FilkCon

The first convention focused around filking was called FilkCon and was held in 1979 near Chicago, probably at the Arlington Park Hilton. It was the first filk convention and was organized by Margaret Middleton and Curt Clemmer with help from the Passovoys.

For a time, filk conventions were so rare that they were all listed as "FilkCon N" even though they were under entirely different managements. Several of the FilkCons became the first convention of a major series of filk conventions.

Convention	Date	GoHs	Notes
FilkCon I	July 1979
FilkCon II	August 1980	Marty Burke
FilkCon III	June 5-7, 1981	Buck Coulson, Juanita Coulson
FilkCon 4.1	March 1982		This was the first Bay Filk
FilkCon 4.2	May 1983		Held in parallel with ConQuesT 3
FilkCon 5.1	March 11-13, 1983	Bob Passovoy, Ann Passovoy	This was the first ConChord
FilkCon 5.2	July 1983		Held in parallel with OKon '83
	March 2-4, 1984		BayFilk II
	1984	Julia Ecklar, Gordy Dickson, Murray Porath	OVFF 1
FilkCon 7.1	March 1-3, 1985	Clif Flynt	Held in parallel with ConChord 2
FilkCon 9.2	1986	Bill Sutton	This is better known as OVFF 2

The N.1 and N.2 numbering system was invented by Margaret Middleton and was meant to reflect the Western and Estern filk conventions, but this rapidly broke down, with the "eastern" convention being in Kansas City and then Tulsa. The numbering scheme continued for a few more years, with 9.2 probably being the last.

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Convention
	1979—1986

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