after I complained.)

16/03/2001-18/03/2001
57th FörsterCon
Location: Keller-Klub, Güntstrasse 22, Dresden
Features: A trip on the motorship "Bad Schandau" is planned for Saturday
Contact: Michael Stöhr, Grosse Meissner Strasse 14, 01097 Dresden, Germany
Phone: 0049 (0) 351 802 4183

16/3/2001-18/3/2001
STARFURY 2001 MEDIA
Location: Heathrow Park Hotel, London, England.
Guests of Honour: Jerry Doyle, Robert Leeshock, Lisa Howard, Von Flores, Richard Chevolleau.
Credit Card bookings: 07930 319 119 (+£2:50 per ticket charge).
Cheques and Postal Orders must be made payable to TOMCAT PRODUCTIONS include two SAE's.
To:, STARFURY, 148a Queensway, Bayswater, London W2 6LY.
Webpage: http://members.aol.com/fabevent
E-mail: Deleted

16/3/2001-18/3/2001
MINAMICON 7 - ANIME Now in its 7th year, the UK's longest running Anime convention.
Location: The Novotel Hotel, Southampton
Guest of Honour: None
Note: Small, friendly, sold out last year, possibly already sold out for 2001.
Contact: via email or website.
Membership: £35 until 28th February 2001 NBG - Wilf
E-mail: Deleted NBG - Wilf
Webpage: http://www.minamicon7.anime.org.uk NBG - Wilf

16/3/2001-18/3/2001
STARFURY 2001 - Chariots Of War part 3 - MEDIA
Location: Radisson Edwardian Heathrow, London England.
Theme: Xena / Dark Angel
Guests of Honour: Jerry Doyle, Robert Leeshock, Lisa Howard, Von Flores, Richard Chevolleau, Elizabeth Gracen , Lani Tupu, Hudson Leick, Ted Raimi, Adrienne Wilkinson, Jennifer Sky, William Gregory Lee, Jennifer Blanc
Membership: £55 for full weekend (£25 under 14's) £35 one day (£20 under 14's)
Credit Card bookings: 07930 319 119 (+£2:50 per ticket charge).
Cheques and Postal Orders must be made payable to TOMCAT PRODUCTIONS include two SAE's, To:, STARFURY, 148a Queensway, Bayswater, London W2 6LY.
Webpage: http://www.cleopatra2525.co.uk
E-mail: Deleted

17/3/2001-18/3/2001
CONPULSION 2001 - GAMING
Location: Teviot Row Union of Edinburgh University.
Notes: Various RPGs, CCGs and LARPs will be run over the weekend, ensuring something for everyone who comes along. Special guests from the gaming industry, from the art world, from writing and even from the hallowed boards of the theatre will be coming along to deliver talks, sign items and just chat. Contact Malcolm Craig at the email/web addresses below.
E-mail: Deleted
Webpage: http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/geas/CONVENTION/index.html

30/03/2001 - 01/04/2001
BraeuCon B-Con
Location: Braunschweig
Contact: Deleted

06/04/2001 - 08/04/2001
FedCon IX Star Trek
Location: Maritim Hotel, Bonn, Germany
Guests of Honour: Levar Burton, Claudia Christian, Nicole de Boer, Colm Meaney, Alexander Siddig,Jennifer Lien, Ted Riami, Von Flores, Richard Arnold.
Contact: FedCon GmbH, Schillerstrasse 4,86154 Augsburg, Germany.
Telephone: 0049 (0) 821 219 0932
Fax: 0049 (0) 821 219 1937
E-mail: Deleted
Webpage: http://www.fedcon.de

07/04/2001 - 08/04/2001
ELF FANTASY FAIR
Location: Alphen a/d Rijn (Archeon) in the Netherlands.
International celebrities will be present, including Robert Jordan, Wendy Froud, Brian Froud, the Hobbitons, and Real Musgrave.
E-mail: Deleted Warning! It is a lovely web site best viewed in 1024 X 768 mode or bigger & lots of pictures to slow you.
Webpage: www.elffantasy.com

12/04/2001 - 16/04/2001
SWANCON 2001 The Masquerade: Australian National SF Con
Location: The Rydges Hotel, Perth, WA, Australia
Membership: A$80, $100 on door
Guests of Honour: Robert Silverberg,Karen Haber Rosaleen Love, Marilyn Pride, Lewis Morley, Kate Orman and Sue Ackerman
Contact: Swancon 2001, PO Box 162 Nedlands WA 6909, Australia
E-mail: Deleted
Webpage: http://www.sf.org.au/swancon2001

