Faircon

(Did you mean a New York convention?)

The very first sf convention in Scotland, held in Glasgow from 1978 to 1982/4 (skipping the years when the city hosted Eastercons, i. e. Albacon 80 and Albacon II). It was named after the local festival "Glasgow Fair Fortninght" and run by Friends of Kilgore Trout, at least two first and the last chaired by fake Bob Shaw.

After split among organisers, concurrent Albacon 84 and late cancellation of Faircon '84, Faircon ceased and its role was replaced by Albacon.

Convention	Dates	GoH
Faircon '78	July 21–23, 1978	James White
Faircon '79	July 20–22, 1979	Bob Shaw
Faircon '81	July 24–27, 1981	John Brunner, Ken Slater
Faircon '82	July 23–26, 1982	Naomi Mitchison
Faircon '84	July 20–23, 1984 cancelled late	Sydney Jordan (comics artist), Mat Irvine?

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Convention
	1978—1984

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