Upcoming Fantasy Conventions!
Bored in the pandemic? The fantasy conventions are continuing. More conventions are coming — many free or cheap and online.
Oct 1–3 https://2021.octocon.com/
Oct 2–3 https://sites.google.com/view/wildnorth (online furry con).
Past Conventions
Jan 30 LumaCon https://www.lumacon.net/
Feb 4–7 Capricorn http://capricon.org/ (small, general lineup)
Life the Universe and Everything Feb 11–13 https://ltue.net/
Feb 12–14 Boskone https://boskone.org/ (books and media)
Radcon Feb 12–14 ( a few performances) https://www.radcon.org/
Feb 12–15 https://www.strategicon.net/ (gaming)
Feb 18–21 http://totalcon.com/ (gaming)
Feb 18–21 https://coastalmagicconvention.com/
Farpoint virtual dealers and masquerade 2/20–2/21 http://www.farpointcon.com/
Feb 22 Southwest Pop Culture Association http://southwestpca.org/ (academic)
https://fursquared.com/ Feb 26–28
MarsCon March 11–13 https://marscon.org/
Zenkaikon March 19–21, 2021 (programming not yet open, https://zenkaikon.com/events/live-programming)
Leprecon March 20–21 www.leprecon.org/lep47/
ICFA 42 “Climate Change and the Anthropocene” March 18–21, 2021 https://www.fantastic-arts.org/ (academic)
Norwescon 43 will be April 1–4, 2021 https://www.norwescon.org/
April 16–18 https://flights-of-foundry.org/
April 22–25 https://2021.penguicon.org/
http://iqarusbookcon.com/ May 8–9 International Queer Authors and Readers
CoreCon May 26 https://www.fargocorecon.org/
Balticon Memorial Day Weekend: https://www.balticon.org/wp55/
Watch City Steampunk, May Watch City Steampunk Festival (watchcityfestival.com)
Clockwork Alchemy: Transmissions from the Aether will be a free, virtual event occurring the weekend of June 12–13, 2021. https://clockworkalchemy.ticketspice.com/clockwork-alchemy-presents-transmissions-from-the-aether
PortConMaine, June 24–27 online http://portconmaine.com/site/index.php/programming/
Westercon July 1–4 Westercon 73 — The 73rd West Coast SF&F Convention
Readercon 31: July 9–11, 2021
Imaginarium, July 9–11, 2021 hybrid con: https://www.entertheimaginarium.com/
Silicon (formerly svcc) aug 28 https://siliconsj.com/you-want-to-be-an-exhibitor/
Demicon, Readercon, Costumecon: Things That Go Bump On the Net.
This site seems more reliable than many for cons’ updates and cancelations: https://fancons.com/events/