Dragon Con

Dragon*Con (also Dragon Con) is a multi-genre fan convention held annually on Labor Day weekend (usually the first weekend of September) in Atlanta, Georgia. It attracts over 30,000 people to four hotels in downtown Atlanta and is hosted by a staff of over 1,500 people. It has been running since 1997.

The four-day event comprises approximately 3,500 hours of panels, seminars, demonstrations, and workshops, with over 30 specialized programming tracks that include writing, art, anime, gaming, science fiction and fantasy literature, comic books, costuming, space science, online media, independent film, podcasting, Asian cinema and culture, robotics, filk, scientific skepticism, Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate, X-Files, Joss Whedon creations, apocalyptic themes, Anne McCaffrey's Pern, Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, British and American SF television, the Dark Fantasy track, the Dragon*Con Independent Short Film Festival, and general programming which specific guests of honor attend (e.g. Clive Barker's Lost Souls and Storm Constantine's Grissecon).

Veronica Belmont (3rd from left) on a podcasting panel at Dragon*Con 2009

Podcasters such as Tom Merritt and Veronica Belmont have been among the dozens and dozens of guests of honor for the convention.

Brian Brushwood and Justin Robert Young will attend for their first time in 2010. There will be a live NSFW show which 80% of the people from the first live studio audience be attending. It's a safe bet that Tom Merritt will also be there. The live taping will occur Friday night at 7pm at the Hilton, room 204.

Guests and Performers

Among the list of guests and performers in 2010 are the following:

• Veronica Belmont
• Brian Brushwood
• Tom Merritt
• Phil Plait (cancelled)
• James Randi
• Adam Savage

Fun Facts

• Patrick Delahanty tweeted out to Brian from Dragon*Con 2009 that he really needed to be there.

Links

• Dragon*Con official site
• Dragon*Con 2010 on AnimeCons
• Dragon*Pod Podcast Track Schedule