Convention Fans

In my geeky universe, Wil Wheaton is the King of Geekdom, and Felicia Day is its Queen. And I have met neither one of them yet, sadly. (I missed my chance at Dragon*con 2009 to see Felicia, but will hopefully be making it up at Farpoint Con). In case you don’t know who these two amazing individuals are, Wil Wheaton is a noted author and blogger, who also happened to appear in this show called Star Trek: The Next Generation. Felicia Day is the creator and star of the incredible webseries The Guild (and she also was part of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog). Anyway…

Felicia and Will are both appearing at Phoenix Comicon, which is happening May 27 - 30, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Phoenix. The Phoenix Comicon guest rate is $119 a night for single/double occupancy, $144 for triple, and $169 for quadruple. You can call 888-421-1442 and mention the Phoenix Comicon to receive the group rate.

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This post is for you Twilight fans! The final guest list has been announced for The Fantasy Twi-Life Tour stop in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It is happening December 4-6, 2009 at The Hyatt Regency Pier 66 Hotel. The Hyatt has a special room rate of $109 a night for guests who wish to stay at the hotel for the convention. Additionally, all attendees who stay at the hotel will get free admission to the Twi-Life Sunday night after party.

As for that guest list…

Alex Meraz “Paul” - Star of New Moon
Gil Birmingham “Billy Black” - Star of Twilight & New Moon
Justin Chon “Eric Yorkie” - Star of Twilight & New Moon
Chaske Spencer “Sam Ulley” - Star of New Moon
Tinsel Korey “Emily” - Star of New Moon
Tyson Houseman “Quil” - Star of New Moon
Kimbra Hickey - Twilight novel hand model
The Twilighters - Musical Guests
Letters to Mantua - Musical Guests
Amanda Bell - Twilight Examiner writer
Heidi Bennett - Overseer of the “official” Twilight Facebook

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Creation Entertainment is embracing the newest series in the Stargate franchine: Stargate Universe. At their upcoming Vancouver Stargate convention, Stargate Universe’s Brian Smith (a.k.a. Matthew Scott) will be appearing alongside cast members from Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis.

The convention is being held April 15-18, 2010 at the Hilton Metrotown Vancouver in Burnaby, British Columbia. Other guests include Michael Shanks, Joe Flanigan, Jason Momoa, David Hewlett, Colin Cunningham, and James Bamford. Other guest announcements are expected as the convention draws closer.

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Convention Fans is super excited about the upcoming Zenkaikon convention, which is being held November 7 - 8, 2009 at the Radisson Hotel Valley Forge in Pennsylvania. Zenkaikon was created by the merger of two other events, Kosaikon and Zentrancon. Kosaikon launched in 2003. Zentrancon’s debut took place in October 2005. Now as Zenkaikon, the convention has attracted so many people that an attendance cap of 1,500 had to be instituted for 2009! That’s some amazing growth!

Guests for Zenkaikon 2009 include: The Geek Comedy Tour, Uncle Yo, Eden Star (Band), Eyeshine (Band), [geist] (Band), Reni Mimura (Cosplay Singer), Stephanie Chateau, C.J. Collins, Kevin McKeever, Robert Axelrod, Johnny Yong Bosch, Trina Nishimura, C. J. Henderson, and more.

Zenkaikon 2009 memberships are going quickly! Given that the convention has an attendance cap, if you want to be guaranteed entry, it is highly recommended that you pre-register. The pre-registration deadline is November 4th. A two day membership cost $40. Single day memberships are $23 (Saturday) and $20 (Sunday). The same prices apply whether you pre-register, or purchase at the door.

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Eager to jump on the Twilight convention bandwagon, convention company Florida Supercon has created a Twilight convention tour (very similar to Creation Entertaimnent’s Twi/Tour), called The Fantasy Twi-Life Tour. Ten cities have been announced thus far.

From the official press release:

The Fantasy Twi-Life Tour is a Twilight themed celebrity convention tour that will travel across The United States in 2009-2010. This tour will give fans the opportunity to gather with each other across the country to celebrate the book and film series. Each stop on the Fantasy Twi-Life Tour will feature celebrity guests, musical guests, vendors, celebrity Q&A’s, dance parties, contests, panels, fan films, celebrity photo shoots, celebrity autograph sessions, V.I.P. cocktail parties and banquets, Twilight costume and role play contests, The John Henson Twilight costume museum, the art of Alex Meraz, Twilight trivia, Twilight fan fiction and more.

Tickets for the tour range in price from $20 to a whopping $450. Each ticket tier offers different amenities and bonuses. Autograph tickets and photo op tickets can be purchased in advance separately, although some ticket pages have autographs included already.

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