Wilf's International Con Listings
This convention list was inspired by the MAGICIAN, Chris
O'Shea. He needed some details for his convention list -
Connotation about
German conventions because his source had dried up. I was able
to provide details of German and other European cons because of
my knowledge of German, Swedish and French. This convention list
has grown from those small beginnings. The details listed here
are largely drawn from the original sources but they are supplemented
by information that Chris has put on his website. This is to ensure
that when two or more conventions share the same weekend, you
can choose which one you would like to go to. Please note that external links are in normal type and local
links are in bold type.
I retain the copyright to these pages but they may be copied for
the benefit of fans provided an acknowledgement of this source
is given.
.
Important Notes
for Fans
I request all con runners
to look at the way that I display the information for each convention
in my convention list and then send me an email with the appropriate
details for the con concerned - preferably in the
style and the order that I use. I now have a page with an explanation
of the layout that I use and a copyable layout sequence that you
can use to paste the bare bones of a convention entry in an email.
It will also help you to remember to include items like the date
and the location.
If your convention is listed here, please add a link to this page.
I am happy to include any information regarding SF and fantasy related conventions in my list but I cannot afford a lot of time these days to go looking for it or ferrreting out details from a disorganised website. (Beware of using Microsoft Frontpage to produce web pages. Websites created this way will often cause non-Microsoft browsers to crash. If a website crashes Netscape 4.7, it will not be knowingly listed. Don't alienate a lot of potential visitors.)
I now have a policy of not showing
emails in the usual format on my website. Newly received email
addresses (as of September 2002) are now shown as they are spoken
in Britain. My email address is now in the form: wilf dot james at ntlworld dot
com.
This does not make the email address unusable to humans but it
beats most spammers' robots. I try to prevent spammers sending
spam to con runners by this method.
I typically get 90 emails a day, of which between 80 and 86 are
spam so I am very much aware of the spamming problem. I am therefore
removing all instances of my conventional email address from this
website.
I have generally received compliments
about the way that I present convention information in my list
but that does not mean that it cannot be improved. I welcome any
suggestions or comments that could lead to an inprovement in the
way that the information is presented. There was no date index
system included in the original list until someone said that she
found the very long list hard to browse through to find a convention.
I trust that the indexing system that I have devised has provided
a partial solution to that problem. The change in presenting email
addresses to a form that spammers' robots could not collect came
about after some conrunners wanted their email addresses omitted
to avoid getting spam. I started by changing a to ä, e to
é o to ö etc. and @ to § to make the email addresses
readable to humans but useless to spammers. Then I saw how someone
had used the written version of the spoken form. I thought that
it was a better way than I had thought of to beat spammers so
I now use it for all new email addresses.
Please note that illegal spammers often offer the choice
to have an address removed from a mailing list. A reply asking
to be removed will be used as confirmation that the email address
is valid so that it can be re-used or passed on to another spammer.
Do NOT reply to spammers!
Legitimate organisations respect requests for removal from mailing
lists. Please do not confuse the two.
I advise all fans to contact their local member of their national
government (MP, senator, etc.) to ask if some form of legislation
can be made into law for all mass mailings to include the source
ISP's internet address. In that way it will be possible for recipients
of spam to contact the ISP concerned to complain about the unwanted
spamming. This action will not (generally) affect reputable organisations
that will remove names from mailing lists on request.
This is a link to the letter I have sent
to my MP.
Conrunners from all over the world are invited
to send me details of their events in Danish, Dutch, English,
French, German, Norwegian or Swedish. I will translate the
text into English and submit the result to the sender for approval.
Your flag will be added (if it is not displayed already) as soon
as I get con information from your country.
Send me details of your event at my spamproof? email address:
wilf dot james at ntlworld dot com
Please note the format that
I use and send me
the con details in the same format. This will make it easier
for me to display your con as you would like it displayed on this
page. Go to the layout form page
to see how it should be done.
Media Fans - Please note that actors and other media personnel's
(past) roles are omitted. (You should know what they have done!)
:-)
Please note: The translations of the con descriptions
are more fannish than pedantic. The con information has been checked
from the original sources where possible.
These con listings have been taken or translated from ConNotation,
Ansible Fans
Across the World, the SFCD,
SF-Infodienst,
Jenga's
Massive List and other websites in Europe. More convention
information is always needed.