13/04/2001 - 16/04/2001

PARAGON The British EasterCon
Location: Paragon has MOVED ... to the Hanover International Hotel, Hinckley, Leicestershire ... more info in Progress Report 2 and on the website. It is no longer planned for the Norbreck Castle in Blackpool!
The Hanover is NOT in Hinckley town but near the junction of the A5 and M69
Theme: Something for Everyone
Guests of Honour: Stephen Baxter, Lisanne Norman, Michael Scott Rohan
Fan Guests of Honour: Claire Brialey & Mark Plummer.
Membership: GBP 40.00 Supporting GBP 15.00
Accommodation: Hanover International Hotel
                               GBP 30.00 triple/quad
                               GBP 37.50 for twin/double
                               GBP 47.50 single
The following alternative accommodation has been found on the web by Wilf
Alternative 1: Hollycroft Hotel 24 Hollycroft, Hinckley, Leicestershire, LE10 0HG Tel: +44 (0)1455 637356
                     This Hotel is near the centre of Hinckley roughly 3 miles (5km) from the Hanover
                     Family Room Bed & Breakfast GBP 60.00 per room
                     Triple Bed & Breakfast GBP 60.00 per room
                     Double /Twin Bed and Breakfast from £45.00 to £50.00 per room
                     Single Bed and Breakfast GBP 25.00
                     GBP 2.00 discount for mentioning Smoothound.com listing on the internet.
                     See: http://www.smoothhound.co.uk/a21928.html
Alternative 2: Kings Hotel
                     This Hotel is near the centre of Hinckley roughly 2.5 miles (4km) from the Hanover
                     13-19 Mount Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire, LE10 1AD,
                      Price: under £40
                     Facilities: Ensuite bathrooms, Evening meal available
Alternative 3: Indigo (Self Catering) 3 Nights minimun at GBP 40.00 per night
                           31b the Lawns, Hinckley, Leicestershire, LE10 1DY
                           Phone: +44 (0)1455 615520, Fax: +44 (0)1455 635704
Expected attendance: 750 to 900
Webpage: www.keepsake-web.co.uk/paragon
Contact: Alice & Steve Lawson, 379 Myrtle Road, Sheffield, S2 3HQ, England xl5@zoom.co.uk
or:            Deleted

13/04/2001 - 16/04/2001

ODYSSEYCON - New Zealand NatCon
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Guests of Honour: Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon, Lyn McConchie, Brian Howell
Membership: NZ$ $60 'til 31/12/2000, NZ$70 until 12/04/2001, NZ$80 on door
Contact: P.O. Box 74-013 Market Rd, Auckland New Zealand
E-mail: Deleted
Webpage: http://www.odysseycon.sf.org.nz

22/04/2001
JEDICON - Star Wars
Location: Towngate Theatre, Basildon, Essex. Noon-5pm.
Contact: c/o Nelson House, 341 Lea Bridge Rd, Leyton, E10 7LA.

22/04/2001 - 24/04/2001
MarburgCon XII
Location: Marburg, Burgergerhaus Wehrda, Germany
Features: Friday: Fan-Stammtish (regular fan meeting)
               Saturday: Nearby Book and Comic Market DEM 5.00
               Sunday: Literary Brunch DEM 10.00
Contact: Marburger Verein für Phantastik, Rainer Vaupel, Friedrich-Ebert Strasse 74, 35039 Marburg. Germany
E-mail: Deleted
Webpage: http://www.phantastik-forum

27/04/2001 - 29/04/2001

LITUANICON 2001
Theme: 3rd Millenium: Technology or Magic.
Location: Kaunas, Lithuania, Kaunas Artists' Home & Kaunas Journalists' Home
Membership: 15 Lt(~3.75 US$), students/school children - 10 Lt(~2.5$); 20 Lt(~5 US$), students/school children 15 Lt(~3.75 US$) at the door
Accomodation:
1. Hotel "Kaunas"
single bed & breakfast - 220 Lt (~55 US$)
double/twin bed & breakfast - 290 Lt (~72 US$) per room
2. Hotel "Daniela"
single bed & breakfast - 240 Lt (~60 US$)
double/twin bed & breakfast - 310 Lt (~76 US$) per room
3. Hotel "Takioji Neris"
single bed & breakfast standard class (SC) 100 Lt (~25 US$) business class (BC) 150 Lt (~37.5 US$)
double/twin bed & breakfast SC 150 Lt (~37.5 US$) BC 200 Lt (~50 US$) per room
minilux SC 210 Lt (~52.5 US$) BC 250 Lt (~62.5 US$)
lux SC 220 Lt (~55 US$) BC 300 Lt (~75 US$)
Note: All prices in these 3 hotels are given with the weekend's reduction.
4. Youth hostel "Agota"
single - 48 Lt (~12 US$) double/twin - 36 Lt(~9 US$), 42 Lt(~10.5 US$) or 54 Lt (~13.5 US$) per person
triple - 24 Lt (~6 US$) per person
5. There will be a place for sleeping in sleeping bags.
Contact: Deleted
Deleted
Webpage: http://www2.omnitel.net/feniksas/Lituanicon01

4/5/2001-7/5/2001
ODYSSEY 2001 - The 51st UK Fan Trek Event.
Location: The Palace Hotel, Manchester UK.
Guests of Honour: Armin Shimerman, Max Grodenchik, Chase Masterson, Aron Eisenberg, Cecily Adams, Lolita Fatjo, Harry Groener , Robin Sachs and Tony Head
Contact: Sector 14, P.O. Box 3870, Troon, KA10 7PZ.
Webpage: www.sector14.co.uk
E-mail: Deleted

6/5/2001-7/5/2001
HISTORICON 2001 HIGHLANDER/XENA/THE RAVEN. CANCELLED!
Location: Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Scotland.
Guests of Honour: Jim Byrnes, Robert Trebor, Jeremy Bulloch, Donna Lettow.
Contact: 97 Harrison Road, Edinburgh EH11 1LT.
E-mail: Deleted
Webpage: you.genie.co.uk/jette.goldie/

12/5/2001
STARCON - STAR WARS
Location: Somewhere in the Netherlands (a pretty but really, really bad website see notes below).
Guests of Honour: Anthony Daniels, Phil Brown, Eric Walker, Carel Struycken
Note by the Magician (Connotation): If you were organising a convention, and wanted to publicise it, don't you think including the dates or location in the email to me would help? They didn't. How about putting the dates somewhere obvious on their website? Nope (it's on a graphic of the very pretty poster…). What about the location? Also in small print on the poster and nowhere else I could find. OK then, the obvious, how about the email address? Nope, that was on the poster too (good thing I've got good eyesight!)
Webpage: starcon.starwars.nl
E-mail: Deleted

