Halcon
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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 | |
| Convention | |
| Website | 1977— |
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