Conventions taking place in Hawaii,
the Pacific Northwest,
Western Canada, intermountain west and Rocky Mountain Region
the Pacific Northwest,
Western Canada, intermountain west and Rocky Mountain Region
- November 19, 2011 - Desolation-Con - Richland, Washington (Tabletop Strategy, and more game oriented events)
- November 25th-27th, 2011 - Tomodaichi Fest 4 - Boise, Idaho (Anime)
- January 14 - 16, 2012 - Rustycon - Seatac, Washington (General SF) and for additional info check out their facebook presence.
- March 31 - April 1, 2012 - Emerald City Comic Con - Seattle, Washington (one of the premiere comic book conventions in the northwest)
- April 5 - 8, 2012 - Norwescon - Seatac, Washington (premiere regional science fiction of the northwest)
- April 6 - 8, 2012 - Sakura-Con - Seattle, Washington (Primere Anime Convention and event in the Northwest in general and Seattle in particular)
- early may - H.P,Lovecraft Film Festival - Portland, Oregon (film and media relating to HP Lovecraft - the 2012 version is a work in progress and they would appreciate your input)
- June 15 - 17, 2012 - SoDak Anime Convention - Rapid City, South Dakota (Anime) - Also, check out their facebook page for the latest information.
- July 5 - 8, 2012 - Westercon 65 - ConClusion- SeaTac, Washington (It's a done deal, Westercon has won the bid and will be doing Westercon 65 - check out their facebook presence for additional details)
- August 3 - 5, 2012 - Fandemonium - Nampa, Idaho (General SF, media and more)
- August 5 - 9, 2012 - Siggraph 2012 38th Convention and Exhibition of Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques - Los Angeles, California a(Digital Media Event)
- August 30 - September 3, 2012 - Chicon 7 - the 2012 Worldcon - Chicago, Illinois and also check out their preliminary facebook presence.
- August 31 - September 3, 2012 - Dragon Con - Atlanta, Georgia (long standing media mega con usually taking place in competition with the dates for World Con)
- September 14 - 16, 2012 - Nan Desu Kan - Denver, Colorado (Anime)
- September 15, 2012 - Evergreen Air & Space Museum Model Show - McMinnville, Oregon
- September 27 - 30, 2012 - Rainfurrest 13 - Warehouse Furteen - SeaTac, Washington (Furry fandom related)
- October 2012 DTD- Tactical Solutions Miniature Gaming Convention 2012 - Spokane Valley, Washington (Gaming)
- October 5 - 7, 2012 - Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival(MIFFF) - Seattle, Washington (genre Film Festival
- October 26 - 28, 2012 - Steamcon IV - Seattle, Washington (Steam punk phenomena convention that is coming for its second year. Sign up early)
- October 26 - 28, 2012 - Aki Con 2012 - Bellevue, Washington (Anime)
- November 2012 - OryCon 34 - Portland, Oregon (General SF and one of the longest running Portland based conventions)
- November 1 - 4, 2012 - World Fantasy Convention 2012 - Toronto, Ontario
Northwest Regional Ongoing
Events related to Fandom
Events related to Fandom
(Including fixed venues or events lasting longer than a weekend)
- Science
Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame - Seattle,
Washington (This
is an exciting new addition to the science
fiction universe located in the Seattle Center
as part of the Experience Music Project)
- Vancouver
Comic Con - Vancouver, BC Canada (A
comic and modeling event that takes place at
various times during the year)
- Washington
Renaissance Faire Gig Harbor, Washington (costuming
and life action entertainment with a renaissance
flair)
- Northwest
Renaissance Festival - Spokane, Washington (This,
as it sounds, is a Renaissance costuming event
stretched through the early to middle part of summer)
- August 17-21, 2011 -
Reno 2011 Worldcon - Reno, Nevada
- August 30 - September 3, 2012 - Chicon 7 - the 2012 Worldcon - Chicago, Illinois and also check out their preliminary facebook presence.
- The
World Science Fiction Society maintains
a homepage with the above listed Worldcon links
and all the varied bids for Worldcon as well.
- The
North American Science Fiction Convention - NASFiC is
held in North America in any year where the Worldcon
is outside of North America.
- April 28 - May 1, 2011 - World Horror Con 2011 - Austin, Texas (Preeminent World Horror genre Convention and it accepting memberships)
- July 5 - 8, 2012 - Westercon 65 - ConClusion- SeaTac, Washington (It's a done deal, Westercon has won the bid and will be doing Westercon 56 - check out their facebook presence for additional details)
Other
Conventions and Workshops
(with significance to general fandom
or relating to lifestyles that relate to
elements of fandom and not
one region. Also, just a con that may not be in the northwest but sounds interesting :-)
- Deep South Con is a traveling convention that shifts location throughout the south.
- Costume-con is the quintessential costume event and is also a traveling convention.
- For devotees of murder mysteries there is Boucher Con which travels around the US and in the past has been in Alaska and Navada. Check out where it currently will riside.
- Clarion West Writer's Workshop - Summer 2011 - Seattle, Washington (thriving Clarion SF and fantasy professional writing workshop)
- Clarion Writer's Conference at UC San Diego - June 26 - August 6, 2011 - San Diego, California, USA (thriving Clarion SF and fantasy professional writing workshop)
- Clarion South Workshop - Brisbane, Australia (Clarion South - which runs every two years in Brisbane, Australia next one being in 2012 - is the most intensive professional development program for speculative fiction writers in the southern hemisphere)
- San DIego Comic Con is far away the premiere comic con and media venue, taking place late July of each year in San Diego, California and noted for huge numbers and likely to be sold out. Also check out their facebook presence.
- SMOFcon (this is quintessentially the convention to go to if you are interested in running a convention. There are others local events such as ConComCon and Construction for the San Francisco Bay Area that help local convention runners, but SMOFcon is THE event during the year of this type)
- Star Wars Celebration is the official LucasFilms celebration of all things Star Wars. Like Worldcon and Westercon it is a movable feast, happening late spring to summer and locations as far afield as Japan, Colorado and Orlando, Florida. Check out the web site for the current location and dating.
- WisCon - Madison, Wisconsin - Feminist
Science Fiction and Fantasy convention, annually over
Memorial Day Weekend in Madison, WI. Programming ranges
from fannish panels to readings, to becoming a writer.
Tiptree auctions benefit the annual Tiptree award for
gender-bending fiction.
- DragonCon - Atlanta, Georgia This is one of the larger in terms of numbers for a science fiction convention with some emphasis on media and gaming and more.
- Spring - Corflu -
This is a convention a gathering of the fanzine fan
community that migrates around the country.
Other
Convention Listings
- Anime
Con Listing Web Site
- Australian
and New Zealand Science Fiction Conventions
- California
Science Fiction Conventions
- Comic
Book Convention Web Site
- ConNotations
- European Science Fiction Convention list
- Creation
Cons
- Creation Entertainment's Twilight Conventions for the year and if these for profit offerings are your cup of tea, you might want to check out their facebook presence, Twitter presence or myspace presence
- Fanboy's
Convention Listing web site
- Gaming Cons
- The IPMS US events calendar for those interesting in modeling
- Northeast
Science Fiction Conventions
- Pirate Festivals
- SF Lovers Convention
Listing
- The
SF Site: Convention Listings
- The
Southern Fandom Resource Guide
- Star
Trek conventions (based on startrek.com)
- Steve Jackson Games Convention List of Gaming and other cons.