20/5/2001
FANTASTIC FUN DAY - Marvel Comics
Location: Page's Bar, London
The entrance fee will include a convention booklet, all events, entry to the pub quiz and prize-giving events. Guest of Honour: Marvel writer Steve Englehart.
Contact: (enclosing an SAE) to: Jennifer Cole, 8 Evenwood Close, Carlton Drive, Putney, London SW15 2DA.
Membership: £10.00.
E-mail: Deleted

24/5/2001 - 27/5/2001
SFRA 2001 The Science Fiction Research Association Academic Conference.
Location: Schenectady Ramada Inn & Convention Center, Schenectady, NY, USA.
Notes: Again I was asked to list this so I will! Features (or so they say!) 'Provocative Papers, Winning Workshops, Amazing Art, Riveting Readings, Pleasurable Parties, Lavish Luncheon, Copious Confabulation, Non-Banquet Banquet, Fabulous Frozen Feast, Brodingnagian Banquet, and more'.
Contact: Jan Finder at the email address below.
E-mail: Deleted
Webpage: http://www.klink.net/~fcs/sfra2001.html

25/5/2001 - 27/5/2001
SECCOND - FANNISH.
Location: DeVere Hotel, Swindon.
Membership £25 until end of April
Notes: Second in the "Seccon" series of conventions. Last one had a fun programme with lots of discussions and fanzine related stuff, plus great chat circles in the bar!
Contact: Seccond, 19, Hill Court Road, Cheltenham, Glos. GL52 3JJ.
E-mail: Deleted
Webpage: http://www.seccon.org.uk

25/5/2001 - 27/5/2001
ECLECTIC 21 - MEDIA.
Location: Holiday Inn, Leicester.
Guests of Honour: Gareth Thomas, Jacqueline Pearce, Ed Bishop, Storm Constantine and Frank Maher
Notes: Members of BATS 2000 can transfer their memberships to this convention.
Contact: Eclectic 21 (Registration), 47 Bennetts Court, Bristol BS37 4XH UK
E-mail: Deleted
Webpage: http://www.eclectic21.co.uk

25/5/2001 - 28/5/2001
DIONYSIA 2001 - - was - -PANATHENAEA 2001 HERCULES/XENA. CANCELLED!
Please note: The organisers have cancelled this con because Michael Hurst will be unavailable during the planned convention dates. Fans interested in meeting Michael Hurst are advised that he will be present at CULT TV 2001 on 26-28/10/2001 at the Adelphi Hotel Liverpool.
Location: Britannia Hotel, Marsh Wall, London (Docklands).
Guests of Honour: Michael Hurst , Meighan Desmond.
Contact: Panathenaea, 84 Tollington Park, London, N4 4NB
Webpage: freespace.virgin.net/dragona.hc/Panathen/page3.html
E-mail: Deleted

5/5/2001 - 28/5/2001
BALTICON 35 - GENERAL
Location: Wyndham Baltimore (formerly OMNI) Inner Harbor Hotel, Baltimore, MD.USA.
Theme: Computers gone wrong.
Guests of Honour: Hal Clement plus other guests
Art Guest of Honour: Halla Fleischer
Special Animé Guests Kara Denison and Shawn the Touched.
1st Fandom Guest of Honour: Dave Kyle
Filk Guest of Honour: Frank Hayes
Special Musical Guests: Boogie Nights on Sunday and a special Friday night concert by Clam Chowder.
Notes: authors, publishers, editors, artists, scientists, musicians and over a thousand Fen like you.
Membership: $35 until 15/3/2001
Exchange rate: GBP 1.00 = US$ 1.43866 (21/05/01)
Contact: BALTICON 35, PO BOX 686, Baltimore, MD 21203-0686. Tel: (410) JOE-BSFS (563-2737)
E-mail: Deleted
Webpage: http://www.balticon.org

26/5/2001
DWAS@25.Con - DR.WHO
Location: Queen Mary & Westfield College, Mile End, London.
Note: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society, back where it all started!
Webpage: spacerocket.org.uk/dwas25/
(The Magician couldn't get this link to work)

02/06/2001
The Harry Potter Experience
Deleted
http://www.conils.com/harrypotter/html/setidplats.html

08/06/2001 - 10/06/2001
2nd Perry Rhodan Fan Central Con
Location: Bürgerhaus Garching (near Munich)
Author Guests of Honour: Uwe Anton, Rainer Castor, Arndt Ellmer, Robert Feldhoff, H.G. Francis, Hubert Haensel, Susan Schwartz and Ernst Vlcek
Artist Guests of Honour: Alfred Kelsner, Swen Papenbrock, Ralph Voltz
Other Guests and Participants: Michael H. Buchholz, Torsten Dewi, H.G.Ewers, Klaus N. Frick, Kris Karathomas, Dr. Hartmut Kasper, Heiko Langhans, Inge Mahn, Achim Mehnert, Robert Prätzler,
Konrad Schäf, Heidrun Scheer, Alexander Seibold, Robert Vogel
Contact: PR-Fanzentrale, Klaus Bollhöfener, Postfach 2352, 76413 Rastatt, Germany
Webpage: http://www.perry-rhodan.net/prfz/

