Halcon

(Did you mean the Japanese convention?)

Halcon is a convention held in Halifax, NS, Canada from 1977 to 1987.

The first 'Halycon' was held in 1977, renamed in 1979 as Halcon 2 it ran annually to the last of the old series, Halcon 10 in 1987, sponsored by the Halcon Science Fiction Society.

In 2010 a new group started a new series of media/gaming conventions started with variant name Hal-Con 1, running annually in November, with attendance growing to nearly 10000 by 2017.

Convention	Date	GoHs
Halycon 1	March 9-11, 1977
Halcon 2	March 9-11, 1979	Ben Bova
Halcon 3	March 7–9, 1980	A. E. van Vogt
Halcon 4	March 6-8, 1981	Gordon R. Dickson, Galad Elflandsson
Halcon 5	1982
Halcon 6	March 4-6, 1983	Robert Asprin, Bob Atkinson
Halcon 7	1984
Halcon 8	March 22–24, 1985	Jack Chalker
Halcon 9	1986
Halcon 10	1987
In 2010 a media-oriented con with the same name started
Hal-Con 2010	October 29–31 2010	Walter Koenig, Denise Crosey, Jerry Bulloch, Aaron Douglas
Hal-Con 2011	November 12–13 2011
Hal-Con 2012	October 26–28 2012
Hal-Con 2013	November 8–10 2013
Hal-Con 2014	November 7–9 2014
Hal-Con 2015	October 31- November 1 2015
Hal-Con 2016	November 4–6 2016
Hal-Con 2017	September 22–24 2017
Hal-Con 2018	October 26–28 2018
Hal-Con 2019	October 25–27 2019

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Convention
Website	1977—

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