WisCon Pauses
WisCon is the longest-running feminist geek convention in existence, dating back to 1977 and not missing a year since (going online in 2020). It was on the ropes in late 2021 before being saved by a successful fundraiser. But it will miss 2024:
The Board of WisCon’s parent non-profit, SF3, and the WisCon ConCom have come to a consensus that we won’t be planning to run a WisCon as usual in 2024: our leadership bench is very thin, and with the ongoing pandemic and challenging political situation in the US, folks are getting worn out. We need some time to rest and figure out how we can continue WisCon in a sustainable way. If you want to be involved paving a path to the next WisCon, join us for a planning session this Memorial Day Weekend and make sure you’re subscribed to our newsletter, where we’ll be posting updates.
The 2023 event will go ahead as planned in Madison, Wisconsin, May 26-29.
The exact date and time of the planning session have not yet been announced. (For readers outside the US, Memorial Day is the last Monday in May, so it is happening sometime during the 2023 convention.)
No plans have been announced regarding the presentation of the Otherwise Award, which is usually given at WisCon, in 2024.
In Brief
TFcon Los Angeles (Burbank, California, March 10-12) has added Peter Cullen as a guest.
Indiana Comic Convention (Indianapolis, Indiana, May 5-7) has added Garrett Hedlund and James Arnold Taylor as guests.
Event Calendar
Weekend of March 3-5
AggieCon 52, College Station, Texas, USA
CoastCon 45, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
Roscon-2023, Moscow, Russia
VancouFur 2023: Beyond Furmageddon (anthropomorphic), Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Fur the ‘More 2023: Time Travelers' Reunion (anthropomorphic), Arlington, Virginia, USA
Cardboard*Con (cardboard sf costuming), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
BashCon 37 (gaming), Toledo, Ohio, USA
Dice Tower West (gaming), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
SaltCON Spring (gaming), Layton, Utah, USA
CincyCon 2023 (gaming), Hamilton, Ohio, USA
Tennessee Game Days Spring 2023, Franklin, Tennessee, USA
Intercon U: Ultraviolet (LARPs), Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
FreeCon 19 (anime), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Made in Asia (anime), Brussels, Belgium
Tora-Con 2023 (anime), Rochester, New York, USA
PeoriaCon 2023 (media), Peoria, Illinois, USA
Middle East Film & Comic Con, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Hill Country Comicon, New Braunfels, Texas, USA
Hall of Heroes Comic Con, Elkhart, Indiana, USA
Emerald City Comic Con, Seattle, Washington, USA
Sunrise Comic Con, Sunrise, Florida, USA
Cult Classic Convention (media), Bastrop, Texas, USA
Mid-week convention: Harucon 2023 (anime), Jerusalem, Israel
Weekend of March 10-12
Picocon 40, London, UK
Nerdi Gras, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
MarsCon 2023: When Books Come Alive!, Bloomington, Minnesota, USA
Pulp Fiction Central, Dania Beach, Florida, USA
Wild Wild West Steampunk Convention 11, Tucson, Arizona, USA
World Steampunk Exposition, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
Cosplay Up! 2023 (costuming), Manila, Philippines
AireCon (gaming), Harrogate, UK
Granite Game Summit, Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
Great Plains Game Festival, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Terminal City Tabletop Convention (gaming), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Arizona Game Fair, Mesa, Arizona, USA
GAD-CON 2023 (gaming), Aberdeen, Maryland, USA
ShushCon 2023 (gaming), Pawleys Island, South Carolina, USA
MidWinter ‘23 (gaming), Haugesund, Norway
Sioux City Game Con Spring 2023, Sioux City, Iowa, USA
Louisville Arcade Expo, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
PrinceCon 46: Le Petit PrinceCon (marathon RPG), Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Lost Golaricon 2023 (Pathfinder & Starfinder RPGs), Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Cold Wars 2023 (miniatures gaming), King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
MinamiCon 28 (anime), Southampton, UK
Banzaicon (anime), Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Animeverse Fest (anime), Pasadena, Texas, USA
Banzaicon (anime), Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Mississippi Anime Fest, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
Colorado Anime Fest 2023, Denver, Colorado, USA
ACEcon 2023 (anime), Palm Harbor, Florida, USA
TFcon (Transformers), Burbank, California, USA
Weekend of March 17-19
Cleveland ConCoction, Aurora, Ohio, USA
WOWCon Beyond (women in media and geekdom), Dallas, Texas, USA
OutlantaCon: Resume Play (LGBTQ+ geekdom), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
44th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, Florida, USA
Furnal Equinox: Tales From the Tavern (anthropomorphic), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Texas Furry Fiesta: Attack of the Jackafluffies! (anthropomorphic), Dallas, Texas, USA
Blue Ridge Furfare 2023: Mainfurame Meltdown (anthropomorphic), online
Marmalade Dog 26 (gaming), Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Token Con (gaming), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Zuiderspel (gaming), Veldhoven, Netherlands
Ludesco (gaming), La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Breakout 2023 (gaming), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Long Island Tabletop Gaming Expo 2023, Garden City, New York, USA
SIMCON 44 (boardgames), Rochester, New York, USA
GOBfest (boardgames), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Playthrough (video games), Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
COSCON XXXII (RPGs), Lyndora, Pennsylvania, USA
Concrete Cow (RPGs), Milton Keynes, UK
Ambercon US (diceless RPGs), Livonia, Michigan, USA
Anime Impulse San Diego, Del Mar, California, USA
ScottyCon (anime), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Kikori Con 2023 (anime), Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
Toronto Comicon, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
All-Con (media), Dallas, Texas, USA
My-Con (media), Orlando, Florida, USA
Collective Con (media), Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Power Comicon, Florence, South Carolina, USA
CarrierCon 2023 (media), Alameda, California, USA
Bedford Who Charity Con 8 (Doctor Who), Bedford, UK
Weekend of March 24-26
FantaSci 2023: Here Be Dragons, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Fluke 2023 (independent comics and zines), Athens, Georgia, USA
Motor City Furry Con: Fur Imagination, Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA
Thaitails Siam Sawasdee (anthropomorphic), Bangkok, Thailand
Woods Flock (anthropomorphic), Spencer, Tennessee, USA
GameStorm 23, Portland, Oregon, USA
WittCon XVIII: Magic vs. Machines (gaming), Springfield, Ohio, USA
Gary Con XV (gaming), Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, USA
Ludinord (gaming), Mons-En-Barœul, France
LeiriaCon (gaming), Leiria, Portugal
WillowCon (gaming), Wayne, Nebraska, USA
Fargo GameFest, Fargo, North Dakota, USA
FallsCon 2023 (gaming), Wichita Falls, Kansas, USA
PAX East (video games), Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Hotlead (miniatures gaming), Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Adepticon 2023 (wargaming), Schaumburg, Illinois, USA
Not-A-Con 2023 (Pathfinder & Starfinder RPGs), Alcoa, Tennessee, USA
Nadeshicon (anime), Québec City, Québec, Canada
EvilleCon (anime), Evansville, Indiana, USA
SwampCon Pantheon (anime), Gainesville, Florida, USA
Isekai Anime Con, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
AnimeJapan 2023, Tokyo, Japan
Zenkaikon 2023 (anime), Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
ExpOtaku Almería 2023 (anime), Almería, Spain
Armageddon Expo Tauranga (media), Tauranga, New Zealand
GalaxyCon Richmond (media), Richmond, Virginia, USA
Fan Expo Cleveland (media), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Island Entertainment Expo (media), Charlottetown, PEI, Canada
WonderCon 2023 (media), Anaheim, California, USA
Revelcon 33: The Wedding Episode (media relaxacon), Houston, Texas, USA
Weekend of March 31-April 2
Corflu Craic (fanzines), Belfast, UK
Romics XXX (comics), Rome, Italy
Consonance 2023 (music), Milpitas, California, USA
13 Gears (steampunk), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Tell-Tale Steampunk Festival, Hunt Valley, Maryland, USA
CosXpo (costuming), Reading, UK
Midwest Gaming Classic, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Alamo City Game Convention, San Antonio, Texas, USA
DayCon (gaming), Kettering, Ohio, USA
ADK Tabletop Day (gaming), Glens Falls, New York, USA
Midwest Gaming Classic (video games), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Havoc XXXVII (miniatures gaming), Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA
Gary Con XV (Gary Gygax), Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, USA
KokoroCon 2 (anime), Nottingham, UK
Kawaii Kon (anime), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Triad Anime Convention, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Angers Geekfest #4: Utopie & Dystopie (media), Angers, France
RodCon (media), Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA
FACTS (media), Ghent, Belgium
ETSU-Con (media), Johnson City, Tennessee, USA
Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Creation Nola (media), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Megacon Orlando (media), Orlando, Florida, USA
ETSU-Con (media), Johnson City, Tennessee, USA
Paris Manga Sci-Fi Show (media), Villepinte, France
Rose City Comic Convention, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
CyPhaCon 2023 (media), Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
CabbageCon (Avatar: The Last Airbender), Columbus, Ohio, USA
Coda
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