9/6/2001 - 10/6/2001
BROOMCON - PAGAN
Location: Orwell Meadows, Ipswitch.
Notes: Homebrew competition, Talks on "The Religions History of Brewing" and "Sacred Sites"
Paul Mitchell singing satirical pagan songs, charity auction and slave auction.
Camping: Details are on the Broomcon website.
Contact: Broomcon, 16 Burrell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk IP2 8AB.
Membership: £10 per day (£20 for weekend) in advance, £15/£25 on the door.
E-mail: Deleted Deleted
Webpage: www.broomcon.org.uk

15/6/2001 - 17/6/2001 POSTPONED New Dates 14/09/2001-16/09/2000
CAVALCADE/COSTUMECON
Location: Whitby Spa Pavillion, Whitby, North Yorkshire.
Membership: £22.50 until end of July then £25 until end of November, see website for later prices.
Webpage: www.yorkmpd.demon.co.uk
E-mail: Deleted

15/6/2001 - 17/6/2001
FANTASTIKA (SWECON) 2001 - Swedish National SF and Fantasy Convention
Location: Kulturhuset, Sergels Torg, Stockholm
International Guests of Honour: Robert Rankin and Robin Hobb
Other Guest of Honour: Pierre Christin
Fan Guest of Honour: Ben Roimola
Swedish Guest of Honour: Karolina Bjällerstedt-Mickos
Comic Guest of Honour: Pierre Christin
Membership: SKR 250.00 (GBP 17.58) until 31/05/01 then SKR 300.00 (GBP 21.01) at the door.
Supporting Membership: SKR 50.00 (GBP 3.52)
Exchange rate: GBP 1.00 = SKR 14.7239 (21/05/01)
British and Irish Agent: Dave Lally, 64 Richborne Terrace, London SW8 1AX
E-mail: Deleted
Finnish Agent: Ben Roimola
E-mail: Deleted
Norwegian Agent: Bjørn Tore Sund
E-mail: Deleted
Swedish Contacts: tomas.cronholm
Webpage: Fantastika 2001

16/06/2001 - 17/06/2001
NOCTURNAL 3K - BUFFY/VAMPIRE SOLD OUT
Location: Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow
Guests of Honour: James Marsters, George Hertzberg, Todd MacIntosh, David DeLeon, Dayne Johnson
Contact: 57 Whitethorn Ave, Yiewsley, West Drayton.
Telephone: 07957 775914
Webpage: www.sector14.co.uk
E-mail: Deleted

30/06/2001 - 1/07/2001
STARFURY: CHARIOTS OF WAR part 3 - XENA.
Location: Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow
Guest of Honour: Hudson Leick
Contact: 148a Queensway, Bayswater, London W2 6LY
Membership: Credit Card Booking Hotline: 07930 319 119
E-mail: Deleted
Webpage: http://www.cleopatra2525.co.uk

06/07/2001 - 08/07/2001
PARCON: A Communication Odyssey 20th Czech & Slovak national con
Location: Czech Republic
Theme: SF&F, ST, Babylon 5 Discworld, games, contests, SF&F story competition "Karel Capek Award", videos & movies, party.
Contact: Deleted

6/07/2001 - 08/07/2001
NEXUS 2001 - MEDIA.
Location: Jarvis International Hotel, Bristol
Guests of Honour: Rene Auberjonois, Sylvester McCoy, John Freeman, Richard Arnold
Membership: £48 for the whole weekend.
Contact: Nexus 2000, 280 Southmead Road, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol. BS10 5EN.
Webpage: www.enterthenexus.com
E-mail: Deleted

12/07/2001- 15/07/2001
28th FRENCH NATIONAL SF CONVENTION
Location: St. Denis. Paris, France
Note: Guests listed below subject to confirmation
Guest of Honour: Connie Willis
Author Guests of Honour: Maurice Limat and Valerio Evangelisti
Editor Guest of Honour: David Pringle
Fan Guest of Honour: Jean-Pierre Fontana
Contact: Alain Huet, 138, rue Gabriel Péri (2A), 93200 Saint-Denis, Paris, France
E-Mail: Deleted
E-Mail: Deleted
Webpage: http://www.noosfere.com/noosfere/convention/

14/07/2001 - 16/07/2001
CONTINUUM 2001 - The 11th Scottish Star Trek Convention
Location: Glasgow Thistle Hotel
Guests of Honour: Nicole deBoer, Richard Arnold, Michael Sheard, Emma Caulfield and Dwight Schultz,
Contact: Continuum 2001, P.O Box 4014, Glasgow, G23 5YD, Scotland, UK
E-mail: Deleted
Webpage: www.continuum2001.co.uk

14/07/2001- 15/07/2001
FINNCON: (Baltcon)
Location: Jyväskyla University (all halls)
Accommodation: Milton Hotel, Jyvaskyla, Finland
International Guest of Honour: SF Author Jonathan Carroll
Fanzine Author Guest of Honour: Dave Langford
Computer Hacker Guest of Honour: Richard Stallman
Media Performance Artist: Stelarc (Australia)
Finnish Guest of Honour: Finlandia prize winner Johanna Sinisalo
Fan Guest of Honour: Baltcon specialist Ahrvid Engholm
Membership: Free! (Finncons are always free!)
Accommodation: Approx: FIM 400.00 (GBP 41.00) in hotel or FIM 20.00 (GBP 2.10) in student rooms per night or free with local fans.
Exchange rate: GBP 1.00 = FIM 9.76040 (21/05/01)
Webpage (Finnish): http://www.finncon.org
Webpage (English): http://www.finncon.org/static.php3?view=info_en
E-Mail: Irma.Hirsjarvi Deleted
E-Mail: Deleted

27/07/2001 - 29/07/2001
CONSTRUCTION - The con running convention Could this now be SmofCon 07/12/01?
Location: tbd (possibilities include Bristol, Cardiff and Blackpool).
Notes: Structured weekend on convention running. Main programming 10-5 Saturday and Sunday with social events Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings.
Contact: ConStruction, 32 Theobald Road, CARDIFF, United Kingdom, CF5 1LP.
E-mail: Deleted
Webpage: http://members.xoom.com/con_struct/ *Website seems to be broken/dead*.

