Con-going 2011 (and beyond)

[starlady]

Confirmed

• Animation on Display, San Francisco, California, February 19-20
• FOGcon, San Francisco, California, March 11-13
• SGMS 2011, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 30-October 2 (dates TBC)

Contemplating

• Sirens 2011, Vail, Colorado, October 6-9, 2011
• World Fantasy Convention, San Diego, California, October 27-30
• Popular Culture Association, Boston, Massachusetts, April 4-7, 2012

Completely up in the air

• Association for Asian Studies, Honolulu, Hawai'i, March 31-April 3
• WisCon 35, Madison, Wisconsin, May 26-30
• Anime Expo 2011, Los Angeles, California, July 1-4
• Otakon 2011, Baltimore, Maryland, July 29-31

I don't know yet whether I'll be Stateside or in Japan this summer, which obviously makes it impossible to plan the summer cons, and I probably won't know for sure about that until early March. (Note to self: fill out relevant applications this week.) I really want to go to Sirens, WFC, and PCA, though that last depends on writing a decent paper for it.

But, yeah. Who else is going to be where? Are there any other cons on the west coast I should know about? (I'm aware of Fanime and SakuraCon.)

Comments

[seekingferret]

Pretty sure I'll be at Philcon this year. I'm annoyed at myself for missing it this past year. Probably will stop in at NY Comic Con if other friends are going. I don't tend to go travel much for cons, it's just too complicated with Shabbos.

[lnhammer]

We'll be at WFC San Diego (plus a couple Phoenix cons), and are contemplating Sirens despite this. Other cons are unlikely.

---L.

[epershand]

I'm going to Potlatch in Santa Clara the weekend before FOGCon--it's a tiny con with good folks in attendance, I've really enjoyed it when I've gone in the past. Very much a part of the Serious Literary Affirmational Fans crowd though, so depends on if you're into that scene.

[laceblade]

WISCONNN! Well, me and a sizeable % of your FL.

Although, Japan would be cool for a summer, too!
I think I'm probably going there again this summer with my b/f, to visit my friend whose JET contract will end at the end of July. So we might go in June. Maybe we could see you in Japan!

[meganbmoore]

Probably WisCon, maybe Sirens. I doubt I'll be able to afford both, and I hopefully have a place to stay for free/cheap at WisCon.

[janni.livejournal.com]

Planning WFC for sure (it's close!), pondering Sirens (which I also want to do, but debating whether can do both.)

[seaya.livejournal.com]

Well, not west coast, but Chicago:
http://www.thinkgalactic.org/2010/09/25/think-galacticon-3-july-8-10-2011/

Fun, small, discussion-y con. Some overlap with Wiscon attendees.