Eastercon

(Did you mean a Melbourne, Wisconsin or New York convention?)

Eastercon is the annual British National Science Fiction Convention. It has been held over the Easter weekend every year since 1955, but the sequence is considered to start from 1948 with conventions held over the Whitsun weekend except for Loncon in 1949. (The 1944 Eastercon which was held on Easter was not an Eastercon and doesn't count!). Do not ask Pat McMurray about this subject!

Eastercon attracts 800-1,200 fans of Science Fiction, Fantasy and similar genres.

There are no official rules and regulations for the Eastercon. To call your convention an "Eastercon" there has to be a general consensus that a bid has been put forward and approved by the membership at a previous Eastercon.

Friends of Eastercon

#	Convention	Location	Date	GoHs
1	Whitcon	London	May 15 1948 (Whitsunday)	A. Bertram Chandler
2	Loncon	London	April 17, 1949	Bill Temple
*	Festivention	London	May 10-13, 1951 (Whitsunday)	Forrest J Ackerman, Wendayne Ackerman, Lyell Crane
3	London SF Con	London	May 31-June 1, 1952 (Whitsunday)	none
4	Coroncon	London	May 24-26, 1953 (Whitsunday)	none
5	Supermancon	Manchester	June 5-6, 1954 (Whitsunday)	John Russell Fearn
6	Cytricon	Kettering	April 9-10, 1955	none
7	Cytricon II	Kettering	March 31-April 1, 1956	none
8	Cytricon III	Kettering	April 19-21, 1957	none
9	Cytricon IV	Kettering	April 4-6, 1958	none
10	Brumcon	Birmingham	March 27-29, 1959	Kenneth F. Slater
11	London	London	April 16-17, 1960	Ted Carnell, Don Ford
12	LXICON	Gloucester	March 31-April 3, 1961	Kingsley Amis
13	Ronvention	Harrogate	April 20-22, 1962	Tom Boardman
14	Bullcon	Peterborough	April 12-14, 1963	Edmund Crispin
15	Repetercon	Peterborough	March 27-29, 1964	Ted Tubb
16	Brumcon II	Birmingham	April 16-18, 1965	Harry Harrison
17	Yarcon	Great Yarmouth	April 8-10, 1966	Ron Whiting
18	Briscon	Bristol	March 24-26, 1967	John Brunner
19	Thirdmancon	Buxton	April 12-14, 1968	Ken Bulmer
20	Galactic Fair 1969	Oxford	April 4-6, 1969	Judith Merril
21	SCI-CON 70	London	March 27-29, 1970	James Blish
22	Eastercon 22	Worcester	April 9-11, 1971	Ethel Lindsay, Anne McCaffrey
23	Chessmancon	Chester	March 31-April 2, 1972	Larry Niven
24	OMPAcon '73	Bristol	April 20-22, 1973	Samuel R. Delany
25	Tynecon 74	Newcastle	April 12-14, 1974	Bob Shaw, Peter Weston
26	SEACON 75	Coventry	March 28-31, 1975	Harry Harrison
27	Mancon 5	Manchester	April 16-18, 1976	Peter Roberts, Robert Silverberg
28	Eastercon '77	Coventry	April 8-10, 1977	John Bush
29	Skycon	Heathrow	March 24-26, 1978	Roy Kettle, Robert Sheckley
30	Yorcon	Leeds	April 13-16, 1979	Graham Charnock, Pat Charnock, Richard Cowper
31	Albacon 80	Glasgow	April 4-6, 1980	Jim Barker, Colin Kapp
32	Yorcon 2	Leeds	April 17-19, 1981	Thomas M. Disch, Dave Langford, Ian Watson
33	Channelcon	Brighton	April 9-11, 1982	Angela Carter, John Sladek
34	Albacon II	Glasgow	April 1-3, 1983	Marion Zimmer Bradley, Avedon Carol, James White
35	Seacon '84	Brighton	April 20-22, 1984	Pierre Barbet, Waldemar Kumming, Josef Nesvadba, Christopher Priest, Roger Zelazny
36	Yorcon III	Leeds	April 5-7, 1985	Greg Benford, Linda Pickersgill
37	Albacon III	Glasgow	March 28-30, 1986	Joe Haldeman, John Jarrold, Clive Barker, Pete Lyon
38	BECCON '87	Birmingham	April 17-19, 1987	Chris Atkinson, Keith Roberts, Jane Gaskell
39	Follycon (1988)	Liverpool	April 1-4, 1988	Gordon Dickson, Gwyneth Jones, Greg Pickersgill, Len Wein
40	Contrivance	Jersey	March 24-27, 1989	Avedon Carol, Rob Hansen, M. John Harrison, Don Lawrence, Anne McCaffrey
41	Eastcon	Liverpool	April 13-16, 1990	Iain Banks, Anne Page, SMS
42	Speculation	Glasgow	March 29-April 1, 1991	Rob Holdstock
43	Illumination	Blackpool	April 17-20, 1992	Geoff Ryman, Paul McAuley, Pam Wells