27/7/2001 - 29/7/2001
VOYAGER. THE RETURN - MEDIA/STAR TREK
Location: Norbreck Castle Hotel, Blackpool
Guests: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Tim Russ & Richard Herd.
Webpage: www.wolfevents.co.uk

02/08/2001-05/08/2001
INTERCON 2001
Location: Oslo University, Blindern, Oslo, Norway
International Guest of Honour: Vernor Vinge
Norwegian Guest of Honour: Tor Åge Bringsværd
Membership: (Was GBP 15.00 until the end of EasterCon)
Exchange rate: GBP 1.00 = NOK 13.0453 (21/05/01)
Contact:
Email: Deleted
Webpage: shadowproject.org/sc6.html

03/08/2001-05/08/2001
ATLAN CLUB GERMANY ANNUAL CON
Location: Nordstemmen (near Sarstedt), Germany
Contact: Rüdiger Schäfer, Stixehesstrasse 27, 51377 Leverkusen, Germany

04/08/2001 - 06/08/2001
VICTORIA COMICBOOK, SCI-FI AND FANTASY CONVENTION - COMIC BOOK/MEDIA/GENERAL
Location: Victoria British, Columbia, Canada.
Guests of Honour: Marc Alaimo, Chase Masterson, Michael Sheard, Richard Hatch, Bjo & John Trimble.
Webpage: www.victoriacomiccon.com

10/08/2001 - 19/08/2001
Fantasy Fest (1st weekend)
Follow-Con (2nd weekend)
Location: In the Burg Lidwigstein, Göppingen, Germany
Notes: The first weekend will include a varied programme. From Monday will be the usual competition.
Contact: Uwe Mayer, Graben Strasse 29,37033 Göppingen, Germany
Telephone: 0049 (0) 7161 979460
E-mail: tut@steinvolk.de

18/08/2001-19/08/2001
40th Japan National SF Convention
Location: Chiba, Japan
Webpage: http://www.sf2001.com
E-mail: Deleted

24/08/2001 - 26/08/2001
EBORACON Unicon 2001
Location: Langwith College, The University of York.
Guests of Honour: Anne Gay, Stan Nicholls, Douglas Hill, Peter Morwood, Diane Duane.
Notes: Annual (approximately!) convention held at a college or other higher educational institute. Always fun, and this year adding HarmUni (see below).
Membership: £25 (£20 students)
Webpage: www-users.york.ac.uk/~amr107/eboracon/index.html
E-mail: Deleted

24/08/2001-27/08/2001
HARMUNI FILK/RELAXACON
Location: Langwith College, The University of York.
Guests of Honour: Juliane Honisch and Kerstin Dröge.
Notes: Held at the same location and the same dates as Eboracon (above) but the filking will go on until the Monday (if we have anything to say about it!) though with no formal programming on the Monday. Either join Eboracon directly and tell them you're coming to HarmUni as well.
Contact: HarmUni c/o Lissa Allcock, 119 Whitehill Lane, Gravesend, Kent DA12 5LU
Webpage: www.filk.co.uk/harmuni.html
E-mail: Deleted

24/08/2001-26/08/2001
PentaCon - SFCD Annual Con
Location: Medien- und Kulturzentrum, Schandauer Str. 64, 01277 Dresden, Germany
Notes: Friday: Theatrical event or film show.
Saturday: The AGM of the Science Fiction Club Deutschland and the ESFC
Sunday: An excursion to the Czech Republic Karl-May-Museum Radebeul (Extra cost)
Membership: Until 30/06/2001 (Fri-Sun) DEM 35.00 (GBP 12.00) SFCD Members DEM 30.00 (GBP 10.00)
Exchange rate: GBP 1.00 = DEM 3.21065 (21/05/01)
Contact: URANIA SF-CLUB TERRAsse, Ralf Kramer, Otto-Dix-Ring 35, 01219 Dresden , Germany
Telephone/Fax: 0049 (0) 351 275 2834
Webpage: http://www.urania-dresden.de

24/08/2001-26/08/2001
Saltsjöcon - Filk and relaxcon.
Location: Fisksätra, Stockholm Sweden
Guests of Honour: Sverre Schriwer, Tim och Annie Walker.
E-mail: Deleted

24/08/2001 - 27/08/2001
NCC-2001 - STAR TREK
Location: Jarvis Piccadilly Hotel, Manchester, UK
Guests of Honour: Jeff Combs, Casey Biggs, Marc Alaimo and Gwynyth Walsh and Barbara March
Web: http://www.ncc-cons.co.uk.

