OVFF

The Ohio Valley Filk Fest, or OVFF for short, is the world's largest filk convention. The first convention in the series was held in 1984 in Cincinnati. The plan was for OVFF to alternate years with another filk convention to be established in a neighboring state, but that second convention lost its hotel and fell through too late for OVFF to be able to plan a 1985 convention. OVFF ran its second convention in 1986 and has run annually since.

All subsequent conventions (starting 1986) have been held in the Columbus area, but the original name has remained. The convention is held in the fall, generally in late October. Each year the convention presents the Pegasus Awards.

Convention	Dates	GoHs
OVFF 1	September 21-23, 1984	Julia Ecklar, Gordy Dickson, Murray Porath
OVFF 2	October 31 - November 2, 1986	Bill Sutton
OVFF 3	1987	Mercedes "Misty" Lackey
OVFF 4	1988	Bill Roper
OVFF 5	October 27-29, 1989	Barry Childs-Helton, Sally Childs-Helton
OVFF 6	October 26-28, 1990	Musical Chairs, Mary Frost Pierson
OVFF 7	October 26-28, 1991	Cynthia McQuillin, Howard Scrimgeour
OVFF 8	October 23-25, 1992	Kathy Mar, Marie Schneider
OVFF 9	October 22-24, 1993	Duane Elms, Helen Parker, Zander Nyrond
OVFF 10	October 21-23, 1994	Juanita Coulson, Buck Coulson
OVFF 11	October 27-29, 1995	Steve Macdonald, George "Lan" Laskowski, Paul Macdonald & Catherine Macdonald
OVFF 12	October 25-27, 1996	Dave Clement, Ann Cecil, Nick Smith
OVFF 13	October 31-November 2, 1997	Bill Roper, Clif Flynt, Mary Ellen Wessels, Elaine Richards, Cat Faber
OVFF 14	October 9-11, 1998	Black Book Band, Solomon Davidoff, Cecilia Eng
OVFF 15	October 29-31, 1999	Tom Smith, Leslie Larkins, Mary Miller
OVFF 16	October 27-29, 2000	Talis Kimberley, Joy Parker, Lee Gold & Barry Gold
OVFF 17	October 26-28, 2001	Three Weird Sisters, Ed Jones, Terence Chua
OVFF 18	November 1-3, 2002	Heather Rose Jones, Dave Hayman, Rob Wynne
OVFF 19	October 24-26, 2003	Bill Roper, Kerry Gilley, Blake Hodgetts
OVFF 20	October 29-31, 2004	Ookla the Mok, Mary Frost Pierson, J. Elaine Richards, Heather Dale
OVFF 21	October 21-23, 2005	Frank Hayes, Terry Wolfe-Ellis, Eric Gerds
OVFF 22	October 20-22, 2006	Mary Crowell, Judi Miller, Tony Fabris
OVFF 23	October 26-28, 2007	Michael "Moonwulf" Longcor, Bob Passovoy, Anne Passovoy, Ellen 'Blade' McMicking
OVFF 24	October 24-26, 2008	Tim Walker, Annie Walker, Jan Di Masi, Sibylle Machat
OVFF 25	October 22-25, 2009	Duane Elms, Diana Gallagher, Margaret Middleton, Larry Warner, Mary Ellen Wessels, Interfilk Guest: Karen Anderson
OVFF 26	October 22-24, 2010	Urban Tapestry, Kathleen Sloan, The Bedlam Bards
OVFF 27	October 21-23, 2011	Jeff Bohnhoff, Maya Bohnhoff, Tim Miller, Cindy Turner
OVFF 28	October 26-28, 2012	Ju Honisch, Katy Dröge-Macdonald, Bill Henley, Blibbering Humdingers
OVFF 29	October 25-27, 2013	S. J. Tucker, Roberta Slocumb, Joe "Fax Paladin" Abbott, Betsy Tinney
OVFF 30	October 24-26, 2014	"Decadent" Dave Clement, Howard Scrimgeour, Debs and Errol, Copy Red Leader
OVFF 31	October 23-25, 2015	Heather Dale, Ben Deschamps, Trace Hagemann, Alexa Klettner
OVFF 32	November 4-6, 2016	Vixy & Tony, Ed Chamberlain, Kay Shapero
OVFF 33	October 20-22, 2017	Seanan McGuire, Harold Feld, Mike Briggs
OVFF 34	October 19-21, 2018	Cheshire Moon, Rob Wynne, Harold Stein, Interfilk Guest: Julia West
OVFF 35	October 19-21, 2019	Playing Rapunzel, Teresa Gunderson, \Dana Katz-Buchshtav, Rhiannon’s Lark
OVFF 36	October 23-25, 2020	Misbehavin’ Maidens, James Mahaffy, Dennis Palmer, Sharon Palmer, and Kaitlin Palmer
nOVFF	October 2020 (virtual)
OVFF 37	October 2021	Misbehavin’ Maidens, James Mahaffy, Dennis Palmer, Sharon Palmer, and Kaitlin Palmer

• Primary source for guests: Website
• Secondary source for guests: https://web.archive.org/web/20160912041514/http://www.scifiinc.net/scifiinc/gallery/list/cons/ovff.htm

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