Wilf James,106 Jarden, Letchworth, Herts. SG6 2NZ, UK.
Please send your comments to wilf dot james at ntlworld dot
com (and include the word Convention in the subject line to
keep out of the spam).
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16/01/2010
- 17/01/2010 
Conrunner 2 A convention
for all interested In Running Conventions
Location: Mercure St. Pauls Hotel, Sheffield UK
Guests of Honour: None
Membership: GBP 40.00 until 31st December 2009 then GBP
45.00. GBP 25.00 for day membership
Accommodation: Mercure St. Pauls Hotel, GBP 70.00 Double
or twin, GBP 65.00 single bed & breakfast
Contact: See Website
Webpage: http://www.conrunner.eu/
05/02/2010
- 07/02/2010 
BASAURICON International
Science Fiction Convention
Location: Basauri, Spain
Guests of Honour: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell
Membership: Normal ticket for 3 days 30€, Golden ticket
3days 99€, VIP ticket 200€, Saturday ticket 12€,
Sunday ticket 12€
Accommodation: Barceló Nervión (includes
breakfast) Double 70€ Individual 60€; Hotel Armiñe
(includes breakfast) Double 66€ Individual 58€
Note: Don't miss the opportunity to see our guests together
for first time in a convention
Contact: on site
Email: on site
Webpage: http://www.basauricon.com/english.htm
12/02/2010
- 14/02/2010 
FARPOINT 2010
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2004 Greenspring Drive, Timonium,
Maryland USA 21093
Guests of Honour: Mira Furlan and Felicia Day. Tee Morris,
Marc Okrand, Terri Osborne.
Membership: Pre-registration cut off is 31/01/2010 Full
Weekend: USD 70.00 All at the door prices + USD 5.00
Saturday Only: USD 50.00; Sunday Only: USD 40.00 Child Membership
(Good for the weekend - no daily child memberships) USD 25.00
Friday Only USD 5.00; Saturday Evening Only USD 10.00 (Included
with a Saturday Only or a Weekend Badge)
Banquet: USD 40.00 Deposit - no banquet tickets will
be available at the door
Accommodation: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2004 Greenspring
Drive, Timonium, Maryland, USA 21093; USD 125 per night, plus
tax. Hotel registration deadline is January 15, 2010! You must
mention that you are a Farpoint Convention attendee for the discount
rate.
Note: We will be having some web artists, a large gaming
room and 1 autograph from each Guest of Honor is included in the
registration fee.
Contact: Sharon Van Barclom Farpoint Enterprises, Inc.,
11708 Troy Court, Waldorf, Maryalnd 20601
Email: trekcontact at comcast dot net or betspots at gmail.com
Webpage: www.farpointcon.com
19/03/2010
- 20/03/2010
Keokon
Location: Triplanetary
Center for the Speculative Arts, Keokuk, Iowa
Guests of Honour: Voice actor Robert Axelrod. Others to
be announced.
Membership: pre-register USD 20 until November 5, USD 30
at the door
Contact: Per Malm
Email: permalm at mindspring dot com
Webpage: http://www.keokon.com
25/03/2010
- 28/03/2010 
WORLD HORROR CONVENTION
Location: Brighton,
UK
Guests of Honour: Tanith Lee, David Case, Les Edwards,
Dave Carson, Hugh Lamb, James Herbert, Ingrid Pitt
Mistress of Ceremonies: Jo Fletcher
Membership: GBP 60.00 now, will rise soon.
Note: The theme is "BRIGHTON SHOCK!—A CELEBRATION
OF THE EUROPEAN HORROR TRADITION FROM VICTORIAN TIMES TO THE PRESENT
DAY", and the convention will host numerous panels, talks,
presentations, readings, signings, launches, workshops and displays
devoted to horror, macabre, mystery and thriller fiction and art
in all its varied and fearsome forms. There will also be a Dealers'
Room and an Art Show
Contact: PO Box 64317, London, NW6 9LL
Webpage: http://www.whc2010.org/
02/04/2010
- 05/04/2010
Odyssey 2010 The 2010
Eastercon
Location: Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow, London, England
Guests of Honour: Alastair Reynolds, Iain M Banks, Liz
Williams, Mike Carey
Artist Guest of Honour: Carlos Ezquerra
Fan Guests of Honour: Fran & John Dowd
Note: There will be a buffet meal at GBP 15.00 for adults
and GBP 7.50 for children on Thursday evening. (See website for
more info) The newsletter team will run a special Thursday evening
programme item for those who want to learn how to produce a newsletter.