25/08/2001 - 26/08/2001
CYBERCON 2001 - The Official 'First Frontier' Convention - MEDIA
Location: Hilton Hotel, Belfast
Guests of Honour: Claudia Christian, Michael Sheard, Jeremy Bulloch, Nicholas Courtney, Ian McDonald, LightWorX.
Telephone: (028) 9029 4383 9-6pm GMT
Contact: via the web or email links below.
Web: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dawn.marks
E-mail: Deleted

30/08/2001 - 03/09/2001
THE MILLENIUM PHILCON - The 59th World Science Fiction Convention
Location: The Pennsylvania Convention Center and Philadelphia Marriott Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Guests of Honour: Greg Bear, Stephan Youll, Gardner Dozois and George Scithers.
Membership: $145 (GBP95.85) at the moment.
Exchange rate: GBP 1.00 = 1.43866 (21/05/01)
Accommodation:
Webpage:www.netaxs.com/~phil2001
Contact: The Millenium Philcon, P.O. Box 310, Huntingdon Valley PA 190O6-0310, USA
Email: Deleted

14/09/2001 - 16/09/2001
CoCon
Location: Jugendzentrum Mühle, Braunscheig, Germany
Programme: To include: Friday Talk on SF and a party. Scientific contributions, model building presentation, a live audio play and the Large Quidditch Game is planned. (The first at an SF con?)
Contact: Holger Pellmann, Kalandstrasse 15, 38118 Braunschweig, Germany.
Email: Deleted

14/09/2001 - 16/09/2001
CAVALCADE/COSTUMECON CANCELLED
Insufficient members signed up by 14th August
Webpage: www.yorkmpd.demon.co.uk
E-mail: Deleted

14/09/2001 - 16/09/2001

ISTROCON - International Festival of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Modern Technology and the new Lifestyle
Location: Bratislava, Slovakia.
Guests of Honour: Harry Harrison and Jan Kanturek. (Claudia Christian has had to cancel with a film commitment.)
Programme: A wide ranging list of items to suit literary and media fans.
Membership: 250 SvK (GBP 3.60) - 400 SvK (GBP 5.70) including overnight accommodation in the convention centre
Exchange rate: GBP 1.00 = SKK 71.0059 (21/05/01)
Notes: Between 600 and 700 members expected. Cheaper accommodation is also available!
Webpage: http://www.istrocon.sk (Webpage in English in preparation.)
E-mail: Deleted

27/09/2001 - 30/09/2001

HispaCon 'Salduba' Spanish National Con
Location: Zaragoza, Spain.
E-mail: Deleted
E-mail: Deleted
Webpage: http://salduba2001.8k.com

28/09/2001 - 30/09/2001
AkrostiKon Gothenborg SF Convention - Sweden
Location: Studs, Götabergsgatan 17. Gothenburg (Göteborg) Sweden.
Guests of Honour: Lars Jakobson and Pål Eggert
Fan Guest of Honour: Ylva Spångberg
Membership: SKR 150.00. (GBP 10.50) (US$ 13.50)
Supporting Membership: SKR 50.00. (GBP 3.50) (US$ 4.50)
Exchange rate: GBP 1.00 = SEK 14.7239 (21/05/00)
Contact: Deleted
Webpage: http://www.jonasweb.nu/akrostikon/

28/09/2001 - 30/09/2001
FilkContinental
Location: Freusburg, Germany
Membership: DM 55.00 (GBP 17.50)
Exchange rate: GBP 1.00 = DEM 3.21065 (21/05/01)
Contact: Kirstin Tanger, Post Box/Postfach 023 545 D - 10127 Berlin GERMANY
Telephone: +49-30 4976 6569
Webpage: http://www.filkcontinental.de/fc2001/eindex.htm

04/10/2001 - 07/10/2001
Zahcon 2001
Location: Torun, Poland
Webpage: http://konwenty.fandom.art.pl/zahcon01.htm

05/10/2001 - 07/10/2001
RETRIBUTION 2001 - STAR TREK
Location: Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow UK.
Guests of Honour: J G Hertzler, Robert O'Reilly
Contact: P.O. Box 1701, London SW6 5WU.
E-mail: Deleted
Webpage: www.supernova-conventions.com

5/10/2001 - 07/10/2001
ANIMECON UK 2001 - ANIME
Location: Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool.
Guests of Honour: Gilles Poitras, Helen McCarthy
Notes: Dealers Room, Panels, Videos, Costume Contests, Art & Costume Workshops, Karaoke, RPGs, Video Games and more
Contact: AnimeCon UK, PO BOX 30564, LONDON SW16 1WZ.
Membership: £25 before Easter 2001, see website for later rates.
E-mail: Deleted
Web: http://www.animecon.org.uk

13/10/2001 - 14/10/2001

OCTOCON: 2001 - The Twelfth National Irish Science Fiction Convention
Location: The Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
Guests of Honour: Anne McCaffrey, Kim Newman, Colin Smythe, John Higgins, Roger Gregg
Membership: IE£20 (GB£16)
Exchange rate: GBP 1.00 = IEP 1.29285 (21/05/01)
Contact: Octocon, c/o Yellow Brick Road, 8 Bachelors Walk, Dublin 1.
E-mail: Deleted
Web: http://www.octocon.com

13/10/2001
Book Market Convention
Location: Bürgersaal Dreieich-Buchschlag near Frankfurt
Web: http://www.buchmessecon.de

18/10/2001 - 21/10/2001
Greek National SF Convention
Location: Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
Contact: Donna Pastoumatzi
Webpage: http://www.enl.auth.gr/sf
Email: Deleted

25/10/2001 - 29/10/2001
HanseCon 17
Location: The CVJM-Haus, Große Petersgrube 11, Lübeck, Germany.
Note: Many figures and other details that follow are taken from HanseCon 16 in 2000. Nearly everything will be the same but the prices and the fans attending may be different.
Theme: A fannish event to mark the conclusion of the year. Hansecon has a traditional banquet at the Schiffergesellschaft (Ship's company) restaurant in Lübeck. When I was there last time it really was a banquet - not a cheap meal called a banquet. Plenty of opportunities are offered during the con to sample the charms of the well-preserved historic Hanseatic city of Lübeck in the company of friendly, well-informed fans. Lübeck is the marzipan capital of Germany and Hansecon marks this with a fannish marzipan "potato" race. The "potatoes" are marble-sized balls of marzipan. Hansecon is a con that I recommend every British fan to attend at least once. It has everything to recommend it. How many cons offer membership, bed and breakfast for 5 days and a banquet for less than GBP63.00? (2001)

Ryan Air offers flights from Stansted to Lübeck return at only GBP 29.98. :-) (2001)
(But there is a catch! Airport taxes and credit card charges increase this to GBP 51.78.) :-( (2001)
It is still pretty cheap anyway. :-)
Note that Ryan Air often offers even cheaper fares for promotions - down to just GBP 1.00 - always check.
(10/10/2001 the one-way fare to Hamburg (Lübeck) was shown as GBP 14.99)
The bus from Lübeck Airport to Lübeck City Centre takes 30 minutes and costs DM 3.70 (GBP1.25) (2000)
Return from the central bus station (ZOB = ZentraleOmniBusBahnhof) in Lübeck.
Guests of Honour: None
Membership: DM30.00 (GBP10.00) plus DM30.00 (GBP10.00) for the subsidised banquet. (2001)
Accommodation: CVJM = YMCA. DM17.00 (GBP5.60) per night (5 nights) in mini dormitories. Please bring your own sheets and pillow (or sleeping bag) or pay DM8.00 (GBP2.70) (once) for bed linen. (2001)
A German breakfast is offered at DM7.00.(GBP2.35) (2001)
Hansecon members are expected to be the only residents during the con. (2001)
Total anticipated cost for the 5 day con from Stansted airport (not counting extra meals) = GBP 117.70
Exchange rate: GBP 1.00 = DEM 3.21065 (21/05/01)
Number Attending: 40+
Webpage:
Contact: Heinrich R. Arenz, Burgstraße 33, 60316 Frankfurt,
E-mail: Deleted

26/10/2001 - 29/10/2001
CULT TV 2001 - The 8th Annual Cult TV Festival
Location: The Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, UK.
Guests of Honour: Michael Hurst, Nickolas Grace, Shaw Taylor, Nicholas Smith, Matt Zimmerman, Sarah
Sutton, Mark Strickson, Peter Wragg and Dick Fiddy
Notes: A four day holiday break starting Noon Friday and finishing Noon Monday - no day rates and the package includes three nights bed, breakfast and evening meal. Guest talks, TV production workshops, theme parties every night, star cabaret, dealers, charity auctions, fun and games, and the 8th International Cult TV Awards ceremony.
Contact: Cult TV 2001, P.O. Box 1701, Peterborough PE7 1ER, or phone 01733 205009.
E-mail: Deleted
Web: http://www.CultTV.org.

27/10/2001 - 28/10/2001

COLLECTORS RENDEZVOUS SF Comics and Collectors Convention (Commercial)
Location: Salle Wagram, 39, Avenue de Wagram, 75017, Paris, France
Guests of Honour: See link
Admission: FF45.00 (GBP 4.50)
Contact: Arkham, 15 Rue Soufflot, 75005, Paris, France
Note: C'est meilleur à parler ou ecrire en français!
Telephone: 0039 (0) 140 518255
Email: Deleted

01/11/2001 - 04/11/2001
World Fantasy Convention
Location: Montreal, PQ, Canada
Guest of Honour: Fred Saberhagen
Contact: Bruce Farr, 7002 N.6th Ave,Phoenix, AZ, 85021, USA
E-mail: Deleted

02/11/2001 - 04/11/2001
MidCon 2001 - Gaming
Location: Royal Angus Hotel, St. Chad's, Queensway, Birmingham
Contact: Paul Evans
Webpage: http://www.sfcp.co.uk/
E-mail: Deleted

03/11/2001 - 04/11/2001
WOLF SG-3 - MEDIA/STARGATE.
Location: Heathrow Park Hotel, London, England.
Guests of Honour: Jay Acovone, Tony Amendola, Teryl Rothery & Don S Davis.
Webpage: www.wolfevents.co.uk

09/11/2001 - 11/11/2001
ARMADACON 2001- MEDIA/GENERAL.
Location: Copthorne Hotel, Plymouth, England.
Guests of Honour: Tom Holt and Roy Lowry
E-mail: Deleted
Webpage: www.canis-publ.demon.co.uk/armadacon/ or www.armadacon.org

09/11/2001 - 11/11/2001
Novacon 31
Location: (new venue) Britannia Quality Hotel, Walsall.
Membership: £32, rising after Easter.
Contact: 379 Myrtle Rd, Sheffield, S2 3HQ
Webpage: http://www.cooky.demon.co.uk/

09/11/2001 - 11/11/2001
Triangle Role Playing Meeting (Dreieicher Rollenspieltreffen)
Location: Bürgerhaus Dreieich-Sprendlingen near Frankfurt
Webpage: http://www.dreieichcon.de

09/11/2001 - 11/11/2001
Hexcon 2001 - Gaming Convention
Location: Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
Webpage: http://www.hexcon.no
Email: Deleted

18/11/2001
Basildon - Science Fiction, TV/Media Convention
Location: Basildon Sports Centre, Basildon, Essex
Webpage: http://www.scifishows.com/
Email: Deleted

23/11/2001 - 25/11/2001
COZYCON4
Location: City Hostel, Den Haag, Netherlands
Membership: NLG 60.00 (GBP 18.00) Child (4-12) NLG 25.00 (GBP 7.50) (<=4) Free
Notes: Wind's Four Quarters Buffet Sunday Evening NLG 47.50 (GBP 14.00) (extra)
ele-fan or fan-mouse (CozyCon mascot) NLG 8.00 (GBP 2.50)
Accommodation: Single Room: NLG 85 Shared double or multiple: NLG 42.50 (GBP 12.5)
Exchange Rate: GBP 1.00 = NLG 3.40 (approx)
Contact: (AnneMarie van Ewyck) CozyCon4, Obrechtstraat 4, 2517 VT Den Haag, Netherlands
Email: Deleted

24/11/2001 - 25/11/2001
Darmstadt Space Days
Location: Bürgerhaus Ernst-Ludwig-Saal, Darmstadt-Eberstadt
Webpage: http://www.spacedays.de

24/11/2001 - 25/11/2001
Fanatic - ASL Barcelona Tournament - Gaming Convention
Location: Cassinet d'Hostafranch, Barcelona, SPAIN
Webpage: http://www.lanzader.com/fanatic.asl
Email: Deleted

24/11/2001 - 25/11/2001
Borderlands: The World Within - Science Fiction Convention
Location: Emerald Hotel, Perth, Australia
Webpage: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~sfoz/cons.htm
Email: Deleted

24/11/2001 - 25/11/2001
Best Of Both Worlds 13 - Earth: Final Conflict, Buffy
Location: Gazebo Hotel, Sydney, Australia
Webpage: http://www.bobw.com.au/
Email: Deleted

24/11/2001
Intelligence - Science Fiction Convention
Location: Queen Mary and Westfield College, Mile End, London
Webpage: http://spacerocket.ltd.uk/intelligence/
Email: Deleted

24/11/2001 - 25/11/2001

Vaticon VIII - Gaming Convention
Location: UCD SU Centre, Belfield, Ireland
Webpage: http://www.ucd.ie/~gamesoc/public/vaticonviii/vaticonviii.htm
Email: Deleted

25/11/2001
Bifrost 2001 - Gaming Convention
Location: Haden Hill Leisure Centre, Cradley, Heath
Webpage: http://www.bifrost.org.uk/
Email: Deleted

01/12/2001
Cavalcade Day (Replaces Cavalcade) (Costuming)
Location: THE BLETCHINGLEY VILLAGE HALL
This is off the A25 in the middle of Bletchingley village between Redhill and Godstone in Surrey. No 6 exit on the M25. By train; Go to Redhill or Caterham and call 01883 742143.
Info: A day to compare notes, seek advice and talk about work in progress, future conventions, Masques, Cavalcade and the Costume Guild. Not to mention just costume!
In the evening we hope to have a meal and a competition to give people a chance to show work. This will be along the same lines as the masquerades at Masque or proposed for Cavalcade.
Membership: The cost is £10 a head - Cheques to ‘MICHELE’
Contact: for local accommodation details or crash space:
Michele Dennis, 15 St Catherine’s Cross, Bletchingley, Surrey, RH1 4PX
Telephone: 01883 742143
Email: Deleted
Webpage: http://members.aol.com/lorloth/SiteMap.html

01/12/2001
Dragonmeet 2001 - Gaming
Location: Kensington Town Hall, London, England
Webpage: http://www.dragonmeet.com/
E-mail: Deleted

05/12/2001 - 09/12/2001
NordCon 15 - Science Fiction Convention
Location: Jastrzebia Góra, Gdansk, Poland
Webpage: http://www.gkf.3miasto.pl/
E-mail: Deleted

07/12/2001 - 09/12/2001

SMOFCON 19 Flyer and alternative accommodation list.
Location: The Monk Bar Hotel, Monkbar, York, YO31 7JA UK.
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 638086
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 629195
Monk Bar Email: bookings@monkbar-hotel.co.uk
Monk Bar Webpage: http: //www.monkbar-hotel.co.uk
Theme: Con running.
Membership: $40/£25.
Accommodation: GBP 55.00 single room, GBP 75.00 double room with full English Breakfast
Info: UK memb to: KIM Campbell, 69 Lincoln St., Leeman Rd., York YO2 4YP UK.
        (Make cheques payable to "Smofcon19")
        US memb to: Ben Yalow, 3242 Tibbett Ave., Bronx, NY 10463;
E-mail: Deleted
Webpage: http://www.smofcon19.org

07/12/2001 - 09/12/2001
Dracon - Science Fiction Convention
Location: Santon Hotel, Brno, Czech Republic
E-mail: Deleted
Webpage: http://www.dracon.cz/

9/12/2001
Jedicon UK - Star Wars Convention
Location: Basildon Sports Centre, Basildon, Essex
Webpage: http://www.scifishows.com/
Email: Deleted

28/12/01 - 30/12/01
EVECON 19
Location: SHERATON WESTON HOTEL, Weston, Virginia , USA
E-mail: Deleted
Webpage: http://www.fantek.org

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