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[[Capricon 40]] || February 13–16, 2020 || Westin Chicago North Shore || [[Wheeling, IL]] || [[Tobias Buckell]], [[Trungles]], [[Lil Sams]] | [[Capricon 40]] || February 13–16, 2020 || Westin Chicago North Shore || [[Wheeling, IL]] || [[Tobias Buckell]], [[Trungles]], [[Lil Sams]] | ||
[[Capricon 41]] || February 4–7, 2021 (virtual) || <s>Westin Chicago North Shore</s> || <s>[[Wheeling, IL]]</s> Online || [[Aliette de Bodard]], [[Brandon O’Brien]], [[John Jennings]], [[Michi Trota]], Dr. [[Cacophonie Tamayo]] | [[Capricon 41]] || February 4–7, 2021 (virtual) || <s>Westin Chicago North Shore</s> || <s>[[Wheeling, IL]]</s> Online || [[Aliette de Bodard]], [[Brandon O’Brien]], [[John Jennings]], [[Michi Trota]], Dr. [[Cacophonie Tamayo]] | ||
| − | [[Capricon 42]] || February 3-7, 2022 || Sheraton Grand Chicago || [[Chicago, IL]] || [[Catherynne M. Valente]], [[Gene Ha]] | + | [[Capricon 42]] || February 3-7, 2022 || Sheraton Grand Chicago || [[Chicago, IL]] || [[Catherynne M. Valente]], [[Gene Ha]]. A partly virtual con. |
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(Did you mean the Japanese Natcon?)
A Chicago area regional convention founded in 1980 and held annually since then. It is traditionally a four-day convention, running from Thursday through Sunday in February. Membership is consistently just below 1,000. Phandemonium is the corporate parent.
One standard feature of Capricons is the "Phineas T. Track," more recently called the "Lake Wobegon Track." This is an entire hoax track of programming, usually indicated by taking place in a fictional room of the hotel with a dead panelist, a fictional panelist, and a living panelist. It caused much consternation when this practice was adopted for one of the Chicago Worldcons and took unaccustomed fans by surprise.
Capricon's mascot is Capricious the Goat, who appears on most of its advertising and program books and gave the name to the at-con newsletter, Goat Droppings. At the con, one concom member is tasked to wear a Capricious the Goat costume during various events.
Capricon was founded with the explicit aim of feuding with Windycon, but hostility between the two conventions gradually subsided. A number of fans now work on both, and hardly anyone remembers that they were originally supposed to be inimical.
See also: List of Chicago Conventions.
- Goat Droppings (Capricon blog).
- Website.
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