Email:
Membership/Hotel: membership at odyssey2010 dot
org
Programme: Judith Proctor - judith at waveney
dot org
General questions: Rita Medany - enquiries
at odyssey2010 dot org
Webpage: http://www.odyssey2010.org/
30/04/2010
- 02/05/2010
VULCAN EVENTS TAMPA SCI-FI CONVENTION
Location: Doubletree
Hotel Tampa Westshore Airport, 4500 West Cypress Street, Tampa,
Florida, United States 33607, Tel: 1-813-879-4800
Guests of Honour: Christopher Lloyd, Gary Graham, William
Morgan Sheppard, Catherine Hicks, and more to be announced!
Membership: Tickets start at USD 40.00 to USD 269.00 for an
all-inclusive ticket.
Accommodation: Same as con hotel. Special rates for con attendees
of USD 91.00 per room. Mention Vulcan Events when making reservation
or make reservation online via our website.
Note: Panels, Q&A, Banquet, Photo Ops and more! A great
weekend planned, be there!
Contact: Fernando Martinez and Javier Garcia
Telephone: +1 401 4 VULCAN (+1 401 488 5226)
Email: info at vulcanevents dot com
Webpage: http://www.vulcanevents.com
28/05/2010
- 21/05/2010
BALTICON 44 - The Annual
Maryland Regional Science Fiction Convention.
Location: Marriott Hunt Valley Inn, 245 Shawan Road, Hunt
Valley, Maryland 21031 USA [north of Baltimore off of I-83]
Guests of Honour: Author Tanya Huff, Artist Howard Taylor,
Scientist Thomas R. Holtz, Jr., Compton Crook Award winners for
2009 (Paul Melko) and 2010 (TBA at convention), Fan Ghost of Honor
Hal Haag, Filk GoH TBA.
Membership: USD 48.00 Adult, USD 24.00 Child until 28/02/2010,
then USD 53.00 Adult, USD 26.00 Child until 30/04/2010. USD 60.00
Adult, USD 30.00 Child after 30/04/2010 and at the door. Daily
rates available at the door.
Accommodation: Marriott Hunt Valley Inn, 245 Shawan Road,
Hunt Valley, Maryland 21031 USA. King or 2 doubles USD 135.00
per night. 1-800-228-9290 - ask for Balticon convention rate.
Note: Over 300 hours of programming in 7 tracks. Midnight
movies. Competitive short film festival. Round the clock Anime
and Classic Sci-Fi movie programs and Board and card gaming .
Original live theatre, masquerade, art exhibit. Authors, editors,
artists, scientists, musicians, filmmakers.
Contact: balticoninfo at balticon dot org
Telephone: 00+1-410-563-2737
Email Departments:
Membership: Registration at balticon dot org
Art show exhibitor inquiries: artshow at balticon
dot org
Film festival submission info: filmfestival at
balticon dot org
General info: balticoninfo at balticon dot
org
Webpage: http://www.balticon.org
27/08/2010
- 27/08/2010 
AU CONTRAIRE - the 31st
New Zealand NatCon
Location: Quality Hotel, Cuba St, Wellington, New Zealand
Guests of Honour: TBA
Membership: NZ$60 waged / NZ$30 unwaged / NZ$120 solidarity
/ NZ$15 supporting
Accommodation: NZ$99 - NZ$155 for one or two occupants. Book
via Au Contraire.
Note: The weekend before AussieCon 4 - if you're going to
the WorldCon, why not visit New Zealand on the way?
Contact: PO Box 10104, Wellington, New Zealand
Email: info at aucontraire dot org dot nz
Webpage: http://www.aucontraire.org.nz
02/09/2010
- 06/09/2010 
Aussiecon 4 68th World
Science Fiction Convention
Location: Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre (MCEC)
Guests of Honour: Kim Stanley Robinson, Robin Johnson,
Shaun Tan
Attending Membership: AUD 210.00, USD 175.00, CDN 185.00,
GBP 100.00. EURO 120.00, Yen 16,000.00
Supporting Membership: AUD 70.00, USD 50.00, CDN 50.00,
GBP 25.00, EURO 35.00, Yen 4,900.00
Child Membership: (Children aged between 6-16 at 2 September
2010) AUD 50.00, USD 32.00, CDN 40.00, GBP 22.50, EURO 22.50,
Yen 2950.00
NOTE: Children aged 5 and under as at 2 September 2010
get in for free. Childcare fees are not included with the membership.
