Albacon (NY)

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Albacon is a regional convention held in the Albany, NY area since 1996. It is sponsored by LASTSFA.

Convention	Dates	GoHs	City
Albacon 1996	Oct 11-13, 1996	Nancy Kress, Jill Bauman, Shirley Maiewski	Albany, NY
Albacon 1997	Oct 17-19, 1997	Melissa Scott, Charles Lang, Wendy SnowLang, Wayne Brown	Schenectady, NY
Albacon 1998	Oct 9-11, 1998	Esther Friesner, Jael, Joe Mayhew	Schenectady, NY
Albacon 1999	Sept 17-19, 1999	Hal Clement, Vincent Di Fate, Seth Briedbart	Schenectady, NY
Albacon 2000	Oct 6-8, 2000	Glen Cook, Joe DeVito, Jan Howard Finder	Schenectady, NY
Albacon 2001	Oct 5-7, 2001	Larry Niven, Bob Eggleton, Marianne Plumridge, Bonnie Atwood, Ted Atwood	Schenectady, NY
Albacon 2002	Oct 4-6, 2002	Mike Resnick, Tom Kidd, Sharon Sbarsky, Steve Miller, Sharon Lee	Schenectady, NY
Albacon 2003	Oct 10-12, 2003	Lois McMaster Bujold, Allen Koszowski, Oz Fontecchio, Leslie Fish	Lake Luzerne, NY
Albacon 2004	Oct 8-10, 2004	David Drake, Dave Kyle	Albany, NY
Albacon 2005	Oct 7-9, 2005	Terry Brooks, Rowena, Byron Connell, Tina Connell	Albany, NY
Albacon 2006	Oct 6-8, 2006	Peter David, Omar Rayyan	Albany, NY
2007 -- suspended due to hosting World Fantasy Convention 2007
Albacon 2008	Oct 10-12, 2008	Anne McCaffrey, Todd McCaffrey, Gary S. Blog, Barclay Shaw, Eric Flint	Albany, NY
Albacon 2009	Oct 9-11, 2009	Elizabeth Hand, Alan F. Beck, D. Cameron Calkins, Igor's Egg	Albany, NY
Albacon 2010	Oct 8-10, 2010	Allen Steele, Ron Miller, Lisa Ashton	Albany, NY
Albacon 2011	cancelled	Jackie Kessler, Stephen Hickman, Jan Howard Finder, Roberta Rogow, Keith R. A. DeCandido	Albany, NY
Albacon 2012	Oct 18-21, 2012	Jody Lee, Erwin S. Strauss, Julie E. Czerneda, Keith R. A. DeCandido, Jan Howard Finder, Roberta Rogow	Latham, NY
Albacon 2013	November 1-3, 2013	none	Saratoga Springs, NY
Albacon 2014.5	May 8-10, 2015	Mur Lafferty, Jan Howard Finder	Albany, NY
Albacon 2016	March 4-6, 2016	David Weber, Dawn McKechnie, Heidi Hooper, Ramsey Campbell	Albany, NY
Albacon 2017	March 31-April 2, 2017	Charles E. Gannon, Stephen Hickman, Lawrence M. Schoen	Albany NY
Albacon 2018	September 14-16, 2018	none	Albany NY
Albacon 2019	September 13-15, 2019	Bruce Coville	Albany, NY
Albacon 2020	September 11-13, 2020	Sharon Lee, Steve Miller	Albany, NY

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