44	Helicon	Jersey	April 9-12, 1993	John Brunner, George R. R. Martin, Karel Thole, Larry van der Putte
45	Sou'Wester	Liverpool	April 1-4, 1994	Diane Duane, Neil Gaiman, Barbara Hambly, Peter Morwood, Thog the Mighty
46	Confabulation	London	April 14-17, 1995	Lois McMaster Bujold, Roger Robinson, Bob Shaw
47	Evolution	Heathrow	April 5-8, 1996	Jack Cohen, Colin Greenland, Paul Kincaid, Maureen Kincaid Speller, Bryan Talbot, Vernor Vinge
48	Intervention	Liverpool	March 28-31, 1997	Brian Aldiss, Jon Bing, Octavia Butler, Dave Langford
49	Intuition	Manchester	April 10-13, 1998	Ian McDonald, Martin Tudor, Connie Willis
50	Reconvene	Liverpool	April 2-5, 1999	Peter S. Beagle, John Clute, Jeff Noon, Tom Holt, Ron Tiner, Thog the Mighty
51	2Kon	Glasgow	April 21-24, 2000	Guy Gavriel Kay, Katherine Kurtz, Deborah Turner Harris, John Salthouse, Bob Harris
52	Paragon	Hinckley	April 13-16, 2001	Claire Brialey, Mark Plummer, Michael Scott Rohan, Stephen Baxter, Lisanne Norman
53	Helicon 2	Jersey	March 29-April 1, 2002	Brian Stableford, Harry Turtledove, Peter Weston
54	Seacon03	Hinckley	April 18-21, 2003	Chris Baker, Christopher Evans, Mary Gentle
55	Concourse	Blackpool	April 9-12, 2004	Mitchell Burnside-Clapp, Danny Flynn, Sue Mason, Christopher Priest, Philip Pullman
56	Paragon 2	Hinckley	March 25-28, 2005	John Harvey, Eve Harvey, Ken MacLeod, Robert Rankin, Ben Jeapes, Richard Morgan
57	Concussion	Glasgow	April 14-17, 2006	M. John Harrison, Brian Froud, Elizabeth Hand, Justina Robson, Ian Sorensen
58	Convoy	Liverpool	2007
58	Contemplation	Chester	April 6-9, 2007	none
59	Orbital 2008	Heathrow	March 21-24, 2008	Neil Gaiman, Tanith Lee, China Miéville, Charles Stross, Rog Peyton
60	LX	Bradford	April 10-13, 2009	Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Dirk Maggs, Tim Powers, David Lloyd, Mary Burns, Bill Burns
61	Odyssey 2010	Heathrow	April 2-5, 2010	Alastair Reynolds, Iain M. Banks, Liz Williams, Mike Carey
62	Illustrious	Birmingham	April 22-25, 2011	David Weber, Peter F. Hamilton, David A. Hardy, Roz Kaveney, Vince Docherty
63	Olympus	Heathrow	April 6-9, 2012	George R. R. Martin, Cory Doctorow, Tricia Sullivan, Margaret Austin, Martin Easterbrook
64	EightSquaredCon	Bradford	March 29-April 1, 2013	Walter Jon Williams, Freda Warrington, Anne Sudworth, Edward James
65	Satellite 4	Glasgow	April 18-21, 2014	John Meaney, Juliet E. McKenna, Jim Burns, Alice Lawson, Steve Lawson, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Terry Pratchett
66	Dysprosium	Heathrow	April 3-6, 2015	Jim Butcher, Seanan McGuire, Herr Döktor, Caroline Mullan
67	Mancunicon	Manchester	March 25-28, 2016	Sarah Pinborough, Ian McDonald, Dave Clements, and Aliette de Bodard
68	Pasgon	Cardiff	2017
68	Innominate	Birmingham	April 14-17, 2017	Pat Cadigan, Judith Clute, Colin Harris
69	Follycon (2018)	Harrogate	March 30-April 2, 2018	Kieron Gillen, Christina Lake, Nnedi Okorafor, Kim Stanley Robinson
70	Ytterbium	Heathrow	April 19-22, 2019	Frances Hardinge, John Scalzi, DC (David Carlile), Sydney Padua
71	Concentric	Birmingham, UK	April 10-13, 2020	Alison Scott, Rhianna Pratchett, Tade Thompson, Adam Roberts
71	ConFusion	Birmingham Held online	April 2-6, 2021	Dan Abnett, Nik Vincent, Dave Lally

A * after a year indicates the convention was held Whitsun rather than Easter.

There were also some British national conventions before the first recognized Eastercon:

#	Name	Location	Year	Date
1	"Other First Convention"	Leeds	1937
2	"Second British Convention"	London	1938
3	"Third British Convention"	London	1939
4	Midvention		1943	Easter
5	Eastercon	London	1944	Easter

See also early conventions and long-running conventions.

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