Payment: Cash, Paypal, cheques in AUD and USD, Visa and
Mastercard accepted. All credit card charges will be processed
in Australian dollars.
Accommodation: Please check website later for more details
or subscribe to the RSS feed Australia2010 or join 'Aussiecon4'
Facebook group
Email: info at aussiecon4 dot org dot au
US Agent: Mark Linneman, PO Box 221878, Sacramento, CA
95822, USA usagent at aussiecon4 dot org dot au
UK Agent: Eve & John Harvey, 8 The Orchard, Tonwell,
Herts SG12 0HR UK ukagent at aussiecon4 dot org dot au
European Agent: Vince Docherty, Koninginnegracht 75a, 2514
AH Den Haag, The Netherlands, europeagent at aussiecon4 dot org
dot au
Japan Agent: Shouichi Hachiya, C/O JASFIC, 4-20-5-604,
Mure, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-0002, Japan japanagent at aussiecon4 dot
org dot au
Webpage: http://www.aussiecon4.org.au/
10/09/2010
- 11/09/2010
Triplanetary Film Vortex
Location: Triplanetary Center for the Speculative Arts, Keokuk,
Iowa, USA
Membership: pre-register USD 20 until March 1, USD 30 at
the door
Note: It's more than a convention, more than a film festival.
It's a FestiCon! Accepting film festival entries in SF, fantasy,
horror, animation, anime genres. Fan film video room. Workshops
and panels on how to make your fan film bigger! Better! Cheaper!
Guests to be announced. Festival entry through withoutabox.com.
Contact: Per Malm
Email: permalm at mindspring dot com
Webpage: http://www.triplanetary.net
25/09/2010
- 27/09/2010 
ALBACON Three day science fiction convention
Location: Holiday Inn, Glasgow Airport, Glasgow, UK
Guest of Honour: Liz Williams, Peter F. Hamilton
Membership: (until 14/04/09) Attending GBP 40.00, Supporting
GBP 20.00, Discount (Student/Benefits/OAP) GBP 30.00, Junior (5-12)
GBP 20.00, Infant (0-4) FREE, Apocryphal/Soft toy GBP 1.00
Accommodation: At Con Hotel. Prices (all per night, inc. VAT
& Breakfast): Twin/Double GBP 70, Single GBP 65, Family (sleeps
4) GBP 85, Accessible GBP 70, suite GBP 110. All bookings must
be made through Albacon.
Email: enquiries at albacon dot org dot uk
Webpage: http://www.albacon.org.uk
29/10/2010
- 31/10/2010 
BENELUXCON 2010
Location: Hyllit Hotel,
Antwerpen
Guests of Honour: Justina Robson, Charles Stross
Membership: EUR 50.00
Contact via website
Webpage: http://www.futurevisions.be/2010/
17/06/2011
- 19/06/2011 
EUROCON 2011
Location: Royal Institute
of Technology, Stockholm
Membership: GBP 30.00
Webpage: http://eurocon2011.info.se
17/08/2011
- 21/08/2011
RENOVATION 69th Worldcon
Location: Reno-Sparks Convention Center, Reno, NV, USA.
Guests of Honour: Ellen Asher, Charles N. Brown (in memoriam),Tim
Powers, Boris Vallejo.
Membership: USD 140.00 USD 50.00 supporting, under-17s
USD 75.00, under-7s free;
Note: see www.renovationsf.org
for presupp/site selection voter discounts. All rates good to
30 April 2010.
Contact: PO Box 13278, Portland, OR 97213-0278, USA;
Email: info at renovationsf dot org.
These con listings have been
taken or translated from:
ConNotation Ansible Fans
Across the World, the SFCD
SF-Infodienst Jenga's SF and Gaming Convention
Lists www.upcomingcons.com
and other websites in Europe and the USA.
More convention information is always needed. (Please note the
format that I use.)
Please put the word Convention in the subject line of any email to me. It does not matter if the subject has nothing to do with conventions. Unexpected emails usually get mixed up with the trash and can be lost. The Convention filter keeps such emails out of the trash. Dixieland/Traditional/New Orleans Jazz